Comment Re:Just as much as any other CEO can be trusted (Score 1) 70
There is no excusing a pathological liar who repeatedly tells lies to deceive people with a financial stake in their company.
Comment Re:Grifters be griftin' (Score 1) 43
The 10 biggest holders of TrumpCoin (roughly those who held about $250,000 or more) got an exclusive dinner with him at the White House. When this was announced the value shot up because this became a great way to get a ear with the President.
In the grand scheme of things, this is relatively cheap, campaign financing wise.
In the "grand scheme of things" this scheme is straight-up corruption.
The value of the emolument is only relevant to the severity of the criminal sentence.
Comment Grifters be griftin' (Score 4, Insightful) 43
More than half of all cryptocurrencies ever launched are now defunct.
Suckers.
It's said a sucker is born every minute but that clearly underestimates the size of the sucker pool.
Comment Re:Endless because no one questions the code (Score 1) 60
You cannot predict whether your children will be able or willing to do a particular job. You cannot predict their aptitudes, interests, or fitness. The best you can do is help them figure out what they can or cannot do and encourage and support them to maximize their outcomes.
Comment I have the musical accompaniment for this story (Score 1) 48
Comment Who knew? (Score 2) 32
Who knew that replacing gravity as a means to contain a stable continuous nuclear fusion reaction would be such a challenge?
Heh....
Heh....
Comment Re: It's not as busy as it once was (Score 1) 45
That's simply wrong. The vast majority of Craigslist listings are free and have been since its beginning.
Craig Newmark is one of my heros. Full stop.
P.S.: The site ranks as the 40th most popular website in the United States. It's neither useless nor unpopular. I've bought, sold and given away a ton of stuff on Craigslist. People who avoid using it are just shooting themselves in the foot. I've tried renting out our apartments on several other commercial websites and Craigslist remains my preferred platform.
Craig Newmark is one of my heros. Full stop.
P.S.: The site ranks as the 40th most popular website in the United States. It's neither useless nor unpopular. I've bought, sold and given away a ton of stuff on Craigslist. People who avoid using it are just shooting themselves in the foot. I've tried renting out our apartments on several other commercial websites and Craigslist remains my preferred platform.
Comment Re:Octopus? (Score 1) 12
I thought the champion of changing color was the Cuttlefish
You might be right, but the article didn't declare a champion. It just declared the programmable skin could mimic an octopus's skin.
Submission + - US strikes Venezuela, says leader Maduro has been captured, flown out of country (apnews.com) 5
divide overflow writes: CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The United States hit Venezuela with a “large-scale strike” early Saturday and said its president, Nicolás Maduro, had been captured and flown out of the country after months of stepped-up pressure by Washington — an extraordinary nighttime operation announced by President Donald Trump on social media hours after the attack.
Comment Re:Why are we ... (Score 1) 28
But I'll be damned if I'm putting my autonomous Bentley into a pool that some hobo can rent and piss himself in the back seat.
You can't even enter a Waymo without using a valid credit card from which a significant fee will be extracted as the cost of your indiscretions.
Comment Re:Ford lost $19.5BN focusing on EVs (Score 1) 271
You neglected to mention that Ford's EV writedown is primarily due to very poor sales of their very expensive F150 Lightning electric truck line (bad choices here) and the costs of designing and manufacturing new plug-in hybrid designs previously lacking in their line-up (late to the party).
On the other hand...here is what Ford says of their 2025 electric vehicle sales:
On the other hand...here is what Ford says of their 2025 electric vehicle sales:
Ford sold a record 85,789 electrified vehicles in the third quarter, up 19.8%. Year to date electrified sales reached 242,298 (+16.5%), outselling the estimated combined electrified sales of GM and Stellantis. Electrified vehicles represented 15.7% of Ford’s Q3 sales, up from 13.5% in Q2.
From: https://www.fromtheroad.ford.c...
I imagine the story would have been much different had Ford only put more effort into designing and selling affordable EVs and reliable, competitive plug-in hybrid vehicles.
Comment Re: Subsidies (Score 1) 271
The US has subsidized nuclear power development from the beginning but I don't see conservative politicians bringing it up in their arguments. States in the US frequently provide subsidies and incentives to all sorts of businesses (new auto factories, semiconductor fabs, etc.).
The Mercatus Center at George Mason University has provided a handy chart entitled "Ranking Known State Subsidies to Private Businesses."
See: https://www.mercatus.org/resea...
The Mercatus Center at George Mason University has provided a handy chart entitled "Ranking Known State Subsidies to Private Businesses."
See: https://www.mercatus.org/resea...
Comment Barn doors closed and locked (Score 4, Insightful) 27
the streaming giant responded by disabling the nefarious accounts responsible
Those cows have left the barn and they ain't coming back.
Comment Re: Just remember (Score 1) 63
Why won't Democrats abandon immigrants and Epstein victims too in the future just as they've thrown me under the bus?
If you can still type they clearly don't understand how "throwing you under the bus" works.
Comment You betcha (Score 1) 55
Fuck yeah!
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