Australia's pretty fucked too, it's just a slightly different flavour of shit compared to Europe  Ha! Thanks for the heads-up. |
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Seems to compute perfectly. Morass ingress, those who wish to escape morass egress.
I understand you were attempting to imply that immigrants think Europe is better than where they are coming from. Well in the short-term and given they were escaping ISIS torture, yes. I presume skilled European youth have better opportunities for their emigration, e.g. Singapore, New Zealand, Chile, Canada, etc..
I have to agree on this. The only thing stopping my wife and I from moving is that we haven't decided to yet, we both see the writing on the wall, whereas Germany was an option for us both previously we want less to do with it now that it is committing itself to making it unsafe for it's residents. If I stay in the same industry, New Zealand and Australia are in our sights. |
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If I say I expected no less from someone like him would it be harsh? Those rituals are -in essence- nothing but devotion and humiliation acts so that TPTB know that when they ask somebody to do something, he will deliver. Forget religion stuff, it's all about following a protocol here. The true question lies in this: Why on earth those people keep monitor us? It's insane! In the movie Citizen 4 they say that 1.2bn people are *constantly* been monitored via any means possible. Except there's a secret agenda that we're not aware of. For your consideration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnQHgpja7OUWhen my colleagues at work mentioned it to me, I was not shocked either. I'll watch that video. |
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To address your assumption of German = Order. Before the first world war (and still being a very young state) 'Made in Germany' was associated with mass produced crap- not necessarily orderliness and organisation. Thus cultures can change (albeit within a few generations with correct incentives). Perhaps that innate flexibility and motivation has been forever lost with multiple generations of nannystate, marxist emasculation throughout most of the west though. It has been over 30 years since Britain bought (whole-heartedly) into leftist rhetoric, so I hold some hope for my country of origin still. Even if by many measures David Cameron is Tony Blairs true successor.
I agree about the white guilt though. I believe it was 2% of the American population that even owned slaves, many other whites were conscripted by state law to hunt slaves- I imagine they were not fond of the immoral institution, seeing as it wasted their time and undercut their labour to boot. White guilt coveniently forgets that anti-slavery movements originated in old honkey Britain. Guilt or pride for actions you did not commit is simply an indulgence in ego or self flagellation- the bread and butter of modern political correctness and liberal cynicism.
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Bars still available, a handful of pure silver bars left too along with some of the plated versions  PM me to order. Error bars also available. (Listed upthread). These are slightly cheaper due to not having holograms ect.. |
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I will need to make a website for this business at some point and write down everything I have learned.
Please do, this information is very interesting to many of us. I can also attest the tastiness of kangaroo meat |
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I wonder if this is a divide and conquer strategy by TPTB regarding Europe, for instance, or simply a chaotic and unplanned result of previous US (and allies) military adventures in the numerous lands these people are now fleeing.
I think it is being seized upon and leveraged in many respects in European governments. If you can plan something as chaotic as human diaspora is probably another matter. But, making blanket announcements to accept essentially any and all 'refugees' makes you think. These governments must have known what they were doing. I would like to be clear that I have nothing against the idea of helping genuine refugees. The table seems skewed to enable economic migrants rather than those that genuinely need help now though. On the conspiracy side... What is also interesting is from Merkel in 2010 regarding the failure of multiculturalism: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/17/angela-merkel-german-multiculturalism-failedNow this is essentially being ignored. Does this mean that she is being controlled/blackmailed? It doesn't seem unlikely to me. |
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...Perhaps you can tell me. How are UK people distinct from European mainlanders?...
...My sample size is too small. I don't know Europe well. You tell me...
