asciilifeform: welcome to how the asciilifeformside lives.
mircea_popescu: somehow i had working copies. i guess ima have to move them to new systems somehow or wtf.
mircea_popescu: and i can't be bothered with packages prior.
asciilifeform: eh you already know how folx who refuse to buy into the idiocy-of-the-day and 'add value to the discussion' are welcomed in the ninjashogunnery.
mircea_popescu: very weird, the list of nonsense these people sprout. it's as if they have 0 reflexive capacity whatsoever, how am i supposed to distinguish google "ai" from some douche who spits out " Your style of just summarily shitting on how the author wrote this piece adds no value to the discussion." ?
mircea_popescu: why exactly is criticizing idiots "not adding to the conversation" ?
asciilifeform: 'As someone that been on HN for 9 years, pushing back on these kinds of comments is my business. This is my opinion on the value of you coming to Hacker News to complain about the author's writing style, and secondarily aimed at other commenters here. Your style of just summarily shitting on how the author wrote this piece adds no value to the discussion. Clearly lots of other people like it, this has been the #1 piece on HN for hour
asciilifeform: 'You're the guy who hacked Dalvik on Android a few years back, aren't you? So that it would load your broken APKs that have millions of methods for unholy reasons, and break the app for your users when Dalvik updates and this predictably stops to work? Fitting that having created such horrors you would have to deal with other people's.' -- from the comments
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> but who the fuck uses emacs nonfullscreen and why. << Me, I use it like a "sticky note" on screen.
trinque couldn't stand writing one command "open all the shit I use to work on project P" in multiple languages, the cost being stepping around various exwm bugs
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: it did, when i found it, i had been using various 'light' (e.g., 'flwm') wm, and the switchover felt quite like if you had lived with mice, rats, lice, all of your life, and then finally learned to kill'em
mircea_popescu: (retrospectively it is evident this proggy had a large formative impact in young alf, hence all the vermin references.)
mircea_popescu: hey, sometimes being the only one who uses something makes you more than being the only one who wrote it.
asciilifeform notes, for the record, that he did not write 'ratpoison', it was made long ago
asciilifeform: they don't move.
asciilifeform: so i dun have 'windows' in the customary sense here.
asciilifeform: ratpoison cuts displays apart into ports which behave quite the same as separate display.
asciilifeform: so if emacs works, they work
mircea_popescu: you, apparently. /me recalls this discussion where he was using everything full screen and heathens balked.
asciilifeform: and yes, 'ubuntu' and all similar, belong in the furnace.
asciilifeform: but who the fuck uses emacs nonfullscreen and why.
asciilifeform: on recent mac, i found that emacs is simply not usable at all unless in fullscreen mode, the contents become cga-like soup
trinque: the guy must be talking about having x11 windows overlap, and who does that anyway
mircea_popescu: "if it dun work don't bother us - you broke it, you fix it."
mircea_popescu: emacs frozen as part of gossipd, other implementations allowed at user's discretion.
mircea_popescu: so then.
mircea_popescu: yes. so if it's emacs, then it's emacs, then we need to freeze a package of it or else face the eulora problem
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: imho a correct gossipd simply emulates irc server on the user end.
asciilifeform: and in fact the reason the linked idiocy is so jaw-dropping is that the d00d broke the mightiest x11 proggy so as to fit his peculiar psychosis
asciilifeform: motherfucker, looks like this was the warning bell, as soon as this idiocy makes it into mainline emacs (and it will) i will have to maintain own fork.
mircea_popescu: ugh what the
asciilifeform: that share screen space with the double-buffered region into independent X windows. Overall, it’s a giant hack.' << this is guaranteed to break it on all of my systems
asciilifeform: 'Emacs uses an X11 extension, DOUBLE-BUFFER, largely seen as an historical artifact. There are other hacks I didn’t describe, like putting scrollbars in their own X11 window, contrary to the intent and design of the GTK people. This extension allows us to reuse our existing drawing code and redirect it to an off-screen buffer. GTK+ or Lucid or Motif or whatever we’re using is oblivious. My diff turns scrollbars and other widgets
mircea_popescu: this sounds a lot like "my car engine doesn't run smooth so i'm going to fix the steering wheel, gas pedal etc."
