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Great work! This is my favourite type of vulnerability, simple, effective and brutal. Reminds me of a time two decades ago when with a friend from uni we theorised about a perfect server vulnerability where you’d exploit a machine by pinging it. And of course, two years ago it was in fact discovered as CVE-2022-23093.

It still boggles the mind that everyone had 3 chances (cycles) so far to 5-10x their capital with btc but they still think it’s funny. Hfsp ;)

The difference is volatility. S&P and BTC hit their bottoms around Nov 2022. Since then the former is almost 2x up, the latter almost 7x. Similarly once they hit their tops, S&P will go down 15-20% but BTC more like 50-70% down.

There’s a moral in this story but the HN crowd ain’t gonna like it: money is capital. Two years ago the author had no job and 80k in the bank. At least half was disposable. Had he invested that 40k or more in a risk-averse fashion (20% s&p/btc; 80% t-bills) his position today would be much better. Instead he ate through his capital. Always invest your disposable savings or income. Hate me now. Thank me later.

Planet Earth will be fine. It survived much worse than some little human emissions. The meteor and winter that followed that killed off the dinosaurs was much worse than some elevated CO2. Whether humanity survives this is another question. My bet is we will, since we are like roaches. But many will die for the sins of the few. Interestingly, these few who will survive are probably the ones who created this mess and can afford to. The many that will die are probably for the better anyway. The future of humanity is not yet decided, but it will take a great leap of tech to overcome this. One thing is for sure: we cant save the Planet by trying to "save the planet", meaning downsize, recycle, emit less etc. Exactly like one cannot become a millionaire by saving. We need to invest in our future and find efficient ways to extract CO2 from the atmosphere and convert it to power. Optimize and cheapen stuff like E-Diesel made from atmospheric CO2 and hydrogen from desalinated seawater using solar and wind. And stop giving space and time to idiots from Extinction Rebellion and The Last Generation. I hope not all here are brainwashed and understand what I'm saying.

The problem with this approach is that you think you are getting a high level understanding but in fact you are not getting the understanding at all. You just get an opinion view based on what facts are reported and what facts are not.

Virtually no true expert whose predictions are accurate shares their opinion with the public, because they know what their words are really worth. Virtually all news experts are clueless placeholders put there to support the daily narrative.

Happened to me too when i was a student, earned $300, tried withdrawing and they just froze my account, for "fraud clicks". It's Google's long tail business model to not filter fraud out on the go and instead just lead small site owner on. On a global scale I expect billions in additional revenue, but no global court to challenge Google with a class-action. Maybe someday...

Plus Czech Rep, Austria (and Switzerland) all have plenty of nuclear plants and energy, and will fight the EU to keep them. Germany stance is ideological at best and irrational at worst. Time will tell if it works well for German in the end. Unfortunately their recent track record with risky decisions is not great (I refer to the refugee crisis and the reliance on russian gas).

Haha what a cute title and argument, "the only". Now let me tell you why it's bullshit. If you think about it really well, "the only" group that needs a car as a necessity and not luxury are parents. Everyone else can pretty much take care of themselves using public or for-hire transport. But parents... they have kids. And especially the little ones, you never know when you need to move. And when you need, you need to do it like right now. And try fitting two or more car seats in these ultra-light vehicles. And then putting the screaming wiggling kid in it. And then a stroller and some bags to go. Good luck.

The narrow minded innovative hipsters who try to "disrupt" are cute, I remember being like that in my 20s. I'm almost 40 now, with small kids and let me tell you. I have no energy to even care about anything. I need a big car to fit all the family and our junk. I need to move from point A to B with the least disruption possible. Preferably with the kids asleep in the car seats. I really really don't care about anything else. And sure as hell I won't trade my sanity for hopping public transportation and extending my trip by a few hours to appease some eco friendly conscious 20-something hipsters who have all the time in the world to do their meaningless self-serving I-want-to-feel-good-about-myself-and-the-world bullshit. Especially when my kids are sick with fever screaming bloody murder.

So no, living in the city or in the suburbs, parents wont trade their SUV and Vans any time soon. But be my guest, you singles do it. Ultra-lights are not "the only" viable future. I rode a bike and subway all my teens and 20s. And you should too, so the parents can ride their tanks and not end up in mental hospitals. And our species can continue.

WebKit on GitHub 4 years ago

Subversion started in that phase so maybe they're just trying to delay the inevitable.

Seriously, business never was and never will be a nice place. For every company in Silicon Valley there's a story about a dickmove, both in startups and corporations. Yes, Microsoft screwed you over. Capitalise on the drama buzz and move on.

It’s like with 42. You see what you want to see. Who knows if Wuhan is a success or not. There is no benchmark. If Seattle, Mediolan etc have 1M cases but Wuhan stays around 100K then their containment will be hailed a monumental success. But if everyone else contains this below 10K and Wuhan stays like today, it will be a failure. But it’s still the answer to OPs question, as Wuhan is the baseline.

The author discovered how capitalism works. Everything that has value, has it because there are people willing to pay for it, not necessarily because it has value or purpose. To use a tangible example instead of a virtual one - go read how diamonds have been pumped up by the mining-cutting cartels to be perceived as very valuable while in fact it's very hard to convert them to cash without a significant loss. PS. I've read recently that to move large money in times of crisis it's best to use diamonds, rubies etc. over gold or cryptocurrencies (cash is a non-starter, too much space). Well good luck with converting these stones back at purchase value. It boggles the mind that people can't see how much freedom 24 seed words give in times of crisis. You could move a billion dollars stashed in pages of a harlequin novel through every border & customs check and nobody would ever know. Try that with physical materials.

This! It really boggles the mind that officials would discourage wearing masks (even surgical masks). You see, the best way to stop COVID-19 is to thwart its infectious potential. And this is done by two things: everybody wears masks (since nobody knows they are contagious until it's too late) and everybody washes hands constantly. But nooo, no need to panic, this is not Asia, this is The West... Freedom!... x_x

Which is interesting because various sources reported very likely asymptotic transmission as far as 2 weeks ago. But proper research takes time. This virus is fast and unknown, and most likely will test every part of our world system in a very dramatic, Hollywood way.