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don_neufeld
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About don_neufeld
Previously VPE Classpass, VPE Chartboost, CTO Medium Former MMO developer and founder
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Comment #47855838
If Twitter was when Musk jumped the shark this is definitely him sticking the landing.
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Comment #47373009
It’s actually a real problem because of how we fund schools - with local tax dollars. I’ve seen someone try to claim their ownership of an empty lot as the basis for getting their …
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Comment #47298826
Or they believe the long term value of two customers is bigger than one. It can be about more than the single sale.
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Comment #47298360
Yup, and it looks like it will be a tough negotiation: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/02/26/apple-agrees-100-price-...
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Comment #47143732
Same, just excellent software that I use 100+ times per day. Quality matters in what you use constantly.
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Comment #47057232
You’ve heard of a bridge to nowhere? I suspect this is a pivot to nowhere.
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Comment #47056928
One of my all time favorite series - add my upvote to the pile!
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Comment #47053863
Yeah, my response is to say some version of “you’re bringing anecdote knives to a statistics gunfight”
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Comment #46863175
By his original timeline we should have landed on Mars… 4 years ago. https://www.planetary.org/articles/20170929-spacex-updated-c...
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Comment #46845771
Agreed, the numbers were shockingly low.
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Comment #46608458
Yes, people cry. I’ve had many friends cry while talking to me about hard things they are or have experienced - both men and women.
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Comment #46583341
I wonder if any libertarians have considered reading about the history of banking? The Federal Reserve was not created “just because”. The US banking system was wildly unstable whe…
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Comment #46582567
Economists: The interest rate on US Treasuries is often used as a benchmark for the “risk free rate” Trump: Hold my beer.
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Comment #46249593
I would say that in the years I was a founder I definitely aged faster than that ;)
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Comment #45880124
I believe the Founders series was 250K deposit. https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/202x-roadster-delay-...
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Comment #45877682
It’s funny how different countries handle this differently. Growing up in the middle of Canada, I heard about schools closing due to weather, but ours only closed if it was below -…
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Comment #45870762
Rivian is definitely up and coming. The increase of them around my neighborhood has been very noticeable over the past 12 months.
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Comment #45870721
The execution on the roadster baffles me. IIRC the deposit was 250K, and I know people who signed up on the first day. Can you imagine a more dedicated fan? How do you not deliver …
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Comment #45870286
Not sure if it’s evident in broader statistics yet, but I think that because Tesla got the early adopter market (tech savvy people), they are now losing that same market first. I h…
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Comment #45862209
“Does Chicago have more global business interests than Rome?” Given that the GDP of the Chicago area is ~5x the GDP of Rome , I suspect the answer is YES! Chicago: ~900B USD https:…
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Comment #45861358
Chicago has over 50 millions tourists per year and rising. https://cdn.choosechicago.com/uploads/2025/07/Chicago-Touris... https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-sees-record-breaking…
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Comment #45861304
This is just factually false. https://www.nilc.org/resources/overview-immeligfedprograms/
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Comment #45861190
I was referring to the same people. The reason I said that is that employing someone who’s undocumented exposes the employer to enforcement risk, so many choose to keep the relatio…
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Comment #45861089
What’s your source? “The Biden administration has also carried out the most administrative returns in at least 15 years—more than 505,000 from FY 2021 through February 2024. For co…
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Comment #45861014
Which lawsuit are you referring to?