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tl;dr Ron Conway posted these tweets: https://twitter.com/RonConway/status/542383330193190913 https://twitter.com/RonConway/status/542383330193190913 https://

by sounds 12y ago

tl;dr Ron Conway posted these tweets: https://twitter.com/RonConway/status/542383330193190913 https://twitter.com/RonConway/status/542383330193190913 https://twitter.com/RonConway/status/542404171865927681 https://twitter.com/RonConway/status/542404171865927681 Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon, are boring. Ron Conway's tweets about the CIA are not really interesting. Ron Conway's actions to deliver funding, connect people, and general effect on the Silicon Valley startup atmosphere are very, very interesting. Obligatory disclaimer: I strongly support the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and am shocked! Shocked I say! -- that Obama has not yet closed Guantanamo Bay after this many years in office.

geebee 12y ago
your tl;dr leaves this out "Interestingly, it was just several weeks ago that Feinstein was the one expressing her distaste for one of Conway’s projects. He’s a big backer of AirBnB, and Feinstein penned an opinion piece in The Chronicle urging Lee to veto the Board of Supervisors’ legislation allowing short-term rentals in private homes. Lee sided with Conway and AirBnB."
graycat 12y ago
"Here are your winnings, Sir."
- graycat 12y ago
  The movie was Casablanca. Right after the line > am shocked! Shocked I say was the line "Here are your winnings, Sir." Someone didn't like/know that movie?
  - jamie_ca 12y ago
    Most like, HN doesn't encourage random pop-culture references that don't actually add anything to the conversation.
    - graycat 12y ago
      My post did "add to the conversation" -- it was the rest of the irony of the statement I responded to and its suggestion about the OP. It's not a "random" reference, to pop-culture or otherwise; instead it's a famous statement about public posturing and image and now solidly part of US culture and, thus, fully relevant to the OP. If you want something that at first glance looks more serious, read my post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8920204 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8920204 in this thread. There I reference Goffman, about the most serious source there is on public image. The quotes from Casablanca are nearly as good. But if you want something much more serious, sure, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8919311 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8919311 on non-linear duality theory and Lagrangian relaxation as an improvement on simulated annealing. "Here are your winnings, Sir" competes with both Goffman and duality theory for relevance. I mean, you did see the movie, right?

by sounds 12y ago

geebee 12y ago

your tl;dr leaves this out "Interestingly, it was just several weeks ago that Feinstein was the one expressing her distaste for one of Conway’s projects. He’s a big backer of AirBnB, and Feinstein penned an opinion piece in The Chronicle urging Lee to veto the Board of Supervisors’ legislation allowing short-term rentals in private homes. Lee sided with Conway and AirBnB."

graycat 12y ago

"Here are your winnings, Sir."

graycat 12y ago
The movie was Casablanca. Right after the line > am shocked! Shocked I say was the line "Here are your winnings, Sir." Someone didn't like/know that movie?
- jamie_ca 12y ago
  Most like, HN doesn't encourage random pop-culture references that don't actually add anything to the conversation.
  - graycat 12y ago
    My post did "add to the conversation" -- it was the rest of the irony of the statement I responded to and its suggestion about the OP. It's not a "random" reference, to pop-culture or otherwise; instead it's a famous statement about public posturing and image and now solidly part of US culture and, thus, fully relevant to the OP. If you want something that at first glance looks more serious, read my post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8920204 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8920204 in this thread. There I reference Goffman, about the most serious source there is on public image. The quotes from Casablanca are nearly as good. But if you want something much more serious, sure, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8919311 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8919311 on non-linear duality theory and Lagrangian relaxation as an improvement on simulated annealing. "Here are your winnings, Sir" competes with both Goffman and duality theory for relevance. I mean, you did see the movie, right?