As a belated addition to the discussion from early this week, I got a reply from "my socialist friend" (an Englishman who's lived in France for over 30 years now) to the above question; as an ex-Brit view from a French perspective at least. "Seeing as there's a universalist trait in france that goes back to the universalist declarations of the french revolution i think idealism is deeper rooted here than in the uk. Freedom, equality and brotherhood as a slogan is seen on all public buildings and anything by the government (even rightwing). The idea of "The Republic" is very powerful although everyone has a different idea as to what it is and what its values are but there's definitely an all-inclusivenss in it and a deep commitment to equal treatment and laws for everyone (no particular exceptions for different communities or classes) and it is lay in its essence right to the core in that any religious signs in public buildings such as schools and townhalls etc are against the law. These universalist principles have meant that in the former colonies that are still part of france and that send mps, there's not much will to revolt or independence seeing as the indigineous population was (and now is) theoretically treated as equals to the white colonizers now officials of the republic."I guess this explains their hostility to burkas. It surprises me that the French allowed no-go zones to develop in muslim communities throughout the country. http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/5128/france-no-go-zonesVery scary, bigtimespaghetti, thanks for posting the link. I have read bits & pieces about the No-Go Zones in France (and there are apparently such places in much of Europe). Of course that is a very bad thing, as tolerant Western values are being lost even as hateful values are growing. My family and I have been to Paris a few times over the decades. YES, the city is less comfortable for tourists (esp. the Metro), and we never even went to bad neighborhoods. The whole Muslim immigration (and lack of integration) mess is an enormous problem for Europe. And it is getting worse by the day. Yeah, a lot of my liberal friends put it down to impoverished ghettos, which I can see their point. Perhaps it is no worse than that? I don't know. On the subject of integration, a particularly unpleasant read: http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/6527/migrants-rape-germany |
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...Perhaps you can tell me. How are UK people distinct from European mainlanders?...
...My sample size is too small. I don't know Europe well. You tell me...
As a belated addition to the discussion from early this week, I got a reply from "my socialist friend" (an Englishman who's lived in France for over 30 years now) to the above question; as an ex-Brit view from a French perspective at least. "Seeing as there's a universalist trait in france that goes back to the universalist declarations of the french revolution i think idealism is deeper rooted here than in the uk. Freedom, equality and brotherhood as a slogan is seen on all public buildings and anything by the government (even rightwing). The idea of "The Republic" is very powerful although everyone has a different idea as to what it is and what its values are but there's definitely an all-inclusivenss in it and a deep commitment to equal treatment and laws for everyone (no particular exceptions for different communities or classes) and it is lay in its essence right to the core in that any religious signs in public buildings such as schools and townhalls etc are against the law. These universalist principles have meant that in the former colonies that are still part of france and that send mps, there's not much will to revolt or independence seeing as the indigineous population was (and now is) theoretically treated as equals to the white colonizers now officials of the republic."I guess this explains their hostility to burkas. It surprises me that the French allowed no-go zones to develop in muslim communities throughout the country. http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/5128/france-no-go-zones |
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@bigtimespaghetti Will you ever make a funded coin, with private key and hologram? I think lower denominations like 0.1, 0.05 or 0.01 would work great with your coins Surely people trust you enough to issue coins with private keys and with lower denominations is the risk low. Actually, something very similar to this is an idea I have for another project. I will have to check money transmission laws though- I'm not sure that I could sell funded coins to the US for example. Oh sounds interesting. Seams like there is a hole in the US FED legislation. If the buyer transfer the funds directly to the coin before shipping, then would you technically not be transmitting money. The producer can just verify the balance before shipping out and e.g. issuing a COA - which should not give legal problems (I am no legal expect on the field though). I think you get round it by creating the private key and funding it once the buyer receives the coin. I'm sure a little searching will find the answer for me. |
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@bigtimespaghetti Will you ever make a funded coin, with private key and hologram? I think lower denominations like 0.1, 0.05 or 0.01 would work great with your coins Surely people trust you enough to issue coins with private keys and with lower denominations is the risk low. Actually, something very similar to this is an idea I have for another project. I will have to check money transmission laws though- I'm not sure that I could sell funded coins to the US for example. |
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Interesting discussion macsga, I remain sceptical but I do see the truth in some of your posts, perhaps my view is jaded by living amongst so called 'integrated' minorities in London, I don't even have much positive to say about the majority of the native caucasians either so I am not writing from a position of 'supremacy'. I won't go into my racial heritage, being largely western I still have some middle-eastern blood way back in my family tree. I have nothing against waves of immigration (I'm British, and in general we are very tolerant of other cultures). I do think that the level of immigration will seriously affect integration though- we are talking millions, not tens of thousands as has been the norm. I don't think there is is a comparative example anywhere in recent western history (perhaps post WW2?). There are already a lot of tensions in Western countries do to multicultural immigration policies, it just seems to me that this will exacerbate matters further.
