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Also added. This one to Wu and Milovy. Good find!
Brianna Wu / John Flynt - DEAGLE NATION STILL LIVES
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Also added. This one to Wu and Milovy. Good find!
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"Crime Beat Reporter"?
This musta been when she was doin' that "shoeleather reporting".
I'm picturing something like "Newsies" meets "Dick Tracy", with a giant tranny and her testicular ponytail in the middle of it all.
The Daily Tranny. The National Nonexistent.
" but you really get talked down to a lot when you're a girl who likes tech"....
There she goes again! Nobody else just casually brings up their gender like this; it's so obvious Flynt has something to prove. As a boy, that really bothers me. See how awkward that sounds?
ln18
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Journalist for several years, https://archive.is/A4W8H
"So much mistrust of media! Ever think about it from their point of view, sourcing the story and putting all their cards on the table? It's a great way to avoid a lawsuit.
I worked as a journalist for several years on the crime beat. This is just them covering their badonkadonks.
Bri"
She makes a thread mourning Steve Jobs where she goes on about how much better she is than him as a person and a businessman https://archive.is/ttAZu
"I'm sure most of us have finished Jobs' bio by now. I finished it yesterday. It was a great read, but I didn't really learn much that was new until the last 1/3.
It's hard to not read a book with such intensity and ask myself what lessons I thought were correct to draw from it. Right now I'm running an iOS team doing an Unreal game with a pretty substantial budget. So - I was asking myself constantly what I thought was good to apply.
I feel like a lot of his behavior is an example of how not to act - especially in regards to berating people and acting so immature. Jobs focus and decisiveness is great. When he came back to Apple after the Scully era, it was great for him to go through every product and ask the people to justify them. Firing ineffective people is also great. Listening to your emotions as your compass is great. I do believe that projects require a strong, singular vision that cannot be decided in committee.
But berating your employees randomly is poor management, in my opinion. If you have "A players" as Jobs calls them, belittling them is self-indulgent and counter productive. You can have heated, intense discussions about a course of action without abusing people. Also, as a woman, I think crying on the job is something to desperately avoid. There have been plenty of occasions where I've bitten my lower lip or left the room to avoid this. I just think it does not communicate to people that you should lead.
As long as we're talking about life lessons? I don't mind sharing to this board I went to rehab for prescription drug abuse (Ambien) when I was 23. It was the same facility Tiger Woods went to for sex addiction, actually. And one of the life tools we were stressed over and over was "open, honest and direct." So, I agree with you to a point, Madchad. But, I also think there is a difference in being direct with people and beating people up with your truth.
So, I feel like "making it 99 percent" is not the lesson I learned from this book. I feel like a lack of discretion was one of Jobs' faults, not one of his strengths. I feel like the people who need to work on "open, honest and direct" are people who have trouble stating how they feel out of a pathological need to be liked, which is actually narcissism. In rehab, this is also an important tool, because denial and creating your own reality is a problem with almost all addicts. Because of Jobs' reality distortion field - he was not honest with himself, which is the whole point.
That is to say, I mostly disagree with your conclusion.
Bri"
"So much mistrust of media! Ever think about it from their point of view, sourcing the story and putting all their cards on the table? It's a great way to avoid a lawsuit.
I worked as a journalist for several years on the crime beat. This is just them covering their badonkadonks.
Bri"
She makes a thread mourning Steve Jobs where she goes on about how much better she is than him as a person and a businessman https://archive.is/ttAZu
"I'm sure most of us have finished Jobs' bio by now. I finished it yesterday. It was a great read, but I didn't really learn much that was new until the last 1/3.
It's hard to not read a book with such intensity and ask myself what lessons I thought were correct to draw from it. Right now I'm running an iOS team doing an Unreal game with a pretty substantial budget. So - I was asking myself constantly what I thought was good to apply.
I feel like a lot of his behavior is an example of how not to act - especially in regards to berating people and acting so immature. Jobs focus and decisiveness is great. When he came back to Apple after the Scully era, it was great for him to go through every product and ask the people to justify them. Firing ineffective people is also great. Listening to your emotions as your compass is great. I do believe that projects require a strong, singular vision that cannot be decided in committee.
