Simon Willison's Weblog: crime

Quoting David Gerard

2020-10-10T21:17:34+00:00

It’s probably a bad idea to risk paying your ransom, though — the US Treasury Dept has issued clarifying guidance that companies paying off ransomware, and all companies facilitating the payment, can be charged with sanctions violations if the bitcoins end up at North Korea or sanctioned cybercrime groups.

— David Gerard

Tags: crime, bitcoin

Quoting Brian Grubb

2018-02-23T15:56:09+00:00

I am pleased to inform all of you that there is a notorious black market maple syrup seller and he looks exactly like the image you get in your head when someone first says the phrase “a notorious black market maple syrup seller” to you.

— Brian Grubb

Tags: crime, brian-grubb

Tell me when to quit.

2016-10-30T13:56:00+00:00

My answer to Tell me when to quit. on Ask MetaFilter

If you want to get into Person of Interest without having to wade through the less great monster-of-the-week episodes in season one, Io9 has an episode guide listing the season one episodes essential to the overall plot arc. I think it's solid gold from season two onwards - by far the smartest fictional depiction of artificial intelligence I've seen anywhere.

Whatever you do, do not watch the last season of Dexter. It's such garbage it spoils the previous seasons, which are mostly excellent - especially the ones with John Lithgow as one of the nastiest villains in TV history.

Tags: ask-metafilter, television, drama, mystery, crime, tvshow