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(trilema) nubbins`: porter also gets points for free beer
(trilema) nubbins`: flying air canada made me appreciate westjet like nothing else XD
(trilema) nubbins`: dat legroom
(trilema) nubbins`: low-cost airlines = no fun
(trilema) nubbins`: <+pete_dushenski> in that case, why bother doing better than fly guts kid ? <<< same reason one might bother to do worse: different tolerance for comforts or lack thereof
(trilema) nubbins`: sure, but doesn't mean automatic handjobs for the guy who doesn't scoop fly guts
(trilema) nubbins`: what more, indeed
(trilema) nubbins`: "i'm non-black, after all, and i can afford to come here. what more must i do?!"
(trilema) nubbins`: "how dare they not realize i deserve red carpets and back rubs"
(trilema) nubbins`: my recently identified pete's-blog-post-about-jamaica meta problem is that you identify entitlement as a problem but fail to realize that you're acting more entitled than these guys are
(trilema) nubbins`: none of us are trying hard enough
(trilema) nubbins`: if you're gonna upbraid them for not trying hard enough, why leave out the rest of the world?
(trilema) nubbins`: anyway tl;dr their approach works well enough for them
(trilema) nubbins`: all behaviour you observe follows from this
(trilema) nubbins`: pete_dushenski understand that you're a wallet with an afro when you visit resorts
(trilema) nubbins`: sometimes they harass a guy for an hour and get a payday
(trilema) nubbins`: ....it sometimes works.
(trilema) nubbins`: and they do this because....
(trilema) nubbins`: so they leave you alone
(trilema) nubbins`: these guys immediately realize that you're not some sucker who's gonna fork over a tenner
(trilema) nubbins`: pete_dushenski it's not effective --against you-- but it's *precisely effective* against the average vacationer.
(trilema) nubbins`: i'm saying it's worth their time to try to get $$ out of tourists, but it's not worth their time to chase dead ends
(trilema) nubbins`: consider how many of them just fork over the $$ to get rid of the guy
(trilema) nubbins`: why does it seem irrational that they'd harass tourists for money?
(trilema) nubbins`: ten bucks is a day's work at an honest job
(trilema) nubbins`: if they get two dollars pestering you for an hour, they're ahead.
(trilema) nubbins`: pete_dushenski minimum wage in jamaica is $1.25/hr.
(trilema) nubbins`: so.............
(trilema) nubbins`: but they don't
(trilema) nubbins`: consider that if your suggested approach worked, people would do it
(trilema) nubbins`: let's both make up numbers
(trilema) nubbins`: ok, so 1% chance.
(trilema) nubbins`: the extra time required
(trilema) nubbins`: you're omitting a variable
(trilema) nubbins`: so why bother?
(trilema) nubbins`: i'd say 5% of the time, or less, "more effort" results in "reward"
(trilema) nubbins`: how much of your own time do you waste on maybes?
(trilema) nubbins`: that's two maybes
(trilema) nubbins`: it's a buck.
(trilema) nubbins`: dude, people the world over want to chill at the bar and smoke some weed instead of making a buck.
(trilema) nubbins`: when there's 500 other tourists who will just cough one up?
(trilema) nubbins`: trying to lick your asshole for a buck?
(trilema) nubbins`: no, realistic expectations
(trilema) nubbins`: what you see as entitlement is a desire to not waste time
(trilema) nubbins`: why only two ends? it's a triangle
(trilema) nubbins`: <+mats> well shit. i guess we're all back to handcrafting our own crypto then huh. <<< no, that's not what we're saying
(trilema) nubbins`: and i'm saying that whether NIST is complicit or incompetent doesn't matter
(trilema) nubbins`: you're implying we can figure out the situation
(trilema) nubbins`: consider that "NIST approved it without knowing that it was backdoored" is probably the least desirable of the two
(trilema) nubbins`: i.e. that all other NIST standards are cast under shadow
(trilema) nubbins`: mats NIST was either complicit or oblivious. both share the same implications.
