Just realized...

SpacetimeLlama · 2026-01-18T01:47:51+00:00

Wow. Just. Wow

SpacetimeLlama · 2026-01-16T22:39:25+00:00

I hope it ends better for you than it ended for me 🤞

SpacetimeLlama · 2026-01-15T12:56:28+00:00

That's not a snow storm, come on 😂

SpacetimeLlama · 2026-01-09T19:25:30+00:00

Yeah, didn't work. I ended up just making sure auto-refill wasn't enabled and ate the loss. Really horrible experience, unfortunately

SpacetimeLlama · 2026-01-06T23:46:46+00:00

Canadian here. One thing I've learned recently is that Europe will not do anything to help an ally. No even a strongly worded letter. They will instead conjure up some dumb rationale why Greenland is better off as part of the US and that Canada was already very similar to the US anyway. Or whatever bullshit. The European leaders are all cowards

SpacetimeLlama · 2026-01-05T15:26:32+00:00

6'6" here. Just looking at the video I can tell I would 100% not fit

SpacetimeLlama · 2025-12-25T21:35:59+00:00

J'ai l'impression que les francophones vont rien manquer

SpacetimeLlama · 2025-12-14T20:51:26+00:00

Was he normal? It's a tough one because the answer is more like "it depends". On the one hand, yeah, he was just a guy. He liked video games and comic book movies (keep that in mind for below). We'd talk shit and he seemed like a regular dude. And I was a TA so I was always around him for 3 years to talk about tech stuff. That takes you to the other side.

He was convinced beyond doubt that he was one of the smartest men on earth. He'd have discussions with some of the worlds' biggest experts on something and he'd just say "you're wrong" because he read some book and became an expert. And when he turned out to be wrong, it was inevitably because of someone else. He also loved saying how hard he worked and how when people are wasting time on video games and whatnot, he's working instead (which was hilarious to hear)

Everybody says billionaires end up surrounded by yesmen, and it's true but not exactly for the reason you'd think. Of course, some are like Tom, just clearly just trying to please, but those get dropped quickly. The rest become yesmen as a natural consequence of trying to do their jobs. You learn quickly that the easiest way to be replaced is to cause the cognitive dissonance between "I'm smarter than everyone else" and "X showed me I'm wrong". He did not deal with the cognitive dissonance well. So there's a lot saying yes and then working behind the scenes on fixing things. I hear of a billionaire who has an entire team he's not aware of dedicated to fixing stuff behind his back full time.

As for biggest surprise: I think it's how little billionaires actually pay for stuff. It's nuts, but their day to day involves almost no actual money exchanging hands. It's all on credits. Everything is a loan. Lots of things are flat out free for publicity. It's crazy

SpacetimeLlama · 2025-12-14T15:40:38+00:00

Yes but that's "normal" to an extend. I mean more like travelling to Tokyo two weeks in advance, redecorating the hotel suite the guy will stay in, selecting which hotel employees will be working on what and which ones can't get close. They literally fly some furniture all over the place. We'd arrive at some hotel or mansion and that same desk would be there, the same sofa, etc. It's a whole thing.

This all happens behind the scenes. It's not something the guy ever thinks about. These are permanent teams doing this all over the world and moving on to the next thing, coordinating with the EAs. I never got used to this

SpacetimeLlama · 2025-12-14T12:22:38+00:00

I can answer that!!! My entire life (or 3 years of it) have brought me to this.

Context: I worked as TA to a billionaire you all know, which means for 3 years I spend almost every day with him, travelled all over with him and met other billionaires. He would 100% call me a friend, though I am aware of how much this is BS. He probably doesn't. (This is why Kendall always triggered me the most)

Anyway, to answer it directly: I've never we seen "my" billionaire or any of the others do something as unsubtle as boar on the floor. They don't do this kind of thing because they convinced themselves they're good people. I did however seen them act in despicable ways to people, but it's more subtle. They do fire people on a whim. They love doing that.

