What's the mystery?!?!? Amazon has a YUGE loss carryforward from their years of unprofitability -- remember all those years they lost money and stayed afloat from venture capital and then their IPO?
Once they eat all that up [and it's close I think] they'll be paying taxes. And paying at a new lower yet competitive rate (worldwide) thanks to DT's tax reform.
On a related note, the russians are pressuring their NASA also. Time to put up or shutup and let some other folks have a shot perhaps:
https://arstechnica.com/scienc...
I'd imagine it's pretty common for a president to ask something stupid of an expert. What I can also imagine is, with this particular president, the anecdote from the expert becomes public and the subject of articles like this one. And I like that. Trump seems to have no shame. He also seems more than willing to go out on a limb and ask something risky and look like an idiot. I personally have Never held that against someone in my professional career of 30+ years in technology. I also rarely ever share an embarrassing moment like that. Rarely, haha. With this exchange, I think it was right to share it.
Good lord. Is it just me or does this seem like admins not following best practices? Who waits until weeks/days before expiration to renew a cert? Pretty irresponsible, no?
I wonder if there is a chance that the much hyped 5G rollout coming to a light-pole near you has an Achilles Heel of sorts. Probably makes no sense (antenna or power issue for instance). But fun to think about.
I honestly never got the economics of why rural areas were so hard to light up. They are there, for sure. And it sucks to be stuck in one of these areas (unless you're a motivated geek, haha). I hope rural areas finally get that last bit of the country with HSB. Been a LONG wait for many.
Valid point. From what I can tell of Musk though it's more likely the former than the later. Aso HFT folks have been 'tamed' a bit in the last 5 years and many more trading systems have placed teensy (but non-negligible to the HFT folks) speed bumps into the system to effectively negate the HFT advantage.
But who knows... if they're willing to pay enough...
This Starlink super-constellation has a real opportunity to disrupt the current broadband market in the US in a big way; not to mention the world. Broadband _anywhere_; at sea, in the air, rural areas, extreme areas... put up your antenna and you're good to go. Excited to see what the bandwidth and pricing look like. I hear "5g like speed" and "inexpensive". But we'll s ee.
Also, I wonder if this project (and others with similar goals) explain some of the incredible slow-walking of rural broadband initiatives. Perhaps it's one of those "Why spend millions digging trenches and laying wire to get folks onboard when this kind of thing is just around the corner".
Sucks to be in a rural area with maybe just shoddy DSL... but maybe the worm has turned here.
Be interesting to do a startup of these types of early retirees you mention -- folks that still might just want to get back into the saddle for 'one last great project'. They're not in it for the money and more the craft. Also, they're probably more aware of their 'faults' and able to moderate those better with age/wisdom.
Now, approach a VC with NO idea but that staffing plan, lol. They often have ideas but no team. Curious if anyone would bite:)
Apparently it's not a crazy rare occurrence for a prisoner (Schulte) to have not one but two contraband cell phones ("and other electronic devices") that the prisoner can gab with the outside world with. One has to have a certain amount of respect for that amount of hutzpah and tenacity to accomplish that.
A very smart person told me that, if Twitter is not an agora for you (an enjoyable one), then you're not doing it right. I think he is right and it's harder than I seemed like it would be. It's kind of hard to curate a set of folks to follow that remains interesting and reasonably free of mindless trolling/counter-trolling/r99999. Especially in the political arena.
Discovery would be fascinating for sure. For both parties. But Bloomberg can shield themselves behind anonymous sources who will likely never come forward. "Well, we're simply reporting what we were told..."
At some point this gets to be about credibility. Apple has a LOT, especially when it comes to privacy. They stood up to the FBI 100%. Bloomberg BusinessWeek? Not a perfect record, to say the least.
Given what I've read so far, I'm increasingly skeptical of the core story. Something happened a couple years ago, no doubt. How much is first hand and how much is 2nd hand hearsay? *shrug* But fun story... and even that leads me to lean towards BusinessWeek blew this story up because of the stuff going on with China.
I'm curious if anyone has compared the cost in energy to mine an equivalent amount of gold from the ground til it's minted as a coin to the amount to generate an equivalent BTC. Or Platinum. Or Silver. That's ignoring that Gold has uses besides as a store of value or even lesser as a means of exchange. Just converting all the digging and processing work to watts makes my head spin (I barely passed Algebra).
Any numbers out there? thx!
