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james1071 commented on Craig Murray will surrender himself for prison thedissenter.org/whistleb... · Posted by u/jjgreen

basisword · 4 years ago

I knew nothing of this case until today but it seems like he breached an injunction against reporting the identity of complainants or information that could lead to their identification. From the little bit of reading I’ve done it seems pretty like an open and shut case (and I actually went into my reading expecting my be on Murray’s side).

Can anybody explain why there is an injustice here? Almost every comment I see here in his favour gives no reason why this is unjust.

james1071 · 4 years ago

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/02/04/murr-f04.html

This is the best description of what it was all about from the persepctive of Craig Murray.

james1071 commented on Craig Murray will surrender himself for prison thedissenter.org/whistleb... · Posted by u/jjgreen

mritun · 4 years ago

You're responding with an argument that says "he pissed off the government so he was sent to prison" - but he actually was convicted of violating a court injunction (in India, that would be contempt of the court).

It's hard to connect contempt of the court proceedings with pissing off the government without also alleging that courts are in the pocket of the government... which is a very serious connection to draw here. This happened in UK!

james1071 · 4 years ago

Well, that's not a hard connection to make, when you know about the role of the First Minister of Scotland in the prosecution of her predecessor, Alex Salmond. If you were also to know the identity of one of the accusers, which cannot be reported, but is well known in Scotland, you would find the connection even easier.

james1071 commented on Craig Murray will surrender himself for prison thedissenter.org/whistleb... · Posted by u/jjgreen

basisword · 4 years ago

I knew nothing of this case until today but it seems like he breached an injunction against reporting the identity of complainants or information that could lead to their identification. From the little bit of reading I’ve done it seems pretty like an open and shut case (and I actually went into my reading expecting my be on Murray’s side).

Can anybody explain why there is an injustice here? Almost every comment I see here in his favour gives no reason why this is unjust.

james1071 · 4 years ago

What is it that you think he did? He was accused of 'jigsaw identification' but, to my knowledge, no-offending words have been produced.

In contrast, several newspapers have reported information which revealed the identity of one or more accusers, but were not prosecuted.

james1071 commented on How the price of a Toyota truck helps explain surging inflation npr.org/2021/06/10/100480... · Posted by u/yusuf_giftworks

Kiro · 4 years ago

So the simple narrative that the US is printing money to fund all these stimulus packages is false? Just trying to understand why this isn't debunked more if that's the case.

james1071 · 4 years ago

It is exactly what is happening.

james1071 commented on How the price of a Toyota truck helps explain surging inflation npr.org/2021/06/10/100480... · Posted by u/yusuf_giftworks

avianlyric · 4 years ago

OP is talking about the printing of M1 money specifically. Which is the creation of physical note, cheques and couple of other things. But basically it’s a measure of cash.

You can look at the M1 supply in isolation because most money doesn’t exist in M1 because it doesn’t earn any interest. If you look at the M2 money supply, which is a superset including M1 cash, then you see there has been very little change.

The reasonable conclusion then is the people have been withdrawing money from banks into cash, and liquidating other assets. So the total amount of money hasn’t increased, it’s just the amount of physical dollar bills that has increased, as digital money becomes physical.

So GP has a good reason to be annoyed. OP has cast as interest, but otherwise inconsequential (from the perspective of inflation) fact as being the sole explanation of changes in inflation.

james1071 · 4 years ago

No, 'printing money' does not mean physically printing banknotes.

james1071 commented on How the price of a Toyota truck helps explain surging inflation npr.org/2021/06/10/100480... · Posted by u/yusuf_giftworks

rsj_hn · 4 years ago

> 35% of all USD in existence have been printed in the last 10 months

Yes, currency in circulation increased, which is exactly what you expect when deposit rates are basically zero.

Now please explain why withdrawing some money from your bank account, which converts a deposit account into currency and causes "printing" of money (this is the only thing that can cause printing of money) is going to cause inflation? Seriously, I'd like to know. By this argument, if the US imposed a national teller fee that discouraged cash withdrawals, inflation should plummet, no? Why do central banks bother with interest rates when they have such a powerful inflation fighting mechanism at their disposal?

At some point people need to understand that different assets are fungible. There is no difference between cash in your pocket, a money market mutual fund, a deposit account, or a sweeps account. Shifts in these from one to another may cause swings in M1, and they are the only possible cause of "printing" USD, but they don't cause any inflation.

james1071 · 4 years ago

'Printing money' has nothing to do with printing bank notes.

james1071 commented on I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea tjcx.me/p/i-wasted-40k-on... · Posted by u/swyx

webel0 · 5 years ago

> Imagine walking into the office of someone who spent the last ~10 years at school and then potentially 20 years practicing their craft as a successful psychologist and then you waltz in and tell them what they prescribe is wrong and your automated treatment plan is better.

As I understand it, this is exactly what new pharmaceutical sales reps are asked to do?

james1071 · 5 years ago

It's not hard to get a doctor's attention when he knows you will provide him with golf days and holidays, if he plays his cards right.

james1071 commented on I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea tjcx.me/p/i-wasted-40k-on... · Posted by u/swyx

jrochkind1 · 5 years ago

i guess this is why I'm not a salesperson. If it works it works, but I'm having trouble accepting that it's not demeaning, which was the original contention. Because it's not really a question at all, it's a sarcastic question. Maybe being demeaning gets sales, sure.

james1071 · 5 years ago

Agree with you on that.

james1071 commented on I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea tjcx.me/p/i-wasted-40k-on... · Posted by u/swyx

ketzo · 5 years ago

I dunno. I think tech people have a tendency to assume they know for certain that they have a better solution, and their words/tone can reflect that in a way that can come off as very insulting to people who have been working in the space for literal decades.

Not everyone, and not all the time. But many people, and often enough that it's a stereotype. So I think it's worth considering, particularly when you're looking at a customer base who (by and large) really aren't used to being condescended to.

Even if you and I personally aren't offended in the slightest by what OP said on sales calls, it's possible a psychologist in the fourth decade of her career might take "Are you sure that's right?" differently than we would.

james1071 · 5 years ago

He struck me as completely oblivious to what was likely to have been a complete lack of interest.

His approach was never going to work, as doctors do not spend their time evaluating drugs in the way that he imagined.

james1071 commented on I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea tjcx.me/p/i-wasted-40k-on... · Posted by u/swyx

nickjj · 5 years ago

That was a fun read. I wish the author mentioned how much he was trying to sell the service for. It could have been $59 a month or $599 a month and with doctors you could potentially expect the same answer.

I'm not a psychologist but some of the author's quoted text came off extremely demeaning in written form. If the author happens to read this, did you really say those things directly to them?

For example, Susan (psychologist) was quoted as saying:

> "Oh sure! I mean, I think in many cases I'll just prescribe what I normally do, since I'm comfortable with it. But you know it's possible that sometimes I'll prescribe something different, based on your metastudies."

To which you replied:

> "And that isn't worth something? Prescribing better treatments?"

Imagine walking into the office of someone who spent the last ~10 years at school and then potentially 20 years practicing their craft as a successful psychologist and then you waltz in and tell them what they prescribe is wrong and your automated treatment plan is better.

james1071 · 5 years ago

He had not the slightest idea of how doctors prescribe drugs.

The typical doctor has minimal training in evaluating medicines - that is not their job.

They defer to so-called opinion-leaders, who are the experts on particular diseases.

These people are the targets of drug companies' marketing - think scientific conferences in 5 star hotels in exotic locations.

The cost of influencing them would be millions.

So,the author was barking up the wrong tree.

That's not to say that he didn't have something, but had no idea how to market it.