If you're serious about this, the two books that were recommended to me are "Buy then Build" and "HBS Guide to Buying a Small Business." I've read both and they're very good.

The main obstacle for me is that it takes about 12-18 months to find one that's actually profitable and reasonable to take over and in the right geography. Also, these days, you're competing with a lot of private equity firms who are bidding up anything that's actually profitable. Fiat money has found its way to even small businesses.

But yea, if you do pursue this, it's not a short process and you'll need a good accountant and lawyer at a minimum. All that said, I hope you find something profitable to do with your time.

A slightly less technical, but still very good takedown of quantum computing which I send to anyone that starts spewing nonsense about how it'll break the internet: https://scottlocklin.wordpress.com/2019/01/15/quantum-computing-as-a-field-is-obvious-bullshit/

Have more children

These are unbelievably nitpicky examples. Lots of people are not native English speakers and don't listen to podcasts all day to know little details like that. To use this as evidence that a whole group of people is retarded is itself retarded.

If anything that shows me that these people get information primarily from reading which is a lot more thoughtful and indicates a deeper engagement with the material than someone who pronounces words correctly but parrots establishment opinion on everything.

What's retarded is going along with COVID lockdowns, or supporting a stupid war or going along with trans men playing women's sports. It's the people unwilling to question main narratives that have the deeper intellectual flaw.

Ask @CJWracing

Which covenants proposal, if any, do you prefer?

It's so hard to get Grok to help simplify even reasonable math equations. I've gotten pretty frustrated at trying to get AI to help, so something better would very much be welcome. I remain a bit skeptical, but something like this would be really fun to play with and use.