Well, the first two sentences are hyperbole. And you could argue that the last sentence is a less conspicuous sort of contrast construction

Can you elaborate on true innovators? No shade, but I have a hard time conceptualizing what innovation would look like in this space.

Traffic camera along various sensors for emission control, sound and noise control, gunshot detection etc. to name a few.

Seat belt detection, phone detection, lane violations etc. at the application layer.

I can talk about Sensysgatso, where I used to work. They have quite some tech-forward platform.

oh the irony

Sounds like a great system! Would love to see photos if you have any!

Agreed, the characters now just abandon their established traits from one scene to the next in service of a contrived story

If that’s a real concern of yours, maybe park what you think you’ll need in money market funds / gold (FX hedge)?

The typical FIRE requires compounding growth. You start with portfolio worth 25 years of expenses but if expenses keep on growing due to inflation and portfolio shrinks because of expenses and zero growth, it can get hairy quite fast.

There are various ways to look at numbers but my thumb rule is 4% inflation 9% growth keeps you perennially happy with some choppy years of course. 4% inflation 9% growth implies you can withdraw 4-5% every year and still have equivalent portfolio in inflated money.

Typical FIRE also requires access to affordable healthcare. In the US that is going away with ACA subsidies.

Five years ago I paid for “market rate“ insurance through my business for my family because we did not qualify for ACA subsidies. The cost was about $40,000 per year.

Well, one thing they do not mention in framing their position is that their compliance concerns are acute because of the services they offer. They feign throughout that their risks are pedestrian.

It is not strawmanning to say that of course they have to be more worried about compliance than a hamster forum (which forum has recently decided not to comply because they [likely correctly] believe that their regulatory risks are minimal).

It’s funny how ChatGPT writes like a first-year in an MFA writing program. Its style is often too elegant for its substance.

OpenAI is not good at matching form to function in text or voice.

I noticed this too, just recently, with their voice update. I was asking about the war and she just sounded bored. Very inappropriate for the subject matter

yeah, that sounds like Elon’s marketing to me.

What city? That sounds great.

I might go more specific and wager "what Dutch or Scandinavian city?"