Tag: jail mode
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Open source is shit.
Part of the bitcoin gospel, and the Tech Tyrant gospel in general, is the “benefit” of Open Source at every level. Supposedly a codebase maintained by unpaid and overworked hobbyists will automatically be better and more secure than a codebase kept within careful bounds by a business that owns and guards the rights. Via Protos,…
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Branch farts
From previous item: = = = = = START REPRINT: In fact NSA and CIA don’t use “laws” and “courts” at all. Even ordinary police are not restricted by “warrants”. All police spy on everything** they find interesting, then apply for a “warrant” when they’ve finished spying. After the “warrant” is AUTOMATICALLY ISSUED by a…
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Radio in the walls
Looking up DeForest’s Unit Panel system, ran into an article in Gernsback’s Radio News from June 1928. Radio in the Ohio State Pen, by 52607. Conditions were definitely different when I was in Mansfield in 1969. If this article is accurate, the inmates of 1928 had far more latitude and trust. = = = =…
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An actual change?
Oregon recriminalizes drugs! This won’t immediately solve the fentanyl problem, because the problem is equally bad in states that DIDN’T decriminalize. But it signals a shift in political mood among the crazy devils who misrule this part of the country. One part of the law COULD lead toward a solution: = = = = =…
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Jail mode thoughts
A powerful and heartfelt comment in Spokane News. = = = = = START QUOTE: I don’t think anyone is laughing or joking but after 40 in a weekend everyone is becoming more desensitized to these situations. The police aren’t allowed to arrest people blantingly using drugs in plain sight, which typically is the start…
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One specific fact
When I read Naomi Wolf’s latest poetic lament on our modern hell, I wrote a quick passionate assent to her main point. She was saying that demons certainly exist. I wrote that demons have always been about 1% of the population, but before 1980 they were kept in asylums and prisons. Now they occupy all…
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Timeless
A timeless Twitter thread from Bhattacharya. Once upon a time, I thought it reasonable for public health to expect not to be contradicted. You know, *smoking is bad for you” and the like. But that idea was based on public health telling the truth about science. Post covid era, my trust they will do that…
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Why did they choose Sammy?
Wondering why the regulators went after Sammy hard and heavy. Other bitcoin players of the same type, notably Sam Altman, are on top of the world despite engaging in equally slimy rackets. Sammy’s racket attracted rich criminals, carefully selected by his obvious location. Anyone who CHOSE to invest a million in a dubious venture located…
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Hell freezes twice!
First Frisco, now even DC!!!!! The city of DC is starting to get serious about crime. = = = = = START QUOTE: The bill will make it easier for judges to order adults and some juveniles to be detained while they await trial for violent offenses, expand the definition of carjacking so cases are…
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Demonic constant, fake variable
Oregon is recriminalizing hard drugs after decriminalizing for three years. This is a good move but as always with legislatures it’s a fake move. Constants and variables! Fentanyl is a city-ending plague EVERYWHERE, not just where drugs are decriminalized. Every city has the same genocide. Portland is no worse than Philly or Spokane or NYC.…
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Sammy still leading cult
Via Protos: = = = = = START QUOTE: Writing to US district judge Lewis Kaplan, who is overseeing SBF’s sentencing, Carmine Simpson, who is currently incarcerated alongside Bankman-Fried, claimed, “I have had the honor to have gotten to know Sam over the past six months.” He added, “Sam is the most selfless person that…
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Reprint on completion
Linked in previous, worth a reprint. = = = = = START 2017 REPRINT: An article in Aeon starts with an excellent and evocative question: Should life in jail be worse than outside, on principle? Author Chris Barker is a prof at a small POST-Christian college (Methodist) in Winfield. You don’t see articles by Kansans…
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Normalcy is a dirty word
Every job worth doing leads to completion. This is how we judge real talents and interests. If you enjoy DOING a task, it’s not necessarily your best talent. If you enjoy COMPLETING a task, you should pursue this path. As I listen to these 1950s industrial films, I’m constantly reminded of the intended COMPLETION of…
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Makes up for the silliness
Compact Mag publishes some silly or counterproductive stuff. It also publishes some hugely valuable REALISTIC coverage of important things and places. This article on Bukele has a silly-sounding headline but turns out to be a REALISTIC history of a long-suffering nation that our media ignore. The history reveals why our media ignore it. El Salvador…
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Speaking of TIL
TIL about the only astronaut who deserves to be treated as a hero. Until now I disdained the whole space endeavor. As a nerd I was supposed to follow it eagerly, but I found it boring and purposeless. Here’s one astronaut worthy of emulation! = = = = = START QUOTE: Japan’s main TV network…
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