(trilema) nubbins`: (just so we're clear, roommate in north america = "flatmate" in uk. we do not share rooms)
(trilema) nubbins`: just running down the clock now
(trilema) nubbins`: jurov i already phrased it that way :D
(trilema) nubbins`: not sure how else to phrase it
(trilema) nubbins`: "just check it. it only takes a second."
(trilema) nubbins`: i've asked him SEVEN FUCKING TIMES
(trilema) nubbins`: man, if my goddamn roommate leaves the front door unlatched one more time, he's gonna find his possessions in the street
(trilema) nubbins`: i'm at the 49th parallel, and i wouldn't be able to use one of these things outdoors in the winter.
(trilema) nubbins`: nevermind the arctic
(trilema) nubbins`: Reddish Green!
(trilema) nubbins`: dat #b-a fingerprint on device
(trilema) nubbins`: in fact, i do not!
(trilema) nubbins`: gotta cross em duod
(trilema) nubbins`: ^ adlai see you next week ;/
(trilema) nubbins`: some of you may find this interesting, i found some pics from when i rebuilt my coffee roaster: http://imgur.com/WrXz3WY,CbtEo0O,uojejnr,A8KKjzG,yTGzvNA,Te8ddW5
(trilema) nubbins`: for the good of the republic
(trilema) nubbins`: this'll be what, about a week?
(trilema) nubbins`: block=184374
(trilema) nubbins`: this place has done more to fundamentally change my thought processes than six years at university
(trilema) nubbins`: of our inherent powerlessness
(trilema) nubbins`: but we're tiiiiiiiiiired
(trilema) nubbins`: too bad you can't light cigars with these things
(trilema) nubbins` burns another 10btc for show
(trilema) nubbins`: i blame the guy's teachers and parents
(trilema) nubbins`: yes, reddit commentor. many others.
(trilema) nubbins`: "anyone else getting tiredof having no control over our surroundings, or the world at large?"
(trilema) nubbins`: ^ packaged w/ mycelium entropy thingy
(trilema) nubbins`: "dude, just chill out, remember how much you like music?"
(trilema) nubbins`: ("he wanted it done quick, not right")
(trilema) nubbins`: i have reams of this material
(trilema) nubbins`: burroughs no doubt had some similar shit going on upstairs
(trilema) nubbins`: let me find a relevant quote from a recent communique i received
(trilema) nubbins`: under your skin; everywhere
(trilema) nubbins`: (calling a black coffee a coffee without anything in it is sacrificing your beliefs?)
(trilema) nubbins`: poor example
(trilema) nubbins`: example from link: "When a black guy works at Starbucks and one hesitates to ask him for `black coffee"
(trilema) nubbins` cackles, claps
(trilema) nubbins`: ;;ud tolerasty
(trilema) nubbins`: that's six days from now!
(trilema) nubbins`: the crypto designer errs but once
(trilema) nubbins`: the shovel was bad but wolves are always hungry
(trilema) nubbins`: gun was bad so we had to use the bayonets
(trilema) nubbins`: maybe intent is to give you the clap
(trilema) nubbins`: asciilifeform put another way: not everyone has syphilis, but you'd be remiss not to wrap it up when sexing a stranger
(trilema) nubbins`: sometimes it's carelessness!
(trilema) nubbins`: fluffypony +1
(trilema) nubbins`: 1% chance of it being an intentional backdoor is 1000x the proof you need to not use it
(trilema) nubbins`: all american internet traffic flowing through an NSA closet in an at&t building -- it can't be true
(trilema) nubbins`: the usa invading a foreign country on 100% false pretenses, it can't be true
(trilema) nubbins`: the gasenwagen, it can't be true.