But berating your employees randomly is poor management, in my opinion. If you have "A players" as Jobs calls them, belittling them is self-indulgent and counter productive. You can have heated, intense discussions about a course of action without abusing people. Also, as a woman, I think crying on the job is something to desperately avoid. There have been plenty of occasions where I've bitten my lower lip or left the room to avoid this. I just think it does not communicate to people that you should lead.
As long as we're talking about life lessons? I don't mind sharing to this board I went to rehab for prescription drug abuse (Ambien) when I was 23. It was the same facility Tiger Woods went to for sex addiction, actually. And one of the life tools we were stressed over and over was "open, honest and direct." So, I agree with you to a point, Madchad. But, I also think there is a difference in being direct with people and beating people up with your truth.
So, I feel like "making it 99 percent" is not the lesson I learned from this book. I feel like a lack of discretion was one of Jobs' faults, not one of his strengths. I feel like the people who need to work on "open, honest and direct" are people who have trouble stating how they feel out of a pathological need to be liked, which is actually narcissism. In rehab, this is also an important tool, because denial and creating your own reality is a problem with almost all addicts. Because of Jobs' reality distortion field - he was not honest with himself, which is the whole point.
That is to say, I mostly disagree with your conclusion.
Bri"
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Well that just annoys me
How are those in any way similar? Seriously. If you claim 'Oh X was the original concept I wanted to emulate' then it should show. Mass Effect makes sense, but FFT?
How are those in any way similar? Seriously. If you claim 'Oh X was the original concept I wanted to emulate' then it should show. Mass Effect makes sense, but FFT?
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Added it to this: https://lolcow.wiki/wiki/List_of_Brianna_Wu's_Lies
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@ln18 you burning up. You on fire mayne. Stop drop and roll!
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https://the-magazine.org/14/choose-your-character
Her pregnant coworker was Amanda. The whole thing reads like a pretty good piece, but there are just a few things noticeable in hindsight.
edit: found this
Her pregnant coworker was Amanda. The whole thing reads like a pretty good piece, but there are just a few things noticeable in hindsight.
edit: found this
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This is like, actually misogynistic. What a fucking cunt.
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"I respect where you're coming from, Spacer. I think I just fundamentally disagree with you.
I've sat on the other side of the desk - reporting a giant story, and worrying if I was going to be sued by people unhappy with it. The first question is, did they report their facts accurately. I don't think there's any question of that. If they hadn't published the guys name, then people would be calling the story untrue. Perhaps it would end up in court, where they'd have to disclose their notes to the judge. I think it's a lot more honest to just put your cards on the table.
Sucks for the guy, but that's the price of living in an open society with a free press. I'd be infinitely more worried if we lived in a country where the laws didn't protect journalists that wrote controversial stories.
Secondly, if you want to talk about ethics and technology reporting - I could name 10 things that concern me more. I think the collusion between the companies that give their products out for free reviews and the tech journalists is a blatant conflict of interest.
Also, it's really easy to play armchair journalist. When I had that job I learned that people will criticize literally anything you write. Gods, look at the controversy game reviews get at IGN, and those are just opinion pieces. If a journalist is reporting things accurately, I am fully prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt.
Bri"
Look at this, guys. Nobody else in the thread: 1) signs their name to their posts, to remind us that they're a wu-man, and 2) manages to mention their former "job" as a reporter or whatever in every post. The ones that don't mention being a crime reporter remind everyone that Brianna is a woman. It's literally like this:
"Blah blah blah as a woman blah blah blah blah blah when I was a crime beat reporter blah blah blah women like me have it really hard blah blah blah crime reporting, which is harder as a woman, blah blah blah
Only fools mess with Bri (
ln18
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Someone makes a thread basically calling the IGN Mac board our tumblr forum, first fuckin reply!!!! https://archive.is/qbmGG
"I lurk there, pretty much never post, but I can tell that spacekatgal is quite possibly the worst poster on IGN. I have one friend that owned a previous MacBook, and recently bought a MBP, we generally give him a ribbing for it, but he is otherwise a pretty normal guy. SKG is pretty much that prototypical, pompous Apple fan. She's the kind of person who buys pretty much any Apple product immediately when they're announced. I remember she posted once about trying out the Magic Mouse in store, not liking it, buying it anyway, and then basically forcing herself to like it. She bought the Apple AA battery recharger for God's sake. It recharges TWO AA batters! Just two! And it costs $30! How could you be so blind and stupid!
