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(trilema) nubbins`: vexual, ive been quit for 2 years 3 months and uh
(trilema) nubbins`: ask anyone around you who doesn't smoke
(trilema) nubbins`: truth is, you fucking reek like smoke after having a cigarette
(trilema) nubbins`: you use it to think it gets the smell of smokes off your body
(trilema) nubbins`: no you don't
(trilema) nubbins`: and walks away
(trilema) nubbins`: looks mildly confused when hand sanitizer doesn't squirt out
(trilema) nubbins`: some asshole walks up and sticks his hand underneath it
(trilema) nubbins`: there's a small metal box on the wall with a lock on top that hides the temperature controls for the room or w/e
(trilema) nubbins`: i was at the gym yesterday
(trilema) nubbins`: okay, anecdote
(trilema) nubbins`: i don't get this sanitizer thing
(trilema) nubbins`: hand sanitizer, seriously?
(trilema) nubbins`: after a fashion
(trilema) nubbins`: only good things happen to me
(trilema) nubbins`: never been broken up with
(trilema) nubbins`: Vexual, i've never been fired
(trilema) nubbins`: so there was a period of like 4 months there where i wasn't much in tune with everything
(trilema) nubbins`: didn't quit my job til feb 2013
(trilema) nubbins`: ~nov 2012 i started dabbling
(trilema) nubbins`: mircea_popescu, before my time
(trilema) nubbins`: Vexual, his name was brought up in the mpex scientology thread
(trilema) nubbins`: ah, i just got reminded of eskimobob
(trilema) nubbins`: well it totally happ... wait
(trilema) nubbins`: but because famous people wear them when visiting canada
(trilema) nubbins`: not because they're necessary (srsly, an expedition parka at this latitude?)
(trilema) nubbins`: Canada Goose parkas are really popular here the past few years
(trilema) nubbins`: it's fine if you're dressed for it!
(trilema) nubbins`: but sure, thrills are thrilling for those who don't get thrilled much
(trilema) nubbins`: popularity of disaster/apocalypse stuff is more a product of the times
(trilema) nubbins`: no squatter toilets tho
(trilema) nubbins`: truck stops, we have
(trilema) nubbins`: you know we have toilets here
(trilema) nubbins`: they're great if you want to know what idiots and bigots think on a given topic
(trilema) nubbins`: mircea_popescu: i blame news websites
(trilema) nubbins`: recognized the bathroom, to this day have not found the writing
(trilema) nubbins`: someone showed me a picture of a bathroom with "dick surgery or die" written on the wall
(trilema) nubbins`: just below bathroom graffiti
(trilema) nubbins`: in the english-speaking world, website comments are generally considered to be the lowest form of discourse
(trilema) nubbins`: you really did have a lot more comments when you posted in romanian, huh
(trilema) nubbins`: ^ disregard, that was a useless statement
(trilema) nubbins`: looks like a lecture hall
(trilema) nubbins`: not too gleefully, though
(trilema) nubbins`: "i'd sure hate for that to happen to me" as one gleefully watches
(trilema) nubbins`: guilty pleasure
(trilema) nubbins`: the arousal from it is
(trilema) nubbins`: the vulnerability itself isn't a taboo
(trilema) nubbins`: i'm sure there were people jacking off in the theatre when you saw "consent" or w/e it's called
(trilema) nubbins`: point i was making, i guess, is of course people jacked off at hangings
(trilema) nubbins`: but the common taboo is vulnerability
(trilema) nubbins`: sure, a stretch
(trilema) nubbins`: "gore is basically porno"
(trilema) nubbins`: some prefer one, some the other, some both. but the motivation stems from the same source
(trilema) nubbins`: consider another angle: humans are driven to have sex because of sexual urges. doesn't mean all humans want to have sex with both genders
(trilema) nubbins`: this all stems from a quip, really
(trilema) nubbins`: mircea_popescu: sure, and the same attraction to items from a time past is what brings people to collect both
(trilema) nubbins`: and people are still executed
(trilema) nubbins`: some men prefer blondes
(trilema) nubbins`: sure, and some who eat beef don't eat pork
(trilema) nubbins`: propriety brought both out of the public eye
(trilema) nubbins`: no, that the same process made them popular in the first place.
(trilema) nubbins`: just that these are common enough things that share a common characteristic
(trilema) nubbins`: nor is every man a steroid-riddled ape shouting "HURRR" and slapping a woman's ass purple
(trilema) nubbins`: i'm not saying everyone in the town was jacking off at the gallows
(trilema) nubbins`: do you even pornography?
