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I just realized that the Bloomberg reporter who wrote the recent story is named "Zeke Faux." (Faux meaning "fake" in French, in a story about fraud.) Is his n
by Taikonerd 5y ago
I just realized that the Bloomberg reporter who wrote the recent story is named "Zeke Faux." (Faux meaning "fake" in French, in a story about fraud.) Is his name a pseudonym? If not, it's another surreal point in a surreal story.
- OJFord 5y agoIf you're unacquainted, look up (other?) examples of 'nominal determinism' - you're in for a treat!
- kingofpandora 5y ago*nominative determinism
- OJFord 5y agoHm, that does seem to be more standard. Both nominal and onomastic redirect to the page titled nominative determinism on Wikipedia though. Nominal makes a lot more sense to me than nominative.
- lgierth 5y agoZeke = ZK = zero-knowledge?
- speedybird 5y agoI guess it's actually his real name, and Zeke short for Ezekiel isn't uncommon. But Zeke can also mean 'cloak'.
- fknorangesite 5y agoChrist this may as well be numerology.
- speedybird 5y agoAs I said, I think it's probably his real name. But it's a cool name for sure; his name would be right at home in a cyberpunk novel.
- disillusioned 5y agoJust a hop skip away from Q
- nineplay 5y agoI'll play! Teth - Er Teht: The Phoenician letter name ṭēth may mean "spinning wheel" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teth ER: Abbreviation for Emergency Room "Teth" + "ER" = Spinning dangerously out of control, putting one or more lives at risk. How did I do?
- perihelions 5y agoYour user name is "nine" and you're studying a Wikipedia page about the Semitic letter which means '9' in gematria. Is any of this a coincidence? Nein!
- 0ksana 5y agoYou've opened up a can of something. Check this out: Zeke = 4 letters. Ezekiel, the long form = 7 letters (note this number, cos it will come up further down). Cloak = 5 letters. 4 + 5 = 9. 9 is the number of spiritual adepts that govern the 7 Universes. 9 * 7 = 63. Add those two digits, and you get 9, again. See where this is headed?
- SilasX 5y agoWell, if that's a legit name, it's sure doing a good job looking fake! My cousin married a guy named "Chris Smith" and I was like, "yeah, that doesn't sound made-up or anything".
- senectus1 5y agolol with a name like that its hard to not think its from a Charles Stross novel... ZK Fake . good lord, the world is a strange place. or, we make it a strange place...
- mikeyouse 5y agoNope - that's his real last name. We have some mutual friends and via FB I can see at least a dozen family members with the same surname.
- VRay 5y ago"Well, Mikey Ouse on HackerNews vouched for him"
- avree 5y agoIt's pretty clear that Zeke Faux from Bloomberg existed long before Tether existed as a company.
- kfprt 5y agoOr is that just what 'Zeke Faux' wants you to believe??? /s
- mikeyouse 5y agoRight.. I could post screen shots but who actually cares? He's got bylines in Bloomberg about questionable finance companies going back a decade.. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-04-13/ubs-ordered-to-pay-two-lehman-structured-note-investors-432-000-by-finra https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-04-13/ubs-order... Guess it could be the long con.. his first article for Bloomberg was written shortly after Bitcoin was first created...
- baby 5y agoIt also means wrong