Tschus!"
Battery charger thread was of course the next stop on the rabbit hole, https://archive.is/HUBSt
"You get 6 batteries with this set. Not a bad deal at all, considering it's Apple. The batteries themselves are suspiciously devoid of Apple branding - probably to avoid lawsuits.
I don't have any illusions about a single rechargeable battery purchase being better for the environment - but it will certainly stop me from constantly going through batteries. I might even try them in my Xbox 360 controller.
Not a bad product, but nothing stellar either. A solid $30 purchase so far. "
More tales from the crime beat, https://archive.is/HQZNx
"I worked as a reporter all through college, and let me tell you - the MBA is your DREAM computer. I don't know what kind of stories you write, but I worked on the crime beat. It involved going down to court to look at records, driving all around town to interview people, making notes on who had been arrested at the jail. An MBA would have helped greatly. Also, I don't know how you take notes, but I would just open Incopy and type everything people were telling me. If your document crashes while you are on deadline, you are F-ed. You can't risk a cheap, low quality netbook. "
Crack reporter dishes the dirt on Apple's secret police, https://archive.is/AZzAF
"Here's what I think happened.
Cops have cop friends. And police tend to live in their own world. When I was a crime reporter, I found most of the police I worked with to be fairly secretive. That's not a dig at them, I just think it's the culture of the profession. It's a high pressure job, and anything you say or do could end up in court.
So, I think Apple probably has lots of former police working for them in security. I think they were trying to track down this iPhone 5, and they called some of their cop friends. I think they showed up at this guy's house, said they were looking for stolen property, and asked if they could search the premises (without a warrant.) I think the guy said yes, and the police waited outside while the security team at Apple searched the house.
It explains why it's off the books for SFPD, it explains why the police were involved, it explains the lack of the warrant.
Is it totally legal? No. It's grey, but I think it's the way police operate. It certainly stinks a bit - but it's reality.
Bri"
An actual journalist claiming 7 yrs LA Times experience isn't having her shit in this one, https://archive.is/7Y89O
"Really? As somebody who "used to work as a journalist", I would expect you would know the difference between writing a story on Apple, and buying stolen property. Again, I overestimate your deductive abilities, much like how you thought it was your Mac Pro that was crashing Photoshop. That was hilarious."
She wanted feedback on Rev 60 opening and got it, https://archive.is/90g1F
"I'm saying the radial blur sticks out like a sore thumb, as does the line wipe below the title--it gives it a feel of a 1999 student film, i.e. something that lacks production value or effort. Do you really want your game to begin with that impression?"
Maybe this is how she absorbed her engineering powers, https://archive.is/2UjTY
"I used to date a Cisco engineer. Dude was a chode. I have no care at all for their trademark wars.
Bri"
"I lurk there, pretty much never post, but I can tell that spacekatgal is quite possibly the worst poster on IGN. I have one friend that owned a previous MacBook, and recently bought a MBP, we generally give him a ribbing for it, but he is otherwise a pretty normal guy. SKG is pretty much that prototypical, pompous Apple fan. She's the kind of person who buys pretty much any Apple product immediately when they're announced. I remember she posted once about trying out the Magic Mouse in store, not liking it, buying it anyway, and then basically forcing herself to like it. She bought the Apple AA battery recharger for God's sake. It recharges TWO AA batters! Just two! And it costs $30! How could you be so blind and stupid!
Tschus!"
