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(trilema) nubbins`: i'll be the first to say weed messes kids up
(trilema) nubbins`: so i now have "concierge service" with the royal canadian mint
(trilema) nubbins`: marijuana pot is bad for you
(trilema) nubbins`: "We will continue to combat it. We will continue our anti-drug strategy, we will target youth with the message that marijuana pot is bad for them," the minister said.
(trilema) nubbins`: (until today!)
(trilema) nubbins`: MUST smoke joint
(trilema) nubbins`: 10yo kid has severe epilepsy, weed reduces their frequency by 99%, kid is not permitted to eat hash brownie
(trilema) nubbins`: i will do no such thing!
(trilema) nubbins`: brass and steel huh
(trilema) nubbins`: all this talk of smoking
(trilema) nubbins`: works splendidly but i bet you swore for a bic each time
(trilema) nubbins`: i dropped the car lighter once while driving, had to pull over
(trilema) nubbins`: about as sensible as lighting a cig on an electric stove element while in the home
(trilema) nubbins`: plus they get dirty w/ ash etc
(trilema) nubbins`: just as likely for the cig to stick to the coil and you end up with a hot cherry in your lap
(trilema) nubbins`: dodgy to use
(trilema) nubbins`: but those things suck anyway
(trilema) nubbins`: my car also has a "power outlet" w/ no lighter
(trilema) nubbins`: contact the dealership
(trilema) nubbins`: that said, the ubiquitous Bic lighter is a marvel in its own right
(trilema) nubbins`: i can hold one 6" from my face and empty my lungs at it without extinguishing the flame
(trilema) nubbins`: and truly are windproof
(trilema) nubbins`: "real zippos" come with lifetime warranties, and if you mail them a broken zippo from 1930 they'll fix it for free
(trilema) nubbins`: ascii_field "fake zippos" are plentiful and outnumber the real ones thousands to one
(trilema) nubbins`: a treat for later
(trilema) nubbins`: i believe you requested this a while back
(trilema) nubbins`: fascinating
(trilema) nubbins`: theatre organs, who knew
(trilema) nubbins`: i thought you guys called em buffalo
(trilema) nubbins`: this is like the analog equivalent of a room-sized Moog
(trilema) nubbins`: JESUS that's an organ
(trilema) nubbins` frowns, considers building MAME cabinet
(trilema) nubbins`: but very satisfying to push
(trilema) nubbins`: nice click. i think they bounce like crazy tho
(trilema) nubbins`: i've got a box full of them somewhere
(trilema) nubbins`: asciilifeform arcade-style buttons have a nice click and reasonable action
(trilema) nubbins`: like a conductor
(trilema) nubbins`: the hands are just for show
(trilema) nubbins`: even a simple turnscrew
(trilema) nubbins`: asciilifeform put some levelers under the spring mech so you can raise/lower it
(trilema) nubbins`: you could use your favourite letter.
(trilema) nubbins`: asciilifeform have you considered just mounting a keyboard spring mechanism on a piece of wood and putting a hinged cover on it?
(trilema) nubbins`: apple "magic mouse" resting on floor.
(trilema) nubbins`: kick drum pedal w/ clicky button under the hammer.
(trilema) nubbins`: how about a sewing machine pedal?
(trilema) nubbins`: stompbox casing w/ whatever switch you like
(trilema) nubbins`: you need something like a stompbox
(trilema) nubbins`: asciilifeform those look largely inefficient
(trilema) nubbins`: ^ geometry drove me away from DVORAK
(trilema) nubbins`: packs of old ladies circling the shelter all day
(trilema) nubbins`: i think the mechanism is lonely people buy cats and further withdraw
(trilema) nubbins` throws paper away and devotes life to producing PCBs
(trilema) nubbins`: hm, you can silkscreen etch-resist too
(trilema) nubbins`: cats almost certainly ate her face, if so
(trilema) nubbins`: i should show you some of the multi-layer prints i've done
(trilema) nubbins` doesn't make errors
(trilema) nubbins`: it's disastrous on a t-shirt too
(trilema) nubbins`: solder mask can be silkscreened
(trilema) nubbins`: mesh is coated with photosensitive emulsion, exposed on light table w/ positive image masked
(trilema) nubbins`: asciilifeform in fact, prepping a screen for printing is very similar to b&w photography.
(trilema) nubbins`: i'm sure you could also silkscreen etching mask stuff, but sounds nasty
(trilema) nubbins`: ident layer
(trilema) nubbins`: asciilifeform i think solvent inks and a few chems are about all i'd need
(trilema) nubbins` suspects "more ventilation" is high on the list
(trilema) nubbins`: i wonder what specific changes i'd need to make to print PCBs here
(trilema) nubbins`: fool me once, etc
(trilema) nubbins`: asciilifeform and they won't even wear spacesuits
(trilema) nubbins`: things get tangly exponentially fast with the cat ones
(trilema) nubbins`: asciilifeform maybe it's an episode of hoarders?
