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tartuffe78··on The $100B megadeal between OpenAI and Nvidia is on ice
Too important to what? The bubble?
tartuffe78··on Thief of $90M in seized U.S.-controlled crypto is gov't contractor's son
How tall is that ballroom going to be?
tartuffe78··on Satya Nadella: "We need to find something useful for AI"
It's useful for bribing politicians, milking money from saps, and a bunch of other stuff!
tartuffe78··on Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide over "heroes"
It's very explicitly explained in the finale.
tartuffe78··on American importers and consumers bear the cost of 2025 tariffs: analysis
They're putting tariffs on things you can't buy or produce domestically, rubber, coffee, etc.
tartuffe78··on Instagram AI Influencers Are Defaming Celebrities with Sex Scandals
They used to shut down sign up when Reddit was down :)
tartuffe78··on Are we tired of social media? (2025)
Nobody goes on Instagram anymore, it's too crowded!
tartuffe78··on Grok is enabling mass sexual harassment on Twitter
I mostly switched to Bluesky, but I still check in when "major events" happen.
tartuffe78··on Tesla publishes analyst forecasts suggesting sales set to fall
And everything they've announced has come to pass before...
tartuffe78··on Now That He Has No Power, Mitt Romney Says "Tax the Rich"
Isn't that only because the wages of the bottom 90% have stagnated so long?
tartuffe78··on Stranger Things creator says turn off “garbage” settings
It helps that they're mostly shouting explanations at each other.
tartuffe78··on Tesla’s 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner writes down deal by 99%
The future looks Chinese.
tartuffe78··on Microsoft has a problem: lack of demand for its AI products
So did Microsoft
tartuffe78··on Cognitive and mental health correlates of short-form video use
I don't think getting addicted to constant serotonin boosts from enjoyable videos is that much better to be honest.
tartuffe78··on New Records about Amelia Earhart "released on a rolling basis"
TBH I don't think even the president, especially this president, would be told about that.
tartuffe78··on Fungus in Chernobyl nuclear disaster zone has mutated to 'feed' on radiation (2024)
There has been a lot more plant biomass over the eons than dinosaurs
tartuffe78··on FDA described as a "clown show" amid latest scandal; top drug regulator is out
Yeah they loved giving people oxy
tartuffe78··on Pentagon orders states' national guards to form 'quick reaction forces'
Portland is burned to the ground friend, I heard it on Fox News the other day...
tartuffe78··on Mom says son asked Grok AI bot about soccer; told him to send nudes
A Mom's son... if only there was another word for such a person, one that would indicate age.
tartuffe78··on Trump pardons convicted Binance founder
My wife's aunt has been having delusions Trump wants her to help run the country, and maybe preparing for her to run for senate. She's bought "Trump Coins" that will make her rich when we does something in the future...

It's a cult of personality that has taken over people's lives.

tartuffe78··on Trump pardons convicted Binance founder
It's a good thing Trump is as old as he is. Imagine if a 50 year old had this much influence over his party, could ignore any law, and stole this much money.

May I never live to see such a thing happen in the US, but it doesn't feel unlikely.

tartuffe78··on Amazon hopes to replace 600k US workers with robots
What are we going to do when there are no more lower middle class / upper lower class customers in this country?
tartuffe78··on South Africa's one million invisible children without birth certificates
I feel like there is some other racism South Africa might be infamous for...
tartuffe78··on Vision Pro Future Uncertain as All Headset Development Is Seemingly Paused
It will happen when the tech is good enough to make us not sick.
tartuffe78··on AI is an attack from above on wages": cognitive scientist Hagen Blix
> But the lot of low status people is probably only going to improve with more AI

I've got a bridge to sell you...

tartuffe78··on Colombia's president says boat struck by US was carrying Colombians
Because they haven't proved the boats were full of "Narco terrorists", and they lie about everything else so why should we believe them about this?
tartuffe78··on The AI bubble is 17 times the size of the dot-com frenzy and four times subprime
Not if they bribe the big man
tartuffe78··on OpenAI's H1 2025: $4.3B in income, $13.5B in loss
Will people accept ads from their “computer friend”? Might feel like the Truman Show when your friend starts giving you promo codes in casual conversation
tartuffe78··on Scientists say X has lost its professional edge and Bluesky is taking its place
I had to switch to DuckDuckGo for work, AI stuff was too annoying
tartuffe78··on The Poison Pill to End the MMR Is Tylenol
It’s on the bottles
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