Comment on Hiring tech lead to help solve major historical puzzleComments−ldx10243yKind of reminds me of the apocryphal Shackleton newspaper ad:“Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in event of success."−autotune3yGlad you prefaced it with apocryphal, there is $100 on the line for anyone who can find the original ad: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/shackleton-probabl...−kalimanzaro3yhttps://web.archive.org/web/20220102223330/http://www.antarc...−throwoutway3yThank you for posting that. I did not know it was apocryphal. Funny how they have lots of artic historians looking for it.−kalimanzaro3yReminds me also of Orwell's Godwinning parallel: "I offer you struggle, danger, and death..."https://bookmarks.reviews/george-orwells-1940-review-of-mein...
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Kind of reminds me of the apocryphal Shackleton newspaper ad:
“Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in event of success."
Glad you prefaced it with apocryphal, there is $100 on the line for anyone who can find the original ad: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/shackleton-probabl...
https://web.archive.org/web/20220102223330/http://www.antarc...
Thank you for posting that. I did not know it was apocryphal. Funny how they have lots of artic historians looking for it.
Reminds me also of Orwell's Godwinning parallel: "I offer you struggle, danger, and death..."
https://bookmarks.reviews/george-orwells-1940-review-of-mein...