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I personally miss Snowden's revelations so much. Such a brave soul! He should keep doing what he does best and never stop. It's sad that we have not heard any new revelations from him for a long time, though. Any ideas why he stopped?

I'm not sure if it's sarcasm or something, but Snowden essentially lives in exile from his home as the US government would like to punish him for exposing the secrets of the US government spying on everyone. Not sure what new revelations could come from him.

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Snowden is currently more or less trapped in Russia, and therefore unable to expose overreach of authoritarian governments without immediately fearing for his life.

The US has lots of issues but at least it doesn't toss you out a window when you cross Fearless Leader. Maybe you get ICE'd, but Russia's kill rate of people Putin doesn't like is 1000x Trump.


> at least [the US] doesn't toss you out a window when you cross Fearless Leader.

Well, not yet anyway:

> Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/dhs-anti-ice-s...


The "race condition" bug that did not allow the CEO to answer the call from the CTO was hilarious, though.


I fugure XCM must be cross country marathon, where 62km is the distance. But what is mD? Difference in elevation in meters?


Wouldn't selling covered calls on Nvidia have been like selling a goose that lays golden eggs?


The ones that assign, yes. But nvidia pays like one cent per share in quarterly dividends so the real golden eggs are the call premiums. Otherwise you're just trying to buy the goose low and sell it high.


ROTH IRA contributions have to be from earned income, though. The rest of the advice is of the same quality, imho. Beware!


Yeah, that was covered, it was an entrepreneurship class so one of the first things we learned was how to start an LLC and pay ourselves at least enough to get the EIC and to make sure we had enough years to qualify for Medicare. I remember one of the examples was about how Donald Trump licenses his signature and pays himself a royalty everytime he uses it or something similar.


Wasn't it a self-driving car project first and foremost not just an EV? It was the self-driving part that was not working.


Is Crimea on "this big hex grid" or not? If not, why not?


Starlink is prohibited for use in Crimea because of US sanctions against Russia, and not because "Musk turned Starlink off during a Ukrainian attack".


Well, per other comments, Starlink terminals apparently do work in Russia.

And Musk did exactly that per numerous reports. Given his erratic behavior since around 2018, it's not hard to believe. The other day he was literally threatening to stop Dragon launches for NASA.


"per other comments" Lol.

The geoblocks are quite hard. The only situation where Russians have managed to use them for a short while is when they've managed to capture a terminal, and it hasn't been cut off because it's been unclear who was in control of it, and Ukranians benefit more of them as they've built a lot of things and process around them as it such a massive battlefield advantage if used right.

>Given his erratic behavior it's not hard to believe

Congratulations, you've managed to slip in to a sea of misinformation and media spin. Place a check on this in 5 years, these things tend to be silently put under the rug. It's like you're saying it wouldn't be a surprise if all future Falcon 9 rockets just blew up because they've done so at testing and because Starship does so too. Learn some distinction.


Well, you are denying facts and obvious things, e.g. Musk's erratic behaviour. It's a waste of time to talk to you. Bye!


>Starlink terminals apparently do work in Russia

This isn't possible unless they are hacked and are at the border.

No one is using Starlink in Moscow.


"No earth is flat, you're a globist ignoring obvious facts. Bye!"

I know more than you do. Go spread hate and misinformation somewhere else.


Because the US military/govt has a say in what US companies sell to foreign militaries and that's what the restrictions were at the time. Remember this was early on in the full invasion.


Starlink both in technology, availability and regulation angle is advancing so fast that saying "is it now" and "was it then" are quite different.

This is where the hex grid was previously on. Wayback machine doesn't seem to work as it's a web app https://www.starlink.com/map


This. It used to be that customer service agents in America were super helpful and would go an extra mile for you. Not any more, dealing with customer service is just a lot of pain, and often a waste of time.

As an example, let's say you have a problem with Windows. Would you rather ask AI for help or a human support agent on the microsoft's website?


Well, somebody has to HODL the bag at the end. Why not the taxpayers?


Better yet, why not AMERICAN tax payers. I (non American) would be extremely happy for trump to pump BTC price so that I can sell my crypto at a 50x win. Thanks !


It's pretty common in third world countries.


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