(trilema) nubbins`: i think the overwhelming amount of justification triggers a "this CAN'T be true" response in a lot of people
(trilema) nubbins`: while one may feel silly taking the paranoid stance as the default.... we're just evaluating the evidence as presented
(trilema) nubbins`: mats i understand your viewpoint but plz to understand that paranoia has proved to be justified time and again
(trilema) nubbins`: OPALESCE sounds like keyboard rf sniffing
(trilema) nubbins`: PAWLEYS, PENDLETON
(trilema) nubbins`: PIEDMONT: "Provides protection to NSA's bottom line capabilities to exploit SIGINT targets by attacking the hard mathematical problems underlying public key cryptography as well as any future technologies as may be developed"
(trilema) nubbins`: mats it's worth mentioning that most of what snowden revealed was not considered "within the realm of reason" by many, before the fact
(trilema) nubbins`: as long as you installed all yr updates?!?!
(trilema) nubbins`: didn't schneier advocate windows as an acceptable PGP machine?
(trilema) nubbins`: codeword STRESSFUL
(trilema) nubbins`: "Protects exploitation of specific communications associated with ... money laundering ... and targets of interest"
(trilema) nubbins`: i think they'd be remiss if they weren't working on both.
(trilema) nubbins`: or, put another way, what mats said
(trilema) nubbins`: guess they really do screen candidates for some fields, hey?
(trilema) nubbins`: "toolbox" = general trade practices
(trilema) nubbins`: slideshow on bottom ("CSE's toolbox") is 100% generalities
(trilema) nubbins`: pretty light on content, that article
(trilema) nubbins`: if there's one thing that will stabilise the region, it's a year of bombings
(trilema) nubbins`: what was it, rolling stone or smth that broke the story?
(trilema) nubbins`: "turns out the complainant didn't even have any orifices"
(trilema) nubbins`: name, description...
(trilema) nubbins`: just feel it
(trilema) nubbins`: not be as valuable as you could be
(trilema) nubbins`: note how the emphasis is on the feels ^
(trilema) nubbins`: ...which is generally true, but probably not in this case.
(trilema) nubbins`: i.e. let's restore your meat to its natural state
(trilema) nubbins`: restorative justice, this 8)
(trilema) nubbins`: i.e. "hundreds escape"?
(trilema) nubbins`: hahahaha. "accidentally".
(trilema) nubbins`: a small amount of "can afford to lose, why not try btc" in 2012 provides the opportunity for "can afford to lose, why not try ___" in 2015
(trilema) nubbins`: but it'd be fun to add a few k's worth of yuan to the basket
(trilema) nubbins`: i'm not saying i'll remortgage the house or anything
(trilema) nubbins`: mark of a wise man
(trilema) nubbins`: asciilifeform what's my other choice, CAD? :D
(trilema) nubbins`: shit, there was a Crichton book (sphere?) where the future coca-cola cans were all in chinese
(trilema) nubbins`: i sorta feel like getting on the yuan train
(trilema) nubbins`: altho TBF "get the fuck off our land" doesn't work if you're a kid in downtown montreal
(trilema) nubbins`: the protest crowd could learn some lessons from em
(trilema) nubbins`: first nations activists are generally pretty hardass
(trilema) nubbins`: the gall, hey?
(trilema) nubbins`: because newfy.
(trilema) nubbins`: and people are offering to buy her a new purse.
(trilema) nubbins`: this woman has enough disposable income that NOT ONLY does she own a sealskin fucking purse, but she regularly travels internationally to SHOP
(trilema) nubbins`: "She doesn't expect to ever see her bag again, but has received multiple offers from people who want to replace her purse." WHAT
(trilema) nubbins` gets the VIP treatment every time due to an incident involving some undeclared goods
(trilema) nubbins`: "My major concern at the time, because I travel to the states every now and then, is there going to be a red flag when they scan my passport? Is something going to show that I'm bringing in endangered whatever?" <<< yes, with 100% certainty.
