mircea_popescu: unrelatedly, i tried to re-read dostoyevsky for my sins.
mircea_popescu: that fucking letter to the bum from his IDIOTIC mother about how that slut of a sister of his lied to everyone and wouldn't fuck
mircea_popescu: how did this shit pass for literature again, it has all the drawbacks of cancerous womanhood.
mircea_popescu: nothing but nagging and an insistence of posing the likes of which isn't yet encountered on instagram!
mircea_popescu: i'm supposed to admire how dounia "Can endure" ? fuck her stupid head ?
assbot: Logged on 25-09-2015 23:42:07; mircea_popescu: what, the bulger crime family never happened, right ?
assbot: Logged on 25-09-2015 21:50:04; assbot: Logged on 25-09-2015 14:51:18; pete_dushenski: "Camera Restricta is a speculative design of a new kind of camera. It locates itself via GPS and searches online for photos that have been geotagged nearby. If the camera decides that too many photos have been taken at your location, it retracts the shutter and blocks the viewfinder. You can't take any more pictures here." << notbad for an 'artist' (philipp schm
mircea_popescu: cazalla prolly was, in the sense of "i'll tell you about the italians so you can tell your boss im an informant and then tell me when they wanna hit my org."
mircea_popescu: and how come they're not working to make a woman that self-destructs after fucking.
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mircea_popescu: asciilifeform when i bought a grass cutter i bought one with plug. fuck me if im going to buy any battery anything.
mircea_popescu: i just cut in lines away from the house. cord was at no point past wherer i cut.
mircea_popescu: i somehow doubt a 36 v motor is actually in there. what, this thing weighs 60 lbs ?
mircea_popescu: my thing was a very respectable 600W DC thing, never had a problem cutting right through thistle and whatnot.
mircea_popescu: anyway sharp blade counts ^2, motor power counts like ^.8 or something.
mircea_popescu: why the fuck do you think scythe grass cutters insist on skill an d sharp scythe, rather than bulging biceps.
mircea_popescu: onbe of the foremost lost arts. there's an entire story to the job, including how to build waterproof hay piles.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform i guess unless you make your own order for 36v batteries that's not getting fixed, who the fuck wants to charge 3 items one by one etc
mircea_popescu: i suppose you could install one of those electric bike things
mircea_popescu: if you're gonna make it heavier than a fuckable woman and steel and whatnot
mircea_popescu: and it charges at 1.5 ? how long does this take, whole night ?
mircea_popescu is suddenly very appreciative of all the problems he never had.
mircea_popescu: and i even have the exact moneyary counts. 450 lei for the item, =~ 150 bucks. 90 lei for two chord extensions (40m total), 30 bucls.
mircea_popescu: i have over you the advantage that hey, corporate purchases. tax writeoff.
mircea_popescu: one of the best parts of cutting grass in like may/june was, after you cut it, the next day or w/e, you go for a stroll
mircea_popescu: and there's this cloud of little 2mm guys jumping from where yo ustep
mircea_popescu: but it's more to do with the fact that i understand how the fucking focus thing works and just time it in my head.
mircea_popescu: (digital cam autofocus thing is NOT able to resolve the n/p problem of "correct focus". it just tries. and fails, predictably, after missing some optimums)
punkman: manual focus is a must for macro shots
mircea_popescu: (sane = not expect it to succeed, understand how it tries.)
punkman: there is nothing for autofocus to target when the subject is very close to the lens
punkman: gotta lock it, and manual focus by moving around
mircea_popescu: i suppose if you count such procedures as manual then yes.
punkman: (for some kinds of autofocus at least, like the ones that shine an IR light)
assbot: What is believed to be the world's biggest wasp nest has been found in northern Tasmania - ABC Rural (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) ... (
http://bit.ly/1KVnHSo )
mircea_popescu: "Teh romanians entertain the mistaken view that one can't die of hunger. One can. Not only can, will. A certain count of Romanians (as large as necessary) will die of hunger, in the closer or more distant future, because otherwise the populace does not seem capable to comprehend that the only reason Trompi dropped them in the world is so they work. They're not here to enjoy themselves, they're not here to be happy, the
mircea_popescu: y're not here to state their oppinions, eat doritos or drink bear. They're here to work and only work, a lot, hard and for very little money. Until they fall over."
mircea_popescu: cazalla this is romania. we have 100 lb women and tiny polen wasps here.
mircea_popescu: monsanto should ge au wasps to build houses in new mexico.
punkman: opensource to share with the neighbors
https://github.com/whitepacket/ZIB-Trojan "Replace Bitcoin addresses in clipboard with yours." "Undetectable ad-fraud smart viewer" "automated system for handling [Bitcoin] payments, providing bot-net binaries, and creating bot-net IRC channels."
