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Bryan Cantrill

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Oxide and Friends
A Half-Century of Silicon Valley with Randy Shoup

And then he was a little offended when I was like, what was the name of that president? She's like, come on. It's like, I was hoping for like, I want like a room number. There's so much else I can offer.

Oxide and Friends
A Half-Century of Silicon Valley with Randy Shoup

And then he was a little offended when I was like, what was the name of that president? She's like, come on. It's like, I was hoping for like, I want like a room number. There's so much else I can offer.

Oxide and Friends
A Half-Century of Silicon Valley with Randy Shoup

But he's like, and he just says, with just like the look that you would give a toddler that thinks they've asked a sophisticated question that has not actually asked a sophisticated question at all. He just says, Warren G. Harding, the whatever president he was, the United States. And Jason's kind of dumbfounded. And then he immediately starts like, well, I mean, that's because it's the concierge.

Oxide and Friends
A Half-Century of Silicon Valley with Randy Shoup

But he's like, and he just says, with just like the look that you would give a toddler that thinks they've asked a sophisticated question that has not actually asked a sophisticated question at all. He just says, Warren G. Harding, the whatever president he was, the United States. And Jason's kind of dumbfounded. And then he immediately starts like, well, I mean, that's because it's the concierge.

Oxide and Friends
A Half-Century of Silicon Valley with Randy Shoup

And I'm like, okay. And now this is where you like opportunity to really take some money. I'm like, okay, $1,000 bet. We find someone for whom the question needs to be translated who knows the answer. Love it. And like you can find anybody. Because you work at the hotel. You're the housekeeping. Whatever your role is at the hotel, it's a hotel. You know the US president died there.

Oxide and Friends
A Half-Century of Silicon Valley with Randy Shoup

And I'm like, okay. And now this is where you like opportunity to really take some money. I'm like, okay, $1,000 bet. We find someone for whom the question needs to be translated who knows the answer. Love it. And like you can find anybody. Because you work at the hotel. You're the housekeeping. Whatever your role is at the hotel, it's a hotel. You know the US president died there.

Oxide and Friends
A Half-Century of Silicon Valley with Randy Shoup

It's part of the lore. You know what I mean? And he lost his courage. He's like, no, no, I'm not taking that back. And I probably overshot. I should have gotten like 100 bucks or something. I probably overshot the mark. So I guess what I am today celebrating, I guess, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and the death of Warren Harding. Not the life, mind you, but only the death.

Oxide and Friends
A Half-Century of Silicon Valley with Randy Shoup

It's part of the lore. You know what I mean? And he lost his courage. He's like, no, no, I'm not taking that back. And I probably overshot. I should have gotten like 100 bucks or something. I probably overshot the mark. So I guess what I am today celebrating, I guess, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and the death of Warren Harding. Not the life, mind you, but only the death.

Oxide and Friends
A Half-Century of Silicon Valley with Randy Shoup

Scandal-ridden presidency. Teapot Dome scandal. Each president has a nickname associated with them. I was super into the presidents as a kid. Really? Hmm, that didn't seem earnest.

Oxide and Friends
A Half-Century of Silicon Valley with Randy Shoup

Scandal-ridden presidency. Teapot Dome scandal. Each president has a nickname associated with them. I was super into the presidents as a kid. Really? Hmm, that didn't seem earnest.

Oxide and Friends
A Half-Century of Silicon Valley with Randy Shoup

I feel like I'm like the Deep Seek R1 model. He has said something that does not seem earnest. It may be sarcastic. I will need to ask a further probing question to know if... And the Warren Harding's nickname was The Man from Main Street, which is... It kind of tells you this is not a sparkling presidency. But that was when the standards for the presidency were different.

Oxide and Friends
A Half-Century of Silicon Valley with Randy Shoup

I feel like I'm like the Deep Seek R1 model. He has said something that does not seem earnest. It may be sarcastic. I will need to ask a further probing question to know if... And the Warren Harding's nickname was The Man from Main Street, which is... It kind of tells you this is not a sparkling presidency. But that was when the standards for the presidency were different.

Oxide and Friends
A Half-Century of Silicon Valley with Randy Shoup

And now I would take Warren Harding a thousand times over.

Oxide and Friends
A Half-Century of Silicon Valley with Randy Shoup

And now I would take Warren Harding a thousand times over.

Oxide and Friends
A Half-Century of Silicon Valley with Randy Shoup

You've got my vote. I'll take that. That sounds terrific. I can feel a sense of rectitude just the way you say it. Yes. So anyway. Randy, welcome as we celebrate.

Oxide and Friends
A Half-Century of Silicon Valley with Randy Shoup

You've got my vote. I'll take that. That sounds terrific. I can feel a sense of rectitude just the way you say it. Yes. So anyway. Randy, welcome as we celebrate.

Oxide and Friends
A Half-Century of Silicon Valley with Randy Shoup

Well, so as you know, there are many episodes, many, some episodes, in which we get trolled. We get trolled by a tweet. We get trolled by a blog post. And I know that you have thought to yourself, well, this is good because this is not one of those episodes. But this actually is one of those episodes, unfortunately. And it's got nothing to do with the meta ad. Don't worry. I'm not going there.

Oxide and Friends
A Half-Century of Silicon Valley with Randy Shoup

Well, so as you know, there are many episodes, many, some episodes, in which we get trolled. We get trolled by a tweet. We get trolled by a blog post. And I know that you have thought to yourself, well, this is good because this is not one of those episodes. But this actually is one of those episodes, unfortunately. And it's got nothing to do with the meta ad. Don't worry. I'm not going there.

Oxide and Friends
A Half-Century of Silicon Valley with Randy Shoup

The... Um, or no further there anyway. So the, the reason that this is actually the, there is kind of a, uh, an underlying troll here is there was this, uh, and I, and again, I, I don't want to over index on the more, it's more of the sentiment that this, uh, was a tweet, uh, But I've posted the blue sky post in the channel. And it is from, let's just say, a young technologist in Silicon Valley.

Oxide and Friends
A Half-Century of Silicon Valley with Randy Shoup

The... Um, or no further there anyway. So the, the reason that this is actually the, there is kind of a, uh, an underlying troll here is there was this, uh, and I, and again, I, I don't want to over index on the more, it's more of the sentiment that this, uh, was a tweet, uh, But I've posted the blue sky post in the channel. And it is from, let's just say, a young technologist in Silicon Valley.