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That's pretty linkbaity. Dropping a "nuclear bomb" would be something like, "I have a recording from the Bin 38 meeting that proves you were colluding. The FTC

That's pretty linkbaity. Dropping a "nuclear bomb" would be something like, "I have a recording from the Bin 38 meeting that proves you were colluding. The FTC will start examining it at 9am sharp tomorrow morning." Sure, it's unusual for someone to so strongly come out and call people out, especially people that he may want to invest alongside someday, but "nuclear bomb" is a serious stretch.

itistoday 16y ago
If you think about it, it's really quite remarkable hyperbole. Drama in the valley, TC in the middle of it. People can forget themselves.
- klochner 16y ago
  Just to be clear on hyperbole: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hyperbole http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hyperbole
  - klochner 16y ago
    Really? I reply with clarification and receive anonymous downvotes in return? hyperbole isn't a fancy word for exaggeration
    - klochner 16y ago
      Sigh
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jcnnghm 16y ago
I think the whole point of the email was letting these people know he didn't want to invest alongside them. An email like that could ruin your day.
marknutter 16y ago
Right. He's used up his "nuclear bomb" title for the year. What happens when something truly scandalous happens? I suppose he could go up to hydrogen bomb..
- samstokes 16y ago
  "Fully operational battle station"?
  - gacba 16y ago
    "This technological terror you've constructed pales in comparison to the power of the Force"
- pjscott 16y ago
  Above that are Tsar Bomba, small asteroid, large asteroid, and antimatter bomb. If events get much more shocking, then we go up to disastrously-located black holes and self-replicating berserker swarms. After that, I guess all that's left is the ultimate menace of a superintelligent and profoundly alien AI that cares only about maximizing the number of paperclips in the universe. What I'm saying here is that Michael Arrington has plenty of room left for hyperbole, even now.
  - Eliezer 16y ago
    http://www.google.com/search?q=thunderbolt+singularity http://www.google.com/search?q=thunderbolt+singularity
  - borism 16y ago
    "Angel collusion results in black hole collapse" now that would be awesome!
  - JabavuAdams 16y ago
    Don't worry paperclip, you'll be made of computronium.
- bl4k 16y ago
tkeller 16y ago
Pretty damned mild, really. "You guys are greedy and I disagree with you" != "you guys are breaking the law."

itistoday 16y ago

If you think about it, it's really quite remarkable hyperbole. Drama in the valley, TC in the middle of it. People can forget themselves.

klochner 16y ago
Just to be clear on hyperbole: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hyperbole http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hyperbole
- klochner 16y ago
  Really? I reply with clarification and receive anonymous downvotes in return? hyperbole isn't a fancy word for exaggeration
  - klochner 16y ago
    Sigh

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jcnnghm 16y ago

I think the whole point of the email was letting these people know he didn't want to invest alongside them. An email like that could ruin your day.

marknutter 16y ago

Right. He's used up his "nuclear bomb" title for the year. What happens when something truly scandalous happens? I suppose he could go up to hydrogen bomb..

samstokes 16y ago
"Fully operational battle station"?
- gacba 16y ago
  "This technological terror you've constructed pales in comparison to the power of the Force"
pjscott 16y ago
Above that are Tsar Bomba, small asteroid, large asteroid, and antimatter bomb. If events get much more shocking, then we go up to disastrously-located black holes and self-replicating berserker swarms. After that, I guess all that's left is the ultimate menace of a superintelligent and profoundly alien AI that cares only about maximizing the number of paperclips in the universe. What I'm saying here is that Michael Arrington has plenty of room left for hyperbole, even now.
- Eliezer 16y ago
  http://www.google.com/search?q=thunderbolt+singularity http://www.google.com/search?q=thunderbolt+singularity
- borism 16y ago
  "Angel collusion results in black hole collapse" now that would be awesome!
- JabavuAdams 16y ago
  Don't worry paperclip, you'll be made of computronium.
bl4k 16y ago

tkeller 16y ago

Pretty damned mild, really. "You guys are greedy and I disagree with you" != "you guys are breaking the law."