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Re: How Much Cheating, Fraud, Maladministration Is Allowed In An HONEST Election?

Bruce Warila — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 16:08:21 -0000

Now that I am back to my keyboard (vs phone), thanks again. I agree, seems like documentation of massive fraud, but a near terrible presentation with odd graphics and language. I am not qualified to analyze the maths/stats, but I thought you might be. If I believe that he has found some sort of smoking gun (not there yet), I am puzzled about the 'how', as in how would this get done technically. Seems that someone would need to 'inject' undetectable, self-deleting code via USB or bluetooth, as the machines are supposedly disconnected from the Internet. I just find it hard to believe anyone is ever going to find an algorithm buried in the Dominion source code. Whatever they did (if they did it) was deleted right after it ran. Makes me curious about who supplied the USB drives used to move the tabulation data around. I am not into conspiracy theories, but this seems like historic stuff to me. "so bad that now nothing can be done to get an accurate count from the election" and this is sad for sure.

Re: How Much Cheating, Fraud, Maladministration Is Allowed In An HONEST Election?

Bruce Warila — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 15:14:46 -0000

Great response. Thanks and much appreciated.

Re: How Much Cheating, Fraud, Maladministration Is Allowed In An HONEST Election?

Bruce Warila — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 13:35:54 -0000

I have seen your comments here and on AVC for years.. Curious what you think of this analysis? https://rumble.com/vblspz-s...

Re: COVID19 and Me

Bruce Warila — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 10:18:30 -0000

Looking forward to hearing that you and your wife quickly recovered!

Please keep us informed.

Knowing you from all your contributions at AVC, I would have imagined you and yours flying into the setting sun of Savanna in a Sopwith Camel with leather googles and long white scarves, but driving 1,200 miles...never.

Re: Uncut Gems

Bruce Warila — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 11:41:11 -0000

Every year (numerous years running), I mine at least one great song from this list. Thanks! Even years later, when one of these “gems” pops up, I say to myself “Fred Wilson song”. Of course, I have other song imprinting experiences that are even more memorable than AVC...

Re: Bluesky

Bruce Warila — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 10:35:00 -0000

Truly depends on the five people.

Re: How To Beat A Patent Troll

Bruce Warila — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 13:24:23 -0000

Jeff, I enjoy reading most of your comments on AVC. Here's another perspective on this (yes, I see the bias, but it's still worth noting)(disclosure: I am a patent holder): https://www.ipwatchdog.com/...

Re: You Don't Need To Be A Scientist To Be Skeptical Of Climate Alarmism

Bruce Warila — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 15:38:49 -0000

https://www.wired.com/story...

Re: You Don't Need To Be A Scientist To Be Skeptical Of Climate Alarmism

Bruce Warila — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 14:32:15 -0000

There's no middle ground with any radical :)

There are three things I tell my kids to avoid: cigarettes, heroin, and spending time on the internet arguing extreme POVs.

Re: You Don't Need To Be A Scientist To Be Skeptical Of Climate Alarmism

Bruce Warila — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:58:34 -0000

Good food for thought, but a bit lazy. Nothing for this audience to disagree with. It’s a whole lot harder to find some middle ground. Dismiss the crazies and look at the sunny side of the climate angle:
- The carbon infrastructure is old, decaying, and on its heals. Renewables are the future. Read the Gregor Letter for info on this.
- Pertaining to the future of energy, better to be way out in front.
- Electric vehicles are faster, sexier, and will last 10X longer.
- Come on, endless consumption of resources can’t be good.
- Preservation of species…absolutely.
- Less plastic / less packaging…all good.
- Who doesn’t want cleaner water and cleaner air?
- Less meat is better for your ass.
- Endless growth and income disparity are bugs not features of capitalism.
- Etc.
Sounding the alarm about a complete government takeover by the left is almost as crazy as climate crazy. Try harder to find some middle and we all might end up in a better place. And yeah, all this stuff is interconnected.

Re: Smart Home Data Aggregator?

