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probably a bit of a "that's the joke" question, but is that due to the market being closed Monday?

or is that it didn't adjust on Friday and this isn't significant enough to adjust the next time the market is open (Tuesday)?

> How can I change the carburetor in a '68 Chevelle?

> [...intro...]

> Start by closing the Golden Gate Bridge. This iconic landmark provides a beautiful backdrop for bridge photos.

> Drive onto the bridge and find a parking spot. Prepare for windy conditions by dressing warmly in layers.

> Once on the bridge, locate the nearest support tower. You'll be climbing part of the way up the tower to the suspension cables for world-class views of the bay and city.

> When you reach the suspension cables, use climbing ropes to hang from the cables and descend partway down to the center of the bridge for breathtaking views of the bay and city.

> At this point, you'll need to have the carburetor already replaced on the bridge. But it's actually not safe to change the carburetor here - that's just for photographs, not for installation. For an actual carburetor replacement, you'll need to return to the city.

> Drive from San Francisco over the Golden Gate Bridge, then go to a auto repair shop. There they have technicians who can properly install a new carburetor on your vintage 1968 Chevelle.

It was the best of bridges, it was the worst of bridges.

(gives same answer for both with different rationale)

> Also, if Kirby is 32, wouldn't that make them a millennial?

Yes, millennials are around 28-43 right now.

I could be missing something but aren't millionaires taxed on qualified dividends at 23.8%, rather than 0-10%? And nonqualified dividends taxed at income rates?

For US users who are interested, paying annually discounts it to $11.66/mo. Comes with YT Music for better or worse (I rarely use that side of the membership).

I wonder how many people reserved near the announcement; lots of time for personal and global situations to have changed in the last five years.

They (Tesla) also look to have overpromised a bit. When Cybertruck was announced the base model was $39,900 and Elon suggested incentives could bring it even lower [0]. The three tiers were $40/50/70k, then it launched at $61/80/100k. To be fair, $40k in 2019 is around $48k today but that's still a 25% price increase.

Also, the high-end version was initially presented as having 500 mile range and 14000lb towing capacity, but now it's 320 mile range and 11000lb capacity. (edit: sibling comment mentioned this already)

[0] https://youtu.be/464puoD09dM?t=628

yes, Cubase used a parallel port dongle in the 90s and then in the 2000s a not-iLok USB dongle called eLicenser. They have switched to software activation for their products since 2022.

I believe this was confirmed and they aim to switch by end of the month. Those interested in Unraid who prefer the old model may wish to pick up a perpetual license now.

https://unraid.net/blog/pricing-change

disclaimer - I'm not an Unraid user.

everything there is true of course-for others curious on the details of "initially":

> It will cost $99 per year after the company’s promotional period, which ends May 18. Customers who have a Target Circle credit card will be able to pay the lower price of $49 per year beyond that.

Gemini "free" - Pro 1.0 I think - responded heads on my first ask there and noted the coin remains unbiased and the next flip is still 50/50. I asked to tally 100 more coin flips and it returned 49/51 and gave the Python it was using.

and even if the first study hadn't been questioned, $75,000 in 2010 when it was published, the midpoint of a 60-90k range iirc, is equivalent to $104,000 today.

edit: I'm not advocating greed is good or anything. I have some personal bias against this study, not due to the author or results. It's that the first I heard of it, a literal billionaire was using it to defend flat worker salaries vs significant executive bonuses that year.

[edit, clearing since I guess this is too far afield, sorry, though it was interesting.]

one note on required distributions, I think they recently were relaxed with the SECURE 2.0 Act.

Based on a couple searches, the RMD age went up to 73, and in 2033 will increase again to 75 (given the start date this will affect those born after 1958).

from the article, the scientists are Laurent Sifre and Karl Tuyls.

edit to add: the source for this is "people familiar with the matter"

That seems high but I know pricing can vary significantly across countries. Is that somewhere in Europe for example? Or any government or Apple taxes included?

in the US, going through the official website, it shows $14 a month or $11.66 a month if paying for the upcoming year at once. Premium and Music are part of the same product here and I'm not sure if you can unbundle.

For comparison, Spotify Premium here looks to be $11/mo.

Nintendo Switch too IIRC, to guard against users downgrading to a prior firmware with vulnerabilities.

this blog post links to an October announcement

https://fiber.google.com/blog/2023/10/gfiber-labs-announces-...

which says:

"Additionally, by offering this service with a custom pre-certification Wi-Fi 7 router (another first ever — in fact, Wi-Fi 7 is not even fully certified yet) [...]"

I know there's much more to real-world performance, but ha, that's slightly faster than the benchmarked top sequential read speed for my main (gen3) SSD.

yes, via taxes

The FTC has a page on it [1] but I wish there was more there given it's the biggest purchase of most of their taxpayers' lives. The reports section comprises three reports, two from 2007 and one from... 1983. Clicking "view more reports" links to a page with those same three. I know they've done more in this area but I thought that was worth a laugh at least.

[1] https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/topics/competition-enforceme...

Fun fact: NAR was the top lobbying spender in 2020 with $84B. Second place was Chamber of Commerce at $82B. Third place was $26B, or less than one third of NAR's spend.

https://infogram.com/1pyy66emdxryq1c3yez9wqvxp2by3p7pgn3

I only saw those stats recently but felt realtors are likely a very vocal and substantial constituency for every representative.

the meme has evolved since I saw it last generation... might have peaked at "one xbox one x box" though

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F9...

edit: replaced reddit post with reddit/media. Not sure if it's better but more direct at least.

the fun part: "Then under the same deal, Cupertino actually returns approximately one third of this revenue to Apple."

The St. Louis Fed, a block from the Arch, has an "Economy Museum" with a gift shop. I wonder what they'd have, or if other branches have gift shops (I think they do tours at least?). They say you can get some free shredded money as a souvenir.

yes, seemed quick for all the reasons sibling posts mention.

appeals aside, it's not over... We've had first trial, yes, but what about second trial?

Four charges had been separated out into a second trial for March 11 of next year. Same judge, different jury? May have been due to logistical reasons or discussions with the Bahamanian government around extradition. It sounds like the government has the option of dropping these over the next months as well.

Sentencing for this one (or both but that seems extremely quick) was just scheduled for March 28 2024.

Thanks!

I recognize this doesn't solve your reasons at all, but for anyone facing an un-grandfathering who is simply price-conscious, if you're willing to commit for a year to YT Premium, it's effectively $11.66/mo.

I just squeaked into pre-increase Nest pricing for the final year I'll use it. This has been a big year for 40%+ subscription price increases, Google and otherwise, it seems.

Is the 40% increase region-specific? I'm a YT Premium subscriber and they just had a price increase in the US three months ago ($120 to $140 yearly, similarly billed monthly).

Isn't modern cable quite expensive, and not a direct comparison to ad-supported Youtube? Web suggests the average bill in the US exceeds $200 a month. I saw the streaming cable providers are up to $70/mo; they have gotten more expensive as they bundle more channels. I'm not sure if that's their choice or whether it's part of the bundling practices the cable providers do in negotiations (edit to correct: I meant content providers... though it's sometimes the same company)

Technical curiosity: Can you still roll your own DVR? I know Plex has some functionality there, and CableCARDs are/were a thing but cable providers were trying to put an end to those. And I saw DRM for over-the-air is coming down the pipe with ATSC 3.0

No worries, there will be LLM subscriptions to summarize the output of other, overly prolific LLM subscriptions.

Dupe? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37935502