asciilifeform: 'I am a sinner. Unrepentant. Damned. Thusly, for me, Emacs flickers constantly. I hate flicker. I love Emacs. Something has to change. I decided to hack Emacs to eliminate this antediluvian flickering.' << i am hearing about this flicker for the first time.
mircea_popescu: also there's this kickass bird that sits on my balcony and sings the shit out of it!
mircea_popescu: and in other "human encounters trilema", http://trilema.com/2014/consent-is-a-myth-lets-see-how-it-came-to-be/#comment-119601
mircea_popescu: i don't get it. what exactly can it be other than "a text program" ?
jurov: "Emacs pretends GTK+ is an old-fashioned Xt toolkit. The entire Emacs philosophy is to force $MODERN_THING to behave just like Xt just like a 1960s TTY. Emacs does awful things to GTK+ to maintain this illusion."
mircea_popescu: anyway, the linked github is like the first laddel piece over a few dozen words that nevertheless made sense from end to end.
jhvh1: mircea_popescu: The operation succeeded.
mircea_popescu: lol he put stan "from start to finish" on the required reading list.
mircea_popescu: actually, here's a theory http://66.media.tumblr.com/6436b5c40f8355e8c7238346a3adff31/tumblr_n5kilrH8zj1s8ixkuo1_1280.jpg
trinque: http://btcbase.org/log/2016-10-31#1560415 << lol, I'm under the impression that gabriel_laddel trolls logs for highlights with a script, or would've provided better context
asciilifeform: apparently it was a usg-subsidized ersatz thing for soldiers home from ww2. the vendor vanished when the budget was cut.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Because classic version. New factory homes are the ones which can't even litorrally.
asciilifeform: where is the mega-profit he boasted of having from his worx ??
BingoBoingo: under foundation because piered foundations are popular for these, geography be damned
asciilifeform: d to reason with cattle. No more. Completing the CLX implementation, as described above should take no more than a few months.' << this is iirc the first time i am seeing 'mean girlz' in a shithub page.
asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/log/2016-10-31#1560409 >> 'He's more-or-less lent jackdaniel his signature, and is too much of a pushover to, say, speak up or block access rights to the repository when jackdaniel takes actions he disagrees with. Someone familiar with the fork suggested that it might be premature. Had I nipped this problem in the bud a week ago, I could have had translated the CLIM specifiction to CLIM by now. Instead, I attempte
BingoBoingo: Small factories making houses not in assembly line, but in local batches. Then assembled (not built) on site. Also guess where shallow water plays a role.
BingoBoingo: Oh there are still factory built houses, but more of a littoral cottage industry.
asciilifeform: it would interfere with the real estate racket.
asciilifeform: in other 'news', i was walking on a street and saw a house that appeared to be made of steel. overgrown with jungle, apparently for decades, according to city hall. looked up what the thing was, turns out they were stamped out like cars: https://archive.is/isbKL
gabriel_laddel: mircea_popescu: nothing whatsoever, even when holding either F12 or F1 during boot.
gabriel_laddel: http://paste.lisp.org/display/329959 < for existing users: render macsyma forms directly into the buffer and operate on them there.
gabriel_laddel: masamune news: I've a machine for hosting the channel + logs+backups, but it is missing a power cord and doesn't have a bootable linux on it :/ Have never installed on a computer that didn't at the very least give me a boot screen, so have nfi how long this will take.
trinque: and also, yes I will host the thing's vpatch pile.
jhvh1: trinque: The operation succeeded.
trinque: Github pull requests give losers like jackdaniel too much insight into the workings of the project and git sucks anyways. << shithub's whole point is to bring losers like jackdaniel to the table.
