Myeah but it’s just a server - the clients just use Matrix.

Not sure what you’re saying here.

Are robotics good enough right now to suppress a population? No, clearly not.

Will they be good enough in 10 years? Quite possibly.

Why do you think the global rich list is so busy investing in robotics?

Before, when things to too far, even the soldiers would revolt.

Now, all you need is electricity to suppress the population.

Whether rightly or wrongly, the other inmates are likely to provide that kind of service.

Yeah it sort of works.

No, the dark patterns are terrible.

I looked it up; you are right. Strictly necessary cookies do not need consent.

But functional cookies also need approval, no?

Cookie questions unfortunately are required by law in the EU so don’t meet Gruber’s own definition.

That said the EU needs to force browser makers to respect a set of more granular “do not tracks” settings and then just read the “necessary/functional/settings/marketing” acceptance from there.

It depends if they invest it in funds that track the Nasdaq directly. If they do, yes then they’ll get dragged in for a fast pump and dump.

That’s because it bloody is.

They’ve got one business unit making money (and to be fair, that business unit is making crazy margins) - Starlink - and one business that could be profitable if it turn down the starship R&D. But it’s so crazily leaning into “AI in space” for its insane multiples - and leaning in to achieving a dominant position there, when both China, Japan and other US companies are prepping reusable launch vehicles.

I wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole and if I could blacklist it in my passive fund I would. That said mine follows the FTSE Russel Global index, which only rebalances every 6 months and with much stricter requirements than the fast-follow Nasdaq funds, so by the time any passive investment of mine jumps on SpaceX its real value will be much more apparent.

Yeah I tend to agree but then I’m surprised how many people think GSuite is just fine!

It’s online only for now - clients are coming but for now focus is on online.

I’m not sure they are lying. Yes, they’re not E2E but I don’t think they claim to be by default, do they?

I’ve got a large group of friends there, since high school. We presume everything we write is available to the Russians so we never talk work details or share secrets. It would be insane otherwise.

We’ve tried to organise a move to Signal, but honestly its client is nowhere near as polished or feature rich as Telegram.

Sir, I tip my hat in your general direction. That was, as they say, a cracking joke.

25000, 55000, 200, 2100 employees.

Maybe true in general. I’d love to hear about your experiences. I’ve worked closely to four CEOs. Only one of them felt like they treated people as objects. The rest were actually deeply concerned about how other people felt.

Not just that - it confuses several financial terms.

CAPEX is one time spend. Revenue is recurring. Take Microsoft, as just one example: They are stuffed with cash abroad - they only bring it home when there’s a moratorium; until then it just sits and waits. It’s much cheaper for Microsoft to spend it outside the US than to take it home - CAPEX that can happen outside the US is often welcomed by the big stock owners as it puts the money to work.

Revenue happens every year. It’s like saying “is this banana stand profitable?” and then answering by saying “well the shed cost 10 dollars and the bananas sell for 5c”. You need more information to understand whether those are good or bad numbers.

And I know - there’s always money in the banana stand!

Some CEOs I’ve met aren’t smart.

The vast majority that I’ve worked with are deeply analytical, highly intelligent and understand people really well. By any measure they are “very smart”.

But what all CEOs are, like most people who get to that level, is incredibly disciplined and willing to sacrifice almost anything to achieve at work. They work insane hours, at least all the ones I’ve seen.

It’s a nice story that it’s just a lottery and once you’re there you’re somehow in some secret club. The reality, at least as far as I’ve seen it, is very different.

Of course! Employees shouldn’t be conducting business on their private phones anyway!