They refunded + 20% interest people with less than $50k. The larger investors will take longer.

I recommend e-bikes. If you get a folding one it can go in the boot of the car and save you on parking. I own a petrol car but hardly use it as the bike is handier for me.

I think I agree but currently it's analysis paralysis. Just had a huge repair bill come in for the car and to be blunt if I could supplement its daily wear and tear I'd appreciate it, so the fire under me is starting to get lit.

The article doesn't say what it means by win. I presume we will have the present situation where the cutting edge stuff is closed source developed by profit oriented companies and open source is available two but a year or two behind.

I use Google Translate quite a lot and it's pretty good even for obscure languages. The voice to text thing on youtube videos has improved a lot in the last five years.

Re. not training on obscure languages, the current thing seems to be to chuck all digital information available into the training so although they probably don't hire a human, the specialist dictionaries are probably in there.

People have been skeptical of them doing advanced maths because it involves complicated thinking which the 'stochastic parrot' folk thought wouldn't happen.

Too much social media and tweeting for a Bond villain. Putin always seems a bit like a Bond villain and has the creepy murderous thing down.

Bond villains are rarely (almost never these days, I think) state actors; crazy billionaire is a more popular choice.

Ryanair isn't that bad hence their ascent from a small airline to Europe's largest. The flights are usually cheap, on time and clicking through the junk only takes five minutes. They do occasionally get you with stupid charges. I think the worst I had was being charged £200 or so because I tried checking in online 1hr55m before takeoff and you were supposed to do it 2 hrs ahead. (2 passengers x £100). Swings and roundabouts.

As a many times Ryanair user I don't. I get allocated some crappy random seat, enter the plane last and sit somewhere else, often a row to myself.

But it's usually better to buy the train ticket at the station rather than from Ryanair.

Better, yes. More convenient, no. That's why Bookingcom offers to load you with a rental car, train ticket and god knows what else, why Ryanair offers train tickets and why hotels do the same - massively reduced friction.

Slightly reduced friction but it locks you into whichever service they sell which isn't always the most convenient at airports with multiple travel options.

You'd think, America being billed as the land of the free, some politician might free Americans to order stuff from abroad as long as it's safe as in regulated by some competent body like the EU, Canada etc.?