Bruce Warila — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 11:49:46 -0000

We have old-style thermostats. I got tired of the kids leaving the heat on 70 degrees overnight. My high-tech solution involved a Sharpie and a Post-it note. That's all it took. No wires. No apps. No training.

Re: September 11th

Bruce Warila — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 17:36:20 -0000

Our youngest child Joseph was born on 9/11 (2007). I tried to get my wife to delay labor for five hours until 9/12. “You can do it. Hold that boy in!” It didn’t happen.

I understand the sadness others may feel, but Joe gives us something (a gift) to smile about every 9/11.

Re: Climate Adaptation?

Bruce Warila — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 16:50:08 -0000

@fredwilson - I work on various projects related to climate, and I think doing something is important. However, like everything on the Internet, one can find a smart alternative presentation to anything. See this link on Quora as rebuttal to the paper you linked to: https://debunkingdoomsday.q... Perhaps the truth is in the middle.

Re: Climate Adaptation?

Bruce Warila — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:32:40 -0000

Here's my one of my solutions using ML and BC.. Also visit the Ellen MacArthur foundation linked to at the bottom of my post. https://medium.com/@brucewa...

Re: Business Model Innovation

Bruce Warila — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 17:47:50 -0000

This post reminds me of something I wrote seven years ago: “Facebook as Attention Banking Infrastructure“

https://brucewarila.com/ech...

Re: AI and Health Care

Bruce Warila — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 10:01:34 -0000

Related: I wrote this fictional story after using a “Lego Recycling Machine” as an AI/ML teaching example for my kids. https://medium.com/@brucewa...

Re: A Small Change To The Comments

Bruce Warila — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 11:20:43 -0000

Nice innovation. Seems that delayed up voting (e.g.: 3 hours after publishing) would also change the dynamic here.

Re: Rethinking AVC

Bruce Warila — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 20:53:48 -0000

Ten years, 3-4 times a week. I come to read the posts + the comments. Without the comments, I am way less interested. I appreciate and admire the work Fred sinks into this, but the comments (to me) deliver 2/3rds of the value.

Re: Capitalism and Inequality

Bruce Warila — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 13:27:21 -0000

I read a fair amount of your high-speed posts here. Some are super interesting. This one, I printed for my twin high school seniors. Thanks!

Re: Songs That Stayed With Me In 2018

Bruce Warila — Mon, 31 Dec 2018 19:05:53 -0000

Thanks Fred. I always get a few tracks from your list. Especially liked the Lonnie Holley track; expect it to blowup - https://youtu.be/FmsLMfCP9k8

Re: Feature Friday: The AppleTV TV App

Bruce Warila — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 16:05:06 -0000

Teenager Vortex

Re: a16z crypto

Bruce Warila — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 11:15:53 -0000

James, enjoy reading all your comments on AVC.. "Trust is not a standalone proposition." Don't really agree: death, taxes, and eternal scarcity...all powerful and certain proportions. Chris's words: "Trust is a new software primitive from which other components can be constructed." seems so right to me. Now with crypto, do models/ideas have to be evaluated against tokenized alternatives where the entire proposition can be built to orbit around a perpetual scarcity? I think people are just barely learning how to model ideas around crypto/trust; five years from now, it will be in every B-school graduates systemic thinking toolkit. I am kind of slow, so it has taken me many months to shake off old paradigms so that I can barely contemplate organizing an idea around indelible trust...and not for the sake of doing so, but because I don't want to be crushed in the marketplace for ideas by those capable of crafting ventures around / on top off...trust. Writing this comment reminded me of this video. https://youtu.be/MFzDaBzBlL0

Re: The Parent Child Relationship

Bruce Warila — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 07:27:11 -0000

I have been wondering if this policy is going to backfire due to unintended consequences? Could some South American families view this as free boarding school and a better life for their kids in the US?

Re: Deleting Your Voice Recordings

Bruce Warila — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 21:14:35 -0000

Apparently, all they need is dust.. https://gizmodo.com/faceboo...

Re: A Changing Of The Guard?

Bruce Warila — Thu, 31 May 2018 12:14:21 -0000

Right, wrong, or indifferent, seems that one group has found an efficient way to secure funding, while the other group...