#asciilifeform | 2022-07-01

signpost: it'd be the "great awakening" you're waiting for.

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http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2022-06-30#1110027 << aha

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Logged on 2022-06-30 19:25:45 verisimilitude: One can accept meaninglessness and still work in spite of it.

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asciilifeform could argue that classica su had a kind of religion, but rather ad hoc , 'made outta matchsticks & acorns'

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crtdaydreams: ever seen There Will Be Blood? the worm preacher in that is my usual picture of what a bible-thumper "great awakening" preacher might've been.

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signpost not really awaiting anything; discussing the mechanics of getting humans to do things at scale.

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signpost: I concur

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asciilifeform: I can't speak on the SU with any authority, but it looks from afar to have had a utopian "towards-purpose" in there somewhere.

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Haven't seen There Will Be Blood, probably won't either

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gtg now, be well signpost

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take care

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asciilifeform: what interests me about this third-eye is the malleability of belief of those who will *even while being modified by it* claim they've always been that way, and nothing else could ever be.

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signpost wishes to find satan's book on this someday, and read.

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Yeah, ingesting hallucinogens seems nice, but I'd rather not ``fry my brain''.

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entirely unnecessary to do psychedelics, except if otherwise predisposed to clinging to a map/territory error.

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and probably ought to be banned outside "the party"

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e.g. greeks banned use of these outside specific context.

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signpost bbl

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asciilifeform meanwhile pulled 'cat6a' for 1st time, and bit surprised by the heft

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( for the innocent, resembles 'cat5' but with a coax-like shield )

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http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2022-06-30#1110082 << this is reported by many aficionados but asciilifeform cannot, sadly, comment, never had the slightest opportunity to test

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Logged on 2022-06-30 20:11:01 signpost: asciilifeform: what interests me about this third-eye is the malleability of belief of those who will *even while being modified by it* claim they've always been that way, and nothing else could ever be.

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asciilifeform suspects that he could, perhaps, with sufficient lsd, e.g. fuck the pythagorean theorem, but prolly wouldn't meet any gods or devils. afaik only helps you 'pull out rabbits who are already in your hat'

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03:01

shinohai

If asciilifeform fucks the Pythagorean theorem I got dibs on the sex tape.

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lol

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http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2022-06-30#1109953 << before this slips into the sands, imho 'dark academia' oughta be a partizan underground where 'parallel universe' of folx doin' actual research, writing illicit dissertations, earning seekrit diplomas, parallel publishing circuits, etc

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Logged on 2022-06-30 16:31:16 phf: signpost: you familiar with dark academia meme?

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no reason wai the lamers oughta have that trademark.

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phf

asciilifeform: i agree, it's too evocative of a term

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'In spring 2021 Google reported a 4,750 per cent increase in searches for the phrase.' lol

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asciilifeform not actually expects to encounter 'La Résistance', where 'phd' is a pgp sig, 'dark academia'. there's afaik no evidence that such a thing exists, or could. but would like to believe, as the 'ufologists' do...

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Logged on 2022-06-30 15:23:37 asciilifeform: the 'fermi paradox', if you like, of the modern-day net

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http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2022-06-30#1109982 << >> http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/trilema/2016-12-01#1575665

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Logged on 2022-06-30 18:49:47 signpost: roger penrose recently melted my pleb brain with the question of what happens when there's nothing left in the universe but photons.

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(trilema) 2016-12-01 asciilifeform: asciilifeform refers to this genre of writing as '10th-dimension', after infamous pseudoscientific b00k/www by same name, which consisted of highly refined 'imponade' (to borrow naggum's) , that is, writing designed to pull the reader's intellectual cock and give a sensation of 'profound insight', 'yes, NAO i UNDERSTAND FIZZZIX!' or similar.

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http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2022-06-30#1109983 << where, asciilifeform would like to know, are the 'dark academia' bl0gz where folx picked up and revived e.g. physics before the vitalismtards fucked it ..?

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Logged on 2022-06-30 18:50:11 signpost: there's a pretty terrible "interview" with him and jordan peterson somewhere, not really worth watching except for this.

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(trilema) 2016-04-08 asciilifeform: i have 0 respect for the vitalist bohr.

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(trilema) 2016-12-21 asciilifeform: have dispensed with ~100% of what used to be called fundamental method - incl. testability

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... and minus the petersons, the martians, the schizos, et al

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I want a unicorn, asciilifeform.

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Help me in this, and we could ask her where the blogs are.

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Joking aside, wouldn't the real scientists who pass through that filter wind up killed anyway?

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http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2022-06-30#1110093 you'd have to bork the titration pretty hard to worry about actually blowing a seal, but have no preconceptions about what rabbits might be pulled, just know it's all good

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Logged on 2022-06-30 21:56:59 asciilifeform: suspects that he could, perhaps, with sufficient lsd, e.g. fuck the pythagorean theorem, but prolly wouldn't meet any gods or devils. afaik only helps you 'pull out rabbits who are already in your hat'

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ie, you'll be sober in the morning

08:39

hiya vex

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hey cdd, how goes?

08:39

struck the first arc on new welder a couple hours ago

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for sum reason kept melting tungsten tig electrode "wtf wrong, i can't be this retarded, it's striking an arc"

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turns out tig terminals are swapped

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did you real the manul?