phf: apparently i was putting it there
phf: it was an end of line corner case that i didn't test, but no not altering, just the highlighting part
mircea_popescu: wikitardia prolly imagines it invented the process.
shinohai: I rather like we have a room full of editors here to watch for those sorts of things.
mircea_popescu: "he wished that their friendship played out end to end" >>> http://trilema.com/2013/requiem-for-a-dream/#selection-45.0-45.75
a111: Logged on 2016-10-30 17:25 deedbot: http://thewhet.net/2016/elliot-and-james-a-drinking-song/ << The Whet - Elliot and James, a Drinking Song
asciilifeform: oh hey, the clit of clitler!
mircea_popescu: on the basis of recorded history sheep aren't safe if enough alcohol.
mircea_popescu: phf so you're altering the logs ?!
deedbot: http://thewhet.net/2016/elliot-and-james-a-drinking-song/ << The Whet - Elliot and James, a Drinking Song
phf: and yet "provided by a fork of the bitcoin source". verily https://sjmj91.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/2001space037.jpg
phf: holy shit, zcash team is literally every single kind of degenerate assembled together. каждой тваре по паре
shinohai: I'm still working on that ... removing it so far breaks the whole plugin.
phf: i have by the way fixed url delimiters on btcbase. now if url ends in > ; . , and ) it won't include those chars. that might break a url in a case or two, but in most cases that actually fixes them
asciilifeform: in other definitely not-news, https://archive.is/Cbzko << lulzy vintage dan bernstein.
shinohai: If he is, I'll give him a bitcent just for taking the artform to a new level.
mircea_popescu: funny thing being, it's prolly faster. depending on your conn, obv, but i think for >50% of the world it would be
mircea_popescu: in other lulz, reviewing eulora downloads, it seems people are 2.5x more likely to download jurov's binaries than source.
mircea_popescu: meanwhile in the coy pond, http://66.media.tumblr.com/438950fb33b2bda546f1e10e548c405d/tumblr_nhuahiaaqE1u5qy2fo1_1280.jpg
a111: Logged on 2016-10-30 03:46 BingoBoingo: In other Voldemorts http://trilema.com/2011/wikileaks-dcccxl/#selection-57.578-57.809
mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2016-10-30#1560305 << oh you have no fucking idea. note the "classified by" and then straight to https://archive.is/X29yN
mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2016-10-30#1560286 << you deeply misunderstand the abundance of esltards who a) have no particular understanding of anything and b) expect to survive nevertheless.
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes in this case the guy became "famous" because witticism. which is how it tends to work in that backwater.
mircea_popescu: somehow they look down on women doing the same, trying to achieve "fame" to charge more per lap dance.
a111: Logged on 2016-10-30 03:30 ben_vulpes: "Zooko proposed recently to periodically force everyone to reveal their balance as a solution for the hidden inflation problem." << ahaha i mean fuck what's the point
mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2016-10-30#1560271 << the point seems to be that for a majority of ustards, the ONLY thing you can do once you have a name is whore out.
BingoBoingo will prolly write a completely different Elliot fanfic after Nov 1st because surprisingly fun once the plot gets rolling.
BingoBoingo: Thus concludes my entry into the Elliot fanfic contest. Your move adlai!
deedbot: http://www.thedrinkingrecord.com/2016/10/29/is-so-unfair-cycle-12-fairness-strikes/ << Bingo Blog - Is So Unfair Cycle 12 – Fairness Strikes!
asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: is horse road-legal over there ?
ben_vulpes: in other "don't talk to cops": http://bikeportland.org/2016/10/29/collision-on-st-johns-bridge-kills-bicycle-rider-194427
BingoBoingo: Wait till the 11th entry.
ben_vulpes: the lols are too thick
asciilifeform: familiar picture, to the point of tedium.
asciilifeform: then in year or three, begin the 'nobody could have predicted' blackmarketeer jailings etc.
