As penance we should infill said hole with San Francisco. Pretty much fits with room to spare.

I doubt that he needed a VISA. Check his profile, and how connected he is through his dad.

Yes, but it’s death by a thousand cuts. I encourage you to see how much BS space is taken up by iMovie or Live Photos or whatever on your iPhone. If every team at Apple wants their percentage you end up with less.

iMovie isn't installed by default, and live photos are an option at least. Apple Intelligence requires ripping out with sketchy scripts.

Do you often go peering into the mouths of gift horses?

Absolutely!

People giving you money often want something in return. If the something is unstated, be very suspicious. For $3B you could be giving them something priceless - your reputation, independence, or merely your soul. Big numbers tend to blind people; the bigger the number the more wary you should be.

The most fundamental negotiating advice is that you should always be willing and able to walk away from the deal. 'No' is always an option.

+1

Glad I wasn't the only one who noticed. Thought it was hilarious.

Takeaway:

>If we look at the number of foreign-born residents, the 2024 estimate was the highest in the Census Bureau’s series, which stretches back to 1850. So, on that measure, the 2024 figure was unprecedented.

Inclusive of legal/illegal.

Illegal immigration didn't really exist in 1850, nor even a meaningful Federal immigration policy beyond Congress statutorily setting the number of years of residency required to apply for citizenship, and of course limiting it to whites. The borders were open; border checkpoints and ports of entry were years away. People came, worked, and after several years applied for citizenship at the local state court house, attesting to the number of years they'd been here.

Federal immigration policy didn't really get going until the 1870s (notwithstanding some toothless laws passed in the 1860s), and IIRC it wasn't until the 1880s that the Federal government created ports of entry to process immigrants, including creating a system to reject immigrants.

I mention this because I think the ~20 year time lag between the first wave of large scale immigration and immigration becoming a major political issue, including the rise of anti-immigration sentiments and policies, is notable. Not necessarily for anything specific, just that it's interesting how history rhymes.

Timers. Easily >50% of these requests are people setting timers.

Pedant: there is no nobel for economics.

The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, often referred to as the Nobel Prize in Economics, is an award in the field of economic sciences administered by the Nobel Foundation…

Technically not a Nobel prize since it wasn't one of the original that Nobel created, it was created much later.

Anyone going to buy the Woz chardonnay?

General life rule: anytime you hear anyone trying to sell you on utopia, run for the nearest exit.