billymg[asciilifeform]: $ticker btc usd
busybot: Current BTC price in USD: $30676.91
billymg[asciilifeform]: any bets on when china makes its move and takes taiwan? looks like usg.mil has its hands full at the moment
billymg[asciilifeform]: potential shift to the right in sv https://a16z.com/the-techno-optimist-manifesto/
asciilifeform: 'The socialist USSR was far worse for the natural environment than the capitalist US. Google the Aral Sea' << lulzy oblig stab at sovok in there. esp. considering the theme of the piece
asciilifeform: aral was (or so the period propaganda, to pitch the supposed effectiveness of the builds would have you think) dried on account of rivers diverted to terraform 'dune'-style desert shitholes
asciilifeform: 'We believe our planet is dramatically underpopulated... can quite easily expand to 50 billion people or more' << aaand we get to the cockroach-paste eatin' at last
asciilifeform: only ~halfway in and already
awt_akris[asciilifeform]: $ticker btc usd
busybot: Current BTC price in USD: $31205.23
signpost[asciilifeform]: it comes
asciilifeform: $ticker btc usd
busybot: Current BTC price in USD: $31542.35
asciilifeform: possib
awt_akris[asciilifeform]: $ticker btc usd
busybot: Current BTC price in USD: $32161.95
awt_akris[asciilifeform]: $ticker btc usd
busybot: Current BTC price in USD: $33352.53
awt_akris[asciilifeform]: lol whoops!
billymg[asciilifeform]: yeah...
billymg[asciilifeform]: does anyone have an explanation for why meme lines are respected? see: 1w 3d 2h 30m
signpost[asciilifeform]: no idea, but the thing appears to be respecting the shit out of difficulty.