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> what's the point to change the platform

Money. From https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/i10p4m/surv..., Substack gave him a "very very generous offer in terms of how the monetization would work".


Thanks. That's the explanation I was looking for.


Not the OP, but when an investor acquires more than 5% of a stock, they have a limited time to disclose it. Elon disclosed his Twitter stock acquisition too late (20 days after instead of 10) and using the wrong form (Schedule 13G instead of Schedule 13D), painting him as a passive investor rather than an activist.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-04-06/elon-m... talks about it.


Isn't it pure speculation on your part that he had non-passive intentions at the time he acquired the shares? The barrier to prove intent is high, and speculation doesn't cut it.

It's valid to buy as a passive investor and then turn into an activist or an interested party, even a short time later.


given that elon is not the type of person who can avoid loudly announcing his intentions, he did not, and had previously frequently announced ideas to change Twitter, on Twitter itself

I imagine his lawyers hate him almost as much as a certain other famous narcissist's lawyers hate that person


well, sure he played fast and loose on the forms but then there would be a lot of "illegal" tax filers and thats not the commonly understood meaning of "illegal".


Even if it became illegal, qualified immunity would protect the offical who made the threats, so officials will likely never be personally impacted by breaking the law and so it'll keep being broken.


Western society says that some decisions are only able to be made by people who are old enough. If you think about other decisions like gambling at a casino, joining the army or purchasing alcohol, then it might help you understand where they're coming from.


Per https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/long-covid-much-more-t..., it sounds like long term physical and mental impacts can stay with people who get hospitalized by the flu. Why are you more worried about long COVID than persistent effects of diseases that have been around longer like the flu?


Perhaps it has about 10x the odds of causing severe post-viral syndrome than flu does, just as it has about 10x the mortality? We don't know much yet.


The best I can find is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluribus_(poker_bot), but it sounds like it was limited to a few demonstrations.


Forgive me if this is a dumb question, since I'm not that well educated about this. Why can't they sue the police department or some similar body instead of the individuals? My understanding is that QI protects the individuals, but not the government itself from being sued; however, I don't see any discussion of that route when this defense is brought up.


According to posters on the subreddit for the blog, he emailed people who had been to in-person meetups for the blog. https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/hbk52q/psa_...


From their page when you click apply:

> NB! Please be aware that e-Residency does not confer citizenship, tax residency, residence or right of entry to Estonia or to the European Union. It is not a visa or residence permit.

Too bad. It looks like this can't make you a citizen of the EU.


I've heard that some minor internet celebrities will call their police department when moving to a new area to warn about potential swatting calls. You could try to do the same, but it's probably hit-or-miss.


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