(trilema) nubbins`: in 4 years of living at this address
(trilema) nubbins`: i had my first jehovas a couple days ago
(trilema) nubbins` runs out of hands, smacks face on desk
(trilema) nubbins`: what if this discussion devolved to absurdity?
(trilema) nubbins`: so are most of the people on irc.
(trilema) nubbins`: my definition is "gov gives you money for not doing anything, and this is your sole source of income"
(trilema) nubbins`: "smart" ones too
(trilema) nubbins`: i've seen some pret-t-t-t-t-y dumb people sling dope
(trilema) nubbins`: that's why they're sitting on irc.
(trilema) nubbins`: i specifically mean cashing cheques written by gov.
(trilema) nubbins`: unless, y'know, the husband is on social assistance.
(trilema) nubbins`: mircea_popescu nope
(trilema) nubbins`: you're not on social assistance either, which puts you on one of the tails
(trilema) nubbins`: not in this sense
(trilema) nubbins`: mircea_popescu the majority of people on irc who don't work in tech are generally on some form of social assistance
(trilema) nubbins`: just one tenant now
(trilema) nubbins` imagines that most of the lurkers in here assume he's on welfare
(trilema) nubbins`: mircea_popescu yup
(trilema) nubbins`: plastisol smells neutral
(trilema) nubbins`: i do, incidentally, like the smell of ink, but only water-based acrylic
(trilema) nubbins`: actually, i print because there's a very basic yet powerful reinforcement in holding something of beauty that you've created with your own hands.
(trilema) nubbins`: mats i live the life of the carefree boheme, as alf would put it
(trilema) nubbins`: mircea_popescu living proof :D
(trilema) nubbins`: tying up 5 btc for 6 months to earn 0.7 isn't particularly lucrative; if i were to do it again, i'd do a shorter bet
(trilema) nubbins`: but i was set to gain either way
(trilema) nubbins`: mircea_popescu it took me about a week to figure out the nuts & bolts of it.
(trilema) nubbins`: final bet weight: 24,000
(trilema) nubbins`: initial bet weight: 100,000
(trilema) nubbins`: note how the weight is lower for each successive bet
(trilema) nubbins`: allahisgreat2000: the earlier 5 BTC bet won ~0.7 BTC
(trilema) nubbins`: had to monetize that warrant somehow
(trilema) nubbins`: mircea_popescu 8)
(trilema) nubbins`: because the weight was so low
(trilema) nubbins`: that last bet put 8 BTC on the line, but only earned 0.2 BTC
(trilema) nubbins`: a last-minute bet will take some of your winnings, yes, but they'd have to bet an enormous amount and get chump change in return
(trilema) nubbins`: allahisgreat2000: early bets have higher weight and are therefore worth more.
(trilema) nubbins`: allahisgreat2000: generally the weight will decrease as the bet gets closer to close.
(trilema) nubbins` seriously considers purchasing a new(er) minidisc player and some more blanks, while he still can
(trilema) nubbins`: allahisgreat2000: it's sort of complicated, and your odds will change as more people bet
(trilema) nubbins`: asciilifeform language in general suffers from loss of reading mechanisms over time
(trilema) nubbins`: allahisgreat2000: as-salaam aleikum
(trilema) nubbins`: !up allahisgreat2000
(trilema) nubbins`: i learned recently that shakespeare invented the name "jessica"
(trilema) nubbins`: BOWDLER LIVES AND HIS NAME IS MAN
(trilema) nubbins`: asciilifeform no, but that's sage
(trilema) nubbins`: it's "magneto-optical" so i'd say fairly transient
(trilema) nubbins` found his minidisc player/recorder yesterday, still works!
(trilema) nubbins`: i wonder how long minidisc media holds onto data?
(trilema) nubbins`: i actually make my own discs out of bronze backed w/ ultra-black nanoparticles
(trilema) nubbins`: borosilicate, yo.
(trilema) nubbins`: they use the phrase "engraved in stone" a few times
(trilema) nubbins`: "up to" 1000 years
(trilema) nubbins` has seen a dremel explode a CD
(trilema) nubbins`: they keep using phrases like "ETCHED IN STONE" and shit which sounds a bit much
(trilema) nubbins`: from what i can glean from marketing hype, they use special dvd-rs and ramp up the laser strength to make "permanent" optical media
(trilema) nubbins`: any of you familiar with this "M-DISC" technology?
