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I keep my iPhones for many years before buying a new one and never had the lighting port die. What happens though is that the port gets dirt inside and stops working. There are tiny brushes (available on Amazon) which solve it and the port starts working again.

Nevertheless still good that now only one cable is required - especially since the iPad and iMac use USB-C as-well.

Not sure what to do with the AirPods - hopefully the wireless charging directly from iPhone 15 will make it unnecessary to have to carry the cable for the pods.

I worked several years designing and installing commercial hvac systems in Switzerland. Plenty of offices, banks, museums etc. have ACs. It’s definitely allowed. But you will need a permit to install a fixed system if it affect/changes the building facade.

The reason why most homes don’t have one is that it’s too expensive for the 3-5 days a year you need it. Especially the new minergy houses can keep cool very well even during summer without an AC.

Mini split systems can be used with ducts. All big venders sell heads which are specifically made to be connected to ducts. That way you get the best of both worlds and its also easy to retrofit to an existing (ducted) house.

At least in Switzerland for example a lot of the Miniprix, BP[1] and Shell gas stations have all the same gas as it comes via the same supplier which is Oel-Pool AG and its subsidiaries. Oel Pool is also selling their surplus gas via their own low cost gas station networks which has the symbol of an elephant trunk.

[1] https://www.oel-pool.com/info-center/neuigkeiten/detail/uebe...

Though mini split heads can be ducted too. There are several choices, wall heads, ceiling heads, ducted heads etc. The wall head is just the cheapest solution since it’s very easy to install.

The wall of links is what pays Google ad money. Website owners pay a lot of money to be presented on top of the search results because of that.

I would assume it’s quite difficult to keep making the same amount of ad money by having a ChatGPT competitor. If the AI can already answer most user questions, then no one will click on the ad. Maybe there could be a clever way to include an ad into the reply text but that will make it hard to include multiple ads - so overall there will be less money.

Ha, interesting, a while ago I was thinking about a solution to this very problem. Everyone seems to focusing on the freezing part, but not what happens with the timeframe until you are unfrozen and beyond. Because in addition to nobody wanting to unfreeze you, you also would have no money and would basically be “poor” 500 years from now. On top of that there needs to be a long term storage facility which is somehow paid & maintained to “store” a frozen person over hundred of years until technology is available to unfreeze and revive a person.

As a solution I think there should be a special “bank” like organization which sole purpose it is to survive for hundred of years. It also would need to grow the money to keep up with inflation. In addition this organization needs to be country independent since you can’t guarantee countries to survive that long. This organization would also use some of the investment proceeds to pay for the storage and even transfer frozen people to a different location in case of war or natural disasters.

He doesn’t need to shiphon anything. All the “donated” money is still in his control. In order to be effective at tax deference you need to separate the concept of who ownes the money and who controls it. As long as you still control it, it doesn’t matter who ownes it. That’s why a donner advised funds and similar concepts are used to reduce taxes or defer them.

In addition it’s also great for asset protection. For example if he gave a personal guarantee on some of the Twitter debt, then moving money into the foundation (as long as his Twitter stint was not fraud) will remove that out of his name and make it untouchable to the banks.

He can now use those funds to support trips to Mars and other projects. For those projects the charity might pay his expenses - for example a flight to attend a meeting in Hawaii. He can even use the money to hire his kids. The kids would have a much lower (w2) tax rate so effectively he reduced tax but kept the money in the family.

There is a certain amount of people who like to work in a “Elon Musk” company no matter what. Like him or not, but he is a guy who has a certain pull which let’s people overlook a lot of stuff. So Twitter will still bee able to hire from that pool - despite all the negative firing news.

Coinbase probably does all this because they want to be a reliable, profitable and somehow auditable business. If you don’t care what happens to customers funds, sure, yes, provide leverage and all kinds of tokens to your customers. I guess in a way you get what you pay for…

They obviously rewrite Twitter back to Python! Afterall, this shouldn’t take them more than a Sunday afternoon - or at least that’s what Elon gave them as the deadline.

Could also just be driven because of the zoning. For example a 2-bed unit usually requires two parking spots. So its better to build two 1-bed units. Same amount of parking but more rental income because usually 2-bed units aren’t double the rent of a 1-bed units. Its actually not even a choice because whoever sold the land to the developer will have done this calculation already and priced the land accordingly to the maximum financial payout based on the zoning rules.

We are building a smaller apartment building in Dallas and everything from unit numbers, to sizes and shape of building is driven by the zoning rules. And because the land is sold based on those rules you can’t really make it different otherwise the project isn’t viable anymore. Thats why everyone is currently building townhomes and not small apartments buildings in places like Old East Dallas or Bishop Arts District.

