[FRIAM] sanctions schmanctions

[Frank Wimberly]

When I was in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon in the early
eighties a group of academics arrived from the Netherlands to attend a
presentation about the status of our projects.  We were in a typical
meeting room.  As the meeting began the guests all took out their lighters
and cigarettes and started puffing.  We were surprised and not happy but we
didn't say anything.  Today smoking is prohibited in indoor spaces at the
University of course.

I expect that smoking is more widespread in Russia than in the Netherlands
today.


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Frank C. Wimberly
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On Thu, Feb 24, 2022, 12:16 PM Marcus Daniels <marcus at snoutfarm.com> wrote:

> Good at math and prone to early death due to lung cancer?   Reduced
> pension overhead!
>
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> From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of glen
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2022 10:56 AM
> To: friam at redfish.com
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] sanctions schmanctions
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> Yeah but think of that McMansion you could build in rural Bashkortostan
> with that kind of salary! Maybe Musk would appreciate their "relaxed
> constraints". I hear those Ruskies are good at math.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ufa#Ecological_problems
>
> On 2/24/22 10:39, Marcus Daniels wrote:
> > Work real hard in the Russian army, and one could make $12k a year.
> >
> > https://russiandefpolicy.com/2021/12/27/russian-military-pay-still-lag
> > s/
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> > gs/>
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> > *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> on behalf of glen
> > <gepropella at gmail.com>
> > *Sent:* Thursday, February 24, 2022 11:24 AM
> > *To:* friam at redfish.com <friam at redfish.com>
> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] sanctions schmanctions Yeah. The asymmetry
> > between the actual size of Russia/Putin and its influence is
> [in|not]credible. I suppose it's a bit similar to Ireland, at least
> culturally, but also as a haven for tax dodging. In addition to hard tech
> like drones, it's unclear to me why we don't use soft tech more often.
> Hell, even simple ddos attacks on RF state media outlets might help with
> some of the propaganda. Where is Anonymous? Where is Palantir? Oh, right,
> the script kiddies and Thiel probably support Putin. [sigh] Perhaps we can
> regard Putin simply as a well-intentioned disrupter ... those middle-man
> fees Ukraine gets routing oil are exactly like taxi medallions. Pfft.
> >
> > On 2/24/22 10:07, Marcus Daniels wrote:
> >> It seems like a great excuse to sell renewable tech. to Germany as well
> as LNG.  And even if there are “investments” find a better steward for
> them.   Russia is like an undiversified economy about the size of Florida.
> >>
> >> I wonder what kind of havoc US supplied drones could unleash on Russian
> troops..
> >>
> >>> On Feb 24, 2022, at 9:07 AM, glen <gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> 
> >>> UK Sanctions Will ‘Flop’ Because City of London Is Compromised by
> >>> Russian Money
> >>> https://bylinetimes.com/2022/02/24/uk-sanctions-will-flop-because-th
> >>> e-city-of-london-is-compromised-by-russian-money/
> >>> <https://bylinetimes.com/2022/02/24/uk-sanctions-will-flop-because-t
> >>> he-city-of-london-is-compromised-by-russian-money/>
> >>>
> >>> I can't help but wonder what "investments" we have over here.
>
> --
> glen
> When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
>
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