asciilifeform: the designated rubes are, likely, already sucking it up and asking for seconds.
asciilifeform: at any rate, that thing apparently is the long-awaited 'tor-flavoured' shitcoin
asciilifeform: them, apparently
asciilifeform: 'shakespeare's plays were not written by shakespeare, but another man of that name'
ben_vulpes: "guy we swear is this other guy who nominally but not provably does a thing also came up with a 'cryptocurrency' that doesn't have hard guarantees on monetary base numbers'
asciilifeform: belongs straight in the furnace.
ben_vulpes: only compounds the lols
asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: 'zooko' is primarily known for the 'dns triangle' thing
ben_vulpes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6RLjcGVUnw&feature=youtu.be&t=17m30s << from the linked piece, in which 'zooko' (this is a name? wothandle? what even jesus shit) 'reveals he doesn't even grok zero-knowledge proofs'
ben_vulpes: "Zooko proposed recently to periodically force everyone to reveal their balance as a solution for the hidden inflation problem." << ahaha i mean fuck what's the point
a111: Logged on 2016-10-29 22:05 asciilifeform: https://archive.is/Djt8g << meanwhile, at the circus, 'This is not a “normal launch” like any other altcoin, because ZCash required a so called “trusted setup”. During this setup, some secret (public) parameters were generated based on a “master private key”. These network parameters are needed to create the so called “zero-knowledge proofs”, which is the anonymizing mixer on the ZCash network. The “master private k
asciilifeform: 'i invited the strippers [,] hitler and stalin to my party'
BingoBoingo: http://trilema.com/2016/the-story-of-elliot-rodger-by-elliot-rodger-adnotated-part-one/ << "My parents threw a party for me in our field. I had a helicopter birthday cake." If people want to know why "Attack Helicopter" is such a popular gender identification amongst protesters
ben_vulpes: not my fault nobody gets the letterkenny jokes
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: they recruit schoolboys, and, typically, not the best arithmetizers, no.
asciilifeform: the remaining pennies - to dependapotamus.
asciilifeform: oh btw you get it, typically, up-front, goes straight to the debt collectors.
mircea_popescu: morelike with the logic that they by and large couldn't hire people above 98 iq even with the bonuses.
asciilifeform: (when i worked at flying a desk for u.s. army, there were posters hanging in the lobby promising 25-35k re-enlistment bonus for DESK FLYERS, with the logic that they CHANCE iraq)
mircea_popescu: "ship to irak tomorrow, and if they don't blow you up we'll give you 20k". wait 10 years after which "oh btw, only kidding about those 20k. whatcha gonna do about it bitch, NOT GO TO IRAK NO MOAR ? AHAHAHAHA"
asciilifeform: they were taking back iraq 'bonus'.
mircea_popescu: o look, also wants to double the americorps payola. weren't they taking it back from suckers 10 years later recently ?
mircea_popescu: and also pushing the "college can charge whatever it wants - but it will never get more than 10% of the student's future pay, so whatevs" is pretty much the only way out of the mess.
mircea_popescu: of course, there's some sense in all of that. eg, why exactly is college debt not refinanceable ?
mircea_popescu: and all this would be good for the usd.
mircea_popescu: they have ap oint though : this debt holds "all of us" back - if college numbers were released from this peg in reality the gdp could go as high as 500% the first month.
asciilifeform: gotta love the 'step right up, sell yer vote! for (imaginary) 2k usd'
mircea_popescu: this is good for the usd.
mircea_popescu: anyway, an elector rewrite of the election would be pretty much the lulziest outcome possible.
mircea_popescu: lol at all the derps accidenta-voting
asciilifeform: the proper ones
asciilifeform: though theoretically the 'electors' are not bound by the votes, and could in principle elect whoever. though afaik this has not yet happened.
mircea_popescu: also that was like the largest such effect in 120 or os years
mircea_popescu: and most others. cheap fencing etc.
