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I thought I was pretty clear in the post itself! Anyway, he has made his first big public statement after IPO to further pump the stock, and will continue doing so.

Different times, different comparisons! This is from back in the day https://www.hanselman.com/blog/am-i-really-a-developer-or-ju...

More cash with Iran now

> And Iran has proven that it can withstand anything the US is willing to throw at it

Also, the idiot in the WH, single handedly turned Iran's many anti-regime citizens to pro-regime and patriotic.

> despite no peace treaty being signed. I don't understand it.

How many he has said “we have already won the war” and “we are very close to signing the deal”?

You still think climate change is a hoax? Maybe that’s why you didn’t hear all the pushback and criticism for totally unnecessary and unwanted Iran war!!

Not cash!

He already applied for it a couple of days ago

> Just a funnel straight into a potential scam

They claim that they do not charge you anything. So, how can they scam you? Of course, besides your hours and the potential outcome (code). Just curious.

I gave you clear clues, but you still overlooked my comment. These blockers are a hit or miss on any given day; remember, it's a continuous fight between both sides.

Ha! I should have seen that coming :-)

Eric - enjoyed your talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VKliOQXQ9M&t=1s .

What can a founder do to safeguard his position, interests, and company? A couple of things that come to my mind are: have an aligned/friendly board who believe in you; second, have dual-class shares (like Meta, SpaceX, Google). Anything else you would like to add?

> inspiring materials for free

Minus ad watch time! The cost is directly proportional to how you value your time.

or, could be they pivoted to cover the expenses?

Both are your retirement funds! So…you call one, you call the other one as well.

> Reusing rockets reliably rather than "throwing them away" is a great achievement and I'm surprised people have to justify it on HN

You can milk a cow only a set number of times!

> this is disgusting corruption

The guy called 401(k)s a Ponzi scheme. Now, he's coming after them to loot.

> If your product becomes commoditized

Depends on the product - whether protein bars, salty chips, cellular service, or IPhone or something else. If your product has a flavor, it’s never going to get commoditized. Coke still tastes better than Pepsi.

Whatever they all do, they can never, ever match the quality of Apple! I've bought many Macs so far, and many Windows machines (Dell, Sony, 1st and 2nd Gen of Surface) as well. All of those Windows machines died within less than 2 years, while the Macs, which were bought more than 10 years ago, are still working fine. So, I'm not going to buy a new Windows machine anytime soon.

> I honestly do not know where to go.

Yeah, with blinders on, it's hard to see that. Otherwise, the playground was wide open. If whales start eating your revenue, then you go after them.

Why not use ‘Voice to text’ to type? Then you don’t need to carry a keyboard, look for a table to place it, and also hunt for a Clorox container to lean your phone against.

Peter Thiel is a naturalized US citizen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel

Musk was (mostly) great until 2020; Something happened to him during the COVID timeframe.

I'd not want Musk, Thiel, or Palantir guy to run for POTUS. Probably, there should be a clause that if your net worth exceeds the threshold, you shouldn't be eligible to run until you donate all of it to the government, with no option to get it back ever. Some more clauses can be added as well.

Edit 1: I think another clause, maybe most important, a minimum one term public office service experience required only as a Senator, Rep, Governor, or a Mayor.

> including our technological lead, is built by immigrants

That's my point to get the Constitution changed (Amendment #28) to allow an immigrant to run for POTUS. We love US more than natural-born citizens. Our interests are far more aligned with the betterment of the country than anyone else's.

It’s ok to be patriotic, but underestimating your enemy could be foolish or even fatal.

https://www.google.com/search?q=iran+launched+spy+satellite+...

> It would be quite stunning Iran defeated the united states in this sense.

> The fact that this outcome is surprising represents a very loud and public failure on the administration's part.

You can't teach stupid!! The coward, sleepy, dementia ridden, pretentious commander-in-chief declared victory over Iran the next day after starting the war.

Being an investor in Anthropic, Amazon must have a preferred billing rate, but others do not. No wonder their revenue shot up so much, so fast, because of BS goals like those.

> Why is that?

Precisely why he left the Democratic party, because their voters are not gullible and religious fanatics.

> Seeing software as investment avoids speaking about "technical debt" by speaking about "value"

People already see their efforts as an investment, but that doesn't stop Debt from accruing over time. There will always be parts in your software that could have been written better, and that's Debt.

> 'Very few people were opting in to end-to-end encrypted messaging in DMs,' Meta says.

Then why didn't you make the opt-in default like Signal and WhatsApp? :-)

They are hopping on for endorsements, election funds, and votes from his followers.