(trilema) nubbins`: it's much, much easier to cover up idiosyncrasies if there's a language and culture barrier in the way
(trilema) nubbins`: there's about a 50/50 split between "young people who want to see the world, travel, pay off debt" and "weirdos escaping to start over"
(trilema) nubbins`: i'm thinking of roughly half the foreigners i met while teaching overseas
(trilema) nubbins`: that was when i learned you don't run on parking lots when they're covered in gravel
(trilema) nubbins`: phun phact, when i was five years old, i missed getting run over by a taxi in this same parking lot by about 6 inches
(trilema) nubbins`: my alma mater
(trilema) nubbins`: if anything, exacerbate
(trilema) nubbins`: no, you don't understand anybody, period. moving to jp will not fix this.
(trilema) nubbins`: "nobody understands me at home"
(trilema) nubbins`: put another way: those who are unable to judge the character/nature of others are more likely to wish for escape, and their disability follows them to their new life, where they make the same sort of mistakes they'd make at home
(trilema) nubbins`: my face when i found unfiltered blacklight bulbs that peak at the *exact* wavelength my emulsion is most sensitive to
(trilema) nubbins`: nerding out on equipment is phun
(trilema) nubbins` will have to play electrician again in a month's time when we upgrade to 240v flash unit
(trilema) nubbins` had to play electrician for a day when all this equipment showed up
(trilema) nubbins`: incidentally, the conveyor oven used for final cure has these same black-body panels inside
(trilema) nubbins`: wisdom indeed
(trilema) nubbins`: no sensor/no pedal: 10-second timer running in your head at all times
(trilema) nubbins`: proximity sensor = turn off brain when printing
(trilema) nubbins`: in a perfect world i'd buy one of those
(trilema) nubbins`: with optional proximity sensor!
(trilema) nubbins`: competition uses IR flash
(trilema) nubbins`: nod. i have a link here.
(trilema) nubbins`: now here's a funny thing: supposing that flash was made not-in-china. now it's $800. to add a dwell timer, a servo motor, and a foot pedal: extra $800.
(trilema) nubbins`: thermal buffer = massively long heat-up times, additional weight
(trilema) nubbins`: ^ chinese unit from afar
(trilema) nubbins`: but there nonetheless, to give the appearance
(trilema) nubbins`: that's what the mesh screen is attempting/failing to do
(trilema) nubbins`: the really nice ones ($3k+) use quartz tubes
(trilema) nubbins`: various sizes, ours is 16x16". pizza box profile
(trilema) nubbins`: the $300 one has... a domestic oven element. http://imgur.com/KJqDivg
(trilema) nubbins`: the $800 one has a massive network of tiny coils to evenly heat the shirt
(trilema) nubbins`: phun phact, you can get a flash dryer for curing plastisol inks for $800 (american-made) or $300 (chinese-made)
(trilema) nubbins`: i generally avoid chinese-made anything
(trilema) nubbins`: somehow never bothered to even /price/ them
(trilema) nubbins`: been wanting one ever since EE labs in uni
(trilema) nubbins`: nod, clean used ones on ebay for about the same
(trilema) nubbins`: me rummages for credit card
(trilema) nubbins`: today i learned that the cost of a variable dc power supply is much less than i'd imagined
(trilema) nubbins`: was your second moment putting a wilted celery stalk in a glass of water? :D
(trilema) nubbins`: good luck tinning the tip of it ;p
(trilema) nubbins`: suspected as much
(trilema) nubbins`: speaking of soldering tools, anyone ever used one of those "cold heat" (resistance based) soldering tools?
(trilema) nubbins`: steady as she goes!
(trilema) nubbins`: Adlai disposable income in .jp might not be as much as you think
(trilema) nubbins`: there's a term in korea for young people who live poor at home so they can buy frappucinos in public
(trilema) nubbins`: asciilifeform +1
(trilema) nubbins`: the one with the blond ponytail and a dragon painted on his jeans in the subway? yeah, that guy
(trilema) nubbins`: because they quickly alienate themselves from the locals as well as the other foreigners
(trilema) nubbins`: the ones that do, i truly pity
(trilema) nubbins`: a lot of them don't make it to japan
(trilema) nubbins`: oh hmm, the manga fans and neckbeards who say "that's so kawaii"
(trilema) nubbins`: they wanted the trappings of japanese without being japanese :D
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