Maybe the TSA is targeting via licensed Twitter algos. We know how accurate those are at picking out subversives and malcontents based on the wisdom of the crowd and content analytics... though lots of Conservatives might suddenly have Marshalls dogging them on their trips./s
I learned to type in H.S. at the tail end of the manual type writer era ('77). Got up to 45wpm on a manual. W00t! Best early "tech" investment in myself I ever (accidentally) made. I definitely did feel like a bit of a nerd in that class (pre geek chic). "Easy 'A' they said" Hah! Very tough teacher. And two spaces was NOT an option.
I subsequently went on to code for 35 years after that and that class totally paid off. So, 2 spaces is hard wired into the mush that is my brain. Along with proper use of the comma semi-colon... I think, haha.
Basically at this point I have to type 2 spaces then backspace once. My kids and wife laugh at my punctuated IM's -- but old habits definitely do die hard.
So 2 spaces you whippersnappers! Even if every editor simply removes them...
Analyst asked a perfectly valid question it looks like from here. Problem was the Elon misunderstood the question and based on that snubbed/dissed the analyst.
I get what Elon's beef was. I think he just whiffed in this case. So boo hoo... they should make up and move on. Elon has teflon for skin so no harm there. The analyst (who have skin in the game -- their reputations) should accept the 'misunderstood' and move on and not continue pushing his short/danger thesis.
One small observation folks can disagree on but I think is valid: Musk is like Trump in that they both don't mind honest pointed criticism that is not grandstanding, dishonest or repetitive. And they both bite back hard at IYI's that are mostly out to signal for their peers or out to make themselves look good...
FWIW, I listen to a few calls a year -- they are almost always boring, fairly technical but understandable if I do some homework and very procedural -- nobody wants to fart on a call like this. Tesla's last one had a small breath of fresh air in a sense -- taking questions from the hoi polli. But that can turn into 10 minutes of positive confirmation bias real easily.
Assuming Trump would use that approach with Russia (capable adversary). Once the TDS fades, we can get back to working out something with Russia. But first we unite NK and SK, something that as little as 6 months ago would have seemed impossible to laughable.
But here we are. Not tired of winning yet. But I could get there.
Burt Bacharach was wrong. What the world needs now is another distributed key value store.
Yep, exactly. That said, I'm curious about the 'layers' aspect. That seems to be the fun/cool distinguishing part of this engine. And what probably made it worth acquiring when they were bought.
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What's the mystery?!?!? Amazon has a YUGE loss carryforward from their years of unprofitability -- remember all those years they lost money and stayed afloat from venture capital and then their IPO? Once they eat all that up [and it's close I think] they'll be paying taxes. And paying at a new lower yet competitive rate (worldwide) thanks to DT's tax reform.
Holy mother of pearl, that's big. Must check piggy bank.
On a related note, the russians are pressuring their NASA also. Time to put up or shutup and let some other folks have a shot perhaps: https://arstechnica.com/scienc...
I'd imagine it's pretty common for a president to ask something stupid of an expert. What I can also imagine is, with this particular president, the anecdote from the expert becomes public and the subject of articles like this one. And I like that. Trump seems to have no shame. He also seems more than willing to go out on a limb and ask something risky and look like an idiot. I personally have Never held that against someone in my professional career of 30+ years in technology. I also rarely ever share an embarrassing moment like that. Rarely, haha. With this exchange, I think it was right to share it.
Good lord. Is it just me or does this seem like admins not following best practices? Who waits until weeks/days before expiration to renew a cert? Pretty irresponsible, no?
I wonder if there is a chance that the much hyped 5G rollout coming to a light-pole near you has an Achilles Heel of sorts. Probably makes no sense (antenna or power issue for instance). But fun to think about.
Exactly what a bot would say ;)
I honestly never got the economics of why rural areas were so hard to light up. They are there, for sure. And it sucks to be stuck in one of these areas (unless you're a motivated geek, haha). I hope rural areas finally get that last bit of the country with HSB. Been a LONG wait for many.
Valid point. From what I can tell of Musk though it's more likely the former than the later. Aso HFT folks have been 'tamed' a bit in the last 5 years and many more trading systems have placed teensy (but non-negligible to the HFT folks) speed bumps into the system to effectively negate the HFT advantage. But who knows... if they're willing to pay enough...