He doesn’t do paid sponsorships. That would probably double the revenue when looking at other creators who published their numbers.

As per article it’s because of the day job who doesn’t leave too much time handling those and that the video making is a hobby to him - I read from it he doesn’t want to make it a job?

IronSource went public last year via SPAC at over $10B of market cap. The merger or rather aquisition? happens now at $4B. Definitely a big loss for many of the investors and most likely a lot of the employees who couldn’t get out fast enough.

Switzerland doesn’t have capital gains tax except for professional stock traders. So there wouldn’t be any tax on the gain after vesting. But yeah it’s a gamble on the stock price that’s for sure.

If you want to know more - for example how the fuze even knows when to trigger and how it actually triggers the explosion - there is a good (lengthy) video about the M58 hollow charge rifle grenate and fuze design: https://youtu.be/_Xb1CoXLWHg?t=2514

As a smaller business you’re not gonna waste your time to organize a police report if the theft is $100 or $200 dollars. It would cost you more than what you get back. There will also be an insurance deductible so not sure if it will even work at all.

My wife is doing the online business for her mother’s brick and mortar business. Unfortunately having the brick and mortar store doesn’t help all that much for the inventory situation. That’s because you can sell 1000 different SKUs with only 1 of each in inventory in a brick and mortar store. But online you better have only 1 SKU and 1000 of that in the inventory. It takes effort to put a SKU online as you need a description, picture etc. for each.

You might want to keep that in mind when looking at helping your wife & sister to bring their business online. For example by having a reduced availability or offering a live video call service walking around the store and let customers choose that way.

Affidavit with picture of positive result is on page 11: https://www.fedcourt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/9505...

All files are here: https://www.fcfcoa.gov.au/migration-law/online-file/djokovic

With his skills he could have build a sled or a wheelbarrow to carry all the water - still easier than a whole motorcycle :)

From the article though it didn’t sound he drove very far, so carry less than 10 days would have been possible too.

From a material perspective access to cash will be the most important thing if you don't have friends or family who can help out. If your wallet with credit cards and id burned down, it will be hard to book a hotel for the night or buy essential things like food or clothing. I think that's something your can prepare already now. For example by storing a credit card in a second location with people you know or at your work place. Also in todays age where nobody remembers phone numbers anymore it might be good to try to remember the numbers of your most important contacts so you can at least contact your friends or family in case your phone is damaged.

Besides that, a digital copy of all your paperwork will help a lot down the road. Also you need to pre-declare all expensive items already before with the insurance. You can't just claim that your $50k watch collection got "lost" after the fact. It's also good to understand how the insurance will pay. Do they pay based on a % of the damages house? What happens if all of your belongings are full of smoke and not usable anymore because of it but the house is not really burned down?

Many years ago I had a ride in the Bay Area with an Uber investor as the driver (he was a partner at one of the VCs). It was quite an interesting ride has he wanted to know a lot about why I choose to use Uber and all the good and bad about it. He told me that while they are already investing, he wanted to better understand how Uber is coming along.

Dallas has definitely worse roads than the Bay Area. There are some roads with crazy amount of pot holes.

In think crime and homeless depends a lot on the area in Dallas. A lot of new apartments and townhomes are in “transitional” neighborhoods.

I dont know why you got downvoted. Servicing cars is very different from handling what Apple is currently selling and definitely not remotely the same. So it’s definitely a good question how or why Apple would enter the car market.

Did you try cooking with an induction stove? It’s now getting quite popular and combines the benefits of both worlds. Though it’s obviously not replacing an open flame which is usefull for cooking with a wok for example.

But it is the most expensive carnival ride! What we saw today is the birth of space tourism. That’s what made the live stream so exciting. Right now it’s still expensive but with the super re-usable approach of Virgin Galactic costs will get lower and lower. In the future (years) it mit might only cost a few thousand bucks for a ride. That’s also why the live stream was so “commercial” - to show you the future where going to space (even if briefly) is nothing more than a plane ride with Dave and Mike as your pilots.

It’s typical Brandson to approach everything from the fun side - the whole live stream shows it :)

Does anyone have insights on the legal part of creating a town? The articles doesn’t seem to address that. Would one just start with un-incorperated land? Buy land from an existing city and try to split it off?

Are there any legal requirements from the State of Texas which need to be followed?

Which has a nearly infinitive range because because of how the quarry is set-up! In a way the perfect use case for electrification. The truck is able to drive anywhere and much more flexible - e.g. compared to a conveyor belt or cable car solution.

Higher density would mean you could live closer to work which solves some of the congestions problems. Because of the big sprawl commutes are long and it's harder to make efficient public transport. But you're right, how to go there after everything is already sprawled out is a good question.