Okay, I did a bit of googling and I think they refer to this desk:

Which… I guess… is iconic if you watch InfoWars?

This whole conversation makes this post make a lot more sense.

Small comfort: they still can’t physically force you like they can with biometrics.

Challenge accepted

What’s “heterolingual”? You can only talk to people who speak a different language than the one you use?

You wouldn’t download a book?

Can’t the same be said about Lust?

The question is not “how”. The question is “why”.

Which is weird, because SovCits are a cargo cult who try to mimic the legal miracles top lawyers sometimes manage to pull off. Musk should be different - he does have access to these top lawyers who do have deep understanding of the law.

Unless Twittex’ lawyers got the same treatment the engineers got?

They are not made of straw, either.

For Windows 11, it would be an ad for Hitler instead of just a picture.

Should Greece really be on that list? The only criterion where it’s not grayed out is “Awarded Parts of China to Japan”, which actually means “signed the Treaty of Versailles after WWI”. And unlike many of the other countries that signed it, Greece did not get anything to itself from it.

So if you don’t sell it, and instead rent it out to other people, he’d get a portion of the rent the future tenant pays? And I don’t supposed said future tenant will also get equity?

Have you consulted with a lawyer about this? The laws differ from place to place, but I’d be worried the equity you give him may also grant him some sort of claim on the house, which would mean he gets a say on financial things related to the real estate. This can complicate things in the future.

Also - what does “percentage of revenue if we end up keeping and paying it off years later” mean? That after he leaves you will pay him for his share in your house?

Free cat-sitting?

Could still be worse. They can still mandate that you post it on a paid service. That they own.

The ability to bullshit on demand is an invaluable skill in the corporate world.

Polyculture farming is good for the land and good for yields, but monoculture is easier for the government to rule over.

https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/03/16/book-review-seeing-like-a-state/
https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/10/14/book-review-against-the-grain/