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The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Re: The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Post by accidentallfact »

moralestapia wrote: post #5

Excerpt from one of the related emails (written by JE): "great proposal„ however, it needs to be more around deception alice -bob. communication. virus hacking, battle between defense and infiltration.. computation is already looked at in various fields. camoflauge , mimickry, signal processing, and its non random nature, misinformation. ( the anti- truth - but right answer for the moment ).. computation does not inv…

It's called "a stupid man with money". It's really quite simple:

* He has money

* People want a share of his money

* He has enough people to tell him stuff to make his bullshit seem to have some connection with reality

* Anybody who argues with his stupid bullshit is no longer welcome and gets no chance to get a share of his money

Re: The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Post by fatherwavelet »

EFreethought wrote: post #9
moralestapia wrote: post #5

Excerpt from one of the related emails (written by JE): "great proposal„ however, it needs to be more around deception alice -bob. communication. virus hacking, battle between defense and infiltration.. computation is already looked at in various fields. camoflauge , mimickry, signal processing, and its non random nature, misinformation. ( the anti- truth - but right answer for the moment ).. computation does not inv…

When he was alive a lot of people said Epstein was really smart. But I have read some of his emails, and all of the ones I have seen are full of spelling, punctuation, grammar and capitalization errors. I would not gotten out of sixth grade if I wrote like that.

I listened to the two hour interview that was posted. It sounds nothing like this. He was extremely well spoken. How carefully he spoke is what stood out most in the interview to me.

Re: The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Post by SanjayMehta »

vee-kay wrote: post #107
mrg3_2013 wrote: post #104

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Interesting to see how this is getting downvoted. Somewhat expected. Many more head would roll from this scandal. Bill Gates, Peter Thiel are just starters

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You'd be surprised how accurate your take is on reputation management teams operating on social media.

One time I joked about blocking a domain which would have embarrassed a notorious colour revolution organisation and the next day the domain was snatched up by the named gang.

And that particular Reddit account got banned.

Re: The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Post by vee-kay »

direwolf20 wrote: post #177
owebmaster wrote: post #174

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> Yeah, I am surprised that when I am stating known facts with relevant links, my comments are getting downvoted. Think about it as a noble way to spend your HN karma

If only it was just karma. A pattern of getting downvoted can lead to account restrictions.

Ah, I wasn't aware of that. I thank you for the heads up, my friend.

But I feel that if my account gets restricted or suspended on HN because of downvotes on my comments that merely state some hard truths, then so be it.

It would be a judgement on HN, not on me.

I will simply go elsewhere to speak up the truths..

Someone has to speak for those innocents whose voices have forever been silenced by evil people.

Re: The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Post by SanjayMehta »

direwolf20 wrote: post #177
owebmaster wrote: post #174

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Yeah, I am surprised that when I am stating known facts with relevant links, my comments are getting downvoted. Think about it as a noble way to spend your HN karma

If only it was just karma. A pattern of getting downvoted can lead to account restrictions.

"You're posting too fast" means you're telling the truth.

Re: The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Post by TheOtherHobbes »

sgentle wrote: post #147
soperj wrote: post #6

> If only Bill Gates and Larry Summers had had my mom to go to for advice, they could’ve saved themselves a lot of grief. Doubt it would have changed anything for Bill. There's a pattern there and this is just a piece of that pattern.

A curiously frivolous way to frame the decision to get involved with a notorious sex trafficker. Nothing to do with values, integrity or culpability, just some boys missing their mommies.

He's strangely breezy about the whole thing.

'...a short jail stint in one’s past for “soliciting prostitution” simply doesn’t sound disqualifying, according to the secular liberal morality that most academics hold, unless you researched the details, which most didn’t.'

Uh. Really?

Re: The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Post by vee-kay »

gscott wrote: post #119
vee-kay wrote: post #107

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People seem to forget how many companies Bill Gates put out of business by using their designs. It takes years to sue and win damages minus lawyer fees. Then to try to whitewash his reputation by giving the money away.

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Re: The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Post by vintermann »

A_D_E_P_T wrote: post #184
actionfromafar wrote: post #167

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Shouldn't it unsettle King dogmatics just as much?

Not really, because aristocrats and monarchs don't seek power in most systems; rather, they're simply born into it. Those modes of government don't actively select for the power-hungry. (Granted, in e.g. the Ottoman Empire and Imperial China, it was frequently the case that there were dozens of princelings who were, de facto, pitted against each other in contests for the throne. That definitely selected for ambition,…

Even European monarchs, with the Catholic church holding much of the keys to their authority and being very against it, managed to do a considerable amount of tactical relative-killing. Everywhere else it's basically the norm for monarchies that princes murder each other.

A shattering bow

A burning flame

A gaping wolf

A screeching pig

A rootless tree

A mounting sea

A flying spear

A falling wave

One night's ice

A coiled serpent

A bride's bed-talk

or a breaking sword

A bear's play

or a child of a king.

(Odin listing up some of the things a wise man never trusts, in stanza 85 and 86 of Hávamál)

Re: The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Post by n4r9 »

dnautics wrote: post #96
jcranmer wrote: post #83

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I mean, do you have a counterexample? FWIW, Bill Gates is one of the people I would have pointed to as one of the less disreputable modern billionaires, and finding out that Melinda divorced him over his Epstein connections really soured my opinion of him.

john mackey, Definitely a bit ruthless but pretty good at maintaining integrity, only a little bit of an internet troll.

Is this the same John Mackey that fired his own father from the board and criticises younger generations for trying to find meaningful work?

I think OP has a point, it's very difficult to accumulate vast wealth without behaving ruthlessly and being kind of an asshole when it comes to making tough profit-over-people decisions.

Re: The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Post by vee-kay »

SanjayMehta wrote: post #215
direwolf20 wrote: post #177

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If only it was just karma. A pattern of getting downvoted can lead to account restrictions.

"You're posting too fast" means you're telling the truth.

The links and news I have shared can be easily verified.

The truths are there for those who wish to see.

I type fast though, LOL. Bad habit from my early days as a programmer and blog writer. ;-)

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