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Counterpoint: vehicle related crime is way down in SF. Which is great.

Like I said, very confused.

This is just a version of individualism vs the state. Much of western society has become increasingly confused about what violence is acceptable, let alone who should be allowed to…

Brussels appears to be extremely tone deaf to the basic needs of ordinary people, and taking further steps in a direction to centralize power is just going to push more people to t…

I've been building something similar (GPU-native OS research project) and wanted to share a mental model shift that unlocked things for me. The question "why run CPU code on GPU wh…

Seattle is the type of economy that is heavily threatened by AI. Desk jobs that Claude basically already knows how to do, and just needs to be integrated into the existing systems …

Economic superpower perhaps - just take a look at their relative GDP over time.

I'm always unbelievably pissed off when I reserve a premium tier of car at SFO for a business trip, and Hertz tries to stick me with a Tesla, as if it is a premium car (horrible in…

Google did everything right in terms of local execution to get all the required licensure and top talent, and then Sergey threw it away.

I agree, but they have clearly not met the standard for what China needs. I mean Zuck literally was jogging around Beijing 10 years ago trying to build goodwill to get in, and it w…

Just like US companies are beholden to national security letters that can compel them to spy on non-US persons who may be users of their product?

They are blocked because they don’t censor content. If they did agree to, they would be allowed - just like Microsoft, Bing, Apple, and a handful of other digital products are not …

Americans can definitely invest into most Chinese tech companies- the exception is direct investments into non-tech, licensed companies, that require a VIE structure, which enables…

Are you paying yourself with securities lending revenue?

All your base

Can also be used to generate Google calendar links!

SIPC is also a thing…

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There is an equilibrium function that is basically unyielding. On one side, target IRR and thus valuations are fixed for the investor by their LPs On the other side, runway and thu…

“Europe” is not a thing I tell most people trying to expand. It’s just a bunch of countries. Yes, some things are unified but it really doesn’t matter. It’s fragmented, extra work,…

What’s more interesting is that if you get into a car now, there are OBD tools that just let you program a new key and drive off, which is wildly insecure.

If you care about battery life, I haven’t found a better option than these little guys.

Bright line isn’t HSR. The average speed is something like 65mph