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(trilema) nubbins`: and i just learned a new word
(trilema) nubbins`: hipster jealousy is too uniform to be a good source of entropy
(trilema) nubbins`: Vexual: that's what the lady said to the sailor
(trilema) nubbins`: i wonder could like a game boy or nintendo DS or something generate gpg keys
(trilema) nubbins`: too commonplace to trust, i guess
(trilema) nubbins`: ^ this, hipsters buy things
(trilema) nubbins`: or, put another way, good luck :D
(trilema) nubbins`: does anyone know of a cookbook with recipes for making shit taste really good?
(trilema) nubbins`: and the third time i've logged into their piece of shit website and deleted all the products from my "selling" page
(trilema) nubbins`: man, this is the THIRD fucking time i've received an email from coingig saying that i've got an order
(trilema) nubbins`: what this boils down to is that the aforementioned basket, for all its flaws, is still the best solution
(trilema) nubbins`: oil isn't useful as a measure of anything aside from OPEC's influence
(trilema) nubbins`: alcohol is generally subject to varying levels of taxation from country to country, so it doesn't make as good a barometer
(trilema) nubbins`: bic mac index
(trilema) nubbins`: ^ there's been a lot of this happening around the house lately
(trilema) nubbins`: they arrested him for selling guns online, full stop
(trilema) nubbins`: that headline is misleading
(trilema) nubbins`: now that's a collection
(trilema) nubbins`: after hanging up and checking out their website, i realize they sell this obscure ink remover we've been trying to track down for weeks
(trilema) nubbins`: totally not related to the work we do at all, but w/e
(trilema) nubbins`: "ok well i guess someone wanted the account, go ahead and set us up"
(trilema) nubbins`: somehow they have all our info
(trilema) nubbins`: no idea who they are or what they sell
(trilema) nubbins`: "hey, you were trying to set up a wholesale acct with us?"
(trilema) nubbins`: lel, just got off the phone with a supplier
(trilema) nubbins`: check your physics!
(trilema) nubbins`: afaik goldstar was the only other company to actually take up the offer
(trilema) nubbins`: yeah, i believe panasonic licensed the technology
(trilema) nubbins`: i think goldstar, which ended up being swallowed up into the G of LG, made a 3do system at one point
(trilema) nubbins`: now there's a name from the past
(trilema) nubbins`: that's how houdini died
(trilema) nubbins`: doubt it would get approved ;/
(trilema) nubbins`: how many btc on "no" before someone decides to grab it? :0
(trilema) nubbins`: "someone will challenge mp to a fist fight at bitcoin conference"
(trilema) nubbins`: if there was a bitbet involving a physical confrontation, i'd lay down
(trilema) nubbins`: riding on a bouncy ball
(trilema) nubbins`: cheesecake for breakfast?
(trilema) nubbins`: vexual, take pictures of your library some time
(trilema) nubbins`: both those pictures looked rotten
(trilema) nubbins`: if it's good enough, we'll put it in a zine and give you a few free copies
(trilema) nubbins`: we do collaborations with people a lot, too
(trilema) nubbins`: published a few books for people
(trilema) nubbins`: we do a lot of shirts and posters for bands
(trilema) nubbins`: and some digital printing as well
(trilema) nubbins`: all silkscreen
(trilema) nubbins`: oh, no, we don't do any lino work
(trilema) nubbins`: but we do wholesale orders for customers as well as hawk our own stuff retail
(trilema) nubbins`: it's about a 50/50 split between shirts and paper right now
(trilema) nubbins`: most jobs involve some sort of design work, yeah
(trilema) nubbins`: livin the dream
(trilema) nubbins`: now it's work :0
(trilema) nubbins`: used to be a hobby
(trilema) nubbins`: i co-own a print studio :D
(trilema) nubbins`: biggest prints yet, 18x24"
(trilema) nubbins`: nah, for show posters
(trilema) nubbins`: thousand-foot rolls are REALLY heavy
(trilema) nubbins`: not much, just cut up a ton of paper
(trilema) nubbins`: overall i appreciated the experience, wouldn't do it again
(trilema) nubbins`: as a Foreigner (with a capital F), it was both good and bad
(trilema) nubbins`: there was a starcraft tv station when i lived in sk :(
(trilema) nubbins`: pankkake: koreans and japanese are more similar in features as well as in the way their language sounds
(trilema) nubbins`: lel, "or try 'LALAPALOOZA' on them! that's a panic!"
(trilema) nubbins`: anyway, the bounty grows in value with each passing day -- you don't see that with fiat
(trilema) nubbins`: more like daily fail dot co dot uk!
