The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

[Wu Wei]

We had a break yesterday and early this morning and then later today.
But we had a nice, enjoyable, pleasant, house-rumbling thunderstorm complete with a couple flashes of lightning that turned the world white.

When I was young, I used to watch lightning outside my bedroom window at night. It's a great show.

My previous house (15 years ago) had a large back patio with a roof over it. I use to get myself a cup of tea, go out on the patio, sit in one of the Adirondack chairs and watch the thunderstorms roll through. This house has no back patio, it has a back deck...but no roof.... next house (when we downsize) I am hoping for a back deck or patio similar to the last house.

 

[Wu Wei]

I had a boss who would have carved you up like a sushi chef does to tuna. He was trained as an interrogator during his time in Naval intelligence. After filleting an applicant one day while I was in the room, he told the poor dude that no one would ever do this to him again but that he should learn to be prepared for deep questions about anything on a resume.

Government interviews are highly controlled. And the rules we have to follow can restrict the depth of questioning.

 

[sun rise]

Government interviews are highly controlled. And the rules we have to follow can restrict the depth of questioning.

The guy I wrote about would put a sentence on a board and ask an English major to diagram it. He would ask a math major to define "integration" for starters. He was excellent at picking up "tells" when he asked questions like that.

Does the (federal) government really forbid asking questions based on what's on a resume?

 

[sun rise]

And now for something completely random

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

 

[sun rise]

This is clearly for @Revoltingest

ProPublica Exposes Even More Cop Junk Science: Using 911 Calls To Determine If People Are Lying

Cops like science. Not in the way that say, scientists like science. They just like science-y sounding mumbo jumbo that paves the way for criminal convictions.

And, sure, maybe you’re thinking this only applies to backwoods agencies that prefer to use a combination of Aunt Cleo and questionable testimony to lock people up. But it’s not just low-tech, underfunded departments with few investigative options. It’s also the DOJ and the FBI, both of which have continued to support forensic junk science despite admitting the science isn’t solid and that their “expert” witnesses have routinely misrepresented the accuracy of their findings.
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[sun rise]

 

[Revoltingest]

This is clearly for @Revoltingest

ProPublica Exposes Even More Cop Junk Science: Using 911 Calls To Determine If People Are Lying

Cops like science. Not in the way that say, scientists like science. They just like science-y sounding mumbo jumbo that paves the way for criminal convictions.

And, sure, maybe you’re thinking this only applies to backwoods agencies that prefer to use a combination of Aunt Cleo and questionable testimony to lock people up. But it’s not just low-tech, underfunded departments with few investigative options. It’s also the DOJ and the FBI, both of which have continued to support forensic junk science despite admitting the science isn’t solid and that their “expert” witnesses have routinely misrepresented the accuracy of their findings.
...

It reminds me of their "scientific" tools like K9 dogs
sniffing for drugs...about as accurate as a coin toss.
(This is due to cuing to alert by handlers, distractions
such as road noise, the ubiquity of drug particles
on most money, & alerting to legal drugs.) Their
ability to detect DUI is also woefully unreliable, despite
the sciencey sounding names of some tools. Problems
lie in poorly trained cops, inherently unreliability for
neurodivergent & physically impaired people, equipment
not being calibrated or cleaned, etc.

Policing is about giving the least qualified people the
greatest responsibility over life & liberties of civilians.

 

[sun rise]

Come now, @Revoltingest , I know you like the cops in Revoltistan.

 

[Stevicus]

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I had a boss who would have carved you up like a sushi chef does to tuna. He was trained as an interrogator during his time in Naval intelligence. After filleting an applicant one day while I was in the room, he told the poor dude that no one would ever do this to him again but that he should learn to be prepared for deep questions about anything on a resume.

I would welcome the challenge. My mom is way worse than any military person I've met, and even therapists have a hard time reading me.
As I said it's not a bold faced lie. And because I don't have to show my cards it's undetectable. I may say a date I don't have down, but there's a very high chance I'll be doing that anyways because I'm rather poor at placing things when they happened over a long-term scale.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

It may help to clarify in poker there are different types of bluffs, and a straight up, bold faced lie is just crazy.
A wee little bluff, however, where fact is the basis of what's going on, that can play dividends when played wisely. Here it's taking not very successful attempt at making money and just drawing it out so there is no gap of employment where honest explanation is failing to get work.

 

[Wu Wei]

The guy I wrote about would put a sentence on a board and ask an English major to diagram it. He would ask a math major to define "integration" for starters. He was excellent at picking up "tells" when he asked questions like that.

Does the (federal) government really forbid asking questions based on what's on a resume?

Not doubting he did, and I cannot tell you what federal level interviews are like, but at my state level they basically give you a script to follow as to what questions you can and cannot ask. And I seriously doubt they would be able to drill down that far in a state job interview. Basically I'm pretty sure you could not ask a math major to define integration, nor could you write a sentence down and ask them to diagram it. That is unless they were applying to be a math or english teacher.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

The guy I wrote about would put a sentence on a board and ask an English major to diagram it. He would ask a math major to define "integration" for starters. He was excellent at picking up "tells" when he asked questions like that.

Does the (federal) government really forbid asking questions based on what's on a resume?

My mom's more devious, and she won't play in your field. She'd ask the math major to diagram a trap of a sentence that would tell her what she wants without the math major being aware of it happening.

 

[Wu Wei]

I'm dozing off in front of my computer so...goodnight RF...I am outta here....

 

[Stevicus]

 

[sun rise]

Proletariat kitty should totally whack bourgeois kitty ASAP

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

200 Million Twitter Users' Data Just Went Up for Sale on the Dark Web for $2. Here's What We Know.

This is unfortunate. Yikes.

 

[Stevicus]

Houston robbery suspect shot to death by customer in taqueria on Gessner, police say (fox26houston.com)

HOUSTON - Police say a customer shot and killed a suspect who was robbing other patrons inside of a Houston restaurant.

According to the Houston Police Department, the customer who shot the suspect left the scene, and they want to question him. He has not been charged.

Sometimes I wonder if we're heading into another "Wild West" era.

 

[Stevicus]

200 Million Twitter Users' Data Just Went Up for Sale on the Dark Web for $2. Here's What We Know.

This is unfortunate. Yikes.

Well, I guess all those compromising pics from the last RF convention are going to come out.