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Re: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

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Post by akerl_ »

xpe wrote: post #73
O__________O wrote: post #42

Related US Mint page for $2 bill sheets: https://catalog.usmint.gov/paper-currency/uncut-currency/?&p... Basically he tells story in a way that average person assume he’s printing fake bills, when in reality he’s just cutting and binding sets of uncut bills into a notepad. Lying to a federal investigator though is a federal crime and one that’s frequently resulted in prison sentences. Worth noting that Jobs & Woz fir…

Woz didn't lie according to his account. Technically, he gave a fake ID, but not a fake drivers license. I say this b/c DL's don't show occupation. My understanding is that it had his correct name. So I don't see a lie that most prosecutors would care about given the whole situation. Not to mention that it is not a good look for a secret service agent to not know the details of the actual currency he is tasked to pro…

You don’t need to be mirandized when you’re arrested. That’s a tv show trope. Miranda warnings are more frequently given as part of questioning, which may start on the scene of the arrest but often occurs later.

Re: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

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Post by mgaunard »

someweirdperson wrote: post #62
enriquto wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Considering the author and the subject of this text, you shouldn't discard that a kind of xkcd 326 situation is at play here.

A peak is followed by a decline. Why try to intenionally peak it, when there's a chance that it might get even better?

the correct word is "pique", obviously.

"peak" doesn't make any sense in this context.

Re: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

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Post by scotty79 »

dist1ll wrote: post #36
yreg wrote: post #3

> [The Secret Service agent] asked my for some picture ID. I have some fake photo ID's that a friend made for me years before, when we could make realistic photo ID's from our computers. Almost nobody else could do this because printers weren't good enough. But I had an expensive early generation dye sublimation printer and made some fake ID's for fun. I had one favorite fake ID that I'd used for almost every airplan…

Isn't it pretty irresponsible to commit a felony while you have a daughter and wife to take care of? I find his nonchalant delivery quite jarring. I don't understand what's going through his head here.

> I don't understand what's going through his head here.

Defiance

Re: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

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Post by decremental »

dist1ll wrote: post #36
yreg wrote: post #3

> [The Secret Service agent] asked my for some picture ID. I have some fake photo ID's that a friend made for me years before, when we could make realistic photo ID's from our computers. Almost nobody else could do this because printers weren't good enough. But I had an expensive early generation dye sublimation printer and made some fake ID's for fun. I had one favorite fake ID that I'd used for almost every airplan…

Isn't it pretty irresponsible to commit a felony while you have a daughter and wife to take care of? I find his nonchalant delivery quite jarring. I don't understand what's going through his head here.

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Re: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

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Post by whstl »

michaelt wrote: post #40
incone123 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If this isn't something tellers see quite regularly, then what do other cruise passengers do? I asked for a lot of £5 (smallest denomination note in UK) at the bank once because I was going to a music festival (before mobile card payment was routine). They asked me casually why I wanted them and I explained. Seems to be a Know Your Customer thing.

My bank tells me it's to help protect vulnerable customers - for example, if you want £2000 cash to pay some builders, they'll ask whether the builders have started work yet. Although who knows if that's the whole reason?

I also get asked this questions if I buy gift cards at the supermarket or pharmacy these days. They have to "unlock" the card at their computer, so they ask if it's really for a gift or if it's some shady person on the phone.

If you watched Kitboga videos on Youtube, you know scammers often ask for gift cards as payment.

Re: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

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Post by haunter »

davidgrenier wrote: post #95
haunter wrote: post #2

You can still buy uncut sheets https://catalog.usmint.gov/paper-currency/uncut-currency/

Why is everyone here assuming uncut sheets aren't legal tender? A look at their faq reveals: ``Because the individual notes on uncut currency sheets are legal tender, they may be cut apart and spent.''

I think it's the cutting up that makes it wonky. Not being legal or not but instantly suspicious if you see one with scissor cut edges or imagine making it perforated

Re: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

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Post by ksaj »

crispyambulance wrote: post #50
ramraj07 wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is using fake IDs to board airplanes a joke? Only because we are mostly sure this particular man is an innocent manchild, but how exactly does that generalize?

It was the mid 80's, well before 9-11. Airport security was far more lax. Everything was far more lax. There was no way to easily verify ID anyway.

Yes, it was a very different world than it is now.

I had a 22 caliber rifle when I was a tween. That wasn't uncommon because I lived in the country, and you pretty much needed such things to scare coyotes and wolves off the yard without hurting them. Obviously it can kill them, but you don't actually shoot them - you shoot close enough they understand the sound from your gun, and the sound on the ground right in front of them. Pretty effective.

It got jammed once, so I walked into town with it cocked open over my shoulder to get it fixed. They can't be fired when cocked open.

Nobody batted an eye. Not that people did that all the time, but everyone knew everyone, and easily figured the story would turn out more simple and mundane than the optics.

It was the early 80's and there was a lot less angst. And it was just a simple local hardware store that fixed it for me. By the 90's, that would never fly, and no hardware store would fix a kid's gun (or anyone's for that matter) in that very same town. By then you needed a Firearms Acquisition Cert, which no tween could possibly get.

I used to buy cigarettes for my mom, too. That was also legal back then.

The 80's was a sort of cross over period that way.

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Post by 082349872349872 »

Jochim wrote: post #105
JoeAltmaier wrote: post #94

Lots of timid, humorless folks having trouble imagining not being a sheep and always coloring inside the lines. I for one wish there were more real people around, living life for liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Like we were intended to live.

It's easy to "live life for liberty and the pursuit of happiness" when your actions do not have meaningful consequences for yourself or your loved ones.

When said actions (paying for something with legal tender) were both (a) legal and (b) harmless, I would say the way to fix any current inequities are to ensure everyone ("with liberty and justice for all") would also fail to suffer consequences beyond missing one's daughter's athletic meet.

Re: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

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Post by cultofmetatron »

ramraj07 wrote: post #43
crispyambulance wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was a different era, people were more cool and playful back then.

Not to mention not looking like a minority was a fairly strong shield back then and even is today.

no kidding, you could bluff your way out of a murder charge or even convince the police that your naked bleeding victim screaming to get away from you was better off in your care. (see jeffery dhamer)

edit: 2 downvotes? seriously? here's a source https://toofab.com/2020/06/19/white-cops-handed-a-dying-14-y...

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