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Re:The anonymous Silicon Valley satire that has stumped tech... by peterwwillis on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @11:44AM (#10664001)
Yeah i'm really not sure if that was a troll or not.

"Heroes of a movement"? Can you actually call financial investment trends a "movement"?

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Re:The anonymous Silicon Valley satire that has stumped tech... by teej on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @12:11PM (#10664207)
The modern Tony Stark is literally based on Elon Musk. Interest in Computer Science programs jumped after the Social Network movie came out. I think there's more truth in roymurdocks' comment then you give it credit for.
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Re:The anonymous Silicon Valley satire that has stumped tech... by Apocryphon on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @12:46PM (#10664502)
Stark is just as based upon older tech moguls like Larry Ellison, Richard Branson, or even Steve Jobs. Interest in archery jumped after the Hunger Games comes out. SV culture is significant, yes, but is it disproportionately so compared to other things?
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Re:The anonymous Silicon Valley satire that has stumped tech... by toyg on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @12:53PM (#10664546)
Movie-Stark's mannerism is openly based on Larry Ellison, who helped finance (and even had cameos in) the IronMan films. Other self-styled magnates were also an influence, of course, but Ellison is the big one, afaik.
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Re:The anonymous Silicon Valley satire that has stumped tech... by GalacticDomin8r on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @11:54AM (#10664078)
More like "I am not aware that I troll therefore I am not."
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Re:The anonymous Silicon Valley satire that has stumped tech... by EC1 on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @12:03PM (#10664143)
That is a brilliant quote.
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