From: fedora@fea.st   
      
   On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:51:50 -0500, Wilson    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 1/13/2026 6:53 PM, Dude wrote:   
   >> On 1/13/2026 1:45 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>> On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:37:06 -0500, Wilson    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> While you're rebuilding all of the leftists and humanity too, take a   
   >>>> moment to look at what it takes to incentivize people to do things that   
   >>>> everyone else thinks are probably impossible but in the end provide   
   >>>> immense value.   
   >>>   
   >>> you mean like michaelangelo's sistine chapel, or steve job's iphone?   
   >   
   >>>   
   >>> It seems that mike did his chapel without needing to be motivated by   
   >>> extreme wealth.   
   >>>   
   >   
   >> Apparently, Michelangelo was paid handsomely for painting the Sistine   
   >> Chapel ceiling, receiving 3,000 ducats from Pope Julius II for the four-   
   >> year project (1508-1512), a significant sum equivalent to millions in   
   >> today's money.   
   >   
   >Hey now, don't go and get all facty with Bimbo Sombrero.   
      
   Google sez   
      
   11 troy ounces of gold weight… so 3,000 ducats is roughly $530,000 at   
   today's gold price.   
      
   Which is not millions or billions.  I would say, a reasonable price   
   for his ability and accomplishment.   
   --   
   Noah Sombrero mustachioed villain   
   Don't get political with me young man   
   or I'll tie you to a railroad track and   
   <<>> to <<>>   
   Who dares to talk to El Sombrero?   
   dares: Ned   
   does not dare: Julian  shrinks in horror and warns others away   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)