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Normally “revenue vs profit” would be the missing link here. You make 6 billion, but pay out 5 billion. Total net is 1 billion. Getting 8x your yearly profit for your business is a reasonable price.

With onlyfans, they take a 20% cut, so the numbers above basically line up. They got paid 1.2 billion, and probably spent 200 million on operations as a giant video/media host.

I don’t know anyone at all who pays the use tax. I entirely forgot it was a thing.

It’s basically on the north side of the river that is the border between the states. Think 5min drive to enter the state, another 5-10min to Portland.

Diplomacy often means appearing to do one thing while actually doing another.

They smile and nod, get tariffs exemptions, then somehow never actually involve themselves in this shambles.

Vancouver, Washington. Its at the very south of Washington state, just a few minutes drive from the Oregon border and Portland. It’s almost intentionally confusing.

Because Washington has no state income tax but does have a high sales tax and Oregon has no sales tax, but a high income tax, its a “no taxes” hack to live in Vancouver, then work and shop in Oregon. Its also a dick move, as you get to Oregon across these large, expensive bridges you pay literally $0 dollars to maintain.

You basically leech off two states resources while paying very little into their coffers.

Microsoft confirmed to The Verge that it has implemented some form of email changes to reduce “politically focused emails” inside the company.

Geoguesser devs opted to work with Saudi Arabia against its communities wishes. The community, who produce most of the content for the game and have full rights to it, have opted to revoke that content. By doing so, they hope to make the devs realize through economic pressure that they should opt out of this event.

If I loan you my work and labor out of goodwill and you opt to dash that goodwill, then you lose my work and labor. I believe the ancient tomes call this “fuck around and find out.”

Seems very reasonable and straight forward.

“No justice, no peace” isn’t a slogan. It’s a cause and effect.

Androids RCS and most apps also work over wifi.

Vates is pretty chill, as is clear in the article. I think your point is well said, but Vates likes the “vibe” of FOSS, and is willing to take a bit on the chin to keep that energy internally. A bit of “turn the other cheek.” They also clearly enjoyed the whimsy and just straight panache of being ripped off in this manner for a while. Their company is doing well and growing rapidly from an excellent product, so I doubt the money mattered much.

Well, even Jesus started kicking ass at one point with the money lenders. It looks like they are getting there now.

Get a wireless charger if your phone supports it. It will likely be slower, but still work.

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Air fryers cooking speed isn’t because they are small, it’s because they produce a large amount of heat compared to their volume. Being small makes that cheaper and easier to do.

Toaster ovens/convection ovens can match the same affect, although most dont. Some, do.

Vates spun up xcp-ng off the xen hypervisor and created a great “vsphere” like management plane called xen orchestra. Its a fantastic hypervisor with vsan/built in backups/etc. With vmware self immoliating after selling to Broadcom, they are an ideal stand in for vmwares primary product. Their licensing costs are wildly reasonable, even before the vmware debacle.

They have gone from “a guy” to a 100 person company in the last few years while sticking by the FOSS ethic entirely. You can build the project from source, or even grab a few github scripts that build it for you. They have always been open and clear about letting you build it and use it however you like.

They know how to cut this abusive behaviour off. They are fully capable. They don’t want to use those tools, legal or technical, because it goes against the spirit of FOSS, even if it’s to stop someone else who is abusing the spirit of FOSS.

Being good people, they are using “name and shame” first, and are even so kind as to leave the “name” part out for now. I expect that they may make some changes down the line if the org, and maybe others playing this same game, dont play nicer.

I’m honestly happy with it. I’d recommend buying their latest model if you do opt for one, as they tend to make big improvements to lots of things each generation.

They just released a new folding bike if you’re interested in that.

At this point, I’m hoping they will put out a front loading cargo bike like urban arrow, except not for $7000. If they can swing it in the 2k or less range, ill buy another Lectric for sure.

Im a fan of Lectric ebikes. They pack a lot of features and quality into a rock bottom price, and seem to be in a good position as a company, so no sudden bankruptcy leaving you stranded like some brands recently.

I bought one of their ebikes, and was impressed at the overall quality. They do tend to use “generic” or “in house” bike components to likely save on spend, but nothing seems shoddy. My bike has a 750w motor and is a class 3, so it can and does hit 28mph smoothly and easily and has a 20-40 mile real world range.

I did have an issue with a leaky hydraulic brake line after storing it for a few months. I reached out to them about it, and they instantly mailed me a replacement brake and lever for free. That was nice, but as a counter point their “break replacement” video was for an entirely different model and was only about 70% applicable.

Some give and take to be sure, but I’m glad to have the bike and would buy again.

The article has a link that answers your question.

How very george lucas of you.

More “I want to see whose fucking around, but not find out with them.”

When you’re interested in something, but not engaged with it.