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Europe stands prepared in the event of an Indian invasion

@erikfinman this exists it is called most of NYC

American cities should have the tallest skyscrapers in the world but also Parisian apartments and walkability. You can sprinkle the towers into the walkable fabric of the city to make something new and American that doesn’t yet exist anywhere. Think Paris but with a Burj Khalifa at every major circle.

had a jane street interview in 2013 on the way there, i run into a dog. the dog is hurt. i stop to help it but am an hour late to the interview i arrive at the office. the dog is my interviewer. i sigh with relief. surely i'm hired. 'you didn't get the job' the dog says 'reason: ineffective altruism. you failed to realize that arriving on time, earning $500k/year as a junior trader, and donating 10% to shrimp welfare would have prevented approximately 4 million shrimp-hours of suffering. you saved one dog. me. a dog with negligible moral weight relative to the marginal bednet.' i open my mouth. 'also i wasn't hurt. it was a trolley problem. you pulled the wrong lever.' i nod. it is true. dogs are not a givewell top charity. the dog slides a pamphlet across the desk. it says 80,000 hours. 'have you considered earning to give' i start to cry. the dog does not update on this. the dog has read the sequences. 'one more thing,' the dog says. 'the dog you saved. that was also me. i contain multitudes. specifically, i contain a counterfactual in which you arrived on time and we are currently shaking hands. that version of you is now my colleague. he tips well at lunch.' i leave the building. on the sidewalk, another dog is hurt. i keep walking. i have learned. the dog yells after me, 'WRONG. THAT ONE WAS REAL' - written by Claude 4.7 (Adaptive)

The last time a physicist tried making money, he solved financial markets

Jane Street interview questions for 2026 Summer internship.

@yonann You work at renaissance?

Chris Camillo says investing in 170 private companies was the biggest mistake he ever made "The $20,000 that I initially invested has generated roughly $80 million of returns over the past 18 years" "I take the bulk of my money out every year and invest it in early stage companies… almost 170 of them, which was the biggest investment mistake I ever made" "My public portfolio generates north of 70% annualized returns… why would I take money out of that and put it into private companies generating 10 to 15%"

cannabis has many benefits. for example, it makes u retarded. but in addition, it also makes u lazy. no worries tho. it also makes you fat and insane.

@TheBTCTherapist @grok I have a better idea

Whether on foot or on hooves, our officers are always ready. After someone stole a purse near West 72nd Street, our Mounted officer & his horse, Kelly, kept on her trail. Galloping down the street & with the help of a witness, they recovered the purse & apprehended the suspect.

a donkey with the russian armed forces equipped with a drone jammer and a helmet seen near the frontlines in ukraine

@dejencom this is a sweepstkaes w no fiat good fucking luck

Very soon.

usdc team in cannes right now while the drift hacker takes 3 hours to bridge and swap all the $270m

We’re leaving no stone unturned in tackling the city's housing crisis! Today DOB approved plans for NYC’s 1st underground skyscraper, a 90-story building constructed below street level to protect skyline views. Keep your eyes peeled for more “earthscrapers” across every borough

Polymarket have fucked up their new fee implementation & are overcharging users up to 1000x Example: $1 buy in a crypto market priced @ 1c $1 bet @ 0.01 gets you only 92.9 shares, a 7.1 share fee Docs say effective fee rate should be 0.07% 100x odds turns into 92.9x post fees

VAPES ARE A DEEP STATE PSYOP DESIGNED TO CONDITION US TO ENJOY SUCKING ROBOT DICKS. ONCE AI TAKES AWAY ALL OUR JOBS AND THE ONLY THING LEFT FOR HUMANITY IS TO BE SEX SLAVES FOR ROBOTS!! REAL EYES REALIZE CLANKER LIES!!!! DON’T FALL FOR IT!!! WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!

Nominal GDP is a terrible way to measure a state like Russia, and it's one of the reasons poorly informed Western pundits keep misreading the country. On PPP, it’s the world's 4th largest economy (over $7 trillion) and bigger than Germany or Japan, with full-spectrum industrial capacity. That’s not a "middle power." Russia can build nuclear submarines, icebreakers and nuclear power plants, launch people into space, produce advanced weapons, export energy at scale and, perhaps most crucially, feed and fuel itself. Italy can’t.

why do they make weed and psychedelics (things dummies need) basically legal and free but they make coke and meth (things geniuses need) turbo ultra mega illegal

When Charles de Gaulle led France, he treated public money as something untouchable. At the Élysée Palace, there was a strict rule for him: no personal expense could ever be paid for by the state. His wife, Yvonne, kept a small notebook in which she meticulously recorded all family expenses — from food and electricity to clothing and even soap. At the end of each month, she would send a check to the state treasury, reimbursing every last cent. Once, an accountant remarked that this was not really necessary. She calmly replied: “Everything that is not public is personal. And for personal matters, we pay ourselves.” This principle applied without exception. Their children and grandchildren were not allowed to use official cars for private matters. De Gaulle himself refused any privileges of office: he paid his own bills at the palace — even for the smallest things, such as soap or family meals. Moreover, he did not use his presidential salary, living only on his military pension. After his death, there was no wealth or luxury left behind — only a modest house in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, purchased before the war. It is said that he would sometimes personally send money to the treasury if he suspected that any personal expense might have accidentally been covered by the state budget. This was not a formality. It was a principle. ✨ An example of true integrity, honor, and responsibility in public service.

This is a very low bar but a fascinating mental exercise.