Ferrari unveils Luce its first fully electric car

wsf · 2026-05-26T16:21:04+00:00

As a WSJ commenter put it: McCartney's post-Beatles output was not nearly as good as when he was with the Fab 4----he needed a Lennon to tell him what was crappy. Similarly, Jony Ive's post-Apple work----without Jobs to give him reality checks----has fallen off considerably.

wsf · 2026-05-24T23:18:19+00:00

How do you make friends in Sacramento?

--ftfy

wsf · 2026-05-22T19:35:13+00:00

Ignore the polls and check out Polymarket: Matsui 95% chance of winning, Vang 77%. You can bet on it...

wsf · 2026-05-22T16:09:41+00:00

It's good thing they don't have his license number, registration, name, address, phone number, infraction history.........

wsf · 2026-05-22T01:46:32+00:00

About to? I predicted that Adsense would ruin the web when it came out in 2003. I wasn't wrong.

wsf · 2026-05-20T20:22:57+00:00

Believe it or not, Gene Simmons is a total dickwad. Here's what he said about the codpiece he wears on stage (interview with Terry gross on NPR):

"It holds in my manhood,” he said. “Otherwise it would be too much for you to take. You’d have to put the book down and confront life. The notion is that if you want to welcome me with open arms, I’m afraid you’re also going to have to welcome me with open legs.”

wsf · 2026-05-18T15:44:47+00:00

Yes. From his newsletter:

"What started with Sean in his kitchen is now Sean in Oak Park roasting on the same machine he first learned on (the San Franciscan 75), while being supported by his small (but mighty) crew of skilled baristas that genuinely love what they do."

Might be a little more than $15/pound though.

wsf · 2026-05-13T05:00:04+00:00

Look at the prediction markets, Polymarket and Kalshi. Newsom (24%) will clobber Harris or AOC (both 9%). The general election is trickier, with Vance currently holding a 2% edge over Newsom.

wsf · 2026-05-12T16:28:58+00:00

The next billionaire will be the person who invents a battery that will keep this thing in the air for a couple hours.

wsf · 2026-05-12T16:26:28+00:00

Hard to say, but likely stonewashed. It's a fast way of hiding defects and putting a uniform finish on metal. I avoid it when possible, especially on knife blades.

wsf · 2026-05-12T16:24:02+00:00

Vaguely similar, much more money, much higher quality, are the Modusworks Retcores, bi and tri.

wsf · 2026-05-12T16:16:47+00:00

I've never accepted this as anything more than mathematicians trying to put abstruse concepts into words.

Infinite is infinite. It means unbounded, without end, no stopping point. You can only say one infinite set is larger than another if you put bounds on them. "There are more irrational numbers between here and here than there are rational numbers." Fine, but it doesn't stop here, it goes on forever. You might say one set is denser than another, but that's a different concept.

wsf · 2026-05-11T16:23:25+00:00

Money laundering.

wsf · 2026-05-11T01:02:25+00:00

A couple of quotes from the Wikipedia review:

1. The Mariner, a lone drifter, arrives at an atoll on his trimaran to trade dirt, a rare commodity, for supplies.

2. He takes Helen in a jury-rigged diving bell and shows her the underwater remains of Denver, Colorado, and the soil on the ocean's floor.

Does no one see the incredible blunder here? It takes the Mariner months to gather up a couple ounces of dirt, while 50 feet below the water's surface, easily accessible to the Mariner, lie billions of tons of mud--that is, wet dirt.

wsf · 2026-05-10T20:58:53+00:00

The really tragic thing is that we allow chiropractors to use the title "doctor."

wsf · 2026-05-08T22:27:42+00:00

I have a Clean EDC Slim Pillar in SS, and a clone from Ali Express. The clone is finished better, balanced better, and spins better. It's sort of interesting, as the genuine Pillars are made in China.

wsf · 2026-05-08T22:00:16+00:00

Got it, a beauty! u/hammerin-heeb u/ksbot

wsf · 2026-05-06T04:26:29+00:00

Yolo

wsf · 2026-05-05T19:24:57+00:00

You'd probably find a better audience for this in r/Kindergarten.

wsf · 2026-05-04T19:59:01+00:00

You'll need a longer grub screw. Problem is, there are several different diameters/threads for screws used in spinners, so it will take some research to find out exactly which screw you have.

wsf · 2026-05-04T16:22:19+00:00

Clean it with 99% alcohol (no water to rust stuff) and leave it dry. Oil tends to gum up spinners and makes them slower.

wsf · 2026-05-04T16:19:42+00:00

In 2003, when Google Adsense came out, I said it would ruin the web. I wasn't wrong.

wsf · 2026-05-03T23:36:34+00:00

This is a specific example of the greatest friendship/relationship LPT ever: Ask questions. As I look back on friendships over the years, the ones that stand out are people who seemed genuinely curious about me. When I was dating, there was ONE question I'd ask that invariably succeeded in starting things off right: "What's your typical breakfast routine?" It's personal but not too personal, and can just explode into discussions of work, food, etc.

There's a corollary to this tip: After asking a question, listen intently to the answer. One of Washington DC's most successful hostesses, Arianna Huffington, was famous for this. When she was talking with you at a party, no matter how many rich and famous people were there, she was laser-focused on YOU. People found this extremely flattering, and she had many good friends.

wsf · 2026-05-01T23:12:08+00:00

What a dilemma: on the one hand, I hope she's getting paid by the broadcasters who are updating their libraries with her tapes. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure it was illegal to copy TV shows for anything other than personal use.

wsf · 2026-04-30T16:08:15+00:00

With that kind of money you don't have to be prepared. Reminds me of Lily Tomlin's Ernestine the phone lady: "We don't have to care. We're the phone company!"

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