Battery charger thread was of course the next stop on the rabbit hole, https://archive.is/HUBSt
"You get 6 batteries with this set. Not a bad deal at all, considering it's Apple. The batteries themselves are suspiciously devoid of Apple branding - probably to avoid lawsuits.
I don't have any illusions about a single rechargeable battery purchase being better for the environment - but it will certainly stop me from constantly going through batteries. I might even try them in my Xbox 360 controller.
Not a bad product, but nothing stellar either. A solid $30 purchase so far. "
More tales from the crime beat, https://archive.is/HQZNx
"I worked as a reporter all through college, and let me tell you - the MBA is your DREAM computer. I don't know what kind of stories you write, but I worked on the crime beat. It involved going down to court to look at records, driving all around town to interview people, making notes on who had been arrested at the jail. An MBA would have helped greatly. Also, I don't know how you take notes, but I would just open Incopy and type everything people were telling me. If your document crashes while you are on deadline, you are F-ed. You can't risk a cheap, low quality netbook. "
Crack reporter dishes the dirt on Apple's secret police, https://archive.is/AZzAF
"Here's what I think happened.
Cops have cop friends. And police tend to live in their own world. When I was a crime reporter, I found most of the police I worked with to be fairly secretive. That's not a dig at them, I just think it's the culture of the profession. It's a high pressure job, and anything you say or do could end up in court.
So, I think Apple probably has lots of former police working for them in security. I think they were trying to track down this iPhone 5, and they called some of their cop friends. I think they showed up at this guy's house, said they were looking for stolen property, and asked if they could search the premises (without a warrant.) I think the guy said yes, and the police waited outside while the security team at Apple searched the house.
It explains why it's off the books for SFPD, it explains why the police were involved, it explains the lack of the warrant.
Is it totally legal? No. It's grey, but I think it's the way police operate. It certainly stinks a bit - but it's reality.
Bri"
An actual journalist claiming 7 yrs LA Times experience isn't having her shit in this one, https://archive.is/7Y89O
"Really? As somebody who "used to work as a journalist", I would expect you would know the difference between writing a story on Apple, and buying stolen property. Again, I overestimate your deductive abilities, much like how you thought it was your Mac Pro that was crashing Photoshop. That was hilarious."
She wanted feedback on Rev 60 opening and got it, https://archive.is/90g1F
"I'm saying the radial blur sticks out like a sore thumb, as does the line wipe below the title--it gives it a feel of a 1999 student film, i.e. something that lacks production value or effort. Do you really want your game to begin with that impression?"
Maybe this is how she absorbed her engineering powers, https://archive.is/2UjTY
"I used to date a Cisco engineer. Dude was a chode. I have no care at all for their trademark wars.
Bri"
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This really only makes sense in a "everything I don't want my game to be" kinda way.
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https://the-magazine.org/14/choose-your-character
https://web.archive.org/web/20020122220023/http://www.minuete.com/
I am too lazy to find other examples but everything with John is about how much he spent on his toys whilst he sits on his ass playing vidya or sending tweets getting zero return on investment on those expensive tools. The vanity is unbelievable
The rabbit hole that is the reality of John Flynt is amazing.
Huge sections of this guy's life only exist in his mind, and the remainder has been grossly distorted to make him look awesome.
His self published work is MORE disturbing than Sonichu, because while Chris was merely a manchild with delusions of grandeur who has, to some degree, realized it was all fantasy and reality isn't nearly as kind, Flynt has doubled down on his own lies to the point he actually believes quite a bit of them, even though courtroom level proof exists to destroy them.
It's like Tyler Durden, Buffalo Bill, and Chris had a three way and Brianna Wu was born from the aftermath.
Huge sections of this guy's life only exist in his mind, and the remainder has been grossly distorted to make him look awesome.
His self published work is MORE disturbing than Sonichu, because while Chris was merely a manchild with delusions of grandeur who has, to some degree, realized it was all fantasy and reality isn't nearly as kind, Flynt has doubled down on his own lies to the point he actually believes quite a bit of them, even though courtroom level proof exists to destroy them.
