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74 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 15 Mar \ on: Does Saylor read Stacker News? Mr. Saylor's "Sat" Comments Identical to Mine bitcoin
My guess with these things is it's parallel invention (like calculus) and you both share much of the same source material. Ideas transmit incredibly fast, and are forgetful of their origin, and I'd guess you're both echoing each other to some degree. You might even be parroting him even and not know it.
If I had to guess he's never even visited the site, but I also bet on pessimism every time.
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79 sats \ 1 reply \ @028559d218 OP 15 Mar
My understanding is that he was an aeronautical engineer... I'm the same (or very similar) so there's that?
If I didn't have the background in aeronautics I would have never 'got' Bitcoin
And when I heard that phrase about the Sat I couldn't believe it, I was like 'wow that's cool'
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63 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 15 Mar
A common educational background can likely explain it. You're used to thinking in terms of units... engineers always ask "what is the unit?", and you're used to thinking about energy transfer.
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