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Don't underestimate the deep desire for enterprises to group together to stifle innovation and protect moats: Phoebus Cartel (1924): GE, Osram, Philips, and other lightbulb manufacturers secretly agreed to reduce bulb lifespan from 2,500 hours to 1,000 hours. The technology for better bulbs existed. They deliberately suppressed it to protect recurring revenue and fined members who made bulbs that lasted too long. Auto Industry "Smog Conspiracy" (1953-1969): GM, Ford, Chrysler, and American Motors conspired through their trade group, the Automobile Manufacturers Association, to suppress pollution-control technology for 16 years. They agreed that no company would go forward with a new innovation unless the others approved. They also bought up patents from outside firms to keep those innovations from reaching the market. The DOJ sued them in 1969. LCD Price-Fixing Cartel (1999-2006): Samsung, LG, Sharp, AU Optronics, and Chunghwa held secret monthly meetings codenamed "Crystal Meetings" to fix prices on LCD panels used in TVs, laptops, and phones. The conspiracy covered $71.9 billion in panel sales worldwide. Criminal fines exceeded $1.3 billion across the US, EU, and Asia. Samsung received DOJ immunity for turning on the others. Pharma Pay-for-Delay (ongoing): Brand-name drugmakers pay generic competitors not to enter the market. The FTC estimates this costs consumers $3.5 billion per year. The innovation exists, the cheaper drugs are ready, but access is deliberately gated through backroom agreements between supposed competitors. Silicon Valley No-Poach Agreements (2005-2009): Apple, Google, Intel, Adobe, Pixar, and Lucasfilm secretly agreed not to recruit each other's engineers, suppressing wages while publicly competing. Steve Jobs personally enforced the pacts. They settled for $415M after evidence showed the agreements reduced wages by roughly 5.6%. Standard Oil + Railroad Trusts (1870s-1910s): Rockefeller and the major railroads (Pennsylvania, Erie, New York Central) formed the South Improvement Company to rig shipping costs. Standard Oil received secret rebates on its own shipments plus kickbacks on every barrel its competitors shipped. Smaller refiners were priced out regardless of product quality. The railroads cooperated because guaranteed volume from Rockefeller was more valuable than a fair market.

@isaacrrr7 Croatia

Tengo ganas de ir a pasear unos días a Europa sin ver musulmanes, ¿adónde voy?

@ecommerceshares META, because Msft makes shitty products.

If you absolutely had to buy one here, with a two-year time frame horizon, which one would you buy? And why?

@SalsaTekila @blknoiz06 Krak (from Kraken). Coinbase to Kraken 1st.

What's the best online bank to off-ramp crypto from Coinbase? Looking for something I can open remotely that works as an intermediary, so my local bank doesn't freak out and close my account. Anyone found a good solution?

@FireEyes66 @Xenoimpulse Yes, it’s hard to integrate after ego dissolution and live the same life you lived before.

@Xenoimpulse He’ll likely be back to normal or worse within weeks

@Omolomo_o Thought this was some Prison Break shit.

spent two hours understanding everything written on her back and it means you can never find her doing or supporting evil. tough but a clean way to live.

@TraderDune Jihad and shit?

If you understand the context of Dune Messiah (Dune 3), the relevance of its soon release means everything.

@jbulltard1 If you really want something, you will find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse. Not sure whose quote was that, but I find it true.

I keep seeing this & it’s simply people’s priorities. My dad got put on a lung transplant list in early 2019, by March I moved nearby. He got a lung by May & I spent probably 95% of days w him over the next 5 yrs till he died. If you’re a good parent, kids will find time for you

@crypto_bitlord7 Can confirm, you were the first person to contract COVID.

Listen guys remember when I called Covid from 4 cases and live-streamed the whole breakout in China? Well I’m 99% sure we’re about to see a new Super virus. I don’t want to spread FUD but I think it’s already here Don’t believe I was first in the world on Covid? Check 👇

@edwardmorra_btc Creatin worked well for me.

Market turned green and I had a better sleep today. Anyway, here is the list of supplements and tips to make your sleep better (according to my experience and from the comments). What I take daily: - Magnesium glycinate (300-400 mg) - L-Theanine (200 mg) - Tart cherry extract (1-2 tbsp) + eat kiwis All taken in the evenings. I also try to have my last meal of the day 4-5 hours before bed. I wear blue-light blocking glasses 1-2 hours before bed time. A/C is turned on (with an open window for oxygen) for a comfortable temp. My humidity level is also perfect (40-50%). CO2 levels don't exceed 800 ppm. I also wear ear plugs sometimes because I'm very sensitive for any sounds. All of that and my sleep is still hit or miss most of the times. Sometimes I sleep well but sometimes I struggle to fall asleep (1h+) and wake up multiple times. My fitness ring tells me I have little "deep sleep" (most of the time its under 1h, sometimes even as low as 15m) which likely the reason I don't feel well rested at all when I wake up. Sometimes I can sleep 8h+ and sometimes only 6h or less. There is no consistency. This has been the case for the last 3 months (since this year started). Before that I never had any problems with sleep. Might be something I'm missing with my health. @bryan_johnson any advice? I know sleep is the most important thing for our bodies/mind.

@themarketradar China attacks Taiwan

So what’s the mainstream theory here as to what happens next when/if the US runs out of munitions?

When two-thirds of medical students are women but they don't want to do the harder specializations, then you're going to need more men. #Medicine

@PegasusFund It’s all about the timing. If he had written the same text 2–3 months ago, while everything was flying, no one would have batted an eye.

So funny to me that the first person to suggest AI is going to be bad for the economy is getting so much criticism. What did you think all of this AI was going to do, not take jobs? It is one of the easiest assumptions of its success

@LeoYaoTrading @edgerunner17888 Colonial master 😂

@edgerunner17888 宗主 但如果美股真的如期大幅回调 这些台湾 欧洲的股市一般情况下不也会跟着回调吗

Tomorrow, when the Taiwan stock market opens after the holidays, you'll see news of its all-time high on mainstream media.

@edwardmorra_btc Jeez, didn’t know that

@LuGlibusi it lasted 1 second (which is even more stupid considering nobody would be able to scan a QR code that fast)

Spending $300k on an ad while the entire chain generates only $4.7k in daily fees is crazy work. That's more than 2 months worth of fees collected. What galaxy brains run Avalanche lately?

@trader1sz Grok says no.

@Globalflows Do you have a position?

Peter Schiff was dumping on everyone and you took that as a signal to go max leverage long metals? 🤦‍♂️

@PurpleDrink_LLC He doesn’t care about stock market, he only cares about people.

You guys are dumbasses if you think Trump isn’t watching futures only to spin this some other direction tomorrow into a green close on month end window dressing

@Globalflows Time to open BTC long. Oooookkkk let’s gooooo.

Taking off the BTC long. We couldnt have resilience through FOMC and BTC continues to deviate from equities. The HYPE and PURR play continue to be significantly better bets. I am neutral on Bitcoin from here and focusing on PURR, HYPE, and other macro trades until the positioning picture changes.