awt_akris[asciilifeform]: tragic
billymg[asciilifeform]: !!ticker btc usd
deedbot[asciilifeform]: $26,476
awt_akris[asciilifeform] recalls the Smolensk incident.
signpost[asciilifeform]: who can say why god takes the innocent away from us (:
signpost[asciilifeform]: but yeah, could come up with a 100 explanations including a drunk pilot.
signpost[asciilifeform]: *with 100
PeterL[asciilifeform]: I wonder, did plane just crash or did it crash after being shot down?
billymg[asciilifeform]: it's times like these i miss qntra headlines
signpost[asciilifeform] pours one out for bingo s thompson
asciilifeform: qntra was a++.
asciilifeform: rip
awt_akris[asciilifeform]: Would subscribe to BB substack
asciilifeform: !q seen-anywhere BingoBoingo
dulapbot: BingoBoingo last seen in #asciilifeform on 2022-09-10 10:53:51: Assume narrow escapes. Hardware forfeit as abandoned seems a safe and far assumption. Brain may not be what it used to. Not much more than trying to build life outside of Mars dome restrictions after having spent 2013-2019 endomed
asciilifeform recalls when reading that thrd, had grim suspicion that fella's back on the sauce
signpost[asciilifeform]: wish him health and happiness.
signpost[asciilifeform]: in other untergang, decent "interview" (where subj mostly talks, and "host" mostly nods and looks on) with col macgregor recently.
signpost[asciilifeform] realizes the host's status as controlled opposition.
signpost[asciilifeform]: macgregor elaborates on the utter incapability of the reich to withstand major power conflict.
asciilifeform: reich worx by applying the ancient principle where 'no fortress is impregnable if the gates can admit an ass loaded with gold', rather than proper death match on battlefield, tho
asciilifeform: battlefield is for gc'ing 'surplus' orcs, so far, by mutual agreement, rather than what it loox like to the uninitiated.
PeterL[asciilifeform]: battlefield also good for churn surplus inventory, prop up materiel manufacturers
PeterL[asciilifeform]: and gives reason to spend ??? on wonderwafen
signpost[asciilifeform]: eh, he addresses this. our conventional equipment is shit.
asciilifeform: signpost: unsurprisingly shit, it isn't intended for use against anyone but 'camel fuckers' and local dissenters
lobbes[asciilifeform]: for anyone else that's stepping through the pentacle README, apparently wget (at least mine) limits recursion depth to 5 by default
lobbes[asciilifeform]: As such I found I was initially missing most vpatches, deb files, etc. on my host system. Adding a "-l inf" to my wget line appears to remedy this
gregorynyssa[asciilifeform]: http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/pest/2023-08-23#1030522 << I find that to be a rather dismal view.
dulapbot: Logged on 2023-08-23 14:45:08 asciilifeform: battlefield is for gc'ing 'surplus' orcs, so far, by mutual agreement, rather than what it loox like to the uninitiated.
gregorynyssa[asciilifeform]: Would you mind sharing how you came to this conclusion (eg. from which writings)?
gregorynyssa[asciilifeform]: http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/pest/2023-08-23#1030525 << Is the M4 not a good rifle?
dulapbot: Logged on 2023-08-23 14:51:04 signpost[asciilifeform]: eh, he addresses this. our conventional equipment is shit.