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mircea_popescu: sounds like these people should run a small
soviet republic in central asia.
mircea_popescu: sure, we could even argue the collapse was inevitable, and while the particular incident gives it flavour, the us was going to
soviet union all over itself anyway.
mircea_popescu: "where three thinking people gather" or w/e the
soviet expression was
mircea_popescu: this was the
soviet argument in the 20s. their "artistry" fizzled, and really, 10 years out of 70 ?
ascii_field: PeterL:
soviet planes often had mtbf measured in tens of hours.
decimation: old busted ex
soviet stuff welded to toyotas, etc
assbot: Logged on 21-03-2015 23:28:17; asciilifeform: where is
soviet physics? mathematics ?
mircea_popescu: not every poltroonish german's a gestapo agent, not every poltroonish
soviet's a kgb agent and not every reddit idjit's working for teh soup.
mircea_popescu: nubbins` i dunno man, to me it's the crowning achievement of a particular sort of technopunk, which is what 50 years of
soviet industry really is.
assbot: Logged on 27-07-2014 17:36:20; asciilifeform: banana republics,
soviet world - shooting
trinque: mircea_popescu: hm is this where the declining
soviet population went? a different x% croaking on the street per year?
gabriel_laddel: I always wonder about the people who see this sort of thing everyday but never connect the dots, how do they internally deal with actual reality? I once flipped through the book Dangerous Thoughts by Yuri Orlov. He claimed that in the
soviet collapse people would have multiple "selves". When they would break the law that would be their "off work" I, vs. the at work I who would report such a transgression to the poli
mircea_popescu: "construction zones that only constructed themselves" fuck, that's SO DAMNED
SOVIET!
gabriel_laddel: <mircea_popescu> what was the fucking
soviet term for this, << kommunalki?
decimation: asciilifeform: perhaps the dorms can be designed like a
soviet apartment block
decimation: "We are in contact with the University chapter of Kappa Sigma and they have taken swift and decisive action in this matter. At their request, the University has committed to provide educational training on diversity and respect for the entire fraternity." << asciilifeform: I could imagine this exact phrase being written in the
soviet union
mircea_popescu: for that matter, not that many economists in
soviet russia.
mircea_popescu: this was an earlier time in romania : foreigners weren't allowed to own property, like in fucking burma, and locals were the sort of retards the
soviet collapse left behind,
mircea_popescu: they WERE in
soviet russia after all, kulak's diseases.
cazalla: asciilifeform, i read orlov's post
soviet lessons.. article last night and my impression is that some of what he predicts relies on suggestion we've passed peak oil, but then i have read elsewhere peak oil has been debunked or that we're not even close to passing it.. can you share thoughts? not much turns up in logs
trinque: asciilifeform: even the fall of the
soviet union didn't kill off all the former soviets
mircea_popescu: it's kind-of like looking for a
soviet army unit without a political comissar.
mircea_popescu: the
soviet restaurant thing is quite palpable here in argentina.
ben_vulpes: is orlov's account of the
soviet collapse halfway accurate?
thestringpuller: The gas van was invented in the
Soviet Union in 1936, by Isay Berg, the head of the administrative and economic department of the NKVD of Moscow Oblast which suffocated batches of prisoners with engine fumes in a camouflaged bread van while on the drive out to the mass graves at Butovo, where the prisoners were subsequently buried.
thestringpuller: The gas van was invented in the
Soviet Union in 1936, by Isay Berg, the head of the administrative and economic department of the NKVD of Moscow Oblast which suffocated batches of prisoners with engine fumes in a camouflaged bread van while on the drive out to the mass graves at Butovo, where the prisoners were subsequently buried.
mircea_popescu: i'm happier with trilema's monetization than with cisco's
soviet future.
