"There is another system."

It doesn't get my WiFi password. Or better yet, it gets the SSID/password of the access point which isn't connected to anything on the WAN side.

And 4G/5G coverage is nonexistent out here.

Given the risk adjusted discount rate, the returns will be phenomenal. Or nonexistent. Banks probably won't be allowed to touch these securities. And you probably won't want your pension fund invested in them either.

There is the issue of risk. Typically, utilities take this on when financing system upgrades to serve new loads. Charging their customr base for the cost of funds. But on occasion, the risks become too large. Or the forecasts of power sales too uncertain. As in the case of WPPSS. When those new income sources walk away, or were never there to begin with, the other rate payers get stuck with the bill. No thanks.

AI/cloud computing/crypto have a very high potential of being a flash in the pan, so to speak. They need to put up all the capital in advance.

At the event horizon. If we are theorising that this bubble is some sort of black hole. Inside our universe bubble, the curvature flattens out again*. Think about the space-time curvature at the center of a large mass.

It's possible that time reverses direction when crossing the event horizon. But that would be relative to the "forward" flow of time on the other side. Which we can never see.

*Never mind the conjectures over the singularity of infinite density at the center of a black hole. They are unprovable, since we can't make observations across the boundary. And there are several "interesting" mathematical solutions describing interior conditions.

US credit cards don't charge the cardholder any fees either, whether used domestically or abroad. They, like your card, charge fees to the merchant. The savings here goes to the seller, not to the buyer.

Move the company? S.F. probably has a huge customer base. Lots of people who bought covid puppies but don't have the time for them.

Move to my neighborhood? Doubtful that would be a wise decision. My neighbors have more chickens than my dog knows what to do with.

If your'e a developer who makes $100 per hour, spending $200 per month to save even 10 minutes per day is a no-brainer. If it saves you an hour or more per day you'd have to be a complete idiot not to do it.

As a sailor who often sails in Southern California, the prevailing winds run parallel to the coastline, from the north. Sailing up the California coastline is rough going because you're beating into the wind. If you're familiar with the LA/San Diego area you probably notice that the prevailing winds are onshore there, but this is a localized anomaly in the lee of Point Conception. The point creates a large eddy from Santa Barbara to Ensenada in which the wind curves eastward, onshore. But this eddy only extends out as far as the Channel Islands; once you're 40-50 nautical miles offshore you're into the actual prevailing winds, which parallel the coastline then bend to the south and then to the west. In central and northern California, the winds parallel the coastline all the way down (well, San Francisco Bay and Monterrey Bay have their own patterns, but they don't extend more than a handful of miles offshore).

So, if you get 50+ nm offshore the wind will push the salt spray south and then west. Nearest landfall is probably Hawaii, though it would probably track south of Hawaii, maybe to Kiribati. Not that it would get that far.

Off of the east coast of the US (where I haven't sailed, though I'm sailing out of Rhode Island next month), the westerlies dominate everywhere except for the southern tip of Florida, which gets the northern trades. So, yeah, other than Florida, that would also be a good place, since the salt would have a few thousand miles to settle out. Not as far as from California, but plenty of room.

This is why things like TV sets, washing machines and printers _never_ get to talk to the Internet in my house. Whatever functionality they had when I left the store with them is good enough.

New firmware? No thanks.

... "Hello world!" project done quickly.

Probably so. Many people are single issue voters. Happy to hold their noses and vote for some turd as long as he defends what they value. "The loyal opposition" knows what these issues are, but refuses to keep clear of the third rail. So they are holding a lot of sensible legislation hostage in order to promote the loony fringe agenda. Time to drag the loonies out into the desert, duct tape them to a cactus and leave them for the scorpions.

I just pay cash. Don't like it? Or get upset when I won't sign up for your loyalty program? Go complain to Target. They put everyone on my default shit list. Earn your way off of it.

Texas disagrees. And given their bounty program, it's not just the women who have to worry. Healthcare providers will be at risk.

"How fat is Kim Jong Un?"