John Malone at TCI?
(I learned about it from HN here a couple days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41263855)
(I learned about it from HN here a couple days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41263855)
I read this in a book over 10 years ago, and now 2 articles about the same trick within the same week.