He got into working satellite internet before everyone else

Satellite internet has existed before Starlink. What’s novel about starlink is that the satellites are much closer to earth, which allows for a low ping, but comes at the cost of needing to replace the satellites every few years, as they’ll deorbit by themselves, and needing a whole lot more of them. It only offers an advantage over cheaper alternatives (terrestrial internet or satellite internet in geostationary orbit) when you’re somewhere without proper infrastructure, and those areas tend to not be wealthy. So, the question is, is there enough demand to pay for replacing the entire constellation of satellites every few years?

He’s kinda like Hindenburg in that regard. Though Hitler was a lot more efficient than Trump is now.

I’m in favor of a land value tax. See Georgism.

People claim to be effective altruists when they can’t claim that they’re altruists.

Not so fun fact: Gun suicides are far more common than any other type of gun related death. Having a gun in the house is a big risk factor for suicide.

Yeah, that is a problem.

And thanks for the compliment.

Well, if Grace is already well known, then her public key should be available.

Bob would have to know and trust Grace beforehand. Grace could be the IRS, for example. The idea here being to have somebody who already knows your age vouch for your age.

We could just make the middle man somebody who already needs that information, e.g. the IRS.

Here’s my idea: Bob gives Alice a token, assigning her an unique random number n. Alice goes to Grace and tells her, “Somebody assigned me number n, can you verify that I’m allowed?” Grace then writes: “User n is allowed, signed Grace”. Alice then takes this letter and shows it to Bob. Bob now knows that Alice is allowed, but nothing else. Grace only knows that somebody wanted to know that Alice is allowed, not who that somebody is.

Of note here: This system does nothing to protect against an allowed user helping a not allowed user to gain access, but I don’t think it’s possible to protect against traitorous users.

Raping teens instead of kids is just as heinous.

I thought the government was shut down?

Because back then, the fastest way to get a message from a to b was to send a guy with a 🐎.

Why do these people who think nazis are funny and epic always look like people the actual nazis would have forcibly sterilized?

I kinda feel like the uncertainty principle is the 🐘 in the room whenever it comes to 🧠 uploading.

This is going to end up with the US defaulting, isn’t it?

“3-n-r-1-c-H- -4-n-7-h-r-4-X- -5-p-0-r-3-s” Or something similar, probably.

I thought those don’t get saved? 🤔 I wonder why I never actually believed that?

Eh, the people around Putin know that they have better odds of maintaining their lives and fortune when no nukes fly.

People have the right to leave the country they are in, or return to the country they’re a citizen of. No other country has to let you in.