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Re:Andreessen-Horowitz craps on “AI” startups from a great h... by ggm on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @01:30AM (#22411319)
No, we have Schliemann to thank, for digging through it in his lust for anachronistically Indy-Jonesing the archeology. Troy only exists because Schliemann stole the gold. Otherwise its just some hill in Turkey.
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Re:Andreessen-Horowitz craps on “AI” startups from a great h... by ColanR on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @11:11AM (#22414305)
I know the story...Schliemann went looking for Troy because the Illiad told him it existed.
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Re:Andreessen-Horowitz craps on “AI” startups from a great h... by ggm on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @03:00AM (#22421245)
Didn't work on Ararat. False in unum, false in omnibus. Anyway, he went to the wrong hill first. But overall yes, myth informs reality sometimes. Shame he didn't find the bones of the giant wooden platypus the Greek ice cream salesmen hid in.
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