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There's a lot of the middle ground between "median income" and "$10 million per year". There are stories in the web about people who struggle to make ends meet on $400-500k income, because of "lifestyle inflation": big house, expensive clothes, eating out in fancy restaurants, exotic vacations - those people would pay tons of VAT tax :)

For people who actually make $10 million per year, and do not pay much in VAT, there are still better ways to tax them than the income tax (which they can avoid with some tax optimization scheme), like property taxes, or capital gain tax.

It's Apple approach to market segmentation: you want more than 1 external monitor? Buy macbook pro with M1/M2 Pro/Max, for a $1000 more.

The problem is, if a man hit all these points there's really no reason for him to form a relationship with a woman. Ideal state for a man is being single and having series of one night stands :) Relationships are for those who have trouble attracting women and once they succeed they want to keep their "prey" forever. /s

That is severely outdated number, please take a look at market cap from today:

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TSM

it is $454B

They can pay with:

1. Bank loans

2. Apple stocks

Completely doable.

Why stop at genetic defects? Just abolish the whole modern medicine: let the sick people die, so only the strongest, most immune survive. Do we really want to live in the world like that?

I live in the EU, understand how it works, and that's why I hate it, and I want my country out of it ASAP :)

I had a good laugh when one of my previous employers tried to solve that with an Outlook plugin. You know what that plugin did? It scheduled half-hour meetings to be 25 minutes long, and 1h meetings to be 50 minutes long. It was actually advertised as a "feature": "Never be late for your next meeting" :)

First of all, clinical trials are typically longer and more thorough than you imagine, they span years. The fact that COVID vaccines were fast-tracked gives people wrong idea about it.

Secondly, even after the product hits the market the company is still responsible for tracking any possible adverse effects. They have a hotline where a patient or doctor can report it, and every single employee or contractor (including receptionists, cleaning staff, etc.) is taught to report such events through proper internal channels if they accidentaly learn about them.

The money you spend to buy a stock does not go to the company issuing it (with exception of the IPO), so you're not really helping them in any way.

I wonder if the fact that we have much lower oxygen content now than 100-50 millions years ago might be a factor here. Also, the fact that despite "climate change" we are living in one of the coolest periods in Earth's history: https://www.climate.gov/media/11332

1. Yes, businesses exist to make money, but if they can't provide good enough service then they will soon be out of business.

2. Revenue is how much money company can spend on various things, they just need to prioritize which things are the most important for them. Facebook obviously do not prioritize customer support.

3. Recent layoffs mean then now have more free cash to hire support people :)

Actually, rural Europe is the place that will benefit from it: EU has been subsidizing photovoltaic installations on single family homes for like a decade now, and switching to EV makes most sense to people that can easily produce their own electricity. It's people in cities that will be forced to compete for limited charging stations that will suffer.

Don't see how that contradicts anything GP said. "Aging bad, genetic diseases worse" - that's the gist of the disscussion here.

What it tells you about the Department of Defense is that dating someone outside of your own circle brings a lot of scrutiny (who is this girl you're dating? You're sure she's not a Russian/Chinese spy?), so DoD workers prefer in-breeding.

> The sensor stacks the actual AV players use are worth more than a vehicle.

Not sure about that. LIDAR prices dropped to 1-2k USD.

Well, Raptor Lake processors released recently are quite good, and it seems that Intel's EUV manufacturing processes will be ready this year. I think Intel has a chance to catch up with, or even surpass TSMC in the next couple years.

Reminds me of Mozart using dice rolls to compose his waltzes :)

Netflix allows you to down vote the content with "Not for me" (thumb down) option. Then it stops suggesting it. The sneaky part is that the option itself is hidden a bit, under "thumb up" button (which expands to three different options if you hover your mouse over it), so I guess we've found another dark pattern :)

You can always expand AI as "Artificial Idiocy"

No, it is not illegal, who told you that? There are Polish historians working on documenting everything that happened during the World War II, no one restricts them in any way.

Neither Mormons nor Jehovas Witnesses are considered Christians.

Found one in Poland as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_Chapel

EDIT: and in Portugal https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/story-...

And in Czech Republic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedlec_Ossuary

And in Peru: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_and_Convent_of_San_Fr...

And another list with 40 entries: https://www.atlasobscura.com/lists/definitive-guide-to-ossua...

You ignore the fact that DEI people aren't after equality, they are after revenge.

I would add team sports: basketball, soccer, etc. I do not know how much of a social person OP is, but having peers counting on you to show up adds extra motivation.

Yes, God forbid that people have savings and be able to survive hard times by themselves, we should all be neck deep in debt, and rely on our wonderful government to take care of us. Financial independence makes you a public enemy and potential terrorist. /s

But that does not take into account VC-powered startups, like Uber, which never turned profit in their history, so that 500k-1M compensations for ICs are directly financed by VC money, which is unsustainable. I think that's what GP meant: the "superpower" to raise VC money is waning, and Sillicon Valey unicorns need to start operating like any other company, hence the layoffs.

One man's "illegal hiring discrimination" is another man's "social justice" /s

Actually, seems like one of the reasons for Brexit was ability to do even more surveillance and other totalitarian practices without EU interfering. Not surprising given the fact that UK is one of the Five Eyes.

Most humans are not capable of exactly reproducing previously seen work even on purpose. Every human artist has unique style that shows even when they try to imitate. That's why perfect forgery is a form of art in itself :)