(trilema) nubbins`: but i suppose i should wait and see if that's a necessary thing first.
(trilema) nubbins`: altho i'm somewhat tempted to put my SSD in this disc duplicator instead
(trilema) nubbins`: good thing i stocked up :(
(trilema) nubbins`: until the next time some shit cloud device get liquidated
(trilema) nubbins`: dat built-in DB.
(trilema) nubbins`: i'm still working on porting 0.5.3.1 to IBM i
(trilema) nubbins` has laughably little hands-on experience with the nuts & bolts of this math
(trilema) nubbins`: one of these days i'mma read up on exactly wtf phuctor is doing
(trilema) nubbins`: mister starck!
(trilema) nubbins`: quote in title from salman rushdie
(trilema) nubbins`: ELLEN PAO, LOGICIAN
(trilema) nubbins`: because maintaining a "nigger hate" forum isn't behaviour, it's an idea
(trilema) nubbins`: that's ellen pao explaining why coontown wasn't one of the subreddits that got banned
(trilema) nubbins` frowns, thinks
(trilema) nubbins`: sure am glad reddit is a, uh.. safe space?
(trilema) nubbins` gestures helplessly
(trilema) nubbins`: after clicking around on /r/coontown a bit
(trilema) nubbins`: ^ worth a listen.
(trilema) nubbins`: ;;google talking heads i zimbra
(trilema) nubbins`: is the singular of zimbrii "zimbra"?
(trilema) nubbins`: that is how much i cannot even
(trilema) nubbins`: i cannot even.
(trilema) nubbins`: "we're banning people, not coontown"
(trilema) nubbins`: hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
(trilema) nubbins`: i bet those things cost like $500ea
(trilema) nubbins` now owns three epson 1430s
(trilema) nubbins`: woo, new printer just arrived
(trilema) nubbins`: asylums are not fun places
(trilema) nubbins`: sell the old, working flash to me :D
(trilema) nubbins`: nevermind that
(trilema) nubbins`: nevermind that they've got two shirt presses and one of them can only do single-color prints because it has no flash.
(trilema) nubbins`: new owners love their new flash dryer so much that they DON'T WANT their old one.
(trilema) nubbins`: in other shop news, i've got a lead on a new (to me) flash dryer from the shop i used to work part-time at
(trilema) nubbins`: the only one w/ a SAG membership, anyway.
(trilema) nubbins`: i mean, they all are.
(trilema) nubbins`: was he the actor?
(trilema) nubbins`: asciilifeform i think the usa is still dealing w/ that
(trilema) nubbins`: sources say i just gotta swap the red and black
(trilema) nubbins`: anyway, this is a roundabout way of saying that i'm gonna be rewiring a DC motor for the first time today
(trilema) nubbins`: so the heat/speed controls are on the fucking output side of it
(trilema) nubbins`: they also wired the fucking motor backwards
(trilema) nubbins`: anyway. no big deal, tap some new holes, screw the thing in the right way.
(trilema) nubbins`: he built me a t-shirt oven that blasts cool air onto the sides of the shirts it's trying to cure.
(trilema) nubbins`: seriously. exhaust fan pointed down into the oven.
(trilema) nubbins`: i ws connecting some ducting to the exhaust fan last fall and realized that the mfg installed the fucking fan upside-down
(trilema) nubbins`: so i've got this conveyor oven for curing ink on shirts, yes?
(trilema) nubbins`: and you thought a hair shirt was bad
(trilema) nubbins`: only when they wear the copper brush undies
(trilema) nubbins`: it was bananas and i was almost too high to deal with it
(trilema) nubbins`: and Dory actually launched herself at him, busting the screen out of the window, and chased him down the block
(trilema) nubbins`: then her hated enemy, Gandalf, approaches the window
(trilema) nubbins`: the first time, she was just sitting in the window checking things out
(trilema) nubbins`: that was actually dory's second time out front
(trilema) nubbins`: that was directed towards alf, heh
(trilema) nubbins`: so if you wanna lie sideways, your legs hang off the edge?
(trilema) nubbins`: we have a king size mattress. they're not THAT expensive :P
(trilema) nubbins`: i step through the front door to fetch her, and she's worriedly trotting around meowing at neighbouring windows, trying to figure out which house is hers
(trilema) nubbins`: anecdote: Dory popped through the screen window yesterday
(trilema) nubbins`: but they'll lose that urge after a couple weeks.
(trilema) nubbins`: cats running away generally isn't a thing that happens, unless they're running from a new home to their previous one
(trilema) nubbins`: maybe so, but even though
(trilema) nubbins`: (cats are v territorial, don't just "run away")
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