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alkibiades··on Google lays off its Python team
lol so this guys takeaway is “capitalism bad”. even though capitalism is what got him his cushy google job to start with
alkibiades··on Summers: Inflation Reached 18% in 2022 Using the Government's Previous Formula
itt a bunch of cs undergrads thinking they know more about economics then one of the greatest economic minds of our lifetimes
alkibiades··on San Francisco-to-L.A. overnight train inches closer to reality
maybe im just a hater but rather take the 1 hour plane ride
alkibiades··on Tesla releases Q1 2024 deliveries: disastrous results
wow so right!! those saudi sheikhs must have really good policies too. rich = correct
alkibiades··on Tesla releases Q1 2024 deliveries: disastrous results
top down government technology mandates never work. the early adopters and rich california folks all already have EVs. normal people don’t want them

toyota was right and that’s why i got their hybrid vehicle instead of an EV

alkibiades··on Fresno School Tracks Students' Bathroom Breaks with Countdown App
if you know anything about fresno it’s likely because they’re doing illegal behaviors there
alkibiades··on Chronic stress spreads cancer
i actually felt way more stressed when i started making more money because it opened up way more possibilities which led to analysis paralysis.
alkibiades··on Twitch to Cut 500 Employees, About 35% of Staff
it’s because they’re woke and think it’s sexist to ban that stuff
alkibiades··on A massive tech company exodus occurring in Austin, Texas
the article gave exactly zero figures to justify the title. just a few anecdotes

i don’t see anything that makes me think there’s a “mass exodus”

alkibiades··on A massive tech company exodus occurring in Austin, Texas
or they can take a 1 hour flight on southwest for like 50 bucks.
alkibiades··on We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to return to OpenAI as CEO
lol, or maybe they don’t care about woke virtue signaling
alkibiades··on 30-year fixed mortgage rate just hit 8% for the first time since 2000
it’s strange to me how little attention this is really getting. you’d think politicians would run on solving the housing affordability crisis when half the country is having their life ruined by it.
alkibiades··on Terry Tao's generals (2012)
so has he accomplished anything big/groundbreaking other than being a child prodigy and having a high iq?

serious question. i only know his name for being smart. not anything specific

alkibiades··on TikTok Rankles Employees with Return-to-Office Tracking Tools
they can hire those outdated middle managers from elsewhere
alkibiades··on iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus
i’ve never taken my phone off mute except by accident
alkibiades··on iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus
never broke my phone until i moved into a house with all hard floors instead of carpet

with carpet you could drop it from the ceiling and it would be fine

alkibiades··on Dating app Grindr loses nearly half its staff after trying to force RTO
you’d have to compensate me extra to have that name on my resume
alkibiades··on Buzzy AI startup for generating 3D models used cheap human labor
seems like the investors are the ones that are getting misled. for the customer, it shouldn’t matter whether the image comes from a human or ai, as long as it suits their business need
alkibiades··on Driverless cars may already be safer than human drivers
actually most deaths are in city intersections not highways..

reason being you can’t really get t-boned on the driver side on a highway

alkibiades··on The real cost of a preventive health scan goes well beyond the price tag
yes but the expected value of having a true positive is infinite because it saves your life. so that seems to outweigh the cost of false positive even if that’s more likely
alkibiades··on LK-99 isn’t a superconductor
lol at those internet idiots boosting it. they will fall for anything. see: gamestop/crypto
alkibiades··on Unconfirmed video showing potential LK-99 sample exhibiting the Meissner effect
idk they’re talking like if it’s real then we’ll have all these breakthroughs. so wanted to know if even if it’s real if it may be in feasible economically
alkibiades··on Unconfirmed video showing potential LK-99 sample exhibiting the Meissner effect
so how expensive would this material be to make? i’ve seen everyone say potential uses but i just wanna know if it’s economically feasible
alkibiades··on A room-temperature superconductor? New developments
is this material cheap enough to make such a power line economically feasible
alkibiades··on Stripe is no longer a suitable payment processor
“do things that don’t scale” is just a pleasant way of describing enshittification.

ie that things that make ur product good won’t scale

alkibiades··on Former intel officer says 'non-human biologics’ found at alleged UFO crash sites
if other life exists, the chances of us being first would be really low given the size and age of the universe
alkibiades··on Food companies ‘sweetened the world’ and increased the risk of disease
the same govt that made the flawed food pyramid should regulate food lol
alkibiades··on Food companies ‘sweetened the world’ and increased the risk of disease
exhibit a of why we don’t want socialized medicine. because it justifies this exact thought process
alkibiades··on June Inflation Drops to 3%
this is really good but let’s not celebrate til the battles over and it’s sustainably back to 2%. well see how it all shakes out in 18 months as a lot of fed tightening is delayed in effects

i think everyone needs to do some reflecting. i certainly need to reconcile why i was so sure that the economy would have to crash from high interest rates in order to stop inflation

one camp seems to want to take credit for inflation falling but ignore the incompetence of it rising in the first place

the second seems to want pretend it’s not coming down when it clearly is.

imo 2 things are undeniable:

1. both transitory (pandemic) and policy errors (overzealous spending and interest rates) caused it in first place.

2. both transitory (base effects of pandemic going away) and policy successes (fed raising rates and congress stopping socialist spending) are causing it to come down

alkibiades··on June Inflation Drops to 3%
ARP was 1.9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Rescue_Plan_Act_of_20...

and then he’s some quite a few other things. even his halting student loans is quite costly. and forgiving them would have been a lot more

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