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Why is everyone surprised that a country of less than 10 million has a tech sector where everyone effectively knows each other?

helge9210 9mo ago
I would put the upper bound on the population relevant to _the_ tech sector at 28000.
- hparadiz 9mo ago
  Impressive how effective they are with such a small foot print. The rest of us should be taking notes.
  - RobotToaster 9mo ago
    Amazing what you can achieve with the kind of kompromat Epstein gathered.
    - Pay08 9mo ago
      Do you believe everything else Holocaust deniers[0] say? [0] https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/02/08/2026/semafor-media-reputational-damage?utm_source=nowshare&utm_medium=media&utm_campaign=flagshipnumbered5#g https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/02/08/2026/semafor-media-... (paragraph 5)
      - RobotToaster 9mo ago
        His connections to mossad have been documented well before then https://electronicintifada.net/content/us-media-barely-touches-epstein-links-israeli-intelligence/50822 https://electronicintifada.net/content/us-media-barely-touch...
        Pay08 9mo ago
        You might as well have cited 4chan with that link but whatever. No, it isn't known. What is known is that he had contacts who in turn had contacts in Mossad. And seeing both Epstein's vocal dislike of Israel and his vocal like for some of Israel's enemies (Russia in particular), I seriously doubt those contacts went any deeper than that.
  - lm28469 9mo ago
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    - Cyph0n 9mo ago
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      - hparadiz 9mo ago
        The Judeans domesticated the olive tree 8000 years ago. Then spread it to the entire Mediterranean. Corroberated with DNA evidence. You're welcome.
        deleted 9mo ago
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      - mupuff1234 9mo ago
        Didn't realize there was a patent on hummus.
        Cyph0n 9mo ago
        No, but stealing cuisine is a form of cultural erasure, particularly when it applies to Palestinian cuisine.
        mupuff1234 9mo ago
        You know Jews are from the levant, right?
        Cyph0n 9mo ago
        Are we talking “from” as in 3000 years ago, or “from” as in sometime in not ancient history? Are Japanese people “from” China? Is Japanese cuisine therefore part of Chinese or Korean cuisine?

helge9210 9mo ago

I would put the upper bound on the population relevant to _the_ tech sector at 28000.

hparadiz 9mo ago
Impressive how effective they are with such a small foot print. The rest of us should be taking notes.
- RobotToaster 9mo ago
  Amazing what you can achieve with the kind of kompromat Epstein gathered.
  - Pay08 9mo ago
    Do you believe everything else Holocaust deniers[0] say? [0] https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/02/08/2026/semafor-media-reputational-damage?utm_source=nowshare&utm_medium=media&utm_campaign=flagshipnumbered5#g https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/02/08/2026/semafor-media-... (paragraph 5)
    - RobotToaster 9mo ago
      His connections to mossad have been documented well before then https://electronicintifada.net/content/us-media-barely-touches-epstein-links-israeli-intelligence/50822 https://electronicintifada.net/content/us-media-barely-touch...
      - Pay08 9mo ago
        You might as well have cited 4chan with that link but whatever. No, it isn't known. What is known is that he had contacts who in turn had contacts in Mossad. And seeing both Epstein's vocal dislike of Israel and his vocal like for some of Israel's enemies (Russia in particular), I seriously doubt those contacts went any deeper than that.
- lm28469 9mo ago
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  - Cyph0n 9mo ago
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    - hparadiz 9mo ago
      The Judeans domesticated the olive tree 8000 years ago. Then spread it to the entire Mediterranean. Corroberated with DNA evidence. You're welcome.
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    - mupuff1234 9mo ago
      Didn't realize there was a patent on hummus.
      - Cyph0n 9mo ago
        No, but stealing cuisine is a form of cultural erasure, particularly when it applies to Palestinian cuisine.
        mupuff1234 9mo ago
        You know Jews are from the levant, right?
        Cyph0n 9mo ago
        Are we talking “from” as in 3000 years ago, or “from” as in sometime in not ancient history? Are Japanese people “from” China? Is Japanese cuisine therefore part of Chinese or Korean cuisine?