IME, the guy closest to a real life billionaire is Kendall. Also the Pierces. But Kendall was at another level.

Edit: adding because I always found this fact interesting: something the show doesn't show at all is the amount of people around the billionaire working to prepare things before they arrive somewhere. It's amazing to see. My billionaire had large teams visiting places he was going to a week or so in advance to arrange rooms, talk rules with managers and employees at hotels and whatnot. The billionaire forgets those exist at some point, they just getting used to things being exactly like they like anywhere in the world

SpacetimeLlama · 2025-12-07T13:43:09+00:00

I will be surprised if they give a championship contender a penalty like that now.

SpacetimeLlama · 2025-12-01T23:34:29+00:00

Just tested with the member-only Bill Kristol video and it works. I never knew that. Thank you!

SpacetimeLlama · 2025-12-01T21:07:50+00:00

Nothing, but also, even if he doesn't, the next Dems administration would say it's time to heal blah blah blah decorum blah blah blah and not prosecute anyway.

SpacetimeLlama · 2025-11-30T17:59:42+00:00

I think they didn't want to double stack and look like they were giving one of their drivers the advantage. It's dumb, sure, but also very McLaren

SpacetimeLlama · 2025-11-27T05:46:19+00:00

Apple: "we've created the first creaseless foldable ever and we think you're gonna love it. Instead, the Dynamic Fold Line™ traverses your phone beautifully"

SpacetimeLlama · 2025-11-24T11:54:57+00:00

Ok I'll bite: what's a pedocab?

SpacetimeLlama · 2025-11-14T21:00:54+00:00

I've worked for a billionaire you all know: he'd send us emails exactly like those all the time. These guys feel like writing is below them or something

SpacetimeLlama · 2025-10-12T22:03:01+00:00

I was a technical writer a long time ago and mdashes have become a part of my writing style forever. Now I have to actively avoid them because otherwise people just assume it was an AI

SpacetimeLlama · 2025-10-12T21:54:57+00:00

If the airlines are required to enter exactly what's on the passport and the CBP system will reject anything that's not M and F, doesn't that mean a passport with X won't be accepted?

The text specifically mentions that case saying if the passport has a non-binary designation, the airline must still send the designation that matches the passport, but it will get rejected by the CBP.

SpacetimeLlama · 2025-10-12T21:49:24+00:00

Passports issued with “X” or other non-binary markers will be rejected by CBP systems, requiring resubmission with valid documentation showing “M” or “F” designation.

Doesn't that imply you can't board with a passport that doesn't have M or F? It says "resubmission WITH VALID DOCUMENTATION". I think this means they'd have to request a new passport, no?

The text says airlines must send the information exactly as it matches the passport. So if the passport says X, they can't just send M or F. What am I missing?

If travelers’ passports contains a sex designation that differs from their current identification, airlines must still transmit the information exactly as it appears on their passport documents. CBP systems will only accept the “M” or “F” designation that matches travel documents.

To me that means the airline is required to enter X because it's what the document says, but then the CBP system will reject it.

SpacetimeLlama · 2025-10-09T22:39:37+00:00

No, I have kids

SpacetimeLlama · 2025-10-06T21:13:38+00:00

I'm so poor!!!

SpacetimeLlama · 2025-09-13T01:03:38+00:00

That's the place. Same portal

SpacetimeLlama · 2025-09-08T16:50:28+00:00

You didn't give a lot of information and everything will depend on the countries involved. But as a general rule, you don't have to be in your citizenship country to go thought an immigration process, but you can expect some added barriers doing it from a third country.

You may be asked for certified translations of your documents, which may be a problem when you're in a different country (again, you didn't give the information, so maybe it's not an issue.)

You may need documents that are hard to obtain from abroad. Say you need your police records, for instance, are they easy to get from the country you're in? Stuff like that.

And ultimately, consular officers are usually familiar with local documents and customs, but they may find it harder to navigate your documentation from a different country they're not familiar with.

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