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i rtfm sorta

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re-read and "ohshit.jpeg"

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got more tips?

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didn't burn thru a whole tip, but close enuff

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only a 1/16th one

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(cooked the 3/16th one)

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but now I shouldn't be going through my tungsten like no toomorrow

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first time, grind em back go again

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yup

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i learnt quick not to fuckup

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you get sick of grinding real quick

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she arc up okay now?

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beautifully

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that's a thing tho right? grind it back to a tip?

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yeh, 30 degree taper

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all the way to a point

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will it do titaniums?

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dunno yet, just threw a couple arcs on some mild steel

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don't have any aluminimum filler rod yet or know enough about running AC to try

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did a scomo a couple times, helmet shade wasn't high enuff

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lol

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getting blind on friday night

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safety squint engaged

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vex: fuck me what's that song called

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wait, you're not actually pissed up too are you?

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no, but ought to be

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good. I was gonna get all manopausal on you

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behehe

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I've been thinking about stickers

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for my helmet

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it's best not to hold big currents in your hands after drinking

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"Not to be operated by fuckwits"

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oh, you definately need stickers,

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pepe is already taken in the workshop, so cross that off

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"Carefulling in progress" is a good one

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these are ave creations? don't send that guy money man. he's already minted

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perhaps

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buy some ti rods and make rainbows

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while you can still see em

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Bwahahahaah

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don't spook me

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nah it's all good man.

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the idea of going blind is somewhat terrifying

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i'd freak the fuck out

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almost like a claustrophobia, i would be completely useless, wouldn't be able to program, weld, grind, write etc.

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fuuuck that

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crtdaydreams intends to fuck around with methanol in the near future, so mebbe asking for it

08:56

goes in cars, not humans. pretty easy

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yeaha

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I've had some fucky moonshine

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first pint goes in the motorbike

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now there's a mission for the tig, ti exhaust on the two stroke

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no stickers required

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might wanna tool up to cut out the flange too

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I don't think I quite ready for titanium

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not even ave fucks with titanium

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I haven't done anything with it but a couple plates, I'll get a bit more dexterous before I do a project.

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Hehe

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buy the stickers

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is that meant as an insult?

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no. i've reconsidered my postition. I might actually buy some myself

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Bwahahaaha, they just work so well

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his wrokbench is just too legit

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crtdaydreams has only one of the green mats and uses it for soldering

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not quite ballsy enough to throw an arc on one of em

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what is this green mat?

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the cutting mats

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the ones with the gridlines

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ah yes, for scaplelling stuff

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they get a bit of abuse

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ave sells green mats?

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no

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he's got two on his bench

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under all the shit. I think I remember

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got plenty of character

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I thought we were talking about our spapper friend mats, after a hektik blunt

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i couldn't make all your fancy blues and purples anyway, I don't have a pedal

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does it accept one?

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ye, but it's 260 bucks

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aw

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i guess

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you'll buy it

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it's got a 4 step latch

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what does that mean?

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meaning it'll hold arc with your finger off the button

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so I can turn the scroooooll wheel

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2 step is press and hold then release

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sounds pretty fancy, I'm guessing you kept the receipt for the tax man

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fuck

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i already paid gst on it

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why does that matter?

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wdym, you telling me i gotta pay more taxes on it?

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I know less about tax than most subjects

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I don't even have a man to ask

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i was under the impression that after income tax and gst they dun get any more

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but mebbe i'm wrong

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im still learning how to adulting

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i tuned out after gst

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bleh

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i've been considering turning my car into a sleeper

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I want to set up a valve to switch between two different exhaust system for shits and gigs

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hektik blowert?

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neva heard of hektik til nao

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dun do a lot of online shopping, or shopping in general

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hecktick.. eek now I caN'T SPELL IT

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this??

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crtdaydreams bbl

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it's not a brand name, I just can't write properly

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heya return

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int main {return 0};

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bQzkdK2ha0 is this a sleeper?

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a bit verbose, but she's got the spirit

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I dunno what you'd use for a hectic sleeper in Australia right now.

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hehe mebbe one day you'll see

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prolly an ancient volvo wagon. p plates, lady drivers

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Oh I can't wait to see

09:56

I wonder if verisimilitude really wants to battle to be the second most useless cunt. Dude we could just sign adlai up to every boooze subscription and both win.

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night vex

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o/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNQNzP8AlFM here have a thought, you fat fuck, b4 I rurn you into a sopressa style

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o see

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<vex> i win

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPbJSLWSWk8

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fibber

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i only know how to make normal metwurst. sorry

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you'll never be sopressa

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http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2022-07-01#1110113 << they're mundanely 'killed', most typically by not even finishing uni and thereby Officially 'not scientist(tm)' (and forced to make living in salt mines). no gestapo intervention req'd.

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Logged on 2022-07-01 01:29:59 verisimilitude: Joking aside, wouldn't the real scientists who pass through that filter wind up killed anyway?

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asciilifeform recalls a naive relative who 'hey wai dontcha publish yer closed-form rsa in an actual journal' etc lol

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d4

Google CTF's crypto challenges featuring AES branching, timing attack.

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d4: 'yesterday's olympiad is tomorrow's homework'

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