Even that's revisionist.

Originally a zero-day exploit was one that was found by crackers on the first day of release of a software product. Like finding a licence crack for a new Microsoft program on the day it went on sale.

There used to be fierce competition to find such an exploit within those 24 hours, and great kudos for those who did.

Nowadays a zero-day can apparently be found years after release, which makes no sense.

I have no sympathy, and even less respect, for people who choose to fly with Ryanair and then complain about these patterns.

After 32 years of Ryanair in its current incarnation nobody can claim naivety. Dance with the devil and he pipes the tune.

Hmm… okay. What about routes that are under-served? Or where Ryanair is much cheaper?

Look, we hate Ryanair, everybody does. The seats are cramped. They keep piping stupid announcements. Dark patterns. Etc. But if we want to see family, it’s Ryanair or another airline. With a family of 3, it’s either 400€ or 900€, so we put up with it.

You’re being unfair.

Well yes but they have become worse.

It used to be pretty easy going if you just paid up for everything you need. I preferred it over the traditional Airlines because with them you have to suffer first before you build enough points for fast boarding etc. With Ryanair you could just pay and if you did you would be given no hassle by the staff. Even onboard food and drink prices were pretty ok.

But recently they've reduced the carryon bag to unusable proportions and their staff is ever ruder and pushy.

> Except that there were no global standards at the time

England had a patent system from the mid 15th Century which emigrants to the New World brazenly ignored in order to set up their own industry.

Of course, they then pulled the ladder up behind themselves in 1790 with the establishment of their own patent system...

Pi hasn't been a hobbyist computer since they were prioritised for large-volume business purchasers during COVID.

As for the education market, that's a long forgotten pipedream.

> companies are supposed to be profitable!

No, companies are meant to be successful.

"Profit" is surplus money that could have been invested earlier in R&D, product development, employee benefits or customer service.

Instead, many companies decide to forego developing themselves for the 'advantage' of a 'record profits' headline and the privilege of giving a quarter of the surplus away as tax.

> The value of the stock is your share in the underlying business.

Which for most investors with Class C/D shares is... the square root of zero.

They assert no control over the business, the only way to benefit from the stock is to find another shmuck to buy it at a higher price.

The price of a growing business should go up because it has more options to create returns for shareholders.

Use Aldi (revenue ~$120B) as an example. Do you think a person would be a shmuck to buy a slice of it now versus when revenue was $1 million? If not, why not? Your answer will help understand why stock has value even without voting control or dividends.

It depends. What if Aldi bled a trillion dollars for this revenue of $120B? Would it be a desirable purchase?

Google and Meta have a reasonably similar corporate structure. Most of the voting power is concetrated in the hands of a few. They have both done very well since their IPOs. Do you exclude these companies from your portfolio?

The novel aspect is that it is being conducted by a satellite, rather than a ground station. Which is an escalation in sophistication which makes counter-jamming much more difficult and also gives global reach to the jammer.

> As long as they provide their own power

How is running local gas turbines more efficient than relying on centralised power generation?

Even the transport costs of getting kerosene to them is considerable.

In the case of the Stratos / Box Elder County mega-datacenter, they are planning to use gas turbines to run off of the nearby Ruby Pipeline. It's a pretty tidy solution, if you ask me.

> Rather, if you list a price for various packages, people get scared off

Yet somehow other businesses manage to convey tiered pricing without scaring customers.

Imagine trying to book a hotel room but were told to contact them because they have a range of rooms from single bed to honeymoon suite. "We couldn't possibly list all the packages, it would confuse you!"

Or try to buy a car, but the dealer refused to list a base price because "we have so many options it's meaningless".

Withholding guideline or indicative pricing is a deliberate obfuscation designed to increase friction and reduce choice.

Not 'entirely', the 6500's wings are made in Japan, the rear fuselage and tail in Northern Ireland and the engines in England.