>>6149335What is exceptionally disappointing is the aesthetics of the interior decor of these intelligence agencies at least Christopher Nolan in the Dark Knight had that sparse industrial lighting minimalistic feel in that shipping container where he ran his telecommunications project.
In contrast Keith Alexander who led the NSA during the Snowden revelations was apparently some Star Trek fan so he went for the full Star Trek Enterprise captain bridge interior design look for his top secret INFORMATION DOMINANCE CENTER lol here is apparently the photograph journalists found from some architect design website.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/15/nsa-mind-keith-alexander-star-trekDuring the whole PRISM episode in an IR meeting I once asked Patrick Pichette (CFO of googl back then before Ruth Porat and whoever the new one now is) directly to his face whether they spied on people of course he lied but I thought it would be funny to watch him do it whilst keeping a straight face in front of me and a room of other investors. What did also amuse me is how Keith Alexander's investment project after his NSA career did not turn out so well lol
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/10/04/collapse-of-cyber-firm-founded-former-nsa-chief-leaves-bitter-wake.html>IronNet’s founder and former CEO Keith Alexander is a West Point graduate who retired as a four-star Army general and was once one of the most powerful figures in U.S. intelligence. He oversaw an unprecedented expansion of the NSA’s digital spying around the world when he led the U.S.’s largest intelligence agency for nearly a decade.>Its pitch — combining the prowess of ex-government hackers with cutting-edge software – was initially a hit. Shortly after going public in 2021, the company’s value shot past $3 billion.>Last September the never-profitable company announced it was shutting down and firing its employees after running out of money, providing yet another example of a tech firm that faltered after failing to deliver on overhyped promises (...)Of course there are many others nowadays with apparent momentum and success, eg PLTR. But in my experience this entire space is morally a very murky dubious and grey area. The premise of that IronNet company sounded a bit like that Darktrace venture funded by Mike Lynch. I met him in 2011 just weeks before the advent of the entire AU/ HPQ saga, (see this 2011 June article for reasons)
https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/the-canadian-department-of-national-defence-selects-autonomys-meaning-based-computing-platform-145290195.htmlas well as Meg Whitman some years afterwards hehe. Well Mike Lynch had an interesting superyacht accident recently, just as his former codefendant encountered a traffic accident hehe
>this is literally the worst edition of Shadowrun ever devised 