[ArmchairPhilosopher]

I will be seeing her perform the Sibelius concerto in March with the San Francisco Symphony/Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Safe me a seat, please…

 

[Balthazar B]

Right but the 11B claim was made in 2021, iirc.

And he probably did, at least according to CNN, whom I assume you'd believe. They and MarketRealist should really get on the same page.

 

[artur9]

...<Lisa Batiashvili album cover>...
The soundtrack to tonight's office session.
Her rendition of Cinderella's Grand Waltz is

Today, I was blessed to attend a violin/piano concert (recital?) featuring Kinga Augustyn at the Havre de Grace Opera House. 6 rows from the stage in a tiny opera house seating maybe 200 - sadly only about 1/3 full (we'll blame the arctic freeze/snow for that, yeah, that's the ticket!). The majority of what she played wasn't familiar to me. The Saint Saens and Schindler's List were fantastic!

Acoustic music in a real space indeed!

 

[Sinister Whisperz]

Parabolic mirrors like Archimedes a no go? Not that one could use such all the time.

Hehe that might be a bit extreme for thermoforming plastics. We do have a solar oven that's great in the summer, works well in winter as well but standing around in the 3 feet of snow we currently have makes it less than ideal.

 

[Plautus001]

Peter Gabriel’s i/o
The CD has both the bright-side and dark-side mixes. So far, I prefer the dark-side mix.

Good stuff, and good to hear from Mr Gabriel again.

It didn't really hit me the first time... I'll cue it up again

 

[artur9]

Hehe that might be a bit extreme for thermoforming plastics. We do have a solar oven that's great in the summer, works well in winter as well but standing around in the 3 feet of snow we currently have makes it less than ideal.

Also useful to make BBQ? :-D

 

[adias]

Are this disc and caliper subcontracted to Brembo SpA? Brembo is popular amongst Italian automobile manufacturers such as Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and others that as of 20 January 2024 I not know.

Yes Brembo is OEM for many car companies. A specific version like the Porsche PCCB may be unique to the brand by contract.

 

[Balthazar B]

Mmmmmmm.....big tubes.

Vali 3, anyone? Vali 2+++++++++ just kinda doesn't have a ring to it.

Somehow that reminded me of Maerose Prizzi's comment about Charley Partanna's mortadella.

 

[porchwizard]

Maybe I was talking about a different Elon? Possibly Elon J. Farnsworth?

My Loraxen (is that the plural?) will probably be waiting quite a bit longer....

P.S. there is no evidence I've been able to find, other than EM's claptrap, that he paid anywhere near that much in taxes.... Tesla, the company, paid $0.

Well argued. I concede your point.

 

[KaiFi]

I will be seeing her perform the Sibelius concerto in March with the San Francisco Symphony/Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Oh cool, me too! I just bought my tickets

I'll be going with someone who is not much of a classical music fan, but did want to go to this concert with me. Maybe the experience will open his mind more.

 

[porchwizard]

Elon Musk sold about $40B in Tesla stock in 2022, nearly all of which would have been subject to taxation. So between that and other income he was likely to have made, it's not a stretch to believe his tax bills came to about that much, and maybe more if you include state taxes.

My original mention of $11B of taxes came from Mr. Musk excercising stock options, in 2021, that were about to expire. The per-share price when the options were granted was something around $6.50 but the current stock price was around $950. Blame all those fools buying Teslas. As explained by others (other places) when exercising options like this the difference in the option price and the current price is considered income. The upshot is he he acquired $20+ B in stock (current value) for a pittance and had to pay the going tax rate of 53% on nearly all of that. To do that he had to sell around half the stock he just bought. The total tax paid / value of the stock sold has been represented in many places as $11B or $12B with $11B seeming to be the most consistent.
As others have pointed out, the sale of $40B of stock in 2022 to finance the purchase of twitter was likely not subject to income or capital gains tax since it was re-invested.

 

[porchwizard]

I will always defer to my son’s considered and educated judgment on “preference”. My theory being happy, competent pilots are the most important thing versus the specifics of a given plane…

I’ll trust a trained, professional pair of humans over ANY software automation/“AI” (after almost 50 years in the computer/sw industry) any day. Just ask the passengers that Sully saved . (Interestingly enough, I had the honor of meeting him about 10 years ago; super interesting and intense dude)

I've always said, when flying, that I want the pilot well trained, well rested and well paid. I absolutely do not chase the lowest ticket price or fly budget airlines (*).
(*) I understand there can be excellent pilots and crew on budget and discount airlines but I don't believe they are supported by the system and, in fact, have to overcome the system.

 

[33na3rd]

It didn't really hit me the first time... I'll cue it up again

I’m still wrapping my head around how the two mixes affected me differently. Same music, different mix.

The dark-side mixes reminded me of Gabriel’s first four albums, while the bright-side mixes reminded me of his newer stuff.

I am guilty of preferring his earlier work.

 

[Plautus001]

I’m still wrapping my head around how the two mixes affected me differently. Same music, different mix.

The dark-side mixes reminded me of Gabriel’s first four albums, while the bright-side mixes reminded me of his newer stuff.

I am guilty of preferring his earlier work.

I think I have to really listen again without something else going on.

Agreed the first four are the best... Security is my personal favourite.

 

[Kristofa]

I should bookmark this somehow.

Interesting that the CD has less bass than the LP. I would have thought the opposite were true.

The Sumiko BPS EVO III cart definitely warms up my LPs and the MFSL CD is leaner but still sounds good.