mircea_popescu: it's possible to win the popular vote by a slight margin and still lose the election, but that's all.
asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/log/2016-10-30#1560205 << recall, they have this thing in usa where it is at least theoretically possible for candidate to get 80+% of votes and lose
BingoBoingo: There's a sort of asymtote that roughly approximates one. The geometry of lulz is not euclidean.
mircea_popescu: there really is no bottom of lulz.
mircea_popescu: there is actually a senator mike crapo.
phf: i actually picked up a 1964 pulp print of pkd's the simulacra with his illustration at a tiny "mystery books" bookstore in philadelphia, that since got closed
a111: Logged on 2016-10-29 22:34 asciilifeform: (actually i could swear i saw that pic on a '90s sf cover, when they were being printed on that yellow toilet paper thing)
phf: http://btcbase.org/log/2016-10-29#1560175 << most likely, that's ed emshwiller a somewhat famous pulp cover illustrator (can recognize by the "emsh" tag)
mircea_popescu: 3k lv, ie the largest this week.
phf: oh by the time a111 can recover from all possible freenode failures we've achieved the dream of hard ai
mircea_popescu: just in case phf trinque shinohai & crew ever think they got to the last test case or something.
mircea_popescu: it's however not banned or anything. just another unexpected failure mode.
mircea_popescu: in other lulz, silent watcher that connects to no channels got klined earlier. "[465] You are banned from this server- Please do not spam users or channels on freenode. If in error, please contact kline@freenode.net. (2016/10/29 22.35)"
mircea_popescu: "this is not a normal launch like any other scamcoin because we would really like it not to be, and reality shouldn't get in the way of what we want"
deedbot: http://www.thedrinkingrecord.com/2016/10/29/is-so-unfair-cycle-11/ << Bingo Blog - Is So Unfair Cycle 11
BingoBoingo: Prolly the Nineveh thing, likely confused it with Babylon
a111: Logged on 2016-10-29 18:05 ben_vulpes: is there anything to this "nightshade allergy"?
a111: Logged on 2016-10-29 19:24 mircea_popescu: just going by it generally. esltards pretend whiskey to be an actual drink (it utterly is not, fruit alcohol is the only stuff worth drinking), and if we grant that faulty premise then 40 bucks for a quart of flawless whiskey compares favourably with a middle of the road cognac going more in the 100-200 range.
asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/log/2016-10-29#1560115 << i went not long ago into 'upscale' booze shop in washington, there was a, iirc, 150k-usd bottle, in a 'hope diamond'-type glass display, shopkeeper claimed that he's sold 2.
BingoBoingo: http://trilema.com/2009/abraham-lincoln-tradator-de-neam-si-tara/#comment-119577 << the discussion that follows as people learn reading is quite the artifact
asciilifeform: (actually i could swear i saw that pic on a '90s sf cover, when they were being printed on that yellow toilet paper thing)
asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/log/2016-10-29#1559985 << lel, that must be me in the parallel Bright SovFuture Universe i got booted from
jhvh1: shinohai: The operation succeeded.
asciilifeform: ey”, referred to by Zooko as toxic waste, needed to be destroyed. If this data is not destroyed, someone who has access to this key is able to generate an infinite amount of anonymous ZCash. This is the so called “hidden inflation problem”; unlimited counterfeiting of coins while nobody is able to detect it. ...'
asciilifeform: https://archive.is/Djt8g << meanwhile, at the circus, 'This is not a “normal launch” like any other altcoin, because ZCash required a so called “trusted setup”. During this setup, some secret (public) parameters were generated based on a “master private key”. These network parameters are needed to create the so called “zero-knowledge proofs”, which is the anonymizing mixer on the ZCash network. The “master private k
mircea_popescu: like a contemporary fable. really, the WOLF did that ? a speaking wolf ? wow!
mircea_popescu: lity is entirely self-deconstruction of the most transparent ilk.
