I wouldn't go that far haha. This man definitely achieved "FI" well before he became CEO of Jupiter. In any case hats off to him.
(edited "FIRE" to "FI")
He achieved "FI" early on then.
Readit Newsjthrowsitaway commented on What the Hell Was the Microsoft Network? (2018) codersnotes.com/notes/the... · Posted by u/edgarvm
I recall NetWits, a multiplayer 1950s-style quiz show game on MSN where you played as a contestant against other MSN subscribers in real-time (there was a scheduled "broadcast time" every weeknight -- couldn't play at any other time). There were real prizes, like trips from Expedia.
Here's a video of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyje8xlGc9Q
Truly a product of its time, but they really tried to experiment with multimedia (at least in MSN 2.0). I think there was an online version of Encarta and a bunch of other things that I've since forgotten.
That's awesome! I have very fond memories of playing 1 vs 100 on Xbox Live and was sad when they canned it.
jthrowsitaway commented on Parents’ trauma leaves biological traces in children scientificamerican.com/ar... · Posted by u/CharlesW
Sorry, "plural"? I don't know what this means, and I feel like I am probably not the only one.
Same. Multiple personalities?
Coincidentally, I came across a video today which describe in laymen terms what time crystals are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieDIpgso4no
tl;dw: Crystals are materials which atoms or molecules are aranged in a repeating manner. Time crystals are a material which isn't just repeating in the three dimensions of space but also in the "time dimension". Basically, the quantum spin of the material switches regularly, even though no energy is being applied.
Thanks, but I couldn't watch more than 30 seconds of that video. The cuts every 3 seconds or when the speaker took a slight pause is maddening.
You're joking right?
He has been killing off pipelines, suspending leases, increasing regulations.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/27/biden-suspends-oil-and-gas-d...
My question still stands. We're near ATH of oil production and are a net exporter. Sure, the Boogeyman wants to kill oil, but has he been able to do that with great success in 1.5 years as president?
And the way for this to happen is for people who want it to happen to start their own companies to do it. That's how free market competition works: if there is a genuine market need that is not being filled, someone starts a new company to fill it. You don't sue existing companies.
In the case of fossil fuels, this already is happening; there are plenty of companies working on alternative sources of energy. (And the "Big Oil" companies are among them.) As far as using government and the law to help, the single biggest impact ordinary people can have is to make it clear to our elected representatives that nuclear energy is a thing and we need more of it.
This is how it works in a free market economy. The incumbent (oil and gas) is directly state sponsored in the US.
> the US government alone spends $20 billion every year on direct fossil fuel subsidies. Of that figure, around $16 billion goes towards oil and gas, while the remaining $4 billion benefits the coal industry.
https://en.as.com/en/2022/03/29/latest_news/1648510535_73079...
Get rid of oil in a rapid fashion, and we go the route of Venezuela.
Getting rid of oil is the goal of the current Administration. They are having some success by making it difficult as possible.
Now we have a huge mess from it and elections are coming up, so goal is to blame oil for the problems caused by the Administration.
If you want to get off oil because you believe it's bad for environment. That is a respectable position. But there is a huge political price to pay when the poor in the country are suffering now from it.
How do you support your argument that the current administration is being effective in killing off oil? We are still a net exporter of oil [0] and crude oil production is about where it was at in late 2018. It took a dive during COVID-19 and has been recovering since.
0 - https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=m...
1 - https://www.macrotrends.net/2562/us-crude-oil-production-his...
jthrowsitaway commented on Ploopy open source thumb trackball ploopy.co/thumb-trackball... · Posted by u/napolux
Not knocking this product, but I personally prefer a trackball on top with buttons to either side. My thumb get very stressed out using the "on the side" arrangement where the top I can vary how I interact with it more (hover hand, rest a finger on it, flick it with index/middle, etc).
~~Either~~ Both are preferable to the standard mouse for me, though!
Same. The Logitech Cordless Optical TrackMan is my favorite device. I wish they still made them (or something like it.)
jthrowsitaway commented on Grafana releases OnCall open source project grafana.com/blog/2022/06/... · Posted by u/netingle
the opsgenie api is really bad though if you want to manage it as code/declaratively
We evaluated a bunch of solutions and came to that conclusion as well. Everything we do is in code (Terraform) and will gladly pay for something that has friendly APIs and an already existing Terraform module. Conversely, we'll not engage with or throw away anything that doesn't have friendly APIs.
I use Apple's Messages. If someone spams me, I report them. They're blocked and have to go through the extra work of setting up a new account to try again.
Compare this with, say, Google. Gmail lets spammers / scammers have limitless accounts and they don't do shit when an account is reported for spam. You can block and report Gmail spammers all day long and you'll get nowhere.
WhatsApp apparently still uses phone numbers, and they're owned by a company that wants engagement at ANY price. Are any of us really so dumb that we think they're going to do the right thing?