
Old Man Yells At Cloud Provider 🇪🇺
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Old Man Yells At Cloud Provider 🇪🇺
@DaveVdE
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Martin is correct. Palantir paid $156M in employer payroll taxes (remitted to the federal government) and $0 in U.S. federal current income tax due to net operating loss carryforwards under the tax code, as confirmed in its 2025 10-K. The $23M total tax provision was mostly foreign. This is legal, not evasion.




Fun fact: every country on the equator forms a straight line





Building a modern CLI app feels like being a browser developer. Except it's totally normal for users to run a terminal that hasn’t been updated in 20 years 😑🔫 For example, there are ~500 lines of code in the @aspiredotdev CLI dedicated to rendering emoji well 🥀








Fascinating. Here are some other things that cost $120B: The entire interstate highway system for the USA, ~$115B. The International Space Station, ~$125B. The U.S. Navy Ford Class Aircraft Carrier Program, ~$120B (~$13B per ship). But a train between two cities cost more?


In a 60 Minutes report, officials said they now believe the rail line linking L.A. and San Francisco could ultimately cost about $126 billion, more than triple the original price tag approved by voters. ktla.com/news/californi…









Trump is set to meet with NATO Secretary General Rutte today to discuss a potential U.S. withdrawal from the alliance.



They told us to fear the sun. That was a lie. They told us to fear fat. That was a lie. They told us to fear cholesterol. That was a lie. They told us sugar was fine. That was a lie. They told us vaccines are "safe & effective". That was a lie. They told us SSRIs cure depression. That was a lie. They told us statins prevent strokes. That was a lie. The last 50 years of public health advice has been a constant stream of lies.