(trilema) nubbins`: and in a pinch, a recollection of the hanging
(trilema) nubbins`: a hanging will do just fine
(trilema) nubbins`: the wetness of an impaling is just icing on the cake
(trilema) nubbins`: doesn't even need to be witnessed
(trilema) nubbins`: even thinking about it gets people riled up
(trilema) nubbins`: vulnerability
(trilema) nubbins`: or a room full of dudebros swapping stories of tricking women into having sex or beating up nerds
(trilema) nubbins`: countless buckets of cum
(trilema) nubbins`: nothing to even look at
(trilema) nubbins`: consider the age of 1-900 sex chat
(trilema) nubbins`: it's a power thing
(trilema) nubbins`: and why all those things have a habit of getting tangled up with each other occasionally
(trilema) nubbins`: this is why they enjoy humiliation, torture, gore, etc as well as sex
(trilema) nubbins`: humans get off on vulnerability
(trilema) nubbins`: well sure, but a technicality
(trilema) nubbins`: belarus, they make nice coins
(trilema) nubbins`: asciilifeform, gore is essentially porno
(trilema) nubbins`: Mats_cd03: sometimes the prosecution gets fucked, but they don't really have to pay the bill when it comes
(trilema) nubbins`: MAKES SENSE
(trilema) nubbins`: i might as well just shoot the other one, and my daughter too?
(trilema) nubbins`: shoot one of them
(trilema) nubbins`: so i come home to find my wife in bed with another man
(trilema) nubbins`: asciilifeform: prisons get paid in advance? ;p
(trilema) nubbins`: by definition, it hasn't
(trilema) nubbins`: mircea_popescu: i don't suppose the punishment discourages anyone who commits an offence
(trilema) nubbins`: "actually this whole town is full of nerds"
(trilema) nubbins`: "fuck it, i never liked bill"
(trilema) nubbins`: don't you suppose that would encourage people to just keep on driving after they've struck someone?
(trilema) nubbins`: mircea_popescu: same punishment for striking one person with your car vs driving through a crowd, mowing down dozens?
(trilema) nubbins`: do i have to wash the same number of dishes as the guy who only ate half a pizza?
(trilema) nubbins`: okay, so i left my wallet at home
(trilema) nubbins`: for our purposes, sure
(trilema) nubbins`: i only ate one meal
(trilema) nubbins`: sure, but if i go to a pizza place and eat a full pizza, do i get charged for one slice?
(trilema) nubbins`: and he committed the crime 87 times, they say
(trilema) nubbins`: sure, yes.
(trilema) nubbins`: and what sort of justice equates the killing of one with the killing of dozens?!
(trilema) nubbins`: mircea_popescu: unfortunately there's no separate crime for "killing 87 people"
(trilema) nubbins`: "Upon further review, we have determined that the string by itself is not a machinegun"
(trilema) nubbins`: bar fights, even
(trilema) nubbins`: handguns work fine for domestic disputes
(trilema) nubbins`: i'm not so sure that "computing" is a battlefield
(trilema) nubbins`: while they bleed out
(trilema) nubbins`: so they can drunkenly stagger towards enemy snipers firing shots
(trilema) nubbins`: afaik they give pistols to suspected heroes
(trilema) nubbins`: hm, this tadpole used openvms?
(trilema) nubbins`: and ask them to do a bespoke one for ya
(trilema) nubbins`: just call up that company whose laptops RMS uses
(trilema) nubbins`: wait, so now we're looking for a laptop with all open hardware?
(trilema) nubbins`: asciilifeform: so can an OLPC ;p
(trilema) nubbins`: Mats_cd03, chromebooks are essentially dumb terminals
(trilema) nubbins`: i'm not so sure this "unix laptop" thing ever existed, aside from a few isolated instances
(trilema) nubbins`: did ibm have AIX laptops, did sgi have IRIX laptops, etc
(trilema) nubbins`: did they EVER have a "unix laptop"?
(trilema) nubbins`: well y'know.
(trilema) nubbins`: decimation: how about HP :)
(trilema) nubbins`: does oracle still anymore?
(trilema) nubbins`: he never fucked anything up
(trilema) nubbins`: "i don't like svn", he said
(trilema) nubbins`: did i tell you guys about the coworker i had who used time machine for version control?
(trilema) nubbins`: life's like that
(trilema) nubbins`: aren't you listening? D:
(trilema) nubbins`: decimation: you convince people that they want it.
(trilema) nubbins`: i was about to say "but it's not like they're fabbing custom chips"
(trilema) nubbins`: anyway, apple hardware is well-designed visually, sure
(trilema) nubbins`: for example, look at those time capsule things
(trilema) nubbins`: there's that, too
(trilema) nubbins`: is there room for two homemade fudge stands at the farmer's market?
(trilema) nubbins`: sure he did
(trilema) nubbins`: decimation, it's more that there isn't a market for well-designed hardware.
(trilema) nubbins`: suppose tomorrow you want rack and pinion steering on your motorcycle.
(trilema) nubbins`: cat? laptop
(trilema) nubbins`: nintendo controller? laptop
(trilema) nubbins`: large bag of chips? laptop
(trilema) nubbins`: if you're going by what lazy slobs do, you could call all kinds of things laptops
(trilema) nubbins`: for example, mine's on a table
(trilema) nubbins`: "laptop" is a misnomer
(trilema) nubbins`: almost googled "ball cooker"
(trilema) nubbins`: if it's just the chassis holding you back, get one machined
(trilema) nubbins`: apple keyboards are a joy
(trilema) nubbins`: my mother wears the letters off her keys within ~4 months
(trilema) nubbins`: you can't use theirs?
