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.
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.
Yes, kinda proving my point here since I didnt say you are brainwashed if you dont agree with me but if you dont understand what I'm saying. Whether you agree with my point of view or not is irrelevant to me. And to the Planet Earth for that matter. :)
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.
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.
Funny, very funny. Not your keys, not your coins. Not your store, not your clients. Not your playground, not your rules. etc. etc. I sympathise, but discourage cooperating with Google.