mircea_popescu: also, for the amateur entomologists : the body of work published by the us agitprop wrt to vladislav surkov during the past five years is a splendid mirror to interpret the decaying empire itself. all that hero worship, all that fake fear that "someone", obviously "somewhere far away" may be you know, mixing democratic rhetoric with undemocratic intent, creating a "post truth" world and generally constructing a menacing unrea
mircea_popescu: there is that yeah.
diana_coman: eh, on the other hand he might need to train in between claims seeing how his skill is not that high yet so a trip back to town anyway
mircea_popescu: meanwhile on the corvette, http://66.media.tumblr.com/f11c5fca421700bece0afd20bc6f9a94/tumblr_n6teuied3M1tnztuoo2_1280.png
shinohai: meh they are close to town anyways
mircea_popescu: there's ... a lot of depth to it see ? hehe.
mircea_popescu: basically the right way is to get 14 bundles, put them in table, walk over there, move them into one claim, then take them out one at time exploit claims then when done put product in table walk it back
mircea_popescu: till then, scammer be scammer and that's all.
mircea_popescu: besides, it's not my job to chase him. guy scammed, let him put the elbow grease in to fix it.
mircea_popescu: notrly going to entertain the "addy signature" bs.
shinohai: anywho is I find a way to contact them I'll hit you up if you don't mind signing a message from that addy.
shinohai: They could at least include a sigaint address or something since already on tor
mircea_popescu: that they'd scam fiddy bux
mircea_popescu: they never got back to you huh.
shinohai: "The Republic's efforts to locate Peace on Earth, going as far as the gates of Hell, resulted in SFYL as the forum admins selectively scammed MP for 0.1 BTC"
mircea_popescu: well, if you buy by the barrel you should in principle get a barrel.
BingoBoingo: But not flawless or even graded. Sold in private wool over the eyes "experience" swindle.
mircea_popescu: just going by it generally. esltards pretend whiskey to be an actual drink (it utterly is not, fruit alcohol is the only stuff worth drinking), and if we grant that faulty premise then 40 bucks for a quart of flawless whiskey compares favourably with a middle of the road cognac going more in the 100-200 range.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: You'd be surprised. One of those things with quite a bit of variation depending on the particular time and liquor store.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo 40 bucks a bottle is actually pretty great price for the merchandise i'd say
BingoBoingo: OMG, what's on the RSS feed?
phf: i don't know what to do with that knowledge, like ark of the covenant, it might be ultimate weapon
mircea_popescu: what do you mean how so ? like tv killed the radio star, they were there and jewing the place up then the jews came along and stole it from them.
phf: armenia wasn't part of russia until 19th century, and in 16th century it wouldn't yet be under iranian influence, so it's possible that it was brought all the way from iran as bademjan
phf: there's a joke in a su commedy set in 16th century russia, where a character is listing dishes at a lavish feast, black caviar in a giant container, red caviar in a smaller plate, and "caviar from foreign lands, eggplant caviar" barely a spoonful. i sort of always assumed because of that movie that at some point eggplants were near impossible to source around where the term "eggplant caviar" originated
mircea_popescu: and i have nfi why they call "caviar" things which remind them of ... cheap roe salads. but w/e
phf: hah, that's why i like baba ganoush, but i don't know the recipe for later. when cooked russian style it's somewhat different from what they sell as baba ganoush in u.s.
BingoBoingo: The best summer squash is the Pattypan squash. There is no contest here and assertions to the contrary are crimes (libel, defamation, fraud) against nature.
phf: mircea_popescu: oh it's great as a zakuska, i was just thinking that i should make some "eggplant caviar" (no idea what the proper translation is)
ben_vulpes: man the texture of sq
a111: Logged on 2016-10-29 17:51 trinque: the guy who has to ask an authority how and whether to fuck truly is another gender.
mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2016-10-29#1560012 << they're also in the fucking majority. it seems ridiculous enough here, but they're also the font of nonsense a la "statutory rape" etc.
