Mantergeistmann
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Mantergeistmann
53m ago
Presumably, a billionaire only has to fail one, not both, of those to be "unethical." Either they became a billionaire via unethical means, or, having become one, they then proceed to behave unethically.
Mantergeistmann
2hr ago
Ha. Fair call out on me for not bothering to click through the link.
Mantergeistmann
2hr ago
Presumably for IPOs, there's some sort of delay before they get plugged into the indices? Or is it immediate as soon as the opening bell rings (for the ones including it)?
Mantergeistmann
5hr ago
Yeah, I was thinking much more of the interpretation that the initial reading-taking.
Mantergeistmann
7hr ago
Didn't Ben and Jerries have to get rid of their 10x rule for CEO after they were unable to find anyone qualified for the role who was also willing to take that salary?
Mantergeistmann
7hr ago
I wonder how its radiological abilities compare to ultrasonic nondestructive testing analysis? Seems like a similar field, and I believe it was getting touted for the latter as well.
Mantergeistmann
10hr ago
I have a hunch that the "people claiming there are no ethical billionaires" and "people who think Rowling is unethical (being a TERF)" is a venn diagram that's pretty close to a circle.
Mantergeistmann
14hr ago
... what? Then what's the point of Jesus if there's no original sin? I admit to not having kept up with my theological studies lately, but why do those other Christians believe Jesus died if not "for our sins"? Is it just "the sins committed while alive, so therefore in theory a perfectly virtuous person would not need Jesus"?
Mantergeistmann
15hr ago
I can understand where theyre coming from, but it almost makes it into some kind of insane game show: "Okay, you're here for the screening? I'll just need you to sign here to acknowledge that at any point prior to seeing the results, you can abort no problems/no judgement, but once you see the results, if they have any negstive attributes, any abortion becomes morally unjustifiable - although if the screening says they'll be perfect. You can still abort at will. So keep the folder sealed until you're 100% sure you either want the child or are willing to be branded a Nazi to get rid of it!"
Mantergeistmann
15hr ago
How can you argue from Christianity and also argue the fetus is innocent? It has as much expected original sin as you do.
Innocent under the laws of man. As I understand it, nowhere in Christianity does it say "your neighbor (like yourself, and all people) has original sin, and therefore you should punish them".
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
For whatever reason, my gut feeling of my friends is that the ones who are most vocal about being pro-abortion are also the most vocal about being anti-screening. It seems like "abortions are no problem, unless you're doing so because the future child would have a disability". I guess it's reconcilable as being against dehumanizing people with disabilities?
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
we allow AI to choose our candidates for us because they can make far better and more informed decisions than the lumpen mass of the common people.
I mean, that is a tremendously low bar.
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
club promoter
Side note, but is this actually a job? Or just a fig leaf for payments? Like, what does a "club promoter" actually do? I can imagine a few legitimate things (put up flyers, social media programs, etc.), but I have a weird and baseless hunch none of what I'm thinking is what this fellow was doing.
Mantergeistmann
3d ago
Historically, weren't there societies that maintained a pretty significant distinction between the two parties in even a consensual interaction? Or is that just another pop history myth?
Mantergeistmann
3d ago
It's a pretty solid take, but one thing stands out as odd:
Since he's a true believer, I doubt he cares whether SpaceX suffers that much
By all accounts, isn't he also as much or moreso a true believer in space exploration, specifically trying to get to Mars?
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
Presumably there's something to do with the former Empire relationship.
Mantergeistmann
5d ago
I'm so dull that I use QQQM as my "fun speculation stock picking" minor percentage.
Mantergeistmann
5d ago
xAI is interesting but I have no idea if frontier models will be profitable and it’s going to burn a ton of cash.
If it were just SpaceX, I'd probably buy the IPO. The inclusion of xAI is what has me balking, for better or for worse.
Mantergeistmann
5d ago
I've never heard of cooking bacon in water in my life.
My Slovak grandmother taught me that the best way to cook the thick slanina bacon was to put it in the oven, in a dish with some water and black pepper, and I can absolutely vouch for the effectiveness of that method.
Mantergeistmann
6d ago
I know that 14th edition of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is considered peak, but it's not quite an encyclopedia (but should still be part of every household!)
Mantergeistmann
7d ago
Man, someone predicted and hated fanfiction.
Mantergeistmann
7d ago
I get asked, almost every day, where I'm from. By people talking to me in person too, mind you.
So far, people have told me I sound American, Canadian, Dutch, German and god knows what else. The standard consensus seems to be from exactly wherever they're not, so Americans wonder if I'm Canadian/European, and Europeans wonder if I'm from the other side of the pond.
... are you me? In my case, it's the result of years of speech therapy when I was young.
Mantergeistmann
7d ago
a story about a fox and, let's say (because I forget), a hare. They met up and recognized each other as martial artists. The hare bragged about how he knew a thousand techniques; he had a move for everything. The fox said, well, I only know one move, but I've practiced it a lot.
The version of that sort of fable I know is a fox and a hedgehog. The fox knows many tricks, but the hedgehog knows one great trick.
Mantergeistmann
7d ago
That interview reminds me of Ian Fleming's old article on writing:
I have a charming relative who is an angry young litterateur of renown. He is maddened by the fact that more people read my books than his. Not long ago we had semi-friendly words on the subject and I tried to cool his boiling ego by saying that his artistic purpose was far, far higher than mine. The target of his books was the head and, to some extent at least, the heart. The target of my books, I said, lay somewhere between the solar plexus and, well, the upper thigh. These self-deprecatory remarks did nothing to mollify him and finally, with some impatience and perhaps with something of an ironical glint in my eye, I asked him how he described himself on his passport.
“I bet you call yourself an ‘Author’,” I said. He agreed, with a shade of reluctance, perhaps because he scented sarcasm on the way. “Just so,” I said. “Well, I describe myself as a ‘Writer’. There are authors and artists, and then again there are writers and painters.”
This rather spiteful jibe, which forced him, most unwillingly, into the ranks of The Establishment, while stealing for myself the halo of a simple craftsman of the people, made the angry young man angrier than ever and I don’t now see him as often as I used to. But the point I wish to make is that if you decide to become a professional writer, you must, broadly speaking, decide whether you wish to write for fame, for pleasure or for money. I write, unashamedly, for pleasure and money.
SpaceX is only making a certain portion of their shares public, and they'll be weighted in the indices only on the public shares, not the entire amount.
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