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  1. Ed Zitron sounds like a moron.
  2. It rasies the question that if we (states) are going to be decoupled from a federal umbrella of protection with respect to natural disasters (i.e. FEMA), then what are we really doing here as a republic? I guess we still have the overarching need of a singular military and an economic engine as the sum of the parts is greater than if we had 4 or 5 balkanized countries by region (e.g. Confederacy Redux, PNW, New Yorkia, etc.), but we are seemingly content to erode any other value of having a federal government if we continue down this path...
  3. That's a very strange standard to meet, but okay.
  4. Characterizing Hoover (largely considered the Godmother of BookTok and one of the best selling writers--albeit shlock) as a no-name is a choice. I think David Baldacci and all the mass-produced spy/action/legal thrillers are all schlocky but they are well-known, popular and sell tons as well.
  5. Been reading a lot of Davos coverage this week (WEF) which of course is an intersection of business & politics. Found the Zelensky comments to Europe and Ursula von der Leyen's keynote to be a validation (or maybe a reaction) to what Donald Trump is demanding of Europe-- a stronger, more resilent and independent and self-sustaining body (e.g. "pay your fair share, deadbeats" as Donny would say it):
  6. A lot of people do-- hence my opinion being unpopular. And for sure unpopular on here with our (or at least, my demoraphic)-- educated, older, straight white male with grayer hair than Nate.
  7. Lots of ballsy people here to bad mouth a 13-year instituonalized tech savvy and brilliant person who now has nearly unlimited amount of money and who will likely at like 90% odds read this and see what you are saying about him. Stay frosty, brothers!
  8. Been watching some Nate Bargatze and I just don't get it. He's not unfunny, he's okay. But the cult following and the number of people telling me I have to watch this guy because he's just so hilarious is baffling to me. He's smart and kinda funny and his delivery is good but he's nothing exceptional or special. I feel like his comedy can be heard at any number of happy hours and bars adjacent to big tech campuses around the country. Is he funnier than the funniest product manager at Dell? Probably? Maybe?
  9. A couple of interesting things: Yes, we pulled out of the Paris Agreement federally, but great to see 24 (and counting?) States step up and say they are not pulling out. Mirrors the SEC/States Scope 3 legislation as well. I think the future is less a federal one, but state-drive (a la marijuana) and one that eventually gets to a plurality. I'm just now seeing that there was a "Trump Energy Emergency" EO. This is only to power AI and data centers of course and it reduces environmental restrictions to get some power generated. This is because Trump has dergulated AI. The idea is that we are goign to double down on nuclear and renewables as well to power AI. The ideal state is that project Stargate helps to solve Nuclear Fusion (collecting fusion energy from 93 million miles away or something).
  10. Saw this posted on LinkedIn and thought not this thread: I asked ChatGPT's new "Operator" agent a very straight forward question about account research yesterday and the answer actually blew my mind. "If I give you 100 public companies, can you analyze their 10ks, stock reactions, earnings calls, and see how well it fits the problems my company solves?" It said not only can it do the research, but it gave examples on problem fit analysis, options for deliverables (excel, pdf, database), and even offered to integrate to Salesforce to continuously update account fields! This was just one simple question, the first question I asked. It knew not only what my objective was, but also assumed what I would want to do with the information and offered up a solution. Any scraping, account research, or enrichment job will be done right in chat. And, with their new tasks release, you can set it to continuously do research for the most relevant information.
  11. I can imagine ole Ross on his back daydreaming about this day and wondering if it would ever come while listening to his celly making hooch or crunching up ramen for lunch. 13 years will harden and institutionalize anyone. A brilliant mind, hardened by 13 years of incarceration, and with 600 million dollars....the world is an oyster, if there ever was an application for that saying.
  12. I think he means this: “Free Ross” was a slogan in support of Ulbricht heard at conventions for the Libertarian Party and the cryptocurrency industry, two groups that campaigned for Trump during the presidential election. In a speech at the Libertarian Party National Convention last May, Trump said, “If you vote for me, on day one, I will commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht.” The party opposes criminal drug policies and viewed Ulbricht’s arrest as a government overstep.
  13. someone write a prompt and get an LLM to process all the information and write us a nice one page memo of the juciest tea. I'm sure there is something juicy, right?
  14. This is me.
  15. Not saying this isn't true and that we shouldn't believe Ann, but isn't Sam Altman gay? I don't think I've ever heard of a gay man sexually assaulting a woman or girl, but I'm sure it happens because we are a sick people, us humans.
  16. Once you get past the inanity of invading Greenland and Panama I think a motive starts to emerge for these things and it increasingly looks like it's to fortify for a world war 3. CNN did a write up giving the history and suggesting some of the strategic rationale and I thought this write up was enlightening if nothing else: https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/20/americas/panama-canal-trump-threat-intervention-intl-latam/index.html
  17. I read this today and not sure I am understanding why it unfolded as it did. Seems like a clearcut win for Biden to have already done it and not gave Trump any low hanging fruit to call a quick win in his first 100 days that is bipartisan and a majority of Americans agree with. Feels like an unforced error to give orange man a win here (reminding me of the tiktok saga):
  18. Apologies then. You are cool!
  19. If you act foul, you get two shots and one, haha I'm at your face like LancĂ´me, haha You Chiefs softer than Roseanne's son, heh You cannot reach me on my Samsung
  20. RIP Lyn Ban
  21. It's never not been cool
  22. He's a card-carrying democrat and one of the ones who repeated the talking points that marginalized bernie and the progressives in favor of Hildog, if memory serves. So, long way of saying, your point checks out.
  23. Same. bought a truck because I feared the prices will skyrocket with tariffs (also, january is the best month to get a good deal as the market floods with hand-to-mouth buyers who rely on tax returns starting Feb and going into summer, in case anyone was looking).
  24. It's a gift, really....
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