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Monty Python Royal Society For Putting Things On Top of Other Things

Monty Python Royal Society For Putting Things On Top of Other Things

Tyler Bird (7hunderbird)
0 HN recommenders · discussed 2021–2024
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A Monty Python sketch about the Royal Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things.

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From the Hacker News discussion

a3n · 2021-02 · joke

I think these folks must share a building with The Royal Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things. [VIDEO]

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leohonexus · 2022-06 · joke

The name reminds me of the Monty Python sketch - The Royal Society of Putting Things on Top of Other Things! [VIDEO]

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perilunar · 2023-04 · joke

> putting things inside of things Were you thinking of this Monty Python skit when you wrote that? [VIDEO]

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peter_d_sherman · 2024-01 · joke

>"The historic approval paves the way for the first regulated exchange-traded product in the U.S. to give investors direct exposure to the price of Bitcoin without requiring them to buy it or worry about self-custody. Investors will buy shares in ETFs holding Bitcoin as its underlying asset ." Interesting! Looks like we've paved the way for yet another abstracted financial instrument -- which sits on top of yet another abstracted financial instrument ... My only question, at this point in time, were I to have one, would be something like the following: What's the maximum levels of financial abstraction -- that can be stacked on top of one another? ? ??? Related: [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] [VIDEO]

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