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The level of anti-science vitriol here is really astounding.

Thanks to this experiment I got to learn about ER=EPR which is just fascinating even if totally theoretical.

2-6 trillion is the new postulate that now includes smaller dim galaxies proximate to larger galaxies.

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/galaxies-in-universe...

Ofc they are smaller, so its a classification problem.

What a coup for Matt Taibbi.. not so much the content, but the branding! The Twitter Files- I’m in immediately. Can’t wait for the movie. And the sequel, The Taibbi Files, where we see how Elon bought a company to send cherry-picked internal emails to throw muck at prior leadership.

Internal policy debates are evil! To save democracy, public forums should be run by benevolent dictators!!

Apparently only quantum physics can determine if twitter violates the first amendment relative to the observer.

A nobel prize awaits discovery of the scale equation for when the law begins to exert force, theorizing anti-hypocrisy particles.

Reading the responses to this, its clear this generation of crypto is doomed

Its clear that Jack Dorsey let Elon know about the only real alternative path for Twitter, which is opening protocols and reversing profit-seeking decisions made many years ago now.

The conversation, leaked: https://twitter.com/TechEmails/status/1575588277700026368/ph...

However, I'm beginning to think Elon didn't get the deep dive he needed to understand what this really means. I have my ears up for the language or relationships showing he is really spending time on this... but I have only seen a dog chasing its tail.

At some level, Elon is characteristically aligned with this version of Twitter, however by saddling current Twitter with so much serviceable debt it is probably more difficult to go back in time than it ever was before.

Its the inevitable conclusion of chasing easy money in the wake of the crypto asset bubble. Everybody got lazy.

For specifically calling him out on a probable lie

Well as michael burry said, its ludicrous to think asset bubbles cant be predicted. One of leading indicators is an increase in the frequency and complexity of fraud within the sector.

Banks are the medium for money created by the government to reach the economy. So perhaps one can say banker salaries are the vig on inflation.

He ran the inverse Theranos playbook.

Instead of a supremely polished persona, he hard-committed to the sweaty geek.

Confidence, man.

My mental model of the blockchain industry is akin to FTXs balance sheet.

I see an endless string of branded code servicing similar technologies, but where are the customer inputs putting in the billions needed to support the industry? Is blockchain liquidating crypto valuations into developer salaries with a VC subsidy?

I go through the portfolio company pages and it gives me a sense of... agony.

I can agree- or see something real- in the stated prospectus around web3, that there is untapped potential in decentralizing the siloed services that dominated the last decade. BUT, I mostly see this as rectifying the decisions of bigtech where value is captured and untapped value can be identified.

However, the portfolio appears to be a never-ending list of competing protocols and "pickaxes." I fail to see how an investor with a zero-to-one prospectus can stomach this. Additionally, most of the product pages offer a smorgasbord of philosophy-as-a-service that I simply do not grok can be aligned with customer need for someone who is not already a believer. There is a frightening lack of use cases offering something to internet denizens (ye olde end-user) beyond some gaming demos, an area where web-first portals (kongregate, armor games, newgrounds) have nigh evaporated.

People arent betting against facebook’s p/e today, they are betting against it tomorrow.

If you remain convinced facebook is a utility, good job to someone.

It is not lost. It can be found on the glowing FTX sign on FTX Arena.

With a pick and chisel, it can also be unstuck. And, given an unspecific amount of time with inflation at current rates, a buyer could be found to restore capital.

Look, I’m a savvy investor who builds marketing teams and would never fall for this, but I think other people will, so I’m going to invest.

Sounds like a guy with ADHD built two banks doing bad things made illegal in the early 1900s

The only appropriate response is a public flogging. I also hope he validates my cynicism rather than solve the problem.

People with a slavish devotion to counterintuitive explanations are just as predictable and pathetic as your so-called synthetic flock.

Russia started a brutal war of aggression. People want to protest any way they can. Its not complicated.

How is that statistic in any way relevant

You are being inconvenienced. People of Ukraine are suffering. Grow up.

To all the Russians who think they are being inconvenienced now: Just wait.

If you live in your father’s home while he is murdering your neighbors for their land, you do have a responsibility to stop him or share in his fate.

As an American, this affirms Namecheap as my first choice.

I would do everything in my power to isolate and fight against a country engaging in a war of conquest in the modern era. For me it would not be a choice.

Yay good for you

Its alright to say you are speculating without drawing parallels to misinformation. They are not the same thing.

I wouldn't abandon the sentiment behind the name entirely, but 'god' is a loaded suffix. I'd explore companion spirit nomenclature, I'm sure there is a good one out there. Like the little Navi faerie from Zelda :)