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I hope you stay as humble as you have been. But you're my personal hero. It is just incredible what you have done for the world.

You should let readers rate the articles. This way readers new to the site can read the best ones first and get a good impression.

It’s sad that there is little space for nuanced, intellectual discourse. Tribalism and polarisation rule.

I am not saying what he is doing right now isn't rational. I think it's totally rational. He now has the chance of lowering the price or even abandoning the deal.

(I just don't believe him regarding the bots. He always knew bots are a problem and likely under-reported.)

On another note, isn't it amazing how well Twitter hides its advanced search functionality? I still don't understand if it is incompetence or deliberate.

I admire Elon Musk as a visionary and engineer.

But here, I think, he is just trying to get out of the deal.

The high percentage of bots was exactly the reason why he wanted to buy Twitter in the first place. Because removing the bots would have been a relatively straight-forward way of increasing Twitter's valuation. IIRC he even tweeted about it.

[See my clarification below in a comment]

Does anyone know what happens to call warrants in this case?

I have some 48 USD call warrants. I was surprised to see them crash in value today. They showed some really weird behaviour.

How can you still write nonsense like this: "Musk used massive government subsidies to produce a small number of luxury electric cars for wealthy people"?

Yeah, but statements like this one really make me cringe: "I can find every bug in any program I write" (from: https://danodowd.com/).

No, you cannot. Unless you define bug as something syntactical.

His website makes him look like a narcissist.

Dan O’Dowd's campaign is dishonest. One can criticise Tesla's Autopilot and even self-driving in general. But then do it honestly.

"Free speech absolutism is possible and is beneficial [once ...]"

I hope you know what free speech absolutism entails. I don't think your statement is true at all.

Absolute (really, absolute and complete) free speech would allow companies to lie about the efficacy of medication, lie about the ingredients of products, permit lying under oath, allow libel, insults, threats of violence etc. I am not sure I want that. I prefer clear, written rules for that.

Fellow German here, that is a very good summary. It's sometimes hard to convey the complexity of the situation to foreigners.

I would love to see a page on your website where you compare yourselves (in a fair and transparent way) to the best plant that does the same thing. I am not knowledgeable in the field. But there will be some algae or mangroves that get CO2 out of the air.

I would love to see that comparison. Incl. the aspect that the plant does not need to be repaired, multiplies on its own, etc.

I missed a v-if in react/JSX. My code is so hard to read in JSX.

That is a ton of effort that went into a free service. What is your plan for huemint?

Rogan conducted research?

I could not derive from the article that they are shady. All it said is that they receive money from National Endowment for Democracy, just as Thomson Reuters Foundation. I am not sure why this is shady per se. Maybe you can explain?

Bellingcat was crucial in identifying the Tiergarten killer and the corresponding researcher was invited to court as a witness[1].

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/15/germany-convic...

zerforschung.org does an amazing job!

They have also recently analyzed Djokovic's test certificate: https://zerforschung.org/posts/djokovic-pcr-test-en/

Stuff like that is super interesting. I love this investigative journalism. Another one I find captivating is: https://www.bellingcat.com/

The name Blizzard is still magical to me. As the maybe 15-year old playing Warcraft II and drawing strategies on a piece of paper. I don't play computer games anymore. But it was magical.

The patent system is so broken.

Link to book website: https://nnfs.io/

Link to one video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo5dMEP_BbI

I agree. I really like his vulnerable, authentic content. He does not come across as a know-it-all but as someone who is genuinely curious about the world.

No.

A better title could have avoided this simple answer.

You're really testing the boundaries of Hanlon's razor here. Some verbal disarmament would be good.

That's the reason I don't invest in Facebook/Meta. It appears to be an immoral company at the core.

Unlike coal, lithium does not get burned or used up. At least in principle, it can be recycled.

Can I recommend Mochi (https://www.mochi.cards/)? This is the tool I use to learn.

(I am not affiliated in any way apart from being a happy user)

That was my impression. Which makes me doubt the concept again. Operating social platforms costs money.

I like the idea. How do you finance yourself? Could not see a business model in the FAQs.