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Mon Feb 29 18:07:21 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> and who is.
Mon Feb 29 18:06:57 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> note in any case that "operative" in that context specifically seeks "wooden pit" type answers.
Mon Feb 29 18:06:10 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> aha
Mon Feb 29 18:05:39 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> so basically this discussion just became 'explain this to me, and if you do i'll just pretend the explanation doesn't exist"
Mon Feb 29 18:05:12 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> but you UNDERSTAND the meta point, which makes you lie to yourself about your capacities, because you really really want things to be a certain way.
Mon Feb 29 18:04:54 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> don't flatter yourself. you can't arrange this, and the answer would provably be > petabytes long.
Mon Feb 29 18:04:16 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> and i presume "everything" doesn't suit you.
Mon Feb 29 18:04:09 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> you'll have to one day tell me what's the "operative difference" between peach and pear, but not in the sense of "one has a wooden pit". instead, in the sense of "what do the trees do differently"
Mon Feb 29 18:02:52 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> because why, anything can be expressed in pascal ?
Mon Feb 29 18:01:40 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> listen to prophet, be entertained ; follow strategist, survive.
Mon Feb 29 18:01:19 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> between what and what!
Mon Feb 29 18:00:55 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> ~good~ singers.
Mon Feb 29 18:00:39 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> they're a sort of singers.
Mon Feb 29 18:00:33 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> prophets are not strategists.
Mon Feb 29 18:00:08 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> if dog could see future, dog would also be general.
Mon Feb 29 17:59:58 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> well wtf, i get the same results from my dog. i don't make the dog a strategist. FOR THIS REASON.
Mon Feb 29 17:59:44 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> oh, he "didn't know" what was in front of him ? that's the definition of blindness. and he didn't know WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN ?
Mon Feb 29 17:59:06 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> well no, actually, it's moreover related to
Mon Feb 29 17:41:43 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> but, back to the original point : catastrophic blindness and strategic worthlessness. the embodiment thereof, this is it.