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New comment by dopamean in "US banks' exposure to private credit hits $300B (2025)"

dopamean — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:16:37 +0000

you're the only person replying to comments on this post that seems to know what they're talking about. what do you do for a living?

New comment by dopamean in "It's not finance, it's your pensions"

dopamean — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:16:26 +0000

being rich is pretty great almost anywhere in the world including the nordic countries. it's only "better" in america if you value having a huge gap between you and the poorest people in the country.

New comment by dopamean in "Reid Hoffman: Silicon Valley can't be neutral any longer"

dopamean — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 21:03:53 +0000

Not only did they want it some of them are literally profiting from it. And the ones who aren't yet profiting are trying to.

New comment by dopamean in "Reid Hoffman: Silicon Valley can't be neutral any longer"

dopamean — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 21:02:45 +0000

I tend to agree. In this version of "neutrality" we'd have to believe that if MAGA is defeated in the not too distant future (whatever that means) that these people in Silicon Valley would flip to the other side. There's just no way.

New comment by dopamean in "Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app"

dopamean — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:54:55 +0000

The board could argue that it's damaging to the company's brand and long term bottom dollar to charge such usurious fees and fire the CEO for taking such a harsh stance with app developers.

New comment by dopamean in "Amazon closing its Fresh and Go stores"

dopamean — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:13:20 +0000

I honestly thought they closed them alreay.

New comment by dopamean in "Apple Creator Studio"

dopamean — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:00:25 +0000

This is such a strange way to think about what was done. Rather than just being happy they kept the pay once option and saying that's good you're imagining critics who how Apple can "shut them down."

New comment by dopamean in "Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros"

dopamean — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:11:13 +0000

And netflix has ads now.

New comment by dopamean in "Loose wire leads to blackout, contact with Francis Scott Key bridge"

dopamean — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 22:14:53 +0000

Thanks for this comment!

New comment by dopamean in "Loose wire leads to blackout, contact with Francis Scott Key bridge"

dopamean — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 21:49:54 +0000

I know a little about planes and nothing about ships so maybe this is crazy but it seems to me that if you're moving something that large there should be redundant systems for steering the thing.

New comment by dopamean in "Lee Felsenstein"

dopamean — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:38:00 +0000

This is so cool. How lucky to have such a close experience to that scene. I'm jealous.

New comment by dopamean in "Poker fraud used X-ray tables, high-tech glasses and NBA players"

dopamean — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 17:03:51 +0000

I can tell you right now that the kinds of dudes who play high level college ball and then go on to play professional ball were not hustling as kids. Many did grow up in unfortunate circumstances (this is less true as the years go on) however their talents generally were identified early and the track they were on was pretty clear.

I think the simpler answer is that some people are especially poor at risk vs reward analysis. Others enjoy the thrill of getting away with something. It's been 30+ years since Chauncey Billups has had to worry about money. I think your point about friends around them is very fair though. Lots of these guys have hangers on with their hands out and despite making lots of money in their careers they cant just give cash to everyone. So I can imagine them thinking "hey place a bet on my under for the next game because I'm going to go out early" seems like a low risk, not so evil way to put a few dollars in a friend's pocket.

New comment by dopamean in "I Test Drove a Flying Car. Get Ready, They're Here"

dopamean — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:33:28 +0000

Super late to this but I'd take bipedal bots. That's not to say I'm particularly bullish on that idea though. Seems like it might be simpler to build purpose built robots for specific tasks. They'd probably be faster.

New comment by dopamean in "I Test Drove a Flying Car. Get Ready, They're Here"

dopamean — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:20:37 +0000

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that there's basically no chance that flying cars become a meaning part of life in America in my lifetime (I just turned 40).

New comment by dopamean in "HCP Vault Secrets End of Life"

dopamean — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:25:26 +0000

Unfounded conspiracy theory.

New comment by dopamean in "Apple Debuts iPhone 16e"

dopamean — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:29:43 +0000

ultra wide band

New comment by dopamean in "Boom XB-1 First Supersonic Flight [video]"

dopamean — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:10:03 +0000

Over the US during the day at any moment I'd say at least 5,000. Probably not more than 10? Not sure about the rest of the world. For Europe I'd guess probably half of that. Not sure about Asia, SA, and Africa though.

I wonder how many routes there are that would actually be well served by supersonic aircraft.

New comment by dopamean in "Boom XB-1 First Supersonic Flight [video]"

dopamean — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 12:51:46 +0000

Nothing I’ve read or heard has made me believe there’s a market for supersonic airliner. This is very cool for sure but I don’t know how they’ll ever sell a full size passenger jet. I guess I’ll believe it when I see it.

New comment by dopamean in "Meta's Mark Zuckerberg explores purchase of Washington DC property"

dopamean — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:21:49 +0000

I feel like this is a damning statement this about the current political environment. Someone like Zuck thinks it is a useful to his company if he spends a significant amount of time away from it in DC dealing with political things. I'd imagine most people would agree that CEOs should be focused on the act of running their businesses rather than managing political situations.

New comment by dopamean in "Contribution of childhood lead exposure to psychopathology in the US"

dopamean — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:01:23 +0000

There's a great QAA Podcast episode about it.