mircea_popescu: "what can you do", right ? the fact they're in the mud d oesn't mean they should get out, wash up, move to town (if it'll take 'em). the fact they're in the mud simply means all them high falootin' town things will have LOCAL EQUIVALENTS!!!!
mircea_popescu: wanna see their local clean room ? 100% built out of straw and mudpies ? clean to 10 ppk standard! it's just like ppb only with a k.
hanbot: i don't think it's just as good in-universe; it's better. keeping it real, you know, not like those jaded monied assholes who aren't Feeding the World with their inexplicable windfalls like they would. besides, their bower's stacked with comfortable consumer plastics, the best mudpies that could be --mudpies necessary, in fact, for existence. the town folk can't even tap screens to digest dinner, they sit around and TALK, like, to real faces, who
hanbot: wants to handle that?!
mircea_popescu: so apparently in php, != is a legitimate op in if expressions. = however, IS NOT. == MUST be used.
mircea_popescu: hanbot, i suppose frances mcdormand is the consummate icon of this outlook. not just in fargo, remember that scene when she is unhappy with the level of service the soviet embassy is providing ? "I AM AN AMERICAN CITIZEN!!! GIB MONYZ!!!"
mircea_popescu: if it weren't for all their self-loathing, she'd be a lot more popular i guess.
hanbot doesn't remember this scene, but the theme's recognizable generally.
diana_coman: mircea_popescu: the = vs == is because of the confusion assignment vs comparison
diana_coman: sure, inconsistent and annoying, there's no argument there.
mircea_popescu: assignment in if clauses is probably the dumbest c-ism ever
mircea_popescu: just denotes this utterly incorrect pile of mental processes, kids who cram before exams tend to think this way.
mircea_popescu: but irl, the time to fatten the pig and the time to cut open the pig never overlap.
diana_coman: sure, no argument there either; it is how the whole pile ends up that big and stinky and intricate, after all.
ossabot: Logged on 2020-01-05 07:20:03 hanbot: i don't think it's just as good in-universe; it's better. keeping it real, you know, not like those jaded monied assholes who aren't Feeding the World with their inexplicable windfalls like they would. besides, their bower's stacked with comfortable consumer plastics, the best mudpies that could be --mudpies necessary, in fact, for existence. the town folk can't even tap screens to digest dinner, they sit around and TA
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Yes, but they can derplock on the more mundane concepts like "How much time is this going to take?" and other frictions of the
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