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  • It might be interesting to create structures for more shareholder oversight over executive pay.

    I’m probably far less concerned about executive pay in general than a number of people here, but my understanding is that in Musk’s case, there have been real questions about the board’s independence.

    And Musk has had what I’d call some real errors. I am pretty skeptical about his high profile politicking being good for Tesla. Even if he wanted to support Trump, he certainly did not need to become the face of DOGE or be personally doing his $1m lotteries for voting. The Cybertruck flopped.

    And he’s not doing Tesla as a full-time job. He’s also CEO, chairman, and CTO of SpaceX.

    It’s also not clear to me that even if he can grow an early stage company, that he’s great at dealing with a mature one. Tesla has the largest market cap of any automaker in the world by a large margin. They aren’t a startup any more.

    https://companiesmarketcap.com/automakers/largest-automakers-by-market-cap/

    I’m dubious that Tesla couldn’t obtain a CEO who could do at least as effective a job for far less pay.


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    I don’t know all of these, but why would they be pink? Sweet potatoes don’t turn pink when cooked. No regular potatoes that I’ve seen turn pink.

    I guess there might be some beet juice. You’re thinking that the potatoes would absorb and move enough of that upwards to change the color of the top?


  • warrior ethos

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartan_army

    The Spartan army was the principal ground force of Sparta. It stood at the center of the ancient Greek city-state, consisting of citizens trained in the disciplines and honor of a warrior society.[1] Subjected to military drills since early manhood, the Spartans became one of the most feared and formidable military forces in the Greek world, attaining legendary status in their wars against Persia. At the height of Sparta’s power—between the 6th and 4th centuries BC—other Greeks commonly accepted that “one Spartan was worth several men of any other state.”[1]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_the_militaries_of_ancient_Greece

    Homosexuality in the militaries of ancient Greece was a significant aspect across the ancient Greek city-states, ranging from being a core part of military life to being an accepted practice of some individual soldiers. It was regarded as contributing to morale.[1] Although the primary example is the Sacred Band of Thebes, a unit said to have been formed of same-sex couples, the Spartan tradition of military heroism has also been explained in light of strong emotional bonds resulting from homosexual relationships.[2] Various ancient Greek sources record incidents of courage in battle and interpret them as motivated by homoerotic bonds.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_Japan

    Samurai shudō

    In contrast to the norms in religious circles, in the warrior (samurai) class it was customary for a boy in the wakashū age category to undergo training in the martial arts by apprenticing to a more experienced adult man. According to Furukawa, the relationship was based on the model of a typically older nenja, paired with a typically younger chigo.[1] The man was permitted, if the boy agreed, to take the boy as his lover until he came of age; this relationship, often formalized in a “brotherhood contract”,[12] was expected to be exclusive, with both partners swearing to take no other (male) lovers.

    This practice, along with clerical pederasty, developed into the codified system of age-structured homosexuality known as shudō, abbreviated from wakashūdō, the “way (Tao) of wakashū”.[14] The older partner, in the role of nenja, would teach the chigo martial skills, warrior etiquette, and the samurai code of honor, while his desire to be a good role model for his chigo would lead him to behave more honorably himself; thus a shudō relationship was considered to have a “mutually ennobling effect”.[14] In addition, both parties were expected to be loyal unto death, and to assist the other both in feudal duties and in honor-driven obligations such as duels and vendettas. Although sex between the couple was expected to end when the boy came of age, the relationship would, ideally, develop into a lifelong bond of friendship. At the same time, sexual activity with women was not barred (for either party), and once the boy came of age, both were free to seek other wakashū lovers.

    Like later Edo same-sex practices, samurai shudō was strictly role-defined; the nenja was seen as the active, desiring, penetrative partner, while the younger, sexually receptive wakashū was considered to submit to the nenja’s attentions out of love, loyalty, and affection, rather than sexual desire[1]d] Among the samurai class, adult men were (by definition) not permitted to take the wakashū role; only preadult boys (or, later, lower-class men) were considered legitimate targets of homosexual desire. In some cases, shudō relationships arose between boys of similar ages, but the parties were still divided into nenja and wakashū roles.[1]

    I mean, if you asked me to make a list of militaries with a long-lasting reputation for military culture that echoes down even to today, those would be pretty high on my list.


  • How?

    Are they actually sweating? There are systems for doing active cooling from fans running off battery power.

    https://fursuitsupplies.com/fans

    Or liquid cooling, including ice and evaporative cooling?

    https://archive.ph/MiMVI

    How a Cooling Vest Invented by a Furry Made Its Way Into the U.S. Military

    Playing and performing in a full-body, mascot-like suit is a disciplined endeavor—and not always a comfortable one. Any furry will tell you that it’s hot inside a suit and that problem is compounded when members gather in real life. Fursuit-wearers run a real risk of overheating, especially at sunny outdoor events like meetups and Pride parades.

    To increase their in-suit endurance, some furries use cooling vests, much like an athlete might. Specially designed vests can hold packs of fluids that remain at steady, low temperatures against wearers’ bodies—a godsend for keeping body heat at bay when you’re wearing fur head to toe.