(trilema) nubbins`: mircea_popescu: no further takers on the bounty from http://trilema.com/2013/so-whos-running-the-courts-circus/ i guess
(trilema) nubbins`: so literally just the fact that it's not a plain text doc?
(trilema) nubbins`: that's why, y'know, newspapers and magazines and scientific journals use them
(trilema) nubbins`: anyway, the document is in two skinny columns because skinny columns are easier to read.
(trilema) nubbins`: if you contribute to anything in any way it'll have been a surprise to all
(trilema) nubbins`: seriously though, keep it up. people will eventually come around
(trilema) nubbins`: "why didn't this scientist realize i only read things on my computer!"
(trilema) nubbins`: stomping and huffing
(trilema) nubbins`: you're like an old man in a lineup
(trilema) nubbins`: "where's my damn character stream"
(trilema) nubbins`: all i see is wailing that something's not in your preferred form, like your chicken nuggets were cut up before mom put them on your plate and now you won't eat them
(trilema) nubbins`: i doubt he gives a red fuck how it looks on a computer screen, and why should he?
(trilema) nubbins`: not posted on his blog
(trilema) nubbins`: it was probably being sent to a journal to be published
(trilema) nubbins`: why would he?
(trilema) nubbins`: creator of the doc obv didn't give a fuck how it looked on a computer screen
(trilema) nubbins`: presentation guidelines, etc
(trilema) nubbins`: you're trying to generalize a specific case
(trilema) nubbins`: if he intended to make a shit-looking document, well, too bad
(trilema) nubbins`: the information is presented exactly how the creator of the pdf intended
(trilema) nubbins`: not exclusively
(trilema) nubbins`: it's a question of presenting information in a standard way
(trilema) nubbins`: it's not a question of aesthetics
(trilema) nubbins`: there are many, many occasions in this world where it's important that the recipient of the document be shown the exact thing that the sender intended
(trilema) nubbins`: obstinate as always!
(trilema) nubbins`: you're missing the point
(trilema) nubbins`: oh, whoops, you don't have the right fonts or they're drawn differently or your page margins are different, etc
(trilema) nubbins`: what else are you gonna send, a .doc?
(trilema) nubbins`: a pdf looks the same on every system
(trilema) nubbins`: you're fucked
(trilema) nubbins`: there's no better way for me to guarantee that if i send you a document, it'll look exactly the same to you as it does to me
(trilema) nubbins`: because that's what pdf is for :(
(trilema) nubbins`: and, in fact, had complete control over the presentation of the content
(trilema) nubbins`: i'd say the creator of the document specified the exact dimensions of the page
(trilema) nubbins`: but pdf is great
(trilema) nubbins`: (i know, that's a really open-ended question)
(trilema) nubbins`: 'd adobe do wrong?
(trilema) nubbins`: unless you have the option to read these papers in a format that's a good fit for your screen?
(trilema) nubbins`: funny, that
(trilema) nubbins`: and yet here you are, forced to live with their decisions
(trilema) nubbins`: if they wanted you to not print it, they wouldn't have made it a pdf
(trilema) nubbins`: you know that's meant for print, right?
(trilema) nubbins`: i love huge bid/ask spreads
(trilema) nubbins`: ;;ident gribble
(trilema) nubbins`: no, i thought you were asking the crowd, not suggesting it as a measure
(trilema) nubbins`: oh, wait, sorry
(trilema) nubbins`: a thousand
(trilema) nubbins`: you missed my sarcasm, too :(
(trilema) nubbins`: number of arts, perhaps?
(trilema) nubbins`: not by a long shot
(trilema) nubbins`: if only religion could sum things up so succinctly
(trilema) nubbins`: minor epiphany on the part of the reader
(trilema) nubbins`: no kidding, hey?
(trilema) nubbins`: after some thought, i said "oh my"
(trilema) nubbins`: read an article about an assisted suicide where one of the last things the woman did before dying was sing "row row row your boat" with her family
(trilema) nubbins`: colored cannabis
(trilema) nubbins`: people will do what they want to do, it's just a question of whether private industry + the state, or criminal gangs are profiting
(trilema) nubbins`: i mean, i've never heard anyone say "i'd love to do drugs, i just can't find any"
(trilema) nubbins`: i'd call it more stupid than evil
(trilema) nubbins`: well, evil world
(trilema) nubbins`: "The largest marine drug seizure for Newfoundland authorities resulted from a bust in Little Heart's Ease in 1991, when 26.3 tonnes of hash were found."