It's like Tyler Durden, Buffalo Bill, and Chris had a three way and Brianna Wu was born from the aftermath.
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Lies and lies and lies. It's endless and they all build into contradicting each other with Brianna. @ln18, God bless you for being able to go through this. This one, in particular, amuses me the most because despite how short the post is, it contradicts so fucking much of what she's said about herself:
@Jaimas, can we add a section to the Wu's lies article just for the number of times she's lied about where she is from? It's beginning to feel like with every website she concocted a different story. So far, Susan's Place is the only site where she comes close to telling the truth.
Her romanticization of DC is really apparent between the Election Eve drafts and these posts. Also, so much for that life of poverty. Dupont Circle is one of the most expensive areas to live in downtown DC. I wonder if the reason she's gone back to being from Mississippi is that John Flynt was such a fantastically spoiled little shit living in DC that she honestly doesn't know about any of the horrible neighborhoods around the area?
@Jaimas, can we add a section to the Wu's lies article just for the number of times she's lied about where she is from? It's beginning to feel like with every website she concocted a different story. So far, Susan's Place is the only site where she comes close to telling the truth.
ln18
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Most serious athlete on IGN forums vs pizza and fatties, https://archive.is/E3ArE
"Feel free to disagree, Jackrabbit - but fitness and nutrition is something I know a lot about. I'm a pretty serious athlete, probably one of the most serious on this board, and I used to struggle with weight. It seems to me that arguing for the nutritional value of pizza is a pretty big stretch.
Bri"
Brianna encourages the women to be better women, https://archive.is/AAdkw
"I will say that women's magazines are useful tools. How else are you supposed to know what's in for that season? I'm about to buy some of the long leather gloves today that seem to be popping up all over the place. "
"That attitude must really be a time saver in your marriage! Imagine how much more often I could get my way by simply refusing to consider another person's point of view! Thanks for the share! "
"Feel free to disagree, Jackrabbit - but fitness and nutrition is something I know a lot about. I'm a pretty serious athlete, probably one of the most serious on this board, and I used to struggle with weight. It seems to me that arguing for the nutritional value of pizza is a pretty big stretch.
Bri"
Brianna encourages the women to be better women, https://archive.is/AAdkw
"I will say that women's magazines are useful tools. How else are you supposed to know what's in for that season? I'm about to buy some of the long leather gloves today that seem to be popping up all over the place. "
"That attitude must really be a time saver in your marriage! Imagine how much more often I could get my way by simply refusing to consider another person's point of view! Thanks for the share! "
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Is there any basis whatsoever for this "crime beat reporter" bullshit? I've seen nothing from John Flynt that remotely supports that description. Usually, though, there's at least some minuscule basis for these overblown Flynt claims, like he pet a cat once and then claims to be a lion tamer.
I'd bet there's literally one or two articles somewhere written by John Flynt about a crime. Or probably, like the other articles, written by an editor covering for Flynt's atrocious prose.
I'd bet there's literally one or two articles somewhere written by John Flynt about a crime. Or probably, like the other articles, written by an editor covering for Flynt's atrocious prose.
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This is a good detail. Before, I was wondering if she worked professionally as a crime reporter after college.
But she limits it to "all through college." And we have just one article in the Purple and White.
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You nailed it.
Do it. I need to take a bit of a break due to work, so if you want me to do it, you'll need to wait a bit.
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Because the Election Eve script is a complete shambles I've decided it needs to be nailed to a wall.
https://lolcow.wiki/wiki/User:Luminous_Being/Election_Eve
If you've any input please come and whisper it softly in my ear. Especially when it comes to the actual meat of the text I could use a few people that are good with the literature because I can't retain more than 1 page worth of information at once.
Every bit of criticism and help is welcome though.
https://lolcow.wiki/wiki/User:Luminous_Being/Election_Eve
If you've any input please come and whisper it softly in my ear. Especially when it comes to the actual meat of the text I could use a few people that are good with the literature because I can't retain more than 1 page worth of information at once.
Every bit of criticism and help is welcome though.
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