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The Plumber Problem

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Re: The Plumber Problem

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Post by hef19898 »

CamperBob2 wrote: post #203
thatguy0900 wrote: post #179

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would that be something like the Bloomberg terminal?

Bloomberg is indeed the first source that comes to mind when I think "Pay a lot more than most people for a premium newsfeed," but then, on my list of trusted news sources, Bloomberg is ranked somewhere between Russia Today and the Brothers Grimm. Their reporters are literally paid to move the markets [1]. 1: https://www.businessinsider.com/bloomberg-reporters-compensa...

Because Business Insider is such a great source. And no, I do not believe the ultra rich employ private inteligence serices preparing morning briefings for them.

If you want just the facts so, try Reuters or AP, basically the source of the majority of news stroies we are fed by media (the exception being in-house investigated stories, but those are rarer by the day and flanked by so much filler articles that it is hard to filter the facts out). Also, professional inteligence organizations can be spectatularly wrong as well. Sometimes a lone, local jourbalist on the ground witj working internet for soke background research has it better. Local, because some random person from far away will lack the necessary backgroing and context to deliver more than some isolated, uninformed, highly objective opinion.

Re: The Plumber Problem

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Post by olddustytrail »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #106
squeaky-clean wrote: post #82

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The youtube genre of "Expert at XYZ reacts to XYZ scenes in TV/Movies" is a guilty pleasure of mine. Especially the medical ones.

I'm annoyed at them because they are often not as expert as they claim to be. Like "singing teacher reacts to " kinda thing.

You mean like these football coaches who aren't as good at the game as the players they're coaching?

The job of a voice coach is to teach you to be a better singer, not to be better than you at singing.

Re: The Plumber Problem

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Post by CamperBob2 »

hef19898 wrote: post #211
CamperBob2 wrote: post #203

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bloomberg is indeed the first source that comes to mind when I think "Pay a lot more than most people for a premium newsfeed," but then, on my list of trusted news sources, Bloomberg is ranked somewhere between Russia Today and the Brothers Grimm. Their reporters are literally paid to move the markets [1]. 1: https://www.businessinsider.com/bloomberg-reporters-compensa...

Because Business Insider is such a great source. And no, I do not believe the ultra rich employ private inteligence serices preparing morning briefings for them. If you want just the facts so, try Reuters or AP, basically the source of the majority of news stroies we are fed by media (the exception being in-house investigated stories, but those are rarer by the day and flanked by so much filler articles that it is ha…

Because Business Insider is such a great source.

Whatever. Read the article. It contains direct quotes.

Re: The Plumber Problem

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Post by hef19898 »

CamperBob2 wrote: post #213
hef19898 wrote: post #211

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because Business Insider is such a great source. And no, I do not believe the ultra rich employ private inteligence serices preparing morning briefings for them. If you want just the facts so, try Reuters or AP, basically the source of the majority of news stroies we are fed by media (the exception being in-house investigated stories, but those are rarer by the day and flanked by so much filler articles that it is ha…

Because Business Insider is such a great source. Whatever. Read the article. It contains direct quotes.

Accusations of market manipulation are better backed up by strong evidence, because that is actually a fellony.

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Post by Rediscover »

ta573957294 wrote: post #54

In the movie 300, after Leonidas and the 300 decide to march North towards Thermopylae. The valley & mountains in the background are REALLY from Sparta, Grecet. The producers made had sent crews to take enough photos and videos of the valleygt to accurately portrait the landscape. It was eerie to watch the movie (I grew up in Sparta) and see the mountains all around as they really are. BUT (big but here) they march S…

Isn't another of the "going the wrong way" the end of The Sound of Music? Are they going into nazi territory?

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Post by MikusR »

CamperBob2 wrote: post #170
HDThoreaun wrote: post #43

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There's no money in unbiased news. If news organizations want subscribers they need to present a clear voice that is distinct from what other organizations offer, otherwise people will just click the first link on google or facebook and never pay. Unbiased can also mean undiferentiated, so NYT has leaned into technoskepticism, the journal into Karl Rove conservatism(and now just plain old republican or bust), and on…

There's no money in unbiased news. I have to believe that's not true. When Bill Gates or Warren Buffett sit down at their breakfast table, do they get fed the same diet of pablum that I do, as an Apple News subscriber? I doubt it. They presumably pay a ton of money for access to unfiltered, unbiased global intelligence. But I have no idea how to get the newsfeed that people like that must have access to, regardless o…

Counterpoint. Trump and Musk.

Re: The Plumber Problem

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Post by CamperBob2 »

hef19898 wrote: post #214
CamperBob2 wrote: post #213

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because Business Insider is such a great source. Whatever. Read the article. It contains direct quotes.

Accusations of market manipulation are better backed up by strong evidence, because that is actually a fellony.

Illegal or not, it's defamatory if untrue. I assume that Bloomberg would sue for libel if the quote from their reporter were fabricated.

(Read the quote from the reporter carefully: the market isn't what's being manipulated. The news is... and by extension, the reader. The reader is who does the market-moving.)

Re: The Plumber Problem

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Post by saberience »

wyclif wrote: post #138

I used to be a land surveyor, so when I watch Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones computes the distance from the floor of the Map Room and then is shown finding the burial place of the Ark of the Covenant using a theodolite on a tripod, I just couldn't believe Spielberg didn't have a guy to whisper in his ear and tell him no, that actually can't be done accurately from ancient Egyptian measurements.

As a layperson, can you explain why it's impossible? I remember when I saw this movie the scene seemed at least somewhat plausible as long as the map-room was built accurately and to scale, right?

Re: The Plumber Problem

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Post by gwd »

ta573957294 wrote: post #54

In the movie 300, after Leonidas and the 300 decide to march North towards Thermopylae. The valley & mountains in the background are REALLY from Sparta, Grecet. The producers made had sent crews to take enough photos and videos of the valleygt to accurately portrait the landscape. It was eerie to watch the movie (I grew up in Sparta) and see the mountains all around as they really are. BUT (big but here) they march S…

That's a kind of funny one, where being more accurate made it worse: if they just had entirely made-up scenery, it probably would have bothered you a lot less!
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