@eries any plans/timeline to list LTSE on LTSE?
Also any additional thoughts on the index fund proposal described by a few here: would you want to include existing public companies or only completely brand new LTSE listed companies?
This is an area I know enough to be dangerous in, so would love to learn more if anyone has resources.
From my understanding a 501(c)(4) is a social welfare organization that can engage in political activity as long as it isn't its primary purpose. I didn't want to risk us breaking that restriction.
Peter Thiel said it in 0 to 1: China is one of those countries where it looks scary powerful from a foreigner’s perspective, but on the inside, people are panicking and really have no idea what they are doing most of the time. There’s this illusion of efficiency and order whereas the reality is inside China it is just as chaotic as any other country.
I had the pleasure of meeting and working with many amazing USDS engineers. Lots of talents, many are truly dedicated to the higher purpose and truly believe in the mission of serving our country. It's a shame that because of the current administration, people are less and less interested in the government.
The government's current IT infrastructure crisis is not caused by any one administrations. The root cause goes back decades. Things like "Improving Veterans' lives so they don't have to wait 5-10 years for an Appeals decision" shouldn't be political.
I can honestly say that the projects I've been involved with in USDS are the most impactful and meaningful projects I've worked on in my entire life.
Congrats! Chiang Mai seems more like an expat colony at this point, do you still think there's enough Thailand to see in Chiang Mai or do you suggest another destination if people were to go there for the first time now?
I've only been in CM for ~1 week and have spent most of the time working (or late night partying with Europeans / expat Americans). I spent 2 weeks in Bangkok before....
I think there is "authentic" Thai here and in Bangkok; there is still a strong majority of Thai's / SE Asians in CM and BKK. Certainly some areas of the city more-so than others. And you can find the places where they frequent...
CM is a pretty cool and affordable place. The weather is much nicer than unbearably hot Bangkok, you can get a nice quality single AC room with a queen size bed for ~$20/night in the center of town. Authentic meals cost $2-$3 (the Western-style / tourist meals are more like $5-$10). It has pretty good wifi - much better than BKK. And they have a familiarity with dealing with Westerners; though, it is ironic that Thais are particularly bad at English. I hear the worst at English in SE Asia, despite it being the biggest ex-pat and tourist country. People are pretty friendly up here too.
We're going to do news syndication at one point and will be doing advertising based off of that. Finance Advertising tends to have pretty high CPM rates.
