The FBI Says It Can't Find Hackers to Hire Because They All Smoke Pot (2014)

Post by ThanklessLlama » Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 4:19 AM UTC

stryk wrote: post #40

SamReidHughes wrote: post #38

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They have moral requirements. Pot is made by criminal enterprises and by purchasing it you're supporting them.

So take it off the banned list. Legalize it. Take the power & profits away from the criminal element. Stop wasting money sending otherwise perfectly normal people to prison for years for having a god damn plant. The whole reason cannabis is on the list in the first place is because Harry J Anslinger was a racist prick. Ain't nobody hurting you by smoking pot. How many people drink every day and kill innocent people i…

Post by OtterCoder » Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 6:05 AM UTC

stryk wrote: post #40

SamReidHughes wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They have moral requirements. Pot is made by criminal enterprises and by purchasing it you're supporting them.

So take it off the banned list. Legalize it. Take the power & profits away from the criminal element. Stop wasting money sending otherwise perfectly normal people to prison for years for having a god damn plant. The whole reason cannabis is on the list in the first place is because Harry J Anslinger was a racist prick. Ain't nobody hurting you by smoking pot. How many people drink every day and kill innocent people i…

Post by stryk » Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 7:07 AM UTC

OtterCoder wrote: post #44

stryk wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So take it off the banned list. Legalize it. Take the power & profits away from the criminal element. Stop wasting money sending otherwise perfectly normal people to prison for years for having a god damn plant. The whole reason cannabis is on the list in the first place is because Harry J Anslinger was a racist prick. Ain't nobody hurting you by smoking pot. How many people drink every day and kill innocent people i…

In case you didn't know, the FBI has zero legislative power... They have absolutely nothing to do with legalization of anything, and a law enforcement branch that picks and chooses which laws it enforces is a breath away from a police state. So, get off your high horse, leave the poor feds alone, and start leading rallies against the real bad guys in Congress.

Post by verylittlemeat » Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 10:25 AM UTC

kjdsiheioahef wrote: post #16

Weed kills motivation, hopes and dreams, and limits potential. This is true, but not universally for everyone. Some people truly do function better stoned, even perpetually as many hackers apparently are. Numerous studies suggest clearly that long-term marijuana use reduces IQ. Perhaps in the future we'll have customized DNA-derived profiles that accurately tell whether someone is better doing no weed, lots of weed,…

Post by iggg » Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 1:06 PM UTC

JabavuAdams wrote: post #18

jenthoven wrote: post #2

When I was in college, I interviewed for an internship with the CIA. The 2012 interview was for a 2014 summer internship, and they told me I couldn’t smoke pot between now and then. Given how many talented coders I knew at Stanford who had smoked pot at least once in a year, that seemed insane to me. Instead, I went to work at Apple where people practically smoked in the office.

Given everything that we know the CIA does and has done, why did this seem like a respectable job to you? I assume you wouldn't work for organized crime. EDIT> There's a darker part of me that would enjoy working for an intelligence agency, but I acknowledge that it's not a better part of my nature. Even if you aren't doing the torturing, or assassination, you're directly aiding the organization that is.