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It's some coincidence there is an actual outbreak in May 2022 in Britain.
Musk does not have to close the deal if there has been a “material adverse effect” at Twitter. (Sections 4.9 and 7.2(b).) “Material adverse effect” is defined on page 5 of the agreement and it is long. Actually the definition doesn’t say much; it just says, tautologically, that a “Material Adverse Effect” is “any change, event, effect or circumstance which, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted in or would reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations” of Twitter. All the action is in the exceptions to the MAE. As I suggested yesterday, there are lots of them, and it is somewhat difficult to think of an event that would cause a material adverse effect on Twitter’s business but not be covered by an exception to the MAE. If Twitter does badly due to all sorts of general conditions (changes in law, general economic and financial conditions, pandemics, etc.), that does not count as an MAE. If Twitter fails “to meet internal, analysts’ or other earnings estimates or financial projections or forecasts for any period,” that doesn’t count as an MAE; just having bad earnings isn’t enough. And, as usual, bad effects that result from “the negotiation, execution, announcement, performance, consummation or existence of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement” do not count as an MAE, though here they felt it necessary to spell out “including (A) by reason of the identity of Elon Musk, Parent or any of their Affiliates or their respective financing sources, or any communication by Parent or any of its Affiliates or their respective financing sources, including regarding their plans or intentions with respect to the conduct of the business of the Company.” If Elon Musk breaks Twitter by tweeting his plans for it, he still has to buy it.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-04-27/bill-h... starts about 2/3 down
https://www.pave.com/blog-posts/monthly-churn-continues-to-r...
Eurolibertarian q-lite babble
So they can make big inroads into their static gas consumption by rolling with that and shutting down some or all of their gas power stations instead... it seems they have options to trim their usage to the point they can prepare for winter without funding their own security threat.
What does it mean to 'incentivize' exactly?
Who chooses which projects and contributors receive this largesse?
Only 20% of electricity generation in germany is from gas, even though russia supplies around half that, it's not going to be armageddon. Gas from other sources will take up the slack in the medium term. In the short term gas-specific consumers will have some problems.
The excitement you hear about comes from personal discovery around things of interest to you (possibly only to you) and the feeling that you really understand something not widely known, so that you could bring it out and use it for something.
Even esoteric cases are all connected to a single underlying reality underneath, as you improve and gain understanding by your own hands pieces of what underpins everything, you will find unexpected connections even in your mundane work-stuff.
However this pans out clearly there should be norms for energy security and design requirements to fail safe, eg, always enough on site to shut down gracefully.
From my perspective it has been working well for years, and the alternative stacks all appear to be dying off since Ubuntu has also blessed it.
The article talks about end-users purchasing autonomous cars, and replacement of taxis in one breath...those are two different things.
They don't have to give you the time of day in the current market... they don't even have to give their current employer the time of day.
Last commit 5y ago.
Only support xilinx and digilent (?)