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in my humble experience it boils down to mastery. Are you at least conversational in the subject matter? You're gonna have a good time just by paying attention and adjusting your w…

It's a joke my friend. You should try to take things less seriously.

Toss in a robot that folds laundry and I'm in

I agree. The mortgage was to allow people to eventually OWN THE PROPERTY, not a leveraged investment. It's an interesting development that some (most?) regular people have forgotte…

Easy fix, the department of defense has been doing it for years in Southwest DC. Just build corporate housing. Then we can have little Amazon towns where all your needs are met and…

Upon trying it for the first time more than 60% of people never exit - that's just great retention!

https://www.rentec.com/Home.action?index=true > The company is widely considered one of the most profitable hedge funds in history, generating an estimated $7 billion to $8 billion…

I don't mean to be dismissive, are these just old puzzles with no practical use whatsoever?

ai drivel, sadly / humorously

It's only a google away friend. > https://dominotheory.com/taiwan-issues-first-national-securi...

Espionage

PG till the wheels fall off baby

True enough, but they become Patrons of the Arts in a sense.

It's a good point I just don't have the time to devote. I like to be informed I don't necessarily need to be able to deliver a nuanced treatise on current global events. When I bec…

> WAY too surface-level and "both sides-y" IMHO this is an indicator that they are doing a great job. The opposite being "extremely niche and biased". I don't need to know the deep…

Laser kiwi reminds me so much of the old web circa 2008. Awesome.

I found the Economist to be a liberal rag. I mean that respectfully, and it has been a number of years since I've bothered to pick one up so maybe it has changed. I know people who…

Why would I ask a lawyer for advice about whole home battery solar setups with a grid backup?

Question for people here: my local power company charges a fee if solar is attached to the grid and is high enough to make installing residential solar impractical. I'm thinking th…

> Twitter does not work at all lol Can you point to some specific instances? I've seen it working just fine.

Hard disagree, the concrete evidence is that that can delete 20% of that bloated workforce and operate just fine. If we don't run a business then we're running a business of a sing…

I believe the Chinese government is angling to destroy the western economy and rise from the ashes. Instead of a billion a day to bomb some buildings and bridges they're intentiona…