(trilema) nubbins`: i just find indicas too sleepy
(trilema) nubbins`: all anybody wants is kush these days, though
(trilema) nubbins`: white widow is the nicest in recent memory
(trilema) nubbins`: ah, i've got a special place in my heart for the outdoors
(trilema) nubbins`: the destruction of our planet is making the summers here very tolerable
(trilema) nubbins`: long and warm
(trilema) nubbins`: pretty nice this year, actually
(trilema) nubbins`: other coast
(trilema) nubbins`: that's a pretty strong slap on the wrist for an unauthorized mental state
(trilema) nubbins`: close enough, canada
(trilema) nubbins`: i wish weed did that to me ;/
(trilema) nubbins`: nah, you need it to hurt so you know it's working
(trilema) nubbins`: i have occasional contact allergies from it, but we all have our crosses to bear
(trilema) nubbins`: so do you get drunk on irc every night, or just on the weekends
(trilema) nubbins`: nope, still a high of 378
(trilema) nubbins`: yeah, gold maple leafs are around 4 BTC right now
(trilema) nubbins`: gold is tanking in relation to btc
(trilema) nubbins`: eggs in many baskets, etc
(trilema) nubbins`: but, y'know.
(trilema) nubbins`: i wasn't quite greedy enough at the time, as it turns out
(trilema) nubbins`: remember a while ago when i was faced with the dilemma of how greedy to be?
(trilema) nubbins`: not sure why he wrote an adult having sex with a 15yo girl into the plot
(trilema) nubbins`: only ever read snow crash
(trilema) nubbins`: neal stephenson
(trilema) nubbins`: it's a good read
(trilema) nubbins`: try to find the actual story before ruining the ending for yourself
(trilema) nubbins`: math monasteries
(trilema) nubbins`: okay, gotta get to work. busy month
(trilema) nubbins`: "to... the... *grunt* mooooooon!"
(trilema) nubbins`: "i have real muscles too, see"
(trilema) nubbins`: tat, do you suppose the pillows stuffed in his suit are functional or just there for aesthetics?
(trilema) nubbins`: i was expecting a photo of those titan coins
(trilema) nubbins`: "7 insane reasons not to store your blowstamps on the intertubes!"
(trilema) nubbins`: "This Wired headline uses euphemisms that will escape many"
(trilema) nubbins`: no raisins
(trilema) nubbins`: and i generally don't like oatmeal
(trilema) nubbins`: with a tip o' the hat to stanley's sign and screen supplies
(trilema) nubbins`: fuck. this. i'm having another one of these cookies
(trilema) nubbins`: spacecoins
(trilema) nubbins`: i missed the solar eclipse the other day :(
(trilema) nubbins`: so, you'd be surprised what people will do in order to not get kicked out of a country
(trilema) nubbins`: or, yknow, maybe he's a misunderstood gentleman :0
(trilema) nubbins`: shrug. he's been in trouble plenty of times for hiring illegal immigrants. he prolly threatened to have her deported
(trilema) nubbins`: i should do up handbills that i can just give to people when they request AA shirts
(trilema) nubbins`: "yeah i really like AA tees because they're, like, fairly made"
(trilema) nubbins`: you can't make this shit up!!!
(trilema) nubbins`: man started masturbating during a media interview
(trilema) nubbins`: "But during the reporting for Ko's piece, Charney did something he now regrets. Within the context of a flirtatious conversation about sexuality and the pleasure Charney derives from masturbation with a willing partner, he decided to demonstrate for Ko, and it became a repeated motif in their later encounters."
(trilema) nubbins`: "do you guys carry american apparel tees"
(trilema) nubbins`: "their shirts are so stylish"
(trilema) nubbins`: in this context, the implication is that he's both fake and an ass
(trilema) nubbins`: is it the pentecostals that are known for that?
(trilema) nubbins`: much better than glossolalia
(trilema) nubbins`: haha, glossotherapy
(trilema) nubbins`: well, that's why i get to complain.
(trilema) nubbins`: it's a bad thing when it makes my job harder
(trilema) nubbins`: i could go on
(trilema) nubbins`: as well as the fact that he's tricked the t-shirt buying public into thinking that a sweatshop in LA is the ethical way to make tees
(trilema) nubbins`: as well as the fact that he's a sleazeball
(trilema) nubbins`: both those reasons, as well as the fact that his products are shit with huge price tags
(trilema) nubbins`: puts the ads in context
(trilema) nubbins`: i'll leave a google image search of "dov charney", owner of AA, as an exercise to the reader
(trilema) nubbins`: im just gonna send these to the next person who says they want AA tees
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