Pushing the soft tender flesh of a friend against the sharp rotating blades of the immutable machine.

You know I'm just the guy to do it, so here goes :

asciilifeform Still boggling mind at the newest pgp hatchet jobi. Why the idiocy? or rather, why was it not cushioned in perfectly logical criticism of the spec (cruftyii; mandates support for hideously weak algos; etc) ? Almost enough to believe that the author is secretly on the side of the forces of good - i.e. he isn't genuinely trying to fool anyone. Like the mythical einsatzgruppen kommando loading blank shells.

mircea_popescu Because they can't afford to pay smart people enough.iii

asciilifeform Can't afford - or won't prioritize ?

mircea_popescu Can.Not.Afford.

* asciilifeform favours crackpot theory: the seekrit skvirels prefer to enlist 'pure blood Aryans' and this is a painful constraint for them.iv

BingoBoingo Lol.

mircea_popescu That's provably false : if they did, you'd know what the definition of Aryan is.v

asciilifeform Definition of Aryan

Monday, 18 August, Year 6 d.Tr.