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Whenever some person or company calls themselves "Honest", "Trustworthy", "Wholesome", etc I immediately start thinking that they are going to overcharge me for something. In this case, it seems my heuristic worked well.
So far, every time I've investigated it, my suspicion has been justified.
Of course, the grandaddy of them all was Pravda.
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> Actors are the truest of commodities. Many can do it, and it's not hard. That's peak HN for the day.
? There are tons of great actors that you can hire to do something for peanuts. They're such a commodity that tons of talented actors don't even do it full time. I live across from a 'Community Playhouse' in Montreal. Some of it is terrible, but some of it is magnificent. Almost zero of them are employed in the industry full time. It partly has to do with the fact it's all in French, and that means 'smaller market' -…
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> And we work hard on algorithms? There are mathematicians (and scientists) who work harder than most programmers and are poorer than most programmers.
It's probably just a rounding error
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> Actors are the truest of commodities. Many can do it, and it's not hard. That's peak HN for the day.
? There are tons of great actors that you can hire to do something for peanuts. They're such a commodity that tons of talented actors don't even do it full time. I live across from a 'Community Playhouse' in Montreal. Some of it is terrible, but some of it is magnificent. Almost zero of them are employed in the industry full time. It partly has to do with the fact it's all in French, and that means 'smaller market' -…
Whenever some person or company calls themselves "Honest", "Trustworthy", "Wholesome", etc I immediately start thinking that they are going to overcharge me for something. In this case, it seems my heuristic worked well.
Whenever some person or company calls themselves "Honest", "Trustworthy", "Wholesome", etc I immediately start thinking that they are going to overcharge me for something. In this case, it seems my heuristic worked well.
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If you can bootstrap yourself into being George Clooney you too can sell water with additives to people for megabux. Or perhaps there's so much loose capital sitting around with no purpose that it's just driving up valuations of companies to ridiculous levels because then folks would just be dumping fake money into questionably valued ventures. "But you guys make toast, on-demand, in only one city." "Exactly, toast o…
"If you can bootstrap yourself into being George Clooney" Actors are the truest of commodities. Many can do it, and it's not hard. When Hollywood 'invests' in an actor, they create the actors Brand, which the actor - then owns. Once an actor becomes familiar with American/Global audiences, then their Brand is worth a lot. Surely, it requires some hustle on the part of the actor - but were it not Clooney, it could hav…
Except some get paid exponentially more than others for their supposed commodity. Just like many consumer packaged goods. You’re proving her value with your insult.
The more interesting piece is how the name 'Jessica Alba' always before the title every time it is mentioned. Because what would they do without star power? Note: George Clooney's billion dollar sale of a brand new Tequila company. And we work hard on algorithms?
> And we work hard on algorithms? There are mathematicians (and scientists) who work harder than most programmers and are poorer than most programmers.
The more interesting piece is how the name 'Jessica Alba' always before the title every time it is mentioned. Because what would they do without star power? Note: George Clooney's billion dollar sale of a brand new Tequila company. And we work hard on algorithms?
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? There are tons of great actors that you can hire to do something for peanuts. They're such a commodity that tons of talented actors don't even do it full time. I live across from a 'Community Playhouse' in Montreal. Some of it is terrible, but some of it is magnificent. Almost zero of them are employed in the industry full time. It partly has to do with the fact it's all in French, and that means 'smaller market' -…
You're confusing talent and building a brand. The latter is the more difficult bit. If you still question the value of branding consider who built the first apple computers and who ended up becoming the superstar.