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Ask HN: Super-rich getting ready for Doomsday?

2 points|ersinesen|5 years ago|2 comments

It is apparently an everlasting anxiety but it seems coronavirus fueled it once again. Do you see such a trend in tech moguls or Silicon Valley?

[30 Jan 2017] Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/30/doomsday-prep-for-the-super-rich)

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[6 Mar 2020] Coronavirus ‘fuelling spike in doomsday bunker sales as mega-rich build virus-free panic rooms (https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11114776/coronavirus-spike-doomsday-bunker/)

[21 Apr 2020] Panicky super-rich flee to luxury doomsday bunkers in New Zealand to escape coronavirusm (https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11444200/panicky-super-rich-flee-to-luxury-nz-bunkers/)

[21 Apr 2020] ‘We Needed to Go’: Rich Americans Activate Pandemic Escape Plans (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-19/-we-needed-to-go-rich-americans-activate-pandemic-escape-plans)

[15 May 2020] Super-rich buying underground bunkers with SHOOTING RANGES over fears coronavirus will spark social meltdown (https://www.the-sun.com/news/833092/super-rich-underground-bunkers-shooting-ranges/)

[15 May 2020] How the super-rich spent lockdown (https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-52669638/how-the-super-rich-spent-lockdown)

[19 May 2020] Ultra-wealthy purchasing bunkers with underground shooting ranges amid coronavirus meltdown fears (https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/ultra-wealthy-purchasing-bunkers-with-underground-shooting-ranges-amid-coronavirus-meltdown-fears)

Cheems, the Shiba Inu meme dog, has died (https://www.the-sun.com/news/8879390/cheems-balltze-dog-meme-cheemsburger-viral-cancer/)

248 points|jiwidi|2 years ago|27 comments

Israel uses AI drone swarm in battle to hunt down opponents with no human input (https://www.the-sun.com/news/3222879/israel-first-ever-drone-swarm-hamas/)

29 points|lando2319|4 years ago|7 comments

Evidence found on DB Cooper tie means plane hijacking mystery could be solved (https://www.the-sun.com/news/10011770/db-cooper-new-evidence-case-solved-this-year-skyjacking/)

26 points|rmason|1 year ago|15 comments

Bill Gates warns Covid lockdowns could drag on into 2022 (https://www.the-sun.com/news/1968632/bill-gates-warns-covid-lockdowns-2022/)

25 points|just-juan-post|4 years ago|81 comments

Study suggests taking Viagra could cut the risk of Alzheimer’s by up to 69%(https://www.the-sun.com/health/4216281/viagra-cuts-risk-alzheimers-prescribed-beat-dementia/)

17 points|incomplete|3 years ago|2 comments

Warning against storing passwords in Chrome after hackers target remote workers (https://www.the-sun.com/tech/4364366/chrome-store-password-hacked-redline-stealer/?rec_article=true)

14 points|fortran77|3 years ago|4 comments

SpaceX will rescue ISS if Russia tries to drop it from orbit (https://www.the-sun.com/tech/4777695/elon-musk-spacex-iss-russia-putins-space-chief/)

12 points|joering2|3 years ago|4 comments

Hypersonic hydrogen-powered jet cuts trip from US to Australia – 17 to 4 hours (https://www.the-sun.com/tech/8222575/hypersonic-hydrogen-powered-jet-destinus-australia-flight-time/)

10 points|thunderbong|2 years ago|5 comments

President's situation room photo has wrong times sparking conspiracy theories (https://www.the-sun.com/news/3481115/biden-situation-room-photo-wrong-times-london-moscow/)

10 points|drocer88|4 years ago|5 comments

Cows are getting virtual reality goggles to feel like they’re outside (https://www.the-sun.com/news/4410955/cows-cooped-up-for-winter-get-virtual-reality-goggles/)

9 points|danielam|3 years ago|3 comments

Amazon ‘down globally’ as users say ‘they can’t make purchases on site’(https://www.the-sun.com/news/3265100/amazon-outage-online-store-down-users-issues-site/)

