JillyB

I doubt it. The Saudi-Arabian monarchy doesn't invest in things because they want to make money. They do it for power, image, and influence in the world. They just threw a lot of money into the E-sports world cup in Riyadh. I think they're buying what's needed to make Saudi-Arabia a gaming hub. They're doing the same thing with sports and racing and all sorts of entertainment. For that reason, I doubt they'll strip EA for parts. All of the competitive games that EA makes will suddenly have tons of prize money and developer-backing for competition and E-sports. And the final big event will always be in SA.

Co-op/freelance > small business > large single-owner business > publicly traded business > private equity business.

The hordes of faceless shareholders is mostly regular people's retirement accounts. It's still a net-negative for society, but now it's not even helping someone retire comfortably. With Saudi Arabia involved, that means it's also going to be laundering the image of a monarchy.

A few years ago everyone was talking about how crown prince Bin Salman ordered the brutal execution and dismemberment of a journalist. Now the E-sports world cup is in Riyadh.

I don't see them producing enough quantity in the next few years to run into demand issues.

I think you might be right. It seems like they're trying to start pretty small and niche with low volumes.

I don't think the author is complaining that a Slate truck isn't for them. They're concerned that Slate overestimated the demand and the brand won't get off the ground. I kinda hope they succeed but I have similar concerns. I suspect they might announce a new model in like a year that has 4 doors and factory infotainment.

I don't like trucks; they're far too big for city use.

The Slate truck is quite a bit shorter than a Corolla. It's a very small vehicle.

From what I've seen the neighborhood seems to be densely packed expensive apartments and townhomes that were rapidly built en masse, and then in the center there's a grassy field and some breweries and restaurants and stuff. So possibly some very American designs going on there.

I used to live in one of these kind of complexes. It was even next to a river with a nice little 2 mile trail along it. At first I thought it would be cool to live within a short walk of things. There was a convenience store that was quite nice. However, the owner told me that the complex told them they couldn't sell nicotine products "to keep homeless out". That shouldve been a red flag. Then the convenience store closed in favor of a fancy coffee shop. Then a fancy German restaurant with outdoor seating. Suddenly I felt like I lived in an outdoor mall. The site for that apartment complex was previously used for the states death row so I guess it's still an improvement from that.

If public transit was valued by the local government, the city would be built in a way to make that work ok. If cars are valued, the city is built to be driven in.

I think the singer doesn't count either since that's someone's name which could be anything in any language. Also the navy seal is named after the animal. It's 2 frames. "Seal" the animal and "seal" the keep stuff in/out

They're all seals. The bad part is that this is really only 2 different meanings. The soldier is a navy seal but that's just named after the animal. The top middle is a seal to keep oil in a machine. The concept of sealing something applies to the the oil seal, the deck sealant, and the wax seal.

I truly dont understand this comment.

It wouldn't be queer owned if it was publicly traded. It would be owned by shareholders.

Skating rink too