ascii_field: the actual field of comp sci was annihilated more thoroughly than anything the lysenkoists did to
soviet biology
BingoBoingo:
http://drunkard.com/issues/59/59-10-reasons-why-the-gabf-sucks.html << "Hall F of the Colorado Convention Center possesses all the charm of a
Soviet tank factory with the Nazis closing in. All the ugly, hard surfaces distort and amplify the happy babble of the crowd into the soundtrack of the Spanish inquisition. I’m well-aware of the brewery association’s rationale: With so many people begging to be fleeced, they have an obli
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo seriously, SERIOUSLY ? like... like... like
soviet broadcasts in 1940 ?
assbot: Logged on 05-03-2014 02:47:31; asciilifeform: there is a related
soviet joke. abramowitch (generic jew, not the oligarch) calls a friend who was over for dinner last night:
pete_dushenski: let's say in the
soviet style used for nukes and satellites
BingoBoingo: brendafdez: You have to understand that today's NYtimes is more
soviet than pravda could ever have hoped to be
mircea_popescu: (note i am discussing strictly
soviet satellites here, obviously each place has its own golden age)
mircea_popescu: this was a major propaganda point (
soviet propaganda had the unique distinction of actually being mostly true). nobody cared.
assbot: DP Vintage Posters - Free Leonard Peltier Original USSR
Soviet Union anti-American Protest Poster ... (
http://bit.ly/1Ectw7Y )
TheNewDeal: Not any planned
soviet,japanese, or luftwaffe that is
decimation: apparently no
soviet, japanese, or german aircraft though
trinque: I will say that listening to those familiar with the
soviet collapse has been enlightening
mircea_popescu: your average
soviet bureaucrat would avoid committing to paper as much as 1+1=2 , if he could get away with it. and sensibly so, because... you never know.
mircea_popescu: neither were any of the men involved in, say, the end of the
soviet union.
mircea_popescu: this is starting to be so much like
soviet russia in 1985 it boggles the mind.
mircea_popescu: earnest effort never killed anyone. except of course in
soviet russia.
jurov: Mr. Dimitri Khalezov is an important researcher and witness to the 9/11 event. In fact, he was a nuclear intelligence officer in the former
Soviet Union. He testifies that WTC 1, 2 and 7 were demolished by three underground thermonuclear devices during the 9/11 event. As a matter of fact, there were large cavities found at ground zero (point of nuclear explosion in all English dictionaries printed prior to 2002) and tens of thousands of first
assbot: Logged on 20-08-2014 06:37:37; asciilifeform:
soviet scientist declares, 'we've invented a shit-to-food converter.' 'does it work?' 'sorta. spreading on bread: worlks!!11! eating - not quite yet.'
mircea_popescu: if you recall the
soviet vairant, you know why it's so funny.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform you know that scammer creativity analysis actually sounds very like
soviet police doctrine, on meditation. didja get it out of some book ?
mircea_popescu: similarly one could observe that the
soviet union had very impressive victory day parades. sure. this, principally, because the
soviet citizen had little better to do, either productively, for leisure or for his own safety.
mircea_popescu: true men aren't swayed by redditarded frenzy, nor by
soviet pretense to power.
mircea_popescu: same here, but who the fuck knows what they do in the
soviet republic of san francisco.
dub: well again from the article, mocking dead people, agreeing with other people and appreciating
soviet weaponry is off limits too
mircea_popescu: "During WWII, a Belarusian boy is thrust into the atrocities of war, fighting with a hopelessly unequipped
Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces. Witnessing scenes of abject terror and surviving horrifying situations, he loses his innocence and then his mind."
assbot: Logged on 20-08-2014 06:37:37; asciilifeform:
soviet scientist declares, 'we've invented a shit-to-food converter.' 'does it work?' 'sorta. spreading on bread: worlks!!11! eating - not quite yet.'
mircea_popescu: gerontocracy is necessarily a failure mode of
soviet states
mircea_popescu: mod6: and "glory" or w/e <<
soviet sports kinda beat us sports on this model.