BingoBoingo: phf: trinque is right. Don't think of them as potatoes. Think of them as a sort of underground squash.
BingoBoingo: Well depends on the person? There's a bunch of stuff there that could be variably toxic depending on the specific person. Probably less allergy and more varying vulnerability to poison.
trinque: phf: they're good with something savory on 'em, say a fried egg and some sausage
ben_vulpes: is there anything to this "nightshade allergy"?
mircea_popescu: i don't much care for the sweet stuff, so i don't usually eat it. i think it's acquired thanksgiving taste.
BingoBoingo: In Africa even the food is weaponized
phf: i don't get sweet potatoes, i've been trying to work with them, but they don't seem to ever come out tasty. i even tried them as fries..
jhvh1: mircea_popescu: Salt N Pepa - Push It (Original) + Lyrics - YouTube: <https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dk4onJ7Z2MLI>; Push It - Salt - N - Pepa - Vevo: <http://www.vevo.com/watch/salt-n-pepa/push-it/USIV30400109>; Salt ' n Pepa , ' Push It ' | 500 Greatest Songs of All Time | Rolling Stone: <http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407/salt-n-pepa-push-it-2011
BingoBoingo: ben_vulpes: Because they are compeltely different things. White potatoes are a nightshade tuber and sweet potatoes are a morning glory tuber.
mircea_popescu: best excuse ever for girl not liking condoms : "there's barely any room even without!"
mircea_popescu: i suppose yams think themselves pastries.
ben_vulpes: when yaw rate exceeds some envelope parameters it dumps power back to the front and yanks the car back under control (in theory)
ben_vulpes: so in other related plastics, ford is shipping a focus with "drift mode"
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes well, you know how you can make the car skid if you steer it ineptly ?
ben_vulpes: replacing that bumper is going to cost me 450 in plastic and another 175 in shipping oil
mircea_popescu: i wonder if they actually had a hood engineer sit around thinking about this
mircea_popescu: there IS such a thing as engineering specifications!
BingoBoingo: Nah, because wear items always evade permanent solutions. They aren't plinths.
BingoBoingo: But the PB Blaster is pretty much nothing but solution... except in locks... or electronics
ben_vulpes: source of and solution to the world's woes
BingoBoingo: PB Blaster, Patience, and Pushing is the amended prescription
ben_vulpes: i think it's a mechanical jam, possibly the glass is now out of true
BingoBoingo: Motherfucker *wants* to get cuck'd by a couple bits of plastic
mircea_popescu: wow they allow non-tit tumblrs ?!
shinohai: When you start to resemble the candidate you are voting for: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/10/29/trump-supporter-charged-with-voting-twice-in-iowa/
shinohai: LOL vexual should have put that one in format for the Qntest
BingoBoingo: And lol http://qntra.net/2016/10/what-is-the-difference-between-bill-clinton-and-bill-cosby-a-qntest-with-bitcoin-prizes/#comment-76680
BingoBoingo: "One of the people who was sought in the probable cause action was killed. Another person was injured and transported to an area hospital where he was later arrested, according to an FBI press release obtained by Breitbart Texas at the time." << Pussies at Breitbart won't give Lavoy Finicum his NAME!.
mircea_popescu: you really don't want to mix the hygroscopic cocaine with skin brine.
mircea_popescu: and in other stupid ideas, http://67.media.tumblr.com/5113513464264c6073e4d6ccf74a38d5/tumblr_n38cmfzkWn1rtutkqo1_500.jpg
trinque: are they pandering to my demographic?!?!
BingoBoingo: Perhaps now that the slash is done next entry should take a more traditional fanfic turn.
shinohai: Did they at least have lemonade too?
asciilifeform: lulzily, they import all of (yes) prb...
asciilifeform: the linked alt also introduces a backbreaking pseudomathematical turd, similar to the one discussed in the homomorphism thread a while back