For companies that own, Low occupancy = asset write downs = higher cost of capital.

Nothing new about doing the bare minimum to get paid at a job while quietly searching for a new job.

I had luck and opportunity to ride the cloud computing wave and it carried me into software development and distributed analytics systems, from a B.A degree in business. 20 years of lateral moves up to Sr. Level, but never outside of IC, yet.

I daydream about turning my DIY skills into some type of construction trades business while I am physically able. Or testing the waters with software consulting.

Manager role is not appealing working for someone else's company although just like construction trades, being an apprentice in that role is probably going to be the best way to learn it. I dread the meetings and politics and employee reviews. But if I really want to run my own business, at some my point I may need to be a manager on someone else's payroll. Even if just for a year.

Which is the correct usage of the term?

A lot of these companies that originally had open standards formed with huge amounts of VC money and they prioritized growth over everything else. Then when they reached a certain scale, investors valued profitability and they slowly squeezed and monetized users until all of those open standards features were gone.

Low occupancy means balance sheet write downs, and higher cost of capital.

Congrats on being in recovery. 400+ days myself. Also drank a lot in college but didn't have parents pressuring me. They looked the other way.

The information paradox is closer to us than we think!

Joking aside, another perspective on practical use is all of the technology and research advanced that have spun out of black hole research. Multi-messenger astronomy for example. We can point a telescope at the sky where two black holes merged.

Saúde! (I don't drink anymore but cheers with my Brazilian coffee!)

The tech will keep shrinking and the cost will come down. We are still in the early adopter phase.

Owners tinkering with ICE vehicles was and is a thing and I don't see how an electric power train makes that too much different.

Open standards and data formats would be a good middle ground to help avoid the type of problem with Fisker "unable" to migrate to a different provider. Although I wish that vehicles did not have to phone home to the mother ship at all.

It saddens me how easily someone with money and influence can elevate themselves to a quasi religious figure.

In reality, this vision you speak of is more like the blind leading the blind.