TL;DW: These are called ferrite beads. Their composition is such that they dampen or eliminate unwanted RF from traveling along the wire and causing interference on other devices.

I’ve been lurking in your posts since day one, I admire your commitment!

It’s mind-boggling how many people raw dog USB ports in public spaces, airplanes, and Ubers.

That’s why the adage goes “a fool and their money are soon parted”.

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You’re spot on. It also assumes one wants to maintain a particular lifestyle. If those interested in living on passive income can adjust their lifestyle more simply, or choose lower CoL locations (SE Asia, for example) dollars can go quite far.

Some quick math on what this looks like:

Assume $70k median income, this means passive income would need to be $140k. In order to get $140k/yr one would need $4M to draw down at 3.5%/yr and meet that goal.

To get to $4M, using the following assumptions: 20% savings rate (not accounting for inflation, raises, bonuses, etc) per year and a 10%ROR on the index funds would take a little more than 35y.

It takes a substantial amount of discipline to do this. If one could make $70k/y starting the year they turn 18, it could be done by the time they’re 53.

Seems like it’s the first step in transferring control of the internet to the government.

In the biz these are called advertorials.

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Adverts, sooner or later

Every public-facing surface will be ripe for adverts. Previews of it at gas stations in the US, and nearly everywhere in countries like Philippines.

I’d have been more interested in the animations if they had used KSP.

Only in non-Euclidean geometry.

Did the front fall off?

The horrors persist, but so do I.

I couldn’t paste the whole text in a single comment so here it’s on a pastebin: https://pastebin.com/nnhVS0DP

A slow-burn read by learning Japanese first. This one will take me while.

Which one, if you can recall? I love interactive books.

It’s a worthy story. Lots of little Easter eggs.

Write a book where the spine is a required piece of the story for its understanding or completion.

Kind of like how House of Leaves is best enjoyed with the actual book.