9 points|turtlegrids|4 years ago|0 comments

Netflix price increase leaves fans furious (https://www.the-sun.com/money/13351174/netflix-price-increase/)

8 points|mgh2|2 months ago|8 comments

China sounds alarm after detecting NEW ‘Langya’ virus with 35 infected (https://www.the-sun.com/health/5961203/china-sounds-alarm-new-langya-virus/)

7 points|orionion|3 years ago|4 comments

Space warps astronauts brains leaving concerning changes even when back on Earth (https://www.the-sun.com/tech/5281394/space-warps-astronauts-brains-leaving-changes/)

7 points|kvee|3 years ago|4 comments

"PROTECTOR 'Uber with guns' app surges in Apple charts after CEO assassination"(https://www.the-sun.com/tech/13575515/uber-with-guns-protector-app-bodyguard-ceo-assassination/)

7 points|robotnikman|1 month ago|3 comments

Creepy AI imagines what the ‘scariest person on Earth’ looks like are horrifying (https://www.the-sun.com/tech/6161840/creepy-ai-imagines-scariest-person-on-earth/)

7 points|orionion|3 years ago|1 comments

Entire town is hidden in giant 750ft deep cave and residents refuse to move (https://www.the-sun.com/news/10945273/inside-home-of-last-cave-people/)

7 points|Stratoscope|1 year ago|0 comments

Candace Owens wins challenge against Facebook fact-checker Politifact (https://www.the-sun.com/news/1876419/candace-owens-wins-challenge-against-facebook-fact-checker-politifact/)

7 points|heshiebee|4 years ago|0 comments

China feared to be hiding missiles in shipping containers (https://www.the-sun.com/news/4214471/china-feared-hiding-missile-trojan-horse-containers/)

6 points|qwertyuiop_|3 years ago|3 comments

Amazon scams are up 500% – how to spot the red flags (https://www.the-sun.com/tech/4473465/amazon-scam-emails-cost-you-thousands-red-flags/)

5 points|kungfudoi|3 years ago|4 comments

Taking Viagra cuts the risk of Alzheimer’s by up to 69 percent (https://www.the-sun.com/health/4216281/viagra-cuts-risk-alzheimers-prescribed-beat-dementia/)

5 points|1cvmask|3 years ago|3 comments

US warns Starlink satellites will start killing people (https://www.the-sun.com/tech/9321207/us-warning-starlink-satellites-kill-people/)

4 points|heartjudytenuta|1 year ago|7 comments

Russian warship with ‘unstoppable’ 7 kmph hypersonic missiles 'sails towards US'(https://www.the-sun.com/news/7211759/russian-warship-hypersonic-missiles-us-coast/)

4 points|mardiyah|2 years ago|4 comments

Microchip implanted in your arm tracks Covid vaccine status with cell phone scan (https://www.the-sun.com/tech/3913734/microchip-implanted-into-skin-vaccination-status-proof/)

4 points|harambae|3 years ago|1 comments

Sex in the metaverse will be ‘equally enjoyable’ as real life act, experts claim (https://www.the-sun.com/tech/4858390/sex-in-the-metaverse-virtual-reality/)

4 points|harambae|3 years ago|0 comments

US Navy vid shows UFO whizzing through sky before dropping into ocean (https://www.the-sun.com/news/2891893/us-navy-vid-shows-ufo-whizzing-through-sky/)

4 points|graderjs|4 years ago|0 comments

John McAfee arrested after wearing ‘safe lacy thong as a Covid mask’ in Norway (https://www.the-sun.com/news/1288314/tech-millionaire-john-mcafee-arrested-thong-coronavirus-mask-norway/)

4 points|rmason|5 years ago|0 comments

Apple services incl. Maps, App Store and iCloud go DOWN in major global outage (https://www.the-sun.com/tech/4944089/apple-maps-down-icloud-outage/)

3 points|rmason|3 years ago|2 comments

Workday Is Down (https://www.the-sun.com/tech/9500783/workday-outage-updates-login-down-status/)

3 points|jxi|1 year ago|1 comments