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Yes, Google has an office in Australia so do all the big US companies like Microsoft, AirBnB etc. As I mentioned below Anduril have a new operation in Sydney as Australia's submarine capability is f@#ked and needs something ASAP

G'Day from Sydney

Anduril have setup shop in Sydney. Anything of interest there?

Westbury Partners if you are into high frequency trading. They pay a shit tonne (seemed to have stopped displaying the eye watering salaries)


My god! I can only imagine the carnage which would occur around my locale if those bikes were everywhere! But very impressive and tempting to put an order in


We're all going to die young in Australia as 60 minutes / Youtube doesn't allow us access to this video

In all seriousness. I like Dr Peter Attia's approach / style when a guest on other people's podcast. Keeps it simple enough and to the point


Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Shrugged

I came across it from a post/comments on Twitter and people were proposing that a character from the book resembles one of our current Billionaires who does car, space, social media things among others.


OMG!


The Alien's have arrived!


That's a very expensive laptop!


Very expensive, poor battery life in eco mode and has a ton of bad reviews.


I thought in Australia all we had to do was open a tobacco shop, put in a self loading cash ATM and off you go.


The lesson they should have learned from Commonwealth Bank is KYC, Know Your Criminals:

  “But if they don’t understand local money laundering and terrorism financing risks, they are failing to meet” obligations around such activities in Australia. 
ComBank knew how to put a tray of ANZAC biscuits out, provide little tin MoneyBanks with a slot for the CrimJrs, and partner in FrequentFlyer points with QUANTAS.

According to the article Binance Australia seems under resourced for such things:

  Austrac also raised concerns about high staff turnover along with a lack of local resourcing and senior management oversight at the Australian unit of Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by volume.


Has been published now on iview.

I liked his other comment about how we are used to using enery to power physical work, we now need to get used to using energy to power mental work


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