thomasmarriott

117 karma · joined August 30, 2012

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thomasmarriott··on Kiddicraft, the Company Lego Ripped Off to Make Plastic Bricks (2014)

I thought 'no one is going to steal your idea'

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9664174

thomasmarriott··on Joseph Traub, Who Helped Bring Computer Science to Universities, Dies at 83

Search the online Traub Collection:

http://dli.library.cmu.edu/traub/

thomasmarriott··on Can America cope with a resurgence of tropical disease?

Yes.

thomasmarriott··on Indian immigrants are tech's new titans

Titans give us 0 to 1.

I'm waiting.

thomasmarriott··on U.S. Manufacturing costs are almost as low as China’s

'The whole landscape has changed. They kept telling us we were wasting our time, and now it has really caught fire all over the world' — George Mitchell, father of fracking

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_P._Mitchell

thomasmarriott··on The General Crisis of the 17th Century

'Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory'

thomasmarriott··on Nobody's Going to Steal Your Idea

No.

thomasmarriott··on The Firebombing of Tokyo

Rediscovering truth is far more painful than accepting it.

thomasmarriott··on $350M Might Not Be Enough to Save Las Vegas

This failure reaffirms the most undercelebrated genius of the last century; George Phydias Mitchell — father of fracking, savior of the alpha magnetic spectrometer[edit], pioneer of the particle accelerator, and developer of the most successful master planned community in America; The Woodlands.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_P._Mitchell

thomasmarriott··on Technology predictions

Survivor bias strikes again.

thomasmarriott··on Jerry Lawson, a self-taught engineer, gave us video game cartridges

THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE INVENTION OF THE GAME CARTRIDGE:

http://www.fastcompany.com/3040889/the-untold-story-of-the-i...

thomasmarriott··on Why did Japan surrender? (2011)

'...Moreover, the enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to do damage is, indeed, incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. Should We continue to fight, not only would it result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilization...'

— Hirohito, August 14,1945

thomasmarriott··on Hollywood's toxic addiction to franchises

The market will provide.

thomasmarriott··on Theater Chains Decline to Show Sony’s ‘The Interview,’ Citing Threats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpH5L8zCtSk

thomasmarriott··on Theater Chains Decline to Show Sony’s ‘The Interview,’ Citing Threats

'My good friends, this is the second time in our history that there has come back from Germany to Downing Street peace with honor. I believe it is peace for our time...Now I recommend you to go home and sleep quietly in your beds.'

— Chamberlain, 1938

Appeasement, it works.

thomasmarriott··on Inside the Starbucks at CIA HQ

an intelligence agency. that specializes in proxies. failing sutton's law. who would've guessed..

wait for it..'thanks, your ORDER NUMBER is #'

ta-da!

thomasmarriott··on The Other Aging of America: The Increasing Dominance of Older Firms

Scale is underrated. Cumulative advantage.

thomasmarriott··on We lost the war. Welcome to the world of tomorrow (2006)

'We have it in our power to begin the world over again.'

thomasmarriott··on Amazon Dash

When food became mp3's — Amazon Dash / Fresh = Apple iPod / iTunes. Well done, Jeff.

thomasmarriott··on George Mitchell, the father of fracking, has died

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidblackmon/2013/07/30/george-...

thomasmarriott··on 22 and no life

we're hiring, give me a shout-

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