From the comments, the author was contacted via iMessages from the iCloud email that shows up when it asks for a password.

It doesn't show the full email, it's got the middle of it **'d out. OP likely had a message set for lost mode.

Possibly a new use case for light field cameras which is able to capture depth information from their sensors.

This event was more than just a costly signal. The costly signal would have been "stop doing what you're doing or we'll remove you as ceo" and then not doing that.

But they did move forward with their threat and removed Sam as CEO with great reputational harm to the company. And now the board has been changed, with one less ally to Sam (Brockman no longer chairing the board). The move may not have ended up with the expected results, but this was much more than just a costly signal.

Metal tea balls are also available to brew tea.

Similar to shooting down your own satellites.

>> Sort of like invading your own country, or shooting yourself with a gun would be an effective show of force?

> Similar to shooting down your own satellites.

No.

When they do that as a show of force, they shoot down some worthless EOL satellite they don't plan to use ever again. IIRC, the US actually shot down one that was damaged and out of control: a show of force with a "safety" pretext.

You don't shoot down valuable, active infrastructure as a show of force. Russia blowing up Nord Stream would be like the US shooting down brand new GPS or spy satellites.

NS2 wasn't an "active" infrastructure, NS1 was also less than active since august.

> NS2 wasn't an "active" infrastructure, NS1 was also less than active since august.

So? Both are perfectly serviceable, and neither is EOL junk, which is what matters.

Even with your distinction, blowing them us is like the US shooting down a new GPS satellite that just hasn't been officially "turned on" yet, which is pretty much the same loss as shooting down a similar sat that's "active."

Serviceable, yes, but there was no expectation that they will be used again, at least not as long as Putin's regime is in power. It wasn't politically feasible to launch NS2 both because of US pressure and shifts of public opinion caused by the invasion. With NS1 Russia painted itself into a corner by demanding to lift sanctions that somehow prevent them from operating it - there was no way to go back on it without losing face.

It can be argued that this destruction is a loss for Russia, but Putin didn't loose anything.

As mentioned earlier, methane breaks down after 10 years into CO2 which makes livestock more part of the cycle rather than a producer. Applying the tax to any process that directly removes carbon sinks (eg. drilling/forest clearing) should take care of any downstream processes that rely on it.