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Re:Silicon Valley startups rein in spending and prepare for ... by VeilEm on Saturday February 13, 2016 @02:30AM (#11093085)
I like "black swan"
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Re:Silicon Valley startups rein in spending and prepare for ... by cmurf on Saturday February 13, 2016 @02:41AM (#11093116)
Black swans are very particular and mate for life. I think another metaphor is needed here.
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Re:Silicon Valley startups rein in spending and prepare for ... by mc32 on Saturday February 13, 2016 @02:46AM (#11093130)
Icaruses? High flying, great pedigree, abundant hubris till they go over the edge unprepared.
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Re:Silicon Valley startups rein in spending and prepare for ... by dclowd9901 on Saturday February 13, 2016 @06:33AM (#11093578)
Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. My vote is for "wisps". So fragile, the slightest disturbance in its reality distortion field and it ceases to exist.
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Re:Silicon Valley startups rein in spending and prepare for ... by LoSboccacc on Saturday February 13, 2016 @02:53AM (#11093157)
Icarhorses
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Re:Silicon Valley startups rein in spending and prepare for ... by gaius on Saturday February 13, 2016 @07:06AM (#11093657)
That term already has a well known meaning tho'
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