☟︎ mircea_popescu: i suspect it's more of a "hopeful" case : what if bozo plugs in hdd not plugged in since 2010 ?
mircea_popescu: 10k btc he doesn't even know about in a old directory etc
punkman: stupid if you don't grab all wallet.dats, even encrypted ones
mircea_popescu:
http://trilema.com/2011/entypus/ << i also had one of those large wasps that build their nests out of chjewed sand/clay (the prev ones were "paper wasps", build the nest out of a sort of paper made out of chewed wood) and fill them with spiders they caught and paralyzed, with added egg.
assbot: Logged on 26-09-2015 00:55:24; punkman: opensource to share with the neighbors
https://github.com/whitepacket/ZIB-Trojan "Replace Bitcoin addresses in clipboard with yours." "Undetectable ad-fraud smart viewer" "automated system for handling [Bitcoin] payments, providing bot-net binaries, and creating bot-net IRC channels."
mircea_popescu: that "oh, they were fired via email ? did they check make sure it's not fake ?" thing still has me lolling.
assbot: Logged on 26-09-2015 00:55:56; mircea_popescu: there isn't a better stock in the us.
mircea_popescu is skeptical. and will continue to be so, because time ticks behind him. in a decade i'll pretend that not only am i right now, but was right all along : no better stock in that place.
mircea_popescu: an exercise not unlike explaining why "the green stays left in the mandelbrot set for as long as it does"
mircea_popescu: you might find that most of the windows with lights in them are painted cardboard in the shape of a window with a light in it.
mircea_popescu: the us got a random guy from kenya to pretend like he's a law professor ; anhd some random derp from pakistan to pretend he's a district attorney.
mircea_popescu: who's fooled ? was rice a secretary of state ? was fiorina a ceo ?
assbot: Logged on 04-08-2015 04:10:54; asciilifeform: 'In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,
mircea_popescu: (btw, it is also customary for banks to continue servicing abandoned bank accounts. for the same reasons as the grass cuttings - they figure they got a claim to A THING and sooner or later will make good on it. with interest.)
mircea_popescu: im sure they're trying to stuff the bill into SOMETHING. an acquisition of some sort, vc capital somewhere, a credit card balance movement to a larger credit card. it hasta.
mircea_popescu: well sure, for as long as a usg-pretense exists to keep bankrolling everyone's pretense, everyone's gonna keep on pretending.
mircea_popescu: the amplitude of pretense is to be measured at the muzzle of the pretender, tho.
mircea_popescu: quote of interest, "The Dust Bowl was no accident of nature. A functioning grassland prairie produces more biomass each year than does even the most technologically advanced wheat field. The problem is, it's mostly a form of grass and grass roots that humans can't eat. So we replace the prairie with our own preferred grass, wheat. Never mind that we feed most of our grain to livestock, and that livestock is perfectly c
mircea_popescu: ontent to eat native grass. And never mind that there likely were more bison produced naturally on the Great Plains before farming than all of beef farming raises in the same area today."
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PeterL: So I have to use Winblows at work. The most annoying thing is the tendency of programs to steal focus at wierd times. Like, I start a program, see it is going to take a minute to load, switch to my other program and sign in, but wait the first stole the focus and now my password is sitting there in plaintext. Bleh.
danielpbarron: i too must use a winbl0ws machine at work, and the password is on a post-it note stuck to the monitor, as is usually the custom with machines of this nature
danielpbarron: in my case, the thing is only used for UPS worldship, which apparently can only run on microshit
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ben_vulpes: i learned of the ethereum "yellow paper" the other day
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assbot: Logged on 26-09-2015 07:15:54; ben_vulpes: i learned of the ethereum "yellow paper" the other day
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shinohai: HeySteve: nice ... i wonder if she would shit on a picture of gavin for btc?
HeySteve: doubt it but I would! how much are you offering here?
shinohai: There are some girls in the dark corners of reddit that will do it I am sure.
HeySteve: atm there is a vile thread on reddit praising Gavin - and I mean vile for reddit
HeySteve: probably, the something awful guys found a couple in brazil I think, to make the infamous 2 girls 1 cup vid
shinohai: Sexy Saffron might be convinced to pee on it.
cazalla: HeySteve, i'm sure i read 2 girls 1 cup is fake
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HeySteve: there was a linked vid of mike and gavin in a pub answering questions
HeySteve: mike is all baldly asserting bitcoin needs moar authoritarianism
HeySteve: it's made me want to rewatch Shaun of the Dead for some reason, but can't find it in my movies folder
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mircea_popescu: ima make sure to ask hitler what the red army needs moar of.
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shinohai: ;;later tell asciilifeform new best=00000000000000000a1f height=327066
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punkman: well they got $10mil in June, can't be using old and dusty gpg now, gotta come up with their own stupid shit
HeySteve: punkman, so your privkey is associated with your phone and therefore location, social contacts, message history, etc.?
assbot: NSA Director Admits that Sharing Encryption Keys With the Government Leaves Us Vulnerable to Bad Guys | Zero Hedge ... (
http://bit.ly/1YGZQfb )
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punkman: cazalla: are those shipping containers?
