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Re: Google closes deal to acquire Wiz

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Post by beagle3 »

spondyl wrote: post #175
Illniyar wrote: post #173

Apparently Israeli media is reporting that the price is so high that the government is requesting the founders will pay their taxes in USD and not Israeli Shekels in fear that such a large foreign exchange transaction will affect the exchange rate. ( Which is already unusually low and hurting exporters) This would be the first time taxes are paid in a different currency in Israel history. Pretty wild that it's such a…

I was curious about this claim and dug up this article from (as far as I understand it), Israel's version of The Economist https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hjggcekq11g

The name “Calcalist” is indeed a play on “Economist” (it is not a proper Hebrew word, but fuses the Hebrew word for economy “calcala” with the English suffix for a professional work “ist”.

However, it is just an expanded version of Ynet’s business/economy section, and Ynet is probably the closest equivalent to USA Today or The Sun.

Re: Google closes deal to acquire Wiz

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Post by aitchnyu »

beagle3 wrote: post #181
spondyl wrote: post #175

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was curious about this claim and dug up this article from (as far as I understand it), Israel's version of The Economist https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hjggcekq11g

The name “Calcalist” is indeed a play on “Economist” (it is not a proper Hebrew word, but fuses the Hebrew word for economy “calcala” with the English suffix for a professional work “ist”. However, it is just an expanded version of Ynet’s business/economy section, and Ynet is probably the closest equivalent to USA Today or The Sun.

Is it etymologically related to "calculate" or is it a coincidence?

Re: Google closes deal to acquire Wiz

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Post by y-curious »

jodrellblank wrote: post #150
lanthissa wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

theres a famous painting about this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Devouring_His_Son

That, but in Corporate Memphis tech-company art style https://jemima.design.blog/2021/02/08/generic-tech-company-a...

“Corporate Memphis tech style” is funny because it’s colloquially known as “globohomo”. Not homophobic, btw, think “homogenous”

Re: Google closes deal to acquire Wiz

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Post by beagle3 »

aitchnyu wrote: post #184
beagle3 wrote: post #181

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The name “Calcalist” is indeed a play on “Economist” (it is not a proper Hebrew word, but fuses the Hebrew word for economy “calcala” with the English suffix for a professional work “ist”. However, it is just an expanded version of Ynet’s business/economy section, and Ynet is probably the closest equivalent to USA Today or The Sun.

Is it etymologically related to "calculate" or is it a coincidence?

Seems to be a coincidence - the Hebrew word comes from the Bible (old testament), and means "the feeding, and generally providing of needs".

The English word comes from "calculus", meaning, apparently, pebble, because original counting was done with pebbles.

(I had to look both up. Thanks for asking)

Re: Google closes deal to acquire Wiz

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Post by arethuza »

FreakLegion wrote: post #163
cbHXBY1D wrote: post #135

FYI, Wiz investor and current Wiz board member Gili Raanan, head of Israeli VC Cyberstarts, has been (credibly) accused of paying bribes to major CISOs for buying software from their portfolio companies like Wiz. Calcalist did a deep investigation into it: https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/b1a1jn00hc

This is well known in cybersecurity circles. I mentioned here[1] a couple years back that I know CISOs who've had to clean up big messes because their predecessor was on the Cyberstarts payroll, but on the bright side I also know a couple of those predecessors who were fired for it. Cyberstarts is the most blatant offender, but to be fair, VC has turned into the next rung on the career ladder for CIOs/CISOs, whose ro…

About 20 years ago I quite liked the idea of becoming a CISO - the CIO I worked for at the time talked me out of it - saying that the role would largely involve being ignored then, when something inevitably did go wrong, you'd get sacked.
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