    Hmm. Also, while I’m no expert, my understanding is that animals that are in a cold climate, tend to have underfur to reduce convection. Like, dog breeds aimed more at warm climates don’t have that. I bet that one doesn’t need a lot of dense, short fur at the base. Even if there’s long fur, it might not be as insulating as one might expect relative to an animal.

    considers

    If the fabric isn’t actually visible — and for furred areas, I guess it isn’t, because all someone can see is fur — maybe one could use something like burlap at the base, stuff that has a lot of room for air to flow through.

    I dunno what any issues with using carbon fiber are, but my understanding is that it’s pretty thermally-conductive. In some uses, carbon fiber is made into rigid surfaces, is a composite, has resin, but I believe that you can get it as a resin-less fabric.

    kagis

    https://www.ngfworld.com/en/fiber/high_thermal_conductivity.html

    GRANOC high thermal conductive grade is available as Yarn, Fabric, Chopped and Milled fiber.

    I mean, if you figure that it’s possible to use a fabric made out of that, that’ll probably conduct a lot of heat away from hot places.

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8867053/

    According to this, carbon nanotube microfibers have thermal conductivity hundreds of times greater than nylon.

    kagis

    Apparently you get get fabric made from the stuff — though this example looks to be awfully expensive, so carbon nanontube-based fursuits probably aren’t practical for general use yet:

    https://dexmat.com/store/galvorn-carbon-nanotube-fabric/

    Galvorn carbon nanotube (CNT) fabric is highly conductive and made from interlocking loops of Galvorn CNT yarn.

    Galvorn yarns behave like a textile. You can sew, weave, knit, and even blend it with other textiles to achieve your application goals. You can modify the yarn and/or knit to adjust the suppleness of the fabric.

    https://dexmat.com/carbon-nanotube-fiber/

    Thermal Conductivity: Galvorn CNT fiber has a thermal conductivity of 450 W/m-K, exceeding copper’s 385 W/m-K. This superior heat dissipation capability is vital for high-performance electronics and power cables, allowing for greater current carrying capacity per unit mass.

    https://dexmat.com/industries/e-textiles/

    I doubt that people are actually going all the way to carbon nanotube fabric, but if we can get costs down, I imagine that they could.








  • An enormous number of areas. The average — well, median, but assuming a vaguely-symmetric distribution, mean and median are close enough, and OP probably means median anyway — of any group has about half of the population knowing more than the average. This is going to mean that a randomly-chosen user probably has something like a 50% chance of knowing more than the average for any topic you could name.

    As of this writing, most people commenting are listing things that they could maybe call themselves subject matter experts in, like, top-sub-0.1% or something like that. That’s a much higher bar.








  • While that’s true, GOG also is intended to let you download an offline installer. If GOG dies, you still have the game, as long as you saved the installer. If GOG changes the terms of their service or software, they have little leverage.

    There are ways to archive Steam games, but it’s not the “normal mode of operation”. If Steam dies, you probably don’t have your games. If Steam’s terms of service or software changes, they have a lot of leverage to force new changes through.

    Some other wrinkles:

    • Some games on GOG today have DRM, though at least it’s clearly marked.

    • I also agree that Valve has and continues to do an enormous amount to support Linux gaming. I used Linux as my desktop back in the days when Valve wasn’t doing Linux, and the gaming situation on Linux was far more limited. It’s hard to overstate how radical an impact Valve’s support has had.



  • I’m not looking at what was proposed, but honestly, Trump’s tariffs might exceed the effect of a carbon tax on shipping emissions, in terms of making shipping more-costly than would have otherwise been the case. Doesn’t mean they reflect them exactly, mind — distance isn’t a factor with tariffs, and it is with any fee — but…

    kagis

    https://www.freightwaves.com/news/imports-seen-well-below-average-for-rest-of-2025

    U.S. imports seen well below average for rest of 2025

    NRF says frontloading, tariffs to squeeze container volumes.

    The fact that some of that is frontloading is fair, and that doesn’t produce a longer-term reduction in shippings. Like, companies moved as much product as they could into warehouses prior to tariff enforcement going into force, to limit their impact. But over time, stocks in those warehouses are going to become exhausted, US tariffs at borders will start being passed on, and you’ll have higher prices and less purchasing of products with a higher price elasticity of demand.

    Monthly import volumes through major U.S container ports are expected to slip below the 2 million TEU mark through the remainder of the year, according to Global Port Tracker data report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

    “This year’s peak season has come and gone, largely due to retailers frontloading imports ahead of reciprocal tariffs taking effect,” NRF Vice President for Supply Chain and Customs Policy Jonathan Gold said in a release. “New sectoral tariffs continue to be announced, but most retailers are well-stocked for the holiday season and doing as much as they can to shield their customers from the costs of tariffs for as long as they can.”

    The trade group said October is forecast at 1.97 million TEUs, down 12.3% y/y, and November at 1.75 million TEUs, down 19.2%. December volume is forecast at 1.72 million TEUs, a decline of 19.4% and the slowest month since 1.62 million TEUs in March 2023.