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I think I'd just like it done on percentage of overall wealth handed to the government or charity each year. Handy side effect would be that if Jeff wants to buy some influence for…

Somebody needs to introduce some sort of buddy system for billionaires. This would allow them to air their dumb opinions in private to normal people, where they could be gently moc…

Death very much depends on the specific media and how you treated them. I've got loads of CDs from the 90s that are absolutely fine. I've also got ones I've burnt in the late 90s, …

Precisely. Whilst he owns a lot of Tesla, he doesn't have majority control - and has to get shareholders to vote on stuff like "Whether Elon should be given ridiculous bonus packag…

I was wondering why he got so many voting shares in SpaceX. Then worked out it was just enough to get overall control of a combined company (assuming SpaceX remains at or above IPO…

Sometimes they go on a ketamine binge shrugs

Please don't do it like this. It wasn't a bug. Please, just say it. Give me closure. It'll be good for your karma. The adverts have been running all month and the 1* reviews on the…

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"We have physical buttons" drops mic

What the article seems to miss is that for every delusional high-performer who's about to be short-changed on reward and recognition, there's an order-of-magnitude more potential h…

I suspect the easiest thing would be a "return to base and shutdown" button that the Secret Service could trigger at short notice - would cause problems for everything wanting to u…

You know what a LiPo pouch looks like right? silvery bag, some yellow tape at the end with some wires sticking out. Less likely you know what they look like inside, as it's been dr…

That's got to be a reason why the attacks are staggered. Separating them definitely increased the chances that somebody would check their radios - but taking out the pagers drove p…

But if you wanted to put 30g of explosive into a device, you wouldn't just want it sat there looking out of place to any curious person with a screw-driver. My guess is that you'd …

Exponential revenue is easy - you just need exponential inflation and it comes for free. Increased productivity is maybe the goal - but how it's measured is up for discussion. If y…

rummages in box of tapes and lubricants 3M VHB (Very High Bond) is awesome double-sided foam tape, that comes in a variety of thicknesses and bond types. I last used some to re-att…

Oxy is a pretty good example of the pros and cons of legalizing it. Deaths from prescriptions were relatively rare - but it created a huge number of addicts with escalating toleran…

I'm now imagining you being kidnapped and waking up in a laundry basement, with a kingpin looming over you asking "Can you mix?"

I'd taken the "too insignificant" as more of a threat than an observation. I don't think anybody is expecting the Vision Pro to be anything other than niche - but it's very expensi…

We also have some very odd taxation in the UK with regards to property. We have Council Tax (similar to property tax), which is a monthly charge for local services. Oddly based on …

I like the idea - but then wouldn't it be nice if your fridge had battery backup in case power went out? or your washing machine could charge cheaply overnight and run during the d…

I think of it more like learning a language. Yes, you have to put the effort in and learn your grammar and basic vocab yourself - but in conjunction you want to immerse yourself in…

#1 is Lord of the Rings, right? Plenty of books on that list give you fair warning before embarking, but LotR lures you in with "You liked The Hobbit, right? Fancy some more of tha…

If it's anything like similar agencies in other countries, it'll be completely understaffed, funding will have been cut in the name of reducing 'big government' - and any infractio…

I agree - although not sure it's just the summarization, more the translation between 'information schemas' exposes patterns. e.g. I might read a few pages of text and scribble out…