Lemkin, the founder of SaaStr, the world's largest community of business-to-business founders.

I can't even tell what this guy's business does in the first place. And I can't say I've heard of this company.

(From TFA) That month, though, during the SaaStr Annual — its yearly gathering of over 10,000 founders, executives, and VCs — two of its high-paid sales representatives abruptly quit.

Still can't quite tell. Do they run events for other companies? I tried to check Wikipedia, but they don't even have a page there.

So next I did a general search. First result from DDG:

https://www.saastr.com/
SaaStr | B2B + AI Community, Events, Leads

I clicked on the link for their page, and got hit in the face with AI this, AI that. They offer advice, vibe coding, etc. etc. It looks like his company is an AI-heavy startup that caters to other AI startups. And he's telling us he's all-in on AI? Wow that's a shocker.

So the one remaining question is - did an AI agent arrange for this paid advertorial, or was it a human?

How could you NOT have a tier labeled "Optimus Prime"?

I think it was Margaret Mead who warned about the issues of taking observations from one culture and applying them to a different one.

And, this being Hong Kong, you've got significant added political implications. Given the current political climate there, I could easily see where toadies might be far more likely to enter government service there right now. Unfortunately the article is paywalled, so I don't know what time period is covered by these observations. Was it pre-crackdown? Post? A mix of the two? Those would be important bits of data to have when trying to unravel this.

Is a fork still considered Unix? AIX still exists, as does Solaris and of course SCO Unix.

The BSDs are also still around, although according to Wikipedia they're considered "Unix-like"... as is Linux.

Also according to Wikipedia, both macOS and Z/OS are current, certified Unix systems. SCO OpenServer is also listed there, but it doesn't appear to be maintained.

We had a bunch of HP-UX machines and a handful of Sun boxes running Solaris. Personally, I've been much happier working in an all-Linux environment.

This quote about relative reliability from that Consumer Reports article does make sense:

“Many of the problems with EVs and plug-in hybrids are because they are newer designs compared to gas technology, so some kinks still continue to be worked out,” says Jake Fisher, senior director of auto testing at Consumer Reports. “By comparison, hybrids have been around for nearly three decades, and the technology is tried and true.”

It's also true that ICE vehicles have been around even longer, so you'd expect them to also be very reliable. I know back when I was a kid, getting 150-200K from a car was phenomenal... nowadays people pretty much assume that will be the case. Heck, even my Escort was still running (admittedly badly) at 270K with the original engine - I'd had to replace tie rod ends once, water pumps a couple times, and gone through several clutches of course.

In theory, at least, I like the idea behind the Extended Range EVs like the upcoming Ford Ranger. If I understand it correctly, they're basically a full-blown EV (with a pure EV drive train) - but they also have a generator onboard that can be used to recharge the batteries if necessary.

It seems like that addresses the range anxiety some people stress about, without having to deal with the more complicated drive train of most current hybrids (where there's more points of potential failure than either an ICE or a standard EV).

Donniewood.

My killer whale washing machine turned out to have a different issue - while I was trying to fill it, it took my arm off.

As usual, you're selfishly and narrowly only thinking of yourself.

You need to learn how to look at the bigger picture. What about the poor company shareholders, who rely on annual stock dividends so they can afford more luxury cars, yachts, and vacation homes? What about those poor Microsoft division heads, who are counting a big bonus just so they can scrape by with a few measly million dollars? THAT is what really matters...

How much you bet, in the near future, he publicly muses on renaming Venezuela to "Trumpistan" or "The Trump Republic" or something similar?

If something is of strategic importance but is not economically profitable, that's *exactly* when the federal government should be financially supporting it. But good luck explaining that to the Imbecile-In-Chief.

How's that again? It sounds quite painful.

Problem is, Venezuela is not a significant source of fentanyl.