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If its our answer to DARPA then good. I only hope the money will be disbursed in ways similar to the DARPA challenges and not in the usual chronyist way of the

If its our answer to DARPA then good. I only hope the money will be disbursed in ways similar to the DARPA challenges and not in the usual chronyist way of the UK There's a shocking number of people high up in UK tech influence circles who got there solely by networking, holding events and being on the peripheries of successful startups

nivenkos 6y ago
> There's a shocking number of people high up in UK tech influence circles who got there solely by networking, holding events and being on the peripheries of successful startups Like Boris Johnson's lover.
- hkt 6y ago
  Jennifer Arcuri isn't in tech is she? (Apologies if I just ruined the joke and you didn't really mean Carrie Symonds)
- jack_riminton 6y ago
  Ah yes, she set up a co-working space, held some events and launched (although presumably not heavily involved) in launching a White Hat consultancy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Arcuri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Arcuri Similar to Rohan Silva who advised Cameron; set up a co-working space, is on many boards, speaks at a lot of events
  - lbriner 6y ago
    Everyone is impressive to those who are less impressive!
- jack_riminton 6y ago
  Oh yes I also forgot to add sexual favours to the key criteria!
dragonwriter 6y ago
Yes, it's a good thing the US in general, it's government more specifically, and it's defense establishment particularly are completely free of cronyism, and there aren't huge numbers of people influential in every field even loosely associated with the US’s vast military-industrial complex that have gotten their by networking rather than any other form of merit.
- jack_riminton 6y ago
  Do you have any concrete points or just snark?
  - Loughla 6y ago
    This is the only report I know about, but I'm 100% certain there are many more just a google search away: https://fas.org/man/eprint/contract-fraud.pdf https://fas.org/man/eprint/contract-fraud.pdf Highlights: from 2013-2017, there were 1,059 criminal convictions of defense contracting fraud (1087 defendants total), including 678 individuals and 409 separate businesses. Further, there were 443 fraud-related civil cases. These are just the ones who got caught. It's not that much of a stretch to think that this much money is going to be super tempting to well-connected cronies of our representatives.
    - jack_riminton 6y ago
      What does this have to do with DAPRA? I tried searching the document but couldn't find any references
      - Loughla 6y ago
        The grandparent made a snarky comment about defense spending in general. Which is what that document is about. >it's a good thing the US in general, it's government more specifically, and it's defense establishment particularly That's what they said.
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nivenkos 6y ago

> There's a shocking number of people high up in UK tech influence circles who got there solely by networking, holding events and being on the peripheries of successful startups Like Boris Johnson's lover.

hkt 6y ago
Jennifer Arcuri isn't in tech is she? (Apologies if I just ruined the joke and you didn't really mean Carrie Symonds)
jack_riminton 6y ago
Ah yes, she set up a co-working space, held some events and launched (although presumably not heavily involved) in launching a White Hat consultancy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Arcuri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Arcuri Similar to Rohan Silva who advised Cameron; set up a co-working space, is on many boards, speaks at a lot of events
- lbriner 6y ago
  Everyone is impressive to those who are less impressive!
jack_riminton 6y ago
Oh yes I also forgot to add sexual favours to the key criteria!

dragonwriter 6y ago

Yes, it's a good thing the US in general, it's government more specifically, and it's defense establishment particularly are completely free of cronyism, and there aren't huge numbers of people influential in every field even loosely associated with the US’s vast military-industrial complex that have gotten their by networking rather than any other form of merit.

jack_riminton 6y ago
Do you have any concrete points or just snark?
- Loughla 6y ago
  This is the only report I know about, but I'm 100% certain there are many more just a google search away: https://fas.org/man/eprint/contract-fraud.pdf https://fas.org/man/eprint/contract-fraud.pdf Highlights: from 2013-2017, there were 1,059 criminal convictions of defense contracting fraud (1087 defendants total), including 678 individuals and 409 separate businesses. Further, there were 443 fraud-related civil cases. These are just the ones who got caught. It's not that much of a stretch to think that this much money is going to be super tempting to well-connected cronies of our representatives.
  - jack_riminton 6y ago
    What does this have to do with DAPRA? I tried searching the document but couldn't find any references
    - Loughla 6y ago
      The grandparent made a snarky comment about defense spending in general. Which is what that document is about. >it's a good thing the US in general, it's government more specifically, and it's defense establishment particularly That's what they said.
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