circumlocutions

Dec 31, 2021

Powell and Her Problems

Similar to Lindell, Powell makes claims she can’t prove. In November 2020 Powell promoted a theory that the CIA had conducted a man-in-the-middle attack against the voting system in Georgia. While the CIA has the technical capability, experience, and malice to subvert elections, Powell’s theory has several flaws. The first…

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Dec 22, 2021

Absolute 0

(This is part 2. Part 1 is here.) Mike Lindell’s video Absolute 9–0 is filled with lies. While the flaws in his previous video required some research to uncover, the deceptions in this video are more obvious. Mike claims he hired a cybersecurity expert to verify the data. Mike lists…

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Feb 21, 2021

Proof Positive that Lindell was Conned

The truth or falsity of a statement is often concealed at first, yet patient analysis can uncover what is hidden. Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow, released a video about voter fraud. …

Voter Fraud

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Voter Fraud

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Jul 12, 2019

Second Circuit Confusion

The NYT reports: President Trump has been violating the Constitution by blocking people from following his Twitter account because they criticized or mocked him, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday. Trump’s lawyers initially argued that Trump’s blocking was the action of a private individual, but that argument quickly fell…

Twitter

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Twitter

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Jan 25, 2017

Iterative Development as Discovery

Pipes vs. Temporary Files — In a class on shell scripting, my professor asked whether pipes were better than temporary files. I don’t know enough to generalize, but pipes often suit that evolving thinking-about-a-problem where you’re not entirely sure what the answer is because you’re still formulating and reformulating the question. Say, for example, I…

Code

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Code

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