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Perhaps you hadn’t heard he was the second biggest donor for the 2022 elections. Might be spicy.

“Bankman-Fried contributed more than $70 million to election campaigns in less than 18 months, placing him among the nation’s top political donors. He personally gave at least $40 million to politicians and political action committees ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, mostly to Democrats and liberal-leaning groups, making him the second overall top donor to Democrats, only behind George Soros, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.”

https://time.com/6241262/sam-bankman-fried-political-donatio...


His prospects of achieving even a fraction of his prior earnings in the future are exceedingly slim. Even under the assumption that he manages to avoid conviction on all counts, he will unquestionably be prohibited from assuming any director or officer role within a company ever again.

Should you hold the view that politicians are entirely self-serving and akin to human cockroaches, there's minimal justification for endorsing him or expending even an iota of political capital on him moving forward. Conversely, there's ample incentive to distance oneself from him at present while fervently attempting to retain possession of the funds he has already contributed.

Formerly an asset, he has now transformed into nothing more than a liability that can be side-stepped by just feigning ignorance and maintaining distance.


That's already public knowledge though, what further benefit is there from killing him


It seems like you’re trying to get the tail to wag the dog. Ask yourself what your greatest good is, and order your life towards that.


Because if you’re wise you don’t worship money.


The electromagnetic sensors under the road for traffic lights also mess with AM reception in my non-electric car. Which in a city is a non-trivial amount of time.


Now I'm planning to try am radio next time I'm driving my car alone


Jitsi Meet


We're good friends with the Jitsi guys, and I have worked with Jitsi for many years now.

Here is a interview I did of Emil Ivov, the founder of the Jitsi project:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nODpF8JjHE


Big fans! Jitsi powers a large part of our backend.


I can’t wait for spoofed messages from my loved ones.


The scam via voicemail possibilities are endless!


I like how much thought went behind this post. I think it can be very useful to anyone looking to start in the kitchen.

However, it really doesn’t resonate with me. I was hoping to get some extra tips for min/maxing my kitchen time or some tasty slow cooker recipes. Perhaps a recipe for a macro and micro nutrient rich smoothie with minimal ingredients.


I don’t?


Really? Most Americans I know require everything spelt out to the last cupful. And where else could things like https://soylent.com/ ever have gained a foothold?


Huel is big in Europe. It’s basically the same deal as soylent.


I’m also interested. What’s your latitude and do you get sun often?


I live in San Francisco. There's plenty of sun, I don't spend an awful lot of time outside though, and especially not uncovered or without adequate sun screen to protect my tattoos and my skin (skin cancer sadly runs in the family)


Why? Southeastern Wisconsin has a decent amount of manufacturing and Kenosha specifically used to be a car manufacturing powerhouse as well as beds. So I assume this is more of a comment on Foxconn not following through on their end of the bargain.


Foxconn’s model of business, industry, and logistics just don’t jive with the region, at least not intuitively to me. And of all things Foxconn could conceivably manufacture in the US, LCDs seem like the least economical option for them.


Well, we already manufactured in Wisconsin a lot of the stuff you need for an LCD panel. 3M Menominee makes the light diffuser (Vicuiti) film that a lot of the top end LCD makers used, Wisconsin up until 2008 had one of the top flex circuit facilities in the US ( 3M Eau Claire). TTMI in Chippewa Falls has one of the most advanced printed circuit board making facilities (built by Cray Research/SGI). I was no fan of the Foxconn plan. Wisconsin has enough smart people and know how to have done it themselves without a Taiwanese assembly shop. Pretty soon, making LCDs will be like making cheese. Just order the cheese making machines and go to work. If we don't have the smart people here (like Seymour Cray, Mark Andraesen etc) we get them from nearby states (Gene Amdahl, PhD UW Madison). Just call up Nikon, order the machines and go to work.


> Just call up Nikon, order the machines and go to work.

If it's that simple and straight-forward then in your opinion why hasn't this been done yet?


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