• Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    At one point I discovered a several-million-dollar spectroscope, on loan from a national lab, had been “mounted” in the experiment by stacking it up on some bricks they’d pried out of the path outside. Ah, to be a lab manager again…

    Anyways, really smart people can be absolute idiots when it comes to anything outside their field, is what I’m saying. Asking a chemist to put up your cabinets is seldom going to be a good thing for your plates.

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      Particularly where security and due diligence are concerned in un-sexy parts of the operation. Crichton actually described very accurately how the structure of the bullshit-and-real-tech combination works in a startup environment, and how it can lead to truly spectacular problems when the two intersect.

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        The helicopters were a big point in the book, InGen branded helicopters whisking people around. Even back in the 80s/90s, helicopters were mad expensive but they focused on them because they’re visible and cool.

        I know some nouveau-riche folks, and they indeed spend their free time looking at private jet catalogs, imagining the trim colors they’ll pick out one day when their business can afford the fuel costs. It’s the same mindset. Cool toys up front, who cares about business in the back.