Amazon's core business is AWS, which is worth more than 60% of the market cap. Amazon's advertising business generates half the profits of AWS and has even faster growth, so should be worth 30% of Amazon's market cap. The only conclusion is that Wall Street considers Amazon's e-commerce to be nearly worthless other than as a loss-leader for Ads, and it should thus not be considered their "core business".

And they never bothered to free his mother Shmi

I’d say the, ahem, borrowings from The Seven Samurai were quite blatant, via the rightfully forgotten Battle Beyond the Stars

I think he is probably bipolar and refusing to take meds for what is nowadays an often treatable condition.

But 2/3 of the genetic diversity we have is in Africa

Beastmaster? Although auburn Tanya Robert’s quite fetching.

But iOS is 87% and rising for US teenagers, which explains iMessage being the dominant messaging platform in the US.

Zero interest given that Cixin Liu is an apologist for the CCP’s genocide in Xinjiang.

It’s beyond parody at this stage.

A more immediate form of protest: I canceled my Premium membership.

If you look at the crooked Warren of spaghetti that is the London street map, one road stands out for its straightness: Edgware Road (known in my area as Shoot-Up Hill). Wouldn’t you know it, it’s the Roman road.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgware_Road

Edgware Road is a major road in London, England. The route originated as part of Roman Watling Street and, unusually in London, it runs for 10 miles in an almost perfectly straight line.

I’m not sure how valid that criticism is. Reddit’s search is abysmal as well, doesn’t seem to have hurt them.

I’d say The Expanse has revisited many of those themes, better.

The Verge’s review is negative:

https://www.theverge.com/23889089/the-creator-movie-review-gareth-edwards

Have you tried the Faber-Castell e-motion? Very thick line due to its 1.4mm lead, but very expressive and a joy to hold in the hand.

This line is priceless:

Remember Lobo? He disobeyed orders, and now Sador's wearing his left foot

Economist George Akerlof explains the role of warranties in establishing customer confidence in his paper The Market for Lemons.

Keep in mind “lifetime warranty” often ends up being “lifetime of the company”, not yours. The Lindy Effect is relevant here.

If he is, then it will be almost as great a service to humanity as killing the internal combustion engine.

Thanks for the recommendation. I went on Apple iBooks to buy it, it turns out it’s free.

That’s a bit harsh. More like “useful idiots” to quote Lenin.