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by sounds 4162 days ago
tl;dr Ron Conway posted these tweets:

https://twitter.com/RonConway/status/542383330193190913

https://twitter.com/RonConway/status/542404171865927681

Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon, are boring.

Ron Conway's tweets about the CIA are not really interesting.

Ron Conway's actions to deliver funding, connect people, and general effect on the Silicon Valley startup atmosphere are very, very interesting.

Obligatory disclaimer: I strongly support the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and am shocked! Shocked I say! -- that Obama has not yet closed Guantanamo Bay after this many years in office.
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geebee 4162 days ago
your tl;dr leaves this out

"Interestingly, it was just several weeks ago that Feinstein was the one expressing her distaste for one of Conway’s projects. He’s a big backer of AirBnB, and Feinstein penned an opinion piece in The Chronicle urging Lee to veto the Board of Supervisors’ legislation allowing short-term rentals in private homes. Lee sided with Conway and AirBnB."

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graycat 4162 days ago
"Here are your winnings, Sir."
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graycat 4162 days ago
The movie was Casablanca.

Right after the line

> am shocked! Shocked I say

was the line

"Here are your winnings, Sir."

Someone didn't like/know that movie?

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jamie_ca 4162 days ago
Most like, HN doesn't encourage random pop-culture references that don't actually add anything to the conversation.
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graycat 4162 days ago
My post did "add to the conversation" -- it was the rest of the irony of the statement I responded to and its suggestion about the OP.

It's not a "random" reference, to pop-culture or otherwise; instead it's a famous statement about public posturing and image and now solidly part of US culture and, thus, fully relevant to the OP.

If you want something that at first glance looks more serious, read my post

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8920204

in this thread. There I reference Goffman, about the most serious source there is on public image. The quotes from Casablanca are nearly as good.

But if you want something much more serious, sure, see

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8919311

on non-linear duality theory and Lagrangian relaxation as an improvement on simulated annealing.

"Here are your winnings, Sir"

competes with both Goffman and duality theory for relevance.

I mean, you did see the movie, right?

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