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isjustaguyon Not being an asshole will make you more money

"Not being an asshole will make you more money"

Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Paul Graham, Jack Dorsey, all of AirBNB and Uber's executive staff, Mark Benioff, Larry Ellison and Donald Trump would all beg to differ.

isjustaguyon The sound of the Hagia Sophia, more than 500 years ago

My apologies, the song itself is called Lachin, not Laz.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq2KWVrLKEM

(Not the Aya Sofya moment)

isjustaguyon The sound of the Hagia Sophia, more than 500 years ago

Sadly / happily, no. The moment was too special to record.

isjustaguyon The sound of the Hagia Sophia, more than 500 years ago

As witnessed with the Ukraine/Russian split, the Orthodoxy doesn't even like each other. The Orthodox Churches have historically been Catholocism's strongest political/military opponent.

isjustaguyon The sound of the Hagia Sophia, more than 500 years ago

A few years ago I went to Aya Sofya with a Turkish violinist friend who studiest at a conservatory here. Unexpectedly, up on the top floor, he pulled out his violin and started playing an Armenian/Azeri song called "Laz".

He made it through 3 glorious minutes before security escorted him out. The sound was unreal.

I would love to hear the same test done in the Basilica Cistern.