What happens if someone has $1B in net worth but doesn't have the liquidity to pay the tax? Will they be forced to sell assets - perhaps even at a loss - to pay the bill? Will they have to sell part of the company they may have created?

Dude, ok, maybe the depression doesn't go away or comes back, but what do you have to lose? worst case scenario you're still depressed but otherwise healthier. Yes, it does sound like you don't want to get off your butt and exercise. I HATE exercise and I always have, I go to the gym 5 times a week and work out intensely and I'm otherwise active, do I like it? no. There's hundreds of things I'd rather be doing. But I love how I feel to be in shape, and I have the stupid goal of wanting to die healthy.

There are some books, such as Dungeon Crawler Carl, which are absolutely not the same experiences when read as compared to the performances put on by the narrators. Audiobooks aren't just "read" anymore - they're performed.

Monopolies are not illegal, and are not necessarily damaging. Abuse of one's monopoly power is where the harm comes from and is the thing that is illegal. Amazon is probably abusing their monopoly.

You may be surprised to learn that reactor technology has changed a lot since the days when the USSR ignored all safety measures and built Chernobyl. There are some new designs, one of which was recently licensed to proceed, which don't suffer the meltdown risk.

I'm sick and tired of the notion that banks can collect a cut of nearly all retail transactions on the planet. We're switching to all cash for most things we buy. There are places that give discounts for cash, so I'm all in. You should be, too.

Nothing has changed. We grew up saying "as if,” "eat my shorts," "whuzzzzuuupppp," and more. Not because they meant anything profound but because kids like to repeat things. Our source material was TV commercials, movies, and cartoons because that's what we had. But I've no doubt if we had "doot doot" on the early internet we'd all still be going "67" in the same way some of us still go "all your base are belong to us" or "yattaaaaa"

From the article:

"It’s worth noting that most working professionals do a lot more than submit research reports to their boss, which is all that GDPval-v0 tests for."

"OpenAI says that it believes Claude scored so high because of its tendency to make pleasing graphics, rather than sheer performance."

So by wide range of jobs, they mean jobs consisting of only submitting research reports with pleasing graphics. And based on recent measurements, about 1/4 incorrect or entirely hallucinated.

It's not from fossil fuel production. It's from fossil fuel use.

Apple said it won't work for EU residents or those with an EU Apple ID. I interpret that to mean it will work if you are in the EU visiting and are neither a resident or have an EU ID.

I'm sorry for your loss :( And that's always the risk of a low widthrawal rate, that you're leaving money (and enjoyment of it) on the table, of course, that's your choice, and depends on where you want the money you don't use to go, be it charities or family.

The numbers have been revised a little, closer to 4.5%, and that's still super conservative (that's the amount of money you'd need to spend to survive the worst case scenario for 30 years). With 1.5 Mil in savings, you could safely withdraw $65K/year and be safe. The average of safety is closer to 7%, which means that you only need $1M to retire (yeah, with a bit more risk). Here's a really good article that explains it: https://www.fa-mag.com/news/ch... And of course, there's also there's Bergen's book "A Richer Retirement: Supercharging the 4% Rule to Spend More and Enjoy More"

Shouldn't we be blaming the hackers? I mean, if I left my front door unlocked and then got murdered, am I the one to blame or is the murderer?

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Exactly. I was coming to say that.