Perspective. This is what we need to understand what's happening in the EU right now. Let's see some facts: 1. Was the Syria/Iraq crisis pre-organized? 2. Were the migrants forced to leave their houses and cities? 3. Were they "indulged" by the Europeans to "join" their "promised land"? If you answered all the above affirmatively, then we may have a basis to start a conversation. Let's please talk a bit of thermodynamics here. Don't worry, it will be only epidermic and nothing you could not understand. You're a top scientist and want to observe chaotic particles within a closed thermodynamic box. You take an isolated box, full of "free" molecules of smoke into the inherent air. Everything is thermodynamically "controlled" and (somewhat) "predictable". After some time, the entropy of such a chaotic environment is maximized. As a top scientist in thermodynamics you knew that, and it's being predicted since the very beginning. When there's taxis, there's no chaos though, so, you cannot observe chaotic phenomena. Which means you should "maintain" the chaos. That will keep the experiment rolling, thus you will keep your job. Now let's broaden our minds. What EU is all about? Could we perceived it like a "closed thermodynamic system"? The answer is "yes". It has all the characteristics. The first "boxes" where the countries that primarily formed the EU. First only a few were interconnected; then, more countries were added and more connections were established. After 29 countries and 29 years from the Schengen treaty, we had reached the maximum entropy of the enclosed "chaos". There was a form of taxis, so, the experiment lost its intrinsic cause! We are now at the crucial point where we open the box to add more smoke molecules inside. More chaos - more experiment - more time... What's gonna be next? I'll leave it to your imagination. If this passes on without major public unrest, guess what comes next... Thank you, you have given me something to meditate on. At a first reading I largely agree with your logic. Especially about the EU losing it's meaning and point of existence. |
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I've read this book more than once and it has a great viewpoint from bigtimespaghetti on the programs he used to create his designs. If you can already do CAD/Graphics work yourself, you will be glad there is a breakdown of a couple design applications which some may not be currently taking advantage of. Thanks for the vote of confidence digi |
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Interesting discussion macsga, I remain sceptical but I do see the truth in some of your posts, perhaps my view is jaded by living amongst so called 'integrated' minorities in London, I don't even have much positive to say about the majority of the native caucasians either so I am not writing from a position of 'supremacy'. I won't go into my racial heritage, being largely western I still have some middle-eastern blood way back in my family tree. I have nothing against waves of immigration (I'm British, and in general we are very tolerant of other cultures). I do think that the level of immigration will seriously affect integration though- we are talking millions, not tens of thousands as has been the norm. I don't think there is is a comparative example anywhere in recent western history (perhaps post WW2?). There are already a lot of tensions in Western countries do to multicultural immigration policies, it just seems to me that this will exacerbate matters further.
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Averaging a kindle sale every two weeks, while it's not much, it's pretty cool for such a niche publication Thanks! |
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statist hat
advertising anarcoin.  People can discuss politics without being mired in a single worldview. The state will not disintegrate because I believe it's immoral. |
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Unfortunately I have had to leave negative trust for https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=468731. The original and initial delivery time was July. We are far past that. I will delete my negative trust and comments when better communication is instituted and/or people start receiving their cryptosteels. I was just wondering this morning what is going on. Update please? |
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Generalizations are how we function in a complex and multicultural society. Average IQs tend to be an indicator of a general population. I don't think individual cases and outliers should be used to assess general trends- sure there are probably lots of freedom loving liberal Syrians or Somalians, doesn't mean I want to live in a neighborhood full of them or that I want my kids near the offspring of these traumatized families. I think focusing on the brilliant (potential) individuals runs dangerously close to a strawman argument. I'm not as positive as you about the future, but I do not think the sky will fall either.
To be frank, the only thing that bothers me is the cultural clash and the inevitable raising of my already exorbitant taxes. Beyond that, it's not like I will be living in those neighborhoods (for now, back in London it's another case entirely) or that they will be competing for my job. I think it's somewhat humane what Germany are doing but far less altruistic than they claim (birthrates and all that).