This Starlink super-constellation has a real opportunity to disrupt the current broadband market in the US in a big way; not to mention the world. Broadband _anywhere_; at sea, in the air, rural areas, extreme areas... put up your antenna and you're good to go. Excited to see what the bandwidth and pricing look like. I hear "5g like speed" and "inexpensive". But we'll s ee. Also, I wonder if this project (and others with similar goals) explain some of the incredible slow-walking of rural broadband initiatives. Perhaps it's one of those "Why spend millions digging trenches and laying wire to get folks onboard when this kind of thing is just around the corner". Sucks to be in a rural area with maybe just shoddy DSL... but maybe the worm has turned here.
Be interesting to do a startup of these types of early retirees you mention -- folks that still might just want to get back into the saddle for 'one last great project'. They're not in it for the money and more the craft. Also, they're probably more aware of their 'faults' and able to moderate those better with age/wisdom. Now, approach a VC with NO idea but that staffing plan, lol. They often have ideas but no team. Curious if anyone would bite :)
Apparently it's not a crazy rare occurrence for a prisoner (Schulte) to have not one but two contraband cell phones ("and other electronic devices") that the prisoner can gab with the outside world with. One has to have a certain amount of respect for that amount of hutzpah and tenacity to accomplish that.
A very smart person told me that, if Twitter is not an agora for you (an enjoyable one), then you're not doing it right. I think he is right and it's harder than I seemed like it would be. It's kind of hard to curate a set of folks to follow that remains interesting and reasonably free of mindless trolling/counter-trolling/r99999. Especially in the political arena.
Discovery would be fascinating for sure. For both parties. But Bloomberg can shield themselves behind anonymous sources who will likely never come forward. "Well, we're simply reporting what we were told..." At some point this gets to be about credibility. Apple has a LOT, especially when it comes to privacy. They stood up to the FBI 100%. Bloomberg BusinessWeek? Not a perfect record, to say the least. Given what I've read so far, I'm increasingly skeptical of the core story. Something happened a couple years ago, no doubt. How much is first hand and how much is 2nd hand hearsay? *shrug* But fun story... and even that leads me to lean towards BusinessWeek blew this story up because of the stuff going on with China.
I'm curious if anyone has compared the cost in energy to mine an equivalent amount of gold from the ground til it's minted as a coin to the amount to generate an equivalent BTC. Or Platinum. Or Silver. That's ignoring that Gold has uses besides as a store of value or even lesser as a means of exchange. Just converting all the digging and processing work to watts makes my head spin (I barely passed Algebra). Any numbers out there? thx!
Maybe the TSA is targeting via licensed Twitter algos. We know how accurate those are at picking out subversives and malcontents based on the wisdom of the crowd and content analytics... though lots of Conservatives might suddenly have Marshalls dogging them on their trips. /s
Did the detailed article list the weight of the screen? Curious how it might compare to existing parts. Seems to me to be a bit bulkier/heavier.
I learned to type in H.S. at the tail end of the manual type writer era ('77). Got up to 45wpm on a manual. W00t! Best early "tech" investment in myself I ever (accidentally) made. I definitely did feel like a bit of a nerd in that class (pre geek chic). "Easy 'A' they said" Hah! Very tough teacher. And two spaces was NOT an option.
I subsequently went on to code for 35 years after that and that class totally paid off. So, 2 spaces is hard wired into the mush that is my brain. Along with proper use of the comma semi-colon... I think, haha.
Basically at this point I have to type 2 spaces then backspace once. My kids and wife laugh at my punctuated IM's -- but old habits definitely do die hard.
So 2 spaces you whippersnappers! Even if every editor simply removes them...
One small observation folks can disagree on but I think is valid: Musk is like Trump in that they both don't mind honest pointed criticism that is not grandstanding, dishonest or repetitive. And they both bite back hard at IYI's that are mostly out to signal for their peers or out to make themselves look good...
FWIW, I listen to a few calls a year -- they are almost always boring, fairly technical but understandable if I do some homework and very procedural -- nobody wants to fart on a call like this. Tesla's last one had a small breath of fresh air in a sense -- taking questions from the hoi polli. But that can turn into 10 minutes of positive confirmation bias real easily.
Assuming Trump would use that approach with Russia (capable adversary). Once the TDS fades, we can get back to working out something with Russia. But first we unite NK and SK, something that as little as 6 months ago would have seemed impossible to laughable. But here we are. Not tired of winning yet. But I could get there.
Burt Bacharach was wrong. What the world needs now is another distributed key value store.
Yep, exactly. That said, I'm curious about the 'layers' aspect. That seems to be the fun/cool distinguishing part of this engine. And what probably made it worth acquiring when they were bought.