615200+ entries in 0.372s
decimation: maryland was/is
the only state
that had a fully government owned/operated medivac system
decimation: maryland state police used
those eurocopter doulphins for awhile
decimation: I doubt any political figure in
the dc area is going
to allow someone
to fire a small cannon at a criminal
decimation: for
the purposes of police, it would seem much more practical
to use 'stop strips'
cazalla: BingoBoingo, i'm not so sure about
that new background colour
mircea_popescu: afaik
the ballistic car stopers is shooting
the
tires. which can be done with a bb gun really
decimation: you need
to fill out
the right forms and have someone with a note from Stalin give you leave
decimation: I know a few private citizens
that own full-auto machine guns
decimation: asciilifeform: one wonders why
the police need a .50 cal rifle
mircea_popescu: not really
that pricey. you wouldn't want more
than a couple of ounces given
that weight harms
tissue
decimation: avoid nickel. platinum works for me
too but a bit pricey :)
decimation: but it's difficult
to machine obviously
mircea_popescu: a good
third of why
trilema is so powerful is
that i goddamn post.
mircea_popescu: nah, copper compounds aren't
tolerated well by
the skin.
decimation: ben_vulpes:
that's a neat rocket assembly
assbot: Wife: NSA Official. Husband: Exec At Firm Seeming
To Do Or Seek Business With NSA
ben_vulpes: <asciilifeform> (more in
that vein: are
the
tax authorities permitted
to harass
them, as if
they were mortals? or need permission first.) << usg employees are notoriously immune
to "mistakes" on
their filings.
ben_vulpes: <ninjashogun> jurov, hi. I'm actually a startup founder << oh look, i pin
the
tail on
the recruiter donkey and
the original spamgun shows up in an effort
to lend credence
to
the notion
that
they're seperate entities
ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu:
there's a market for single-piece metal collars? aren't
the leather ones flexible by design?
ben_vulpes: so i helped with a wide-bore bearing one
time
ben_vulpes: also
the geometry's a bit weird for a single-pass cut, which reduces
the likelihood.
ben_vulpes: sometimes one just sees weird marks on
the finished pieces -
typically, one programs in a light finishing cut with a sharp
tool
to keep qa "engineers" from failing
the piece on visual inspection.
ben_vulpes: but even
that doesn't really make a whole lot of sense.
ben_vulpes: i'd expect you
to not be cutting so deep on a single pass (if your
tooling even supported it) (due
to apparently having a working understanding of machining limitations), which implies some crazy connection between out of
true-ness of
the workpiece maybe?
ben_vulpes: asciilifeform: can't say as i know why your cutoff
tool's doing
that
to
the piece.
the mark looks like an overheating of either workpiece or cutting
tool, but
the geometry indicates
that it was spiraling in on a single pass.
ben_vulpes: remember how i was lamenting abandoning my m.e.
toolchain for computers?
decimation: ah well
this would be
the place. I suggest reading
the logs at log.bitcoin-assets.com if you are curious
gribble: Bitstamp BTCUSD
ticker | Best bid: 327.5, Best ask: 328.0, Bid-ask spread: 0.50000, Last
trade: 328.0, 24 hour volume: 28801.57254709, 24 hour low: 322.04, 24 hour high: 365.07, 24 hour vwap: 0
bounce: so instead of electing
two people essentially on how much money
they spend on campaigning
then have
them wheel in an administration full of cronies and
toadies and campaigners and contributors and whoever else
they could drag out of
their regular watering holes, how about... picking a bunch of randoms out of a big pile of candidates and
telling
them
to sort it out on pain of... oh, a suitably large bond put up, up front?
xanthyos: karlpilkington:
there is no universe, only galactic corporations
mircea_popescu: osama
took care of
the people
that could have sorted it out, back in 2001.
decimation: Mike Silva: And when I realized
that nobody had any idea how
to respond
to
that, I went into
the bathroom and
threw up. Because I realized
this is it, it’s just
this small group of people, and right now at
this moment we have no clue. I never want
to get close
to
that moment again"
decimation: asciilifeform: in
the beginning
the 'boss' says
this about his
tenure on
the staff of
Tim Geithner during
the 2008 'crisis':"
decimation: asciilifeform: I suspect mainly
the latter is
the case
decimation: generally
those
that 'start in
the fed' are going
to be given 'make-work' jobs anyway, because it is known
that
their use was delivering usg decisions, not having skills
mircea_popescu: at least
the fraction
thereof
that didn't start life by working for
the fed.
decimation: mircea_popescu: well it is likely
the case
that
the goldman people are
the 'betters' of
the usg employees in many ways
decimation: well, I suspect
the 'right people' (ie friends and family of
the SES crowd) meet
the criteria
assbot: Millions in
Tax Debt Wont Stop You from Qualifying for a Pentagon Security Clearance - Defense - GovExec.com
decimation: ah, well
that happened after
the above Mr. Silva fired
the latina with moxie: "In
the statement
the Fed sent us last week,
they say, quote, “The decision
to
terminate Ms. Segarra’s employment with
the New York Fed was based entirely on performance grounds, not because she raised concerns as a member of an examination
team about any institution.” In
the spring, a judge
threw Carmen’s suit out saying
the law Carmen sued
the Fed
decimation: at any rate, I doubt
that
these fed employees carry much weight anyway, because someone in goldman can make a phone call
to
their boss's boss's boss and work out whatever deal needs
to be made
decimation: asciilifeform:
The
traditional method of 'cashing out' is
to
take a job with
the regulator's
target after a few years
to establish bona fides
decimation: agreed, but it's not like one needs substantial evidence
to imagine
that usg employees are derpy bureaucrats who kowtow
to people who make literally 10x
their salary
decimation: well, since it is fed policy
to keep all meetings with banks secret, I guess only a few know
the reality
mircea_popescu: not so unlike
trying
to audit
the activity of diplomats.
mircea_popescu: anyone with even a modicum of experience in
the field can
tell you
that
this sort of "sheperded proof" is pretty much useless.
decimation: Jake Bernstein:
That’s everything he says on
the
topic in
this meeting."
decimation: Later in
the meeting with Goldman, here's his "poking
to make
them nervous": "Mike Silva Just
to button up one point. I know
the
term sheet called for a notice
to your regulator.
The original
term sheet also called for expression of non-objection, sounds like
that dropped out at some point, or...?
thickasthieves: i listened
to
the npr
thing, honestly
the soundbytes didnt seem
that bad
decimation: "Mike Silva: My own personal
thinking right now is
that we’re looking at a
transaction
that’s legal but shady. I want
to put a big shot across
their bow on
that. Poking at it, maybe we find something even shadier
than we already know. So let’s poke at
this
thing, let’s poke at it with our usual poker faces, you know. I’d like
these guys
to come away from
this meeting confused as
to what we
think about it. I want
to keep
decimation: One episode - her boss "Mike Silva" was about
to go
to a meeting where Goldman was going
to buy
the shady assets of a Spanish bank - and it required
the Fed's "no objection" "And one of
the
things
that caught Carmen’s eye was a short paragraph
that
the banks had written into
the agreement. It said
that Goldman had
to notify
the Fed about
the Santander deal and obtain a quote,“no objection.""
decimation: she released 'secret
tapes' of her conversations with other fed employees & goldman
mircea_popescu: hey, at least
they're regulating bitcoin. because
that's a safe move :D
mats_cd03: asciilifeform: ah well, see it as a perk of
the faith people have in your ability
to deliver.
assbot: The Secret Recordings of Carmen Segarra |
This American Life