This is a very mistaken impression, the SEC certainly is the regulator with jurisdiction over private share trades. The onus for reporting is just much higher for public companies.
PDFBox is the GOAT of backend pdf libraries. We've built incredible things with it, plus pdfjs on the front-end - full compliant e-signature, templated pdf generation, in-browser pdf editing. Looked deeply at alternatives but very happy with our choice. In particular using itext vs pdfbox feels like using WordPress vs Rails - try to build anything very serious and you will be happier you picked the more capable, lower-level library.
I've been involved in the Canadian cleantech venture scene since 2011, and General Fusion has been a particular frustration of mine for that entire time. Their pitch to VCs is like a particularly fragrant pitcher plant:
* We are in the last phases of doing a big experiment
* After the experiment, which will demonstrate net-gain fusion, our valuation will soar to infinity as we instantly render the entire energy industry obsolete
* Therefore, even if you think our chances of success are less than 1%, you must surely take the bet and invest now.
Amazingly they have managed to run this racket successfully and repeatedly for nearly two decades without demonstrating any material success, and still getting nice puff pieces like this one from the tech press.
I encourage any reader to check out their Glassdoor profile, which has a bunch of amusing quotes from disillusioned engineers, like "Management would struggle to deliver a pizza, let alone a billion dollar fusion reactor"
This is Facebook's death spiral. People came to Facebook for their friends. Then FB inserted ragebait and ads in the pursuit of engagement metrics and monetization.
But then eventually Facebook is just a stream of ads and slop with no activity from friends.. And then you wonder why you're even there.
I got a 3090 in the depths of the 2021 GPU shortage and for my purposes (mainly JRPGs) I can still run basically every new game at 4k max settings. I don't really see much need to upgrade.
Wonder if the AI rush will result in a situation where the state of the art is so far beyond what's needed for gaming that gpus won't be a bottleneck anymore.
I got a 3080 which I managed to pre-order at MSRP, up until ~1.5 year ago that thing was selling for more than I payed for it in the used market.
> Wonder if the AI rush will result in a situation where the state of the art is so far beyond what's needed for gaming that gpus won't be a bottleneck anymore.
I dunno, it seems the scaling is different for AI. Like AI is more about horizontal scaling and gaming is more about vertical scaling (after you get to native 4k resolutions).
An RTX 5090 is nowhere near enough if you want to play graphically demanding games on the latest high-resolution VR headsets. Many are close to 4k*4k per eye, so essentially an 8k screen that needs to run at a stable 90 fps not to cause nausea, and ideally higher.
> German Brot has rather different connotations from the nasty stuff Brits call bread, but I don't think there's a better word available, and a straight-up borrow would feel fairly weird in most context. Much weirder than borrowing 'sharding' in a technical context.
I'm absolutely puzzled by this. Not British but I've been to both countries and can't say I noticed much difference in their bread.
What do you consider to be the key distinction between German and British bread? Why do you think it is such a dramatic change that you can't countenance using the same word?
> Not British but I've been to both countries and can't say I noticed much difference in their bread.
I've lived in both places multiple times for years and decades. But even a cursory visit should show you vast differences. The Brits don't even believe in rye.
You can do a simple visual comparison from the comfort of your own home:
The Flashbulb - Parkways: https://youtu.be/C6pzg7I61FI
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