<whitequark>
"In the dialogues Socrates presents himself as a simple man who confesses that he has little knowledge. With this ironic approach he manages to confuse the other who boasts that he is an expert in the domain they discuss. The outcome of the dialogue is that Socrates demonstrates that the other person's views are inconsistent."
<whitequark>
was Socrates the ultimate troll?
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<whitequark>
so this night I was dreaming that the world has gone down in apocalypse
<whitequark>
and about half of the dream was spent wondering "will my bitcoins hold value" and "will exchanges have enough fiat to extract that" and "will that fiat then hold value as well"
<whitequark>
it was really fucking urgent
<alexgordon>
whitequark: LOL, I had a dream about dogecoin...
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<whitequark>
actually, now that I think about it, it was my brain's version of nightmare, since I was *really* stressed out
<whitequark>
if it's the worst it can produce, then, lol, I'm pretty damn lucky
<devyn>
joelteon: Chinese is a little more fond of making new words; Japanese generally just borrows new things
<joelteon>
neat
<joelteon>
well we're in the middle of a production crisis
<devyn>
oh it's 博客 in Chinese which is just a phonetic representation (bo-keuh)
<whitequark>
alexgordon: wtf what?
<whitequark>
the gif? well... I was looking at news from ukraine
<whitequark>
and this came in as relevant :]
<devyn>
whitequark: it's called "The Murder at the Honjin" or "Death at an Old Mansion" in English. I can't really find any English translations though
<whitequark>
devyn: yeah same here
<whitequark>
it's a pity, I thought "one of japan's greatest detective novels" would sure as hell get translated