Yet again let me bring you the Pareto principle. The 80% of the general population will never manage to fast forward our society because they simply can't. The ones who do are almost every time the other 20%. To be specific, the 20% of the 20% are the unique geniuses among the general population who "are crazy enough to change the world". Being "afraid" of the aliens, or don't want them anywhere near us, pretty much certifies the disability of our society to form a global community where everybody is equal to one another. All social schemes have previously failed because of this myopic visualization and incertitude of our "egotistical self" against the "low-end neighbor" (who might prove himself better than us). It's the NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) motto that we used to have when we first started to get our rubbish sorted out. Only this time we present it with other human beings... Yeah. Shit. I will have to read up on the Pareto principle. But I am skeptical of traumatized low IQ (generalization) populations holding up to it and contributing anything for a generation or two. Crazy geniuses are great in a free society, not in the fascistic mess where many of these migrants originate. People are not equal, in that they have different abilities. Equal under the law, sure. I have cheaper workers in India and China competing for my job, so I am not "afraid" of foreigners. I do acknowledge that they come from broken societies and violent parenting and would be worried for my own children in any state education I might send them into. There has been zero acknowledgement of this in the media. If this was a truly free society, a lot of this wouldn't be an issue. If people want a welfare state they need to control the borders and manage any refugees realistically. Get rid of the forced redistribution and bring on the exodus IMO. I have huge empathy for these people, and I do think (with my statist hat on) that there is a role to play by European governments to mitigate this. Where does it end though? But there is shitty stuff going on all over the world. That gets zero coverage. Enabling people from shitty parts of the world to arrive en masse does not solve the problem of why their countries are such messes in the first place. It has encouraged a dehumanizing trade in people all over the middle-east and countless deaths, rapes and further violence as a result. Isn't this all a moot point with Germany taking in something insane like half a million this year anyway? I would love to be proven wrong on my assumptions. Bring on the integration of freedom loving, liberal and tolerant muslims. And I do not mean that sarcastically. |
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Those quoted countries appear to be some of the worst in Europe not that the whole place isn't a mess.
I don't think innovation in the areas of science and technology will be coming from mother Europe any time soon, instead from Asia.
From my perspective it looks like Europe and the West as a whole have condemned themselves to civil unrest, warfare, totalitarianism and degeneracy rather than progress.
I think there will be an exodus away from the west once this crisis becomes more clear.
I boldly disagree. Determining a human behavior by addressing whole countries is a generalization which is ineptly perceived. To give you an example: Who can tell for sure that the poor Nigerian emigrant that came in Greece at his age of 6 and now studies molecular biology won't be the one who finds the cancer treatment? Technology and innovation is not country oriented; and frankly, not even person oriented, really. There are no "genes" for smart people. Everybody has equal chances to achieve magnificence as everybody else. Take for example the best students in the US Universities. Most of them are emigrants. You know why they excel? Because they have no alternative! THEY WANT TO SUCCEED! It's no different for any other country in the whole planet. I believe that the "injection" of desperate people within EU (and elsewhere) will rise the probability of innovation, instead of decreasing it. Those people have something in common. They're children of a lesser God to the eyes of locals. And they WANT to succeed in order to change this. I believe most of them will eventually manage doing it. I agree on the civil unrest part; but requires us, to reject the emigrants from our neighborhoods. Which IMHO is inhuman and unfair. Generalizations are how we function in a complex and multicultural society. Average IQs tend to be an indicator of a general population. I don't think individual cases and outliers should be used to assess general trends- sure there are probably lots of freedom loving liberal Syrians or Somalians, doesn't mean I want to live in a neighborhood full of them or that I want my kids near the offspring of these traumatized families. I think focusing on the brilliant (potential) individuals runs dangerously close to a strawman argument. I'm not as positive as you about the future, but I do not think the sky will fall either. To be frank, the only thing that bothers me is the cultural clash and the inevitable raising of my already exorbitant taxes. Beyond that, it's not like I will be living in those neighborhoods (for now, back in London it's another case entirely) or that they will be competing for my job. I think it's somewhat humane what Germany are doing but far less altruistic than they claim (birthrates and all that). |
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