Indeed, operating temperature seems to me less of a concern.
Considering how difficult it‘s been to produce LK-99 so far, some skepticism on being able to manufacture the material in mass is warranted, I think.
Still, exciting! I’m hopeful :)
My layman understanding is that this paper states the team replicated LK-99, and confirmed that it has a property of a super-conductor - this particular type of magnetic levitation.
The concept of borrowing against your investments is new to me, but it reminded me of debt recycling against your home. In principle, I can see the advantage, but like all debt it requires great discipline.
With "only" $75k in assets, I agree with you that he'd be wiser to purchase more stocks than fund his lifestyle.
Especially in Australia, where we are also undergoing a housing crisis.
Australia's poorest don't own their homes, and renters don't have a say on insulation or solar installation.
This was the first I'd heard of Long Now, but upon reading the article, I had assumed the leading 0 was representative of the infinite continuum of 0's in-front. But all the repetitive 0's had been slimmed down to one, like :: in IPv6