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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: ChinScratcher   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Benkea
Date: 06/04/25 12:58 AM
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I corresponded a fair amount with Euro back in the day, but never met him. Pretty sure he had a brother (attorney?) in Austin, where I generally live. Unless I'm mixing him up with someone else (don't think so), he had a stint during that time (or maybe a bit before?) where his job was being a professional poker player in Taiwan. He knew numbers/probability extremely well, and apparently mostly made a living doing that for a bit. How long, I'm not sure. He was a great guy to exchange ideas with! Can't believe he's been gone so long. Damn it, life can be that way sometimes. True intellectual that lived a very eclectic, interesting life.
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