jtgverde

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by jtgverde 2y ago
GOOG is up ~152% since Sundar took over...
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by jtgverde 2y ago
Great find on the knowledge navigator, I had never seen it but I was a toddler when it was released haha. It's interesting how prescient it was, but I'm more struck wondering--would anyone in 1987 have predicted it would take 40+
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by jtgverde 2y ago
Yeah, basically saying "would you commit federal felonies defrauding gullible people for millions? hell yeah!" Quite telling of the morals of a lot of "sales" people
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by jtgverde 2y ago
It's interesting that your primary criticism is that the scientists are too diverse...truly a struggle for me to see why that's such an abhorrent error Personally I thought they did a good job at adapting a book that I thought wou
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by jtgverde 2y ago
Seems unfair to compare a "bad trip to the dentist" to a person experiencing severe psychological effects liking being unable to make human connections and feelings of loneliness for 30 years Many of these experiences seem to have
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by jtgverde 2y ago
Yea that's fair, but I would imagine the tourism effect, although real, happens for a tiny % of overall productions. Much like incentives for NFL stadiums, it just doesn't seem like the public gets the benefit they are promised in
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by jtgverde 2y ago
I have friends who work in film and have heard about the way the productions play fast and loose with "local hires" that then get reported as jobs created. But setting aside all of that research shows little to no impact https:&#