Have you watched Black Mirror? If not I recommend you watch the first season backwards, rewound if you will.

Start with "The Entire History of You" the third and final episode of the first series of Black Mirror.

I think it’s on Netflix. DM me for PW.

I wouldn’t be surprised if this was by design…

imagine for a moment how valuable new cars would be if you could restrict the supply of the used car market by mandatory recycling when the first owner buys a new vehicle.

Apple benefits significantly at least two ways;

1. Increasing overall demand for both new and used (unlocked) Mac Books by restricting supply.

2. Used unlocked Mac books will have a better resale value on the aftermarket thus continuing the folklore that Apple products retain their value for longer.

This begs the question… how much would a used Mac book cost if Activation Lock didn’t exist?

What is the true market price of a used Mac book? Or Apple Stock?

Not everything is a conspiracy. If you buy a used laptop and the previous owner didn't remove it from their icloud first, you can still try to get them to unlock it for you. As a buyer, make sure it was removed from their icloud before you buy it. It's a very useful anti-theft measure, and Apple warns you about this on their site to take those steps before selling it.

Apple products' resale market has been remarkably better than similar consumer electronics since well before the lock.

You missed a way Apple benefits: buyers may find devices that are unattractive to thieves more valuable, so, be willing to spend more on them.

Presumably a car is valuable enough that even a large company would be willing to spend several minutes unlocking each to get the full second hand value.

While computers have more confidential data. The article implies that the big company sold them to be destroyed.

There is a guy at stripe that has saved the day for me in the past. He usually comments on posts like these. His name is Edwin. You might just want to wait a few days until after the holiday and see if you get your problem fixed. Stripe is a great tool. Difficult to truly replace.

Kalshi

I mean a real market where people bet on the effects of inflation on assets.

I am intrigued by Kalshi but very few people are interested in betting on stuff for stuff sake.

Most money is exchanged on markets where people bet on the world’s reaction to such events and the impact on asset prices or yields

Also stocks are expected to have positive return on average over long time periods.

Prediction markets are expected to have negative return on average once the house takes a cut.

Take one step at a time, with $25k and an engineering degree you can get a cert, get money and stability, get in shape and healthy, get the girl… and move forward.

It’s hard to see your future when you can’t tell where you are going, but typically you can take your next step. Focus on the next step.

Fuck slack. Treat it like email.

Batch it on an a regular schedule. Set boundaries publicly with its use.

I wanted to contribute that bipedalism appears to be deeply hardwired into the human brain.

I when these conversations come up, I like to remind myself of the “stepping reflex” that new born infants exhibit.

“Stepping reflex: This reflex is also called the walking or dance reflex because a baby appears to take steps or dance when held upright with his or her feet touching a solid surface. This reflex lasts about 2 months.”

Source: https://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/topic/default?id=newbor...

Sounds like propaganda in response to the Chinese buying oil from Saudi Arabia in Yuan. The timing is too convenient.

I used Kalashi to bet on the timing of the recession. I think my ROI was around 4 to 1.

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