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by matwood 3mo ago
> Generally when I was there there was a presumption of trust. The reality is, there has to be. And, if you can't trust someone then don't work with them. I was talking to an amazing lawyer/business person I know one day a
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by matwood 3mo ago
> most people would murder and kill if there weren't any consequences to doing so Citation needed. There are a lot of ways I can improve as a person, but I can promise you I am not and not ever been a murderer or killer regardless o
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by matwood 3mo ago
Gate to gate (if the plane door is closed) wifi has been a thing for most (all?) of the US airlines for awhile. Delta's wifi is ok, but I routinely have issues. It could be a combination of older technology on the plane and worse satel
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by matwood 3mo ago
> I don't understand the huge upside for Starlink outside of Africa or India You just said it yourself: > Then, only months later, but after years of planning: Starlink is no replacement for fiber, but even all across the EU and
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by matwood 3mo ago
I feel similarly. For example, when I see wind farms it gives me hope that we are moving towards more sustainable fuels. It also makes me feel like I've lived long enough to see the future. With that said, I think we should have honest
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by matwood 3mo ago
This is the same logic Trump used to fight a wind farm put in off the coast of one of his golf courses.
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by matwood 3mo ago
I lived in the southern US for a long time. Any office I ever worked in would send everyone home if the AC was broken in the summer.
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by matwood 3mo ago
Yeah, it's about requirements. The Ukraine war has shown that fast-iterating MVPs are better in many battlefield situations. The saying that militaries end up preparing for the prior war instead of the next, comes to mind.
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by matwood 3mo ago
> visibility by congress tends to be a very bureaucratic process See also SpaceX vs. NASA. No way would NASA have been allowed to blow up as many rockets as SpaceX did to finally get to their working solution.
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by matwood 3mo ago
He hates wind turbines because he simply doesn't like how they look, and couldn't stop them next to one of his golf courses. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15l3knp4xyo
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by matwood 3mo ago
Sure, steel is important to keep in a country for many reasons. It doesn't mean tariffs are the most effective way to meet that goal.
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by matwood 3mo ago
You forgot education in your list, which the current administration is also at odds with.
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by matwood 3mo ago
https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economics/2025/trumps-ta... Steel tariffs are calculated to cost ~$900k per job saved. It also makes all other industries in the US that use steel less competitive in the g
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by matwood 3mo ago
The US economy has been one of the best performing economies ever, which has been great for the country overall. Deeper economic ties with other super powers is also a pretty good at keeping the peace. While there are some specific issues,
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by matwood 3mo ago
Exactly, it's like that old anti-drug commercial from the 90s where the dad asks the son where he learned to smoke pot or whatever and son retorts, "I learned it from watching you!"
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by matwood 4mo ago
> I can dig out my dad’s old records and play them and pass them onto my children. What if you lost or otherwise destroyed/damaged the record, should you still have access through some other means or be forced to buy it again?
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by matwood 4mo ago
> consumer freedom remains Not really. As long as it's clear that everything is a rental, consumers are free to go along or not. Physical media offering near-permanent storage is also relatively new. 8-tracks, cassettes, and even CD
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by matwood 4mo ago
> They'll just say "this is a 5-year rental" and that'll be it. And that's ok since everyone will understand the deal going in. Consumers can decide if it's worth paying the price for a 5 year rental or not.
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by matwood 4mo ago
> Everywhere grid scale solar goes, expensive new transmission lines follow. How is this different than any other power generation install?
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by matwood 4mo ago
It has it's own wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_California
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by matwood 4mo ago
Because of the power CA has, many of the regulations they pass around health and safety end up benefiting other states because it's cheaper to simply implement it nationwide.
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by matwood 4mo ago
Correct. In theory, Sony should have warranted that they have the rights to sell the thing the way they sold it. If they didn't have the rights to sell a movie perpetually, then that's on them.
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by matwood 4mo ago
> national suicide Why do you think that? The same thing was said about the Chinese, Italians, Polish, etc... when they all came here. Instead they helped make the country what it is today. I also don't see anyone arguing for open b
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by matwood 4mo ago
It's not that it's hard, it's that it requires a large up-front investment. The last time prices were higher, some made that investment, prices cratered and many companies never recovered the investment/went out of busin
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by matwood 4mo ago
Yep, and it’s still worth it for a multitude of reasons. Business formation is easy in the US, and taxes are generally lower than other places. Current administration not withstanding, most people don’t want to leave once they get to the US
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by matwood 4mo ago
A fourth alternative is to leave, and a fifth is to not start a company at all. Now you understand why the USA deploys 3-4x the amount of VC capital compared to the EU. And prior to the current administration, entrepreneurs mostly wanted to
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by matwood 4mo ago
You don't have to listen to Steve Kerr. Every back doctor I have seen has said the same thing - surgery is the absolute last resort. I was fortunate that the epidurals worked for me, because it was the worst pain I have ever felt.
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by matwood 4mo ago
The soft power the US has lost will take a generation or more to rebuild if it's ever rebuilt.
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by matwood 4mo ago
> Do these books/seminars actually teach you something new about being married or a father, that you didn't know before? Maybe you were born with all the knowledge necessary to be a good father/husband, but I certainly was
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by matwood 4mo ago
Buying access to POTUS pays off. Who knew?!

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