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New comment by greedo in "How to earn a billion dollars"

greedo — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 22:44:17 +0000

Are you familiar at all with how China has "encouraged" people from farming communities to work in factories?

New comment by greedo in "How to earn a billion dollars"

greedo — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 21:29:19 +0000

"most qualified to do so"

Yes, us poors should be reminded that our bettors will create the means blah blah blah.

You know who funded Arpanet? How the transistor was developed? On and on, taxpayers funded it. And now we have leeches acting like teenagers who think they invented sex.

New comment by greedo in "How to Earn a Billion Dollars"

greedo — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:24:29 +0000

Of course he's not addressing what AoC said. That wasn't the purpose of his propaganda. Just as so many billionaires are panicking about potential wealth taxes etc, so too is PG.

This is no different than any of the Thiel/Musk/Bezos propaganda that's been swirling around as they realize that the natives are getting a bit restless and mentions of guillotines become more common on social media. And they look at the UHC CEO's murder and wonder just how safe they really are.

New comment by greedo in "How do you design a $30k electric pickup? Inside Ford's skunkworks"

greedo — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:01:34 +0000

Sorry, but this is a crock.

1. Seat belts - pretty sound investment. 2. Air Bags - excellent investment. 3. Crumple zones - outstanding investment. 4. ABS - outstanding investment. 5. Backup cameras - not worth the money if you don't value the lives of small kids. 6. Lane sensors - pretty handy, especially as your reflexes start to slow with age.

Why aren't performance improvements scrutinized the same way? How often are huge trucks given a pass despite never having anything in their truckbeds?

New comment by greedo in "How do you design a $30k electric pickup? Inside Ford's skunkworks"

greedo — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:58:28 +0000

I know it's anecdata, but the number of high-speed crashes in my college-town are amazing. You have a 45mph zone, people routinely speed 5-10 over that and boom, dramatic crashes.

New comment by greedo in "Apple WWDC 2026"

greedo — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:58:49 +0000

And how many parents are watching a WWDC presentation?

New comment by greedo in "Siri AI"

greedo — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:53:04 +0000

The stock market is notorious for dropping on almost any Apple conference or announcement.

A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Data Center

greedo — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:14:29 +0000

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/farmer-donates-la...

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446439

Points: 490

# Comments: 540

Colonies on Mars require more than engineering

greedo — Sun, 31 May 2026 15:18:29 +0000

Article URL: https://selenianboondocks.com/2026/05/colonial-social-structures/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48346393

Points: 5

# Comments: 2

New comment by greedo in "Leo's first encyclical attacks technological messianism"

greedo — Sun, 31 May 2026 01:06:37 +0000

I'm not saying the encyclical is advocating for the Butlerian Jihad, but that we're inevitably heading towards one.

New comment by greedo in "Leo's first encyclical attacks technological messianism"

greedo — Sat, 30 May 2026 13:25:48 +0000

Frank Herbert was prophetic.

New comment by greedo in "Private equity bought America's essential services"

greedo — Thu, 28 May 2026 02:28:29 +0000

Barnes and Noble seems to be doing well with their PE ownership. Definitely better than the last few decades of Len Riggio's reign.

New comment by greedo in "The real cost of owning a home"

greedo — Tue, 26 May 2026 21:24:01 +0000

Moving every 2-5 years sounds like one of the rings of Hell from Dante.

New comment by greedo in "How to convert between wealth and income tax"

greedo — Sat, 23 May 2026 21:25:14 +0000

I think he must have relayed the tale to you incorrectly. Stock options aren't taxed until you exercise them. Been this way since 1969.

Restricted stock is taxed at vesting, unless you choose to be taxed when they're granted to you. Ditto since 1969.

RSUs are taxed at vesting/settlement as ordinary income. This was pretty much the case since 1969 as well, but fully confirmed in 2009.

New comment by greedo in "How to convert between wealth and income tax"

greedo — Sat, 23 May 2026 19:47:31 +0000

So your friend had a large taxable event occur, ignored any advice that such tax event would persist over the tax year, and failed to act at any time to address his tax shortfall. Sounds like he had a shit tax/financial advisor. And to consume all of his net worth etc, the number of options that vested must have been quite large.

Not going to be sympathetic to someone YOLO'ing their compensation/taxes.