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Sun Aug 31 06:24:39 UTC 2014 <asciilifeform> i always use the term 'calmed down' for these people. starting from having played 'half life', where there is a scene of an einsteinesque white coated figure who gets an alien 'headcrab' jump on his head. it takes roots, he struggles for a while, then 'calms down' and ambles on as zombie.
Sat Aug 30 21:10:40 UTC 2014 <*> asciilifeform but likes the idea anyway. a few km down in sea is the closes thing nature gives us, afaik, to a 'trap door function' for physical goodies.
Fri Aug 29 04:58:34 UTC 2014 <decimation> "Their [VC's] ability to coast, and to fund suboptimal founders, rests on the fact that no one is paying attention to whether they do their jobs well, the assumption being that we (technologists) will stay on their manor, passively keeping our heads down and saying, “politics is someone else’s job; I just want to solve hard problems.”"
Thu Aug 28 07:52:32 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> That Rhodesian Africans actually assist their "oppressors" in hunting down terrorist would-be "liberators" refutes the lie that this is a land of turmoil and strife. There has, in fact, been more racial disturbance and bloodshed in Chicago or Los Angeles in a week than in Rhodesia in a year.
Wed Aug 27 00:55:31 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> you'll have to sit down and confront the twinheaded fact that a) before you can improve on something you have to gain good familiariy with it and b) that the temptation to just make as a cheap substitute for understanding is sinful.
Tue Aug 26 21:51:42 UTC 2014 <BlueMeanie4> a future is similar, but it delivers the actual asset and the price is paid down in full
Mon Aug 25 21:34:47 UTC 2014 <Kamuela> no, this is like ensuring a house doesn't fall down by having blueprints drawn up before you put the pieces together
Mon Aug 25 12:59:53 UTC 2014 <thestringpuller> is ticker down?
Mon Aug 25 05:10:04 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> "Your content isn't worth much to begin with if it goes down in value as it gets shared." this is an interesting concept.
Mon Aug 25 00:03:32 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> even at the risk of driving down legitimate promises and capable people, the theory goes, this is still a worthwhile endeavour.
Sun Aug 24 02:29:15 UTC 2014 <nubbins`> <+BlueMeanie4> thats what the anti-walmartians argument boils down to. they lack the terms to describe what is bothering them, so instead they are stuck paying for overpriced stuff from 'local' people <<< unadulterated gibberish, contains no information
Sun Aug 24 02:28:11 UTC 2014 <BlueMeanie4> thats what the anti-walmartians argument boils down to. they lack the terms to describe what is bothering them, so instead they are stuck paying for overpriced stuff from 'local' people
Fri Aug 22 05:07:22 UTC 2014 <gribble> trilema.com is down
Fri Aug 22 03:16:20 UTC 2014 <decimation> yeah those are 'shake-down' letters, most folks cave in exchange for immunity. newegg is famous for not caving: http://blog.newegg.com/patent-trolls-learn-mess-newegg/
Thu Aug 21 20:26:19 UTC 2014 <pankkake> As for her friends, they were almost exclusively other oppressed SJWs. Although friend is a strong term. She had many fights with them that basically boiled down to "stop complaining about your oppression, mine is more important." She was, essentially, a contestant in the oppression olympics.
Thu Aug 21 13:32:26 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> you assumed wrong. it is the incontrovertible right of people to flush their assets down the toilet.
Wed Aug 20 15:33:03 UTC 2014 <usagi> For me, one of the most interesting features of a water fast is that your body will cut down on it's extraneous muscle mass as well as body fat. I will have to try it one of these days
Wed Aug 20 11:32:24 UTC 2014 <BingoBoingo> For now though it seems the simplest explanation is prolly the rig's down
Wed Aug 20 06:25:49 UTC 2014 <asciilifeform> 'keyhole' is more famous as 'hubble telescope' (that one got turned upside-down.)
Wed Aug 20 06:09:52 UTC 2014 <asciilifeform> why the briefcase didn't parachute down on time, is not told in the tale