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punkman: "Paquete subscribers pay between $1 and $3 per week" "In addition to the subscription fees, revenue for El Paquete comes from a classifieds section called "Revolico." Sellers pay to list their items, and you can get a premium listing if you pay more. Revolico is the cash cow of El Paquete."
cazalla: punkman, looks it but no, apartments
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assbot: The Obamas welcome Xi Jinping and his wife for a state dinner – in pictures | US news | The Guardian ... (
http://bit.ly/1LTCXM0 )
punkman: "along with high-profile guests such as Apple CEO Tim Cook, Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg, and billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban"
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jurov: looks like she has fleshlight in the vag
danielpbarron: in new york city, there are spikes on any public facing surface that might have otherwise been a suitable place to sit
☟︎ danielpbarron: i only really noticed this when I foolishly tried to spend the night there without having a place to stay
danielpbarron: and even if you can find a place to sit, eventually police start to roll by at increasingly frequent intervals
☟︎ jurov: there surely is a patent about spikes retracting on payment
pete_dushenski: danielpbarron there are more police than cockroaches in nyc, though i suppose it can be tough to tell one from the other
jurov: onve VCs get desperate enough
danielpbarron: apparently the trick to staving off an interrogation is pretending to use a cell phone, although this was years ago -- these days even bums have cell phones
pete_dushenski: danielpbarron if you're pretending to actually have a conversation, i've found that this trick *still* works. at least at airport in '5min' waiting zone. can stay there 15min+ if on phone lol
danielpbarron: they think you are calling for a ride or something
pete_dushenski: then again, maybe it's just my very professional looking motorola razr and dun-fuck-wit-me-mercedes
jurov: i'd prolly acquire schizophrenia from faking conversation for hours
pete_dushenski: ;;later tell heysteve i'll pay you 0.1 btc for a picture of a picture of gavin's head with your finest backdoor damage on it.
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pete_dushenski: "An investigation is underway as to whether US military personnel tried to get the government to foot the bill for a total of $96,576 (£63,268) spent on strippers in Las Vegas. The Pentagon's Inspector General is also looking into claims the personnel tried to expense $952,258 (£623,838) spent in casinos."
pete_dushenski: "The device would emit encrypted radio waves that would be picked up by satellites and “used to track fugitives from justice, terrorists, illegal immigrants, criminals, political opponents, defectors, domestic help, and Saudi Arabians who don’t return home from pilgrimages,”" << what could possibly go wrong ?
pete_dushenski: not like anyone is going to hack your jeep and drive it off the road just because you thought 'wifi in my car ?! oh cool !'
pete_dushenski: danielpbarron o what, like blockchain.info ? who still lost 5k btc ?
pete_dushenski: asciilifeform missed that flick but yes, i recall seeing it elsewhere in hollywood
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pete_dushenski: was i thinking of 'stargate' ? i remember there being large collars on the egyptianesque soldiers, but can't recall if they exploded now
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pete_dushenski: "Royal Tiffany is 26. Born in Naples, she currently lives in Rome. She studied business and marketing, works as a secretary" << this is where your 'marketing', 'social sciences' and 'environmental sciences' degrees are going to land you, girls. rt is just blazing the trail for yous.
pete_dushenski: ;;later tell naphex why the google captcha ?! i dun wanna pick the pictures that look like salads just to look at the moving pictures of girls making salads !!
pete_dushenski: what are they gonna seriously say ? yellen is fat and osteoarthritic ?
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hanbot: i seek an honest yiddish proficient to tell me if there's seriously a word that'd sanely translate to "write-up" in english
☟︎ hanbot: i suspect i'm reading shit translations of isaac bashevis singer
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fluffypony: I don't know if we have much in the way of Juice in here
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assbot: Logged on 26-09-2015 11:38:11; assbot: NSA Director Admits that Sharing Encryption Keys With the Government Leaves Us Vulnerable to Bad Guys | Zero Hedge ... (
http://bit.ly/1YGZQfb )
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assbot: Logged on 26-09-2015 12:43:23; punkman: "along with high-profile guests such as Apple CEO Tim Cook, Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg, and billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban"
mircea_popescu: was it so hard to say "the little black prince and his oligarchs met the people's representative Xi" ?
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mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: i am thoroughly mystified as to what is happening in this photo << the woman is being denied sensation and, inasmuch as identity is a formal matter, identity.
assbot: Logged on 26-09-2015 15:54:22; danielpbarron: in new york city, there are spikes on any public facing surface that might have otherwise been a suitable place to sit
mircea_popescu: every church refinishing job includes tons of little spikes.
assbot: Logged on 26-09-2015 15:56:05; danielpbarron: and even if you can find a place to sit, eventually police start to roll by at increasingly frequent intervals
assbot: Logged on 26-09-2015 15:58:33; pete_dushenski: jurov spikes retracting on pavement for payment ?
mircea_popescu: "fugitives from justice, terrorists, illegal immigrants, criminals, political opponents, defectors, domestic help, and Saudi Arabians who don’t return home from pilgrimages (aka collared women)"
mircea_popescu: who the fuck is the sort of inept wanna-be me idiot who keeps slaves that'd rather run away.
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assbot: Logged on 26-09-2015 21:23:16; hanbot: i seek an honest yiddish proficient to tell me if there's seriously a word that'd sanely translate to "write-up" in english
mircea_popescu: for that matter, pretty sure there isn't one in hebrew, either.
mike_c: c'mon bitbet mods, jeb deserves his due.
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