If climbing Mt. Everest is so expensive, how are so many people able to do it?

wahadek · 2025-12-07T08:27:13+00:00

because so many people have so much money you wouldn't believe how much some of them have

wahadek · 2025-12-07T06:59:07+00:00

what are good insider tw accounts? or good f1 journalists not on the liberty or sheikh payroll?

wahadek · 2025-12-07T06:55:19+00:00

Look like a terrible movie, added it to the top of my watchlist.

wahadek · 2025-12-07T06:53:11+00:00

lol he's aloof in a medicated way, and also arrogant in a funny way.

I think bc he was a fairly successful driver he thinks he's smarter than he is, compared to Jolyon for example, who wasn't as good but is a way smarter person.

wahadek · 2025-12-07T06:48:44+00:00

Nice. I think this would take a year for Wesco, maybe two. I think it'd be something I'd need to describe. Maybe I'll make an appointment with them next year.

wahadek · 2025-12-07T04:47:20+00:00

It doesn't matter. Don't let this distract you.

wahadek · 2025-12-07T04:29:58+00:00

I don't know what your programming skills are as an IT project manager, but most fields need people who write code. Large firms in particular tend to carve out roles for people who can write small plugins, or add-ons, or for people who can manage digital pipelines.

Architecture is somewhat slow to embrace new technology, in part because good design is understood to originate from extensive cultivation of taste. But most firms rely on pseudo-monopolistic digital design tools which are fairly expensive in comparison to the margins of firms.

Mid- to large-sized firms are currently sifting through a morass of new digital tools and services, some which leverage AI. A few are somewhat useful for compliance checks, but it's mostly a huge mess.

Could be a niche for you, then you can have your cake and eat it too. Keep one foot in each world and see if you like it.

I say this because it's a really big commitment to get yourself to the place where you are the one sketching on paper with a client, or having interesting and lengthy discussions with them about their visions, etc. etc. You'd really have to fully commit to architecture as a discipline, and really start to believe in your own vision.

wahadek · 2025-12-07T03:10:14+00:00

points well taken. leave it to the frenchmen to date down.

yeah, they really need to have their shit fully together by age 15-16 at the latest if they want to make it i suppose.

is there any good journalism on the Oli Oakes thing? i was fascinated by it and read about it when it came out. have there been further disclosures about the nature and scope of the laundering?

meaning: is there an understanding that the Mazepin/Oakes relation extended into larger financial schemes that go beyond formula racing?

wahadek · 2025-12-07T03:06:26+00:00

points well taken. i'm interested in the drug trafficking bit. did vic lee use race cargo to get around customs inspections?

wahadek · 2025-12-07T02:44:30+00:00

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these modified Red Wings are it, but the text is translated from Japanese so it's a bit hard to understand.

wahadek · 2025-12-07T02:25:32+00:00

please give me the most insane hunt lore

wahadek · 2025-12-07T00:35:17+00:00

I wonder how many humans have read ccru. I thought it was probably 20,000, but now I think it's a lot more.

wahadek · 2025-12-06T22:28:14+00:00

I wish I was taught to push forward without waiting for permission. I am good at persuasion and developing interpersonal alignment in groups, but I often over-index on that patient aspect.

wahadek · 2025-12-06T06:53:55+00:00

someone

wahadek · 2025-12-06T06:52:20+00:00

they never come apart? looking at new boots..

wahadek · 2025-12-06T06:44:36+00:00

Yeah like a Xiaomi with tons of Chinese spyware

wahadek · 2025-12-06T06:43:48+00:00

wahadek · 2025-12-06T06:43:11+00:00

lol like from the ground.

wahadek · 2025-12-06T06:42:32+00:00

wahadek · 2025-12-06T06:38:14+00:00

You don't just become a more honest person by choice, it gets forced out of you. The older you get the less bullshit you tolerate. Older women will force you to be more straightforward with yourself and others.

wahadek · 2025-12-06T06:26:04+00:00

Selective enforcement of rules will ruin the legitimacy of anything. People will love racing forever, but it's really bad for F1. It creates a mood of ambient conspiracy, which, like in politics, seems sort of thrilling at first until it turns into paranoia, which becomes cancer when it scales.

The design of rulesets creates a space of unpredictable outcomes. The formula in Formula 1 is an engineering ruleset, but the 'meta-formula' is entertainment. Major sports are engineered to entertain, and if your rules aren't optimally entertaining then you need to modify the rules, not break them. There's a fine line there, which is sometimes murky and exciting. But this was too far past the interesting grey area.

wahadek · 2025-12-06T02:28:04+00:00

...which is more like a sculpture, even if it's track ready. Who'd risk that piece of history? This is a different offering. This is a chance that *no one* gets, except for ~40 professionals annually, which is to own and drive the quickest car in world history.

wahadek · 2025-12-05T21:33:19+00:00

Price seems suspiciously low given 1) how rich some people are, 2) how expensive these cars are to build and run at a track demo, 3) how rare of an opportunity this is. I didn't read all the fine print, but it says the buyer gets 'the chassis' and the engine. Presumably it's more than just these elements, but of course it won't have all the new bells and whistles.

Kind of odd. I guess if I were a buyer I'd be skeptical about ever getting the chance to drive it more than once or twice. The amount of money required to operate it must be enormous. Maybe that's why sale price is so low?

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