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Re: The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System

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Post by ggggffggggg »

closewith wrote: post #7
motoxpro wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am not understanding how this is bad. Other than a guy made a bunch of money and is spending it how he wants. Or is that the whole reason?

> Other than a guy made a bunch of money and is spending it how he wants. A guy has woken up to the fact that he'll be remembered as a villian and is trying to whitewash his reputation.

I don’t know that the vast majority of Americans know who Eric Schmidt is. And unless they find little green men, no one will care about this project, so it won’t affect his (essentially nonexistent) reputation.

It’s not unlike if you had a blog post about a gardening project in your backyard. Perhaps interesting to gardeners, but approximately no one cares.

Low effort cynicism.

Re: The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System

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Post by bongodongobob »

closewith wrote: post #7
motoxpro wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am not understanding how this is bad. Other than a guy made a bunch of money and is spending it how he wants. Or is that the whole reason?

> Other than a guy made a bunch of money and is spending it how he wants. A guy has woken up to the fact that he'll be remembered as a villian and is trying to whitewash his reputation.

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Re: The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System

#13

Post by BigTTYGothGF »

closewith wrote: post #7
motoxpro wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am not understanding how this is bad. Other than a guy made a bunch of money and is spending it how he wants. Or is that the whole reason?

> Other than a guy made a bunch of money and is spending it how he wants. A guy has woken up to the fact that he'll be remembered as a villian and is trying to whitewash his reputation.

It worked for Alfred Nobel.

Re: The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System

#14

Post by melling »

closewith wrote: post #7
motoxpro wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am not understanding how this is bad. Other than a guy made a bunch of money and is spending it how he wants. Or is that the whole reason?

> Other than a guy made a bunch of money and is spending it how he wants. A guy has woken up to the fact that he'll be remembered as a villian and is trying to whitewash his reputation.

I forget why he’s a villain. Did he do something at Google?

He’s sort of a lesser known figure to me.

Re: The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System

#15

Post by coderjames »

amelius wrote: post #3
closewith wrote: post #2

The age of plausibly buying a legacy is gone, so these vanity projects inspire more cynicism than anything else.

Well, this is better than what Bezos is using his surplus money for.

You don't support trying to save the planet?

The Bezos Earth Fund: https://www.bezosearthfund.org/

Re: The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System

#16

Post by mikeyouse »

melling wrote: post #14
closewith wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Other than a guy made a bunch of money and is spending it how he wants. A guy has woken up to the fact that he'll be remembered as a villian and is trying to whitewash his reputation.

I forget why he’s a villain. Did he do something at Google? He’s sort of a lesser known figure to me.

He was responsible for a bunch of the anticompetitive hiring agreements with Jobs at Apple and he’s a fairly well known lothario, but otherwise benign IMO considering his competition at that wealth level.

Re: The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System

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Post by Y-bar »

mikeyouse wrote: post #16
melling wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I forget why he’s a villain. Did he do something at Google? He’s sort of a lesser known figure to me.

He was responsible for a bunch of the anticompetitive hiring agreements with Jobs at Apple and he’s a fairly well known lothario, but otherwise benign IMO considering his competition at that wealth level.

He is also the man who said ”If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.” as if people are not being hunted for being LGBTQ even in the west, or persecutions of various kinds are a thing of the past, or spousal abuse doesn’t matter.

Re: The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System

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Post by adventured »

coderjames wrote: post #15
amelius wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, this is better than what Bezos is using his surplus money for.

You don't support trying to save the planet? The Bezos Earth Fund: https://www.bezosearthfund.org/

The planet will be just fine. It measures consequential time in many millions of years. You mean: support saving humanity.
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