thomasmarriott

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by thomasmarriott 4y ago
Benjamin Franklin.
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by thomasmarriott 4y ago
No More Worlds to Conquer: Sixteen People Who Defined Their Time – And What They Did Next by Chris Wright
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by thomasmarriott 5y ago
'...Moreover, the enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to do damage is, indeed, incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. Should We continue to fight, not only would it result in an ultima
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by thomasmarriott 7y ago
"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer." -Einstein
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Frontline, S2019, EP5: IN THE AGE OF AI(pbs.org)
3 points by thomasmarriott 7y ago|0 comments
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by thomasmarriott 7y ago
Jake Lodwick = Cofounder of Vimeo (acquired by IAC), first dev of CollegeHumor (acquired by IAC), and a serial investor. https://www.crunchbase.com/person/jakob-lodwick
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by thomasmarriott 7y ago
"An acquisition is always a failure" — Pando, 2013 "An acquisition, or an aqui-hire, is always a failure. Either the founders failed to achieve their goal, or – far likelier – they failed to dream big enough. The proper ambit
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by thomasmarriott 7y ago
Great book: "No More Worlds to Conquer: Sixteen People Who Defined Their Time – And What They Did Next" by Chris Wright
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by thomasmarriott 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_%22Bud%22_Lewis_Carlsba...
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by thomasmarriott 7y ago
Ironic: "Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose." —Gates, 1995 https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bill_Gates#The_Road_Ahead_(199...
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by thomasmarriott 7y ago
"At its peak, the Apollo program employed 400,000 people and required the support of over 20,000 industrial firms and universities."
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by thomasmarriott 7y ago
Exactly — THE WAY OUT IS UP: https://marriottexpeditions.org/finalmarket
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by thomasmarriott 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolipile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su_Song
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by thomasmarriott 7y ago
"I am persuaded no constitution was ever before so well calculated as ours for extensive empire and self government." Full context of "empire": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Liberty
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by thomasmarriott 8y ago
Gig'em.
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Jerry Merryman, an Inventor of the Calculator Dies(bloomberg.com)
3 points by thomasmarriott 8y ago|1 comments
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by thomasmarriott 8y ago
Accepting the truth is far less painful than rediscovering it.
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by thomasmarriott 8y ago
"The system is insolvent. No one knows what to do next — except repeat the insanity till the next bubble blows. That'll be the one. The big one." — Gekko, Wall Street 2, 2010 #thewayoutisup
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by thomasmarriott 8y ago
Live long and prosper, Captain.
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by thomasmarriott 9y ago
The way out is up.
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by thomasmarriott 9y ago
"Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory." —Franklin Pierce Adams
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by thomasmarriott 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gospel_of_Wealth
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by thomasmarriott 10y ago
No.
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by thomasmarriott 10y ago
Fuck yea.
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by thomasmarriott 10y ago
Abhorrent.
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by thomasmarriott 10y ago
'Next year you'll say last year was so much better.'
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by thomasmarriott 10y ago
'It's really simple. We come up with a product. We try to tell everybody about it. Customer tell us by how they vote with their wallets whether we're on track or not. If enough of them say 'yes,' we get to come to w
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by thomasmarriott 10y ago
Scale is underrated.
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Apollo 11 3D Scan – 1 trillion measurements(dailymail.co.uk)
2 points by thomasmarriott 10y ago|0 comments
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by thomasmarriott 10y ago
No.

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