(trilema) nubbins`: dub, unfortunately only blurry cellphone pictures exist
(trilema) nubbins`: wanted his picture taken ;(
(trilema) nubbins`: only ONE stranger recognized my wife and i
(trilema) nubbins`: dub, this was halloween 2012
(trilema) nubbins`: here's one of my better ones:
(trilema) nubbins`: speaking of mustaches
(trilema) nubbins`: "break all your things at once!"
(trilema) nubbins`: "convenient!"
(trilema) nubbins`: with five ipads smashed on the floor
(trilema) nubbins`: i want to see five of these things plugged into each other
(trilema) nubbins`: "are you tired of not snapping off connectors inside your expensive electronics?"
(trilema) nubbins`: mircea_popescu: because growing a mustache from scratch makes you look unkempt? :D
(trilema) nubbins`: imagine taking a 10" tablet and charging it by balancing it vertically on a male micro-usb jack
(trilema) nubbins`: what's a tv show
(trilema) nubbins`: collagen sausage casings
(trilema) nubbins`: buyers saying "you. right there."
(trilema) nubbins`: it's the opposite
(trilema) nubbins`: sure, but again, that's not sellers seeking buyers
(trilema) nubbins`: they don't wait for some asshole to come to them
(trilema) nubbins`: dub: sure, but the person who wants the kidney goes out and finds one they like.
(trilema) nubbins`: design a design and thing all the things
(trilema) nubbins`: "who will buy my kidney" will attract nobody, because who wants the kidney of someone destitute enough to want to sell theirs?
(trilema) nubbins`: buyers lead the trade
(trilema) nubbins`: well exactly
(trilema) nubbins`: what do you do, hang around a hospital?
(trilema) nubbins`: i never really viewed the wet parts trade as a thing where sellers sought buyers.
(trilema) nubbins`: did you even WATCH back to the future? ;(
(trilema) nubbins`: if it had adherence, maybe those events wouldn't have happened
(trilema) nubbins`: what i want to see is a major utility announce that they ONLY accept btc.
(trilema) nubbins`: asciilifeform: there's always this year :D
(trilema) nubbins`: what was it, the flying hellfish or something?
(trilema) nubbins`: Mats_cd03: funny thing about ideas...
(trilema) nubbins`: "yeah, i'm addicted," the guy says, "but i can stop whenever i want"
(trilema) nubbins`: guy walks into a bar and orders a glass of brake fluid. "brake fluid?", the barkeep asks.
(trilema) nubbins`: loony lefties
(trilema) nubbins`: it's a lefty conspiracy
(trilema) nubbins`: dub, the climate isn't changing
(trilema) nubbins`: "poor mash-face has to get naked to be noticed"
(trilema) nubbins`: well ya know. maybe that look is pity rather than contempt, then
(trilema) nubbins`: meanwhile at heavily airbrushed face
(trilema) nubbins`: ice is HEAVY
(trilema) nubbins`: after it gets to a certain thickness, it's an emergency
(trilema) nubbins`: "surely if we divide this pizza into a thousand equal slices and gather a thousand men, it will be consumed quicker"
(trilema) nubbins`: what makes you think i don't have any :D
(trilema) nubbins`: thing all the things!
(trilema) nubbins`: i don't think there's a market for it today, anyway
(trilema) nubbins`: but i think in 6-12 months or so, you'll see it priced 3-4x current
(trilema) nubbins`: well, s.mg is pretty low volume
(trilema) nubbins`: seems to me like without some sort of pre-existing framework in which to do so (and afaik there is none), there's too much trust involved for it to work
(trilema) nubbins`: so i'm wondering if there's a reasonable method by which i could use my s.mg stock warrant as the basis for selling options
(trilema) nubbins`: advice isn't given, it's taken
(trilema) nubbins`: good read, but this ^^
(trilema) nubbins`: the generators were all sold by the time the snow started, i'd say
(trilema) nubbins`: ;;seen thestringpuller
(trilema) nubbins`: we didn't get hit here, central canada got it pretty bad
(trilema) nubbins`: reminds me of the massive canadian ice storm in 1998
(trilema) nubbins`: nah mist/fog eats snow and ice
(trilema) nubbins`: heavy stuff
(trilema) nubbins`: ice is what fucks everything up
(trilema) nubbins`: oh n/m, there's the ice shots
(trilema) nubbins`: looks like here :D
(trilema) nubbins`: ;;calc 300*1.6
(trilema) nubbins`: jurov, what's a mile?
(trilema) nubbins`: ah, no big deal then
(trilema) nubbins`: i had a ton of friends with burst pipes in early january when the power went
(trilema) nubbins`: oh, good. messy stuff.
(trilema) nubbins`: did you open your faucets a little bit to prevent frozen/burst pipes?
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