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11. I remember the dotcom boom. Scott McNealy was bragging on his PT Cruiser.

Sun Jan 12, 2025, 05:48 PM

Jan 12

Must have way overbid for it. "i've got mine," he said.

Very popular in Silicon Valley: "Whoever dies with the most toys wins"

The founder of Segway fell off a cliff, and a newly listed CEO millionaire drove his Ferrari or Lamborghini off the road in Los Gatos or Campbell (I didn't take notes)

Life is only money and power to many, in exchange for meaning.

Kurt Vonnegut:
Joseph Heller and I were at a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island.

I said, “Joe, how does it make you feel to know that our host only yesterday may have made more money than your novel ‘Catch-22’ has earned in its entire history?”

And Joe said, “I’ve got something he can never have.”

And I said, “What on earth could that be, Joe?”

And Joe said, “Enough.”

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About people being DESTROYED, TAKEN DOWN and HUMILIATED on social media. [View all] usonian Jan 12 OP

It is our undoing KT2000 Jan 12 #1

Nailed it malaise Jan 12 #2

And I will second that. Butterflylady Jan 12 #3

I have definitely noticed DENVERPOPS Jan 12 #5

I remember the dotcom boom. Scott McNealy was bragging on his PT Cruiser. usonian Jan 12 #11

great ones us nc DENVERPOPS Jan 12 #12

I worked a a loan officer during the lead-up to the Housing Crass in '08. bluesbassman Jan 13 #21

Small world. I know a guy in Dublin who leased computer gear. usonian Jan 13 #22

Really small! I grew up there! bluesbassman Jan 13 #23

Hah I knew Jeff Hammerbacher when he was a quant at Bear Stearns Lucky Luciano Jan 12 #4

Small world! Great anecdotes. usonian Jan 12 #6

good article markie Jan 12 #7

reall miffed me when youtube became a commercial. we cant pay the creators . ive been on youtube a long time AllaN01Bear Jan 12 #8

Patreon seems to be a thing too. Lucky Luciano Jan 13 #13

and buy me a coffee, etc. AllaN01Bear Jan 13 #20

This "Math Genius" who was talking about the "best minds" Mountainguy Jan 12 #9

He is very top top. He left cloudera a long time ago to go into biomedicine. Lucky Luciano Jan 12 #10

There are definitely issues with social media Meowmee Jan 13 #14

Well said. usonian Jan 13 #15

That is great you're working in that 😀 Meowmee Jan 13 #16

There is a command-line tool to download videos. usonian Jan 13 #17

Good 😀 Meowmee Jan 13 #19

good until he says he needs it to "keep up with friends and family" Skittles Jan 13 #18