@jon_stokes @DanielleFong My wife did this to our entire house. We have been independently supporting the economy ever since.
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Mike Traynor
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Without me, its just awso.
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My initial reaction to this was "no this didn't happen... another fake AI thing on my feed" but then I looked at the account. This is pretty cool.
Adriana Porter Felt@__apf__
I asked gemini to give my basement a glow up and then went out and bought all the actual furniture. First is the nano banana mockup; second is the actual room as it looks today; third is the original photo of the room that nano banana was working off of.
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🚨 do you understand what Karpathy just said..
the guy who co-founded OpenAI.. led AI at Tesla.. one of the best engineers alive..
built an app with AI.. and said the code was the easy part..
the hard part was Stripe.. auth.. DNS.. databases.. deploying it.. connecting 15 different services that all have different dashboards and different docs and different billing pages..
AI can write your entire app in 20 minutes.. but it still can't click "confirm email" on Vercel..
so the thing that's "replacing developers" can't do the thing developers actually spend 80% of their time doing..
vibe coding didn't kill software engineering.. it just proved that coding was never the job.. the job was dealing with the mess around the code.. and that mess is still 100% human.
Andrej Karpathy@karpathy
When I built menugen ~1 year ago, I observed that the hardest part by far was not the code itself, it was the plethora of services you have to assemble like IKEA furniture to make it real, the DevOps: services, payments, auth, database, security, domain names, etc... I am really looking forward to a day where I could simply tell my agent: "build menugen" (referencing the post) and it would just work. The whole thing up to the deployed web page. The agent would have to browse a number of services, read the docs, get all the api keys, make everything work, debug it in dev, and deploy to prod. This is the actually hard part, not the code itself. Or rather, the better way to think about it is that the entire DevOps lifecycle has to become code, in addition to the necessary sensors/actuators of the CLIs/APIs with agent-native ergonomics. And there should be no need to visit web pages, click buttons, or anything like that for the human. It's easy to state, it's now just barely technically possible and expected to work maybe, but it definitely requires from-scratch re-design, work and thought. Very exciting direction!
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@ShamsCharania Why not just cut the teams in the lottery off playoff their playoff revenue share? Punish bad management.
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The NBA presented three comprehensive anti-tanking concepts to its Board of Governors on Wednesday, with modifications expected to each before a formal vote in May, per ESPN sources.
1. 18 teams in draft lottery (seeds 7-15 in each conference) – flattened odds, with bottom 10 teams having an 8% chance, the remaining 20% odds distributed in decreasing order for 11 through 18, and and a lottery drawing for all 18 picks.
2) 22 teams in lottery using 2-year record (seeds 7-15, plus the four playoff first round exits in both conferences). Lottery teams would reach a minimum win total floor in each season, such as 25 wins. If a team falls short of the floor, it gets slotted to meet the floor. Top 4 drawn as part of lottery, as is currently.
3) 18 teams in a "5 by 5" lottery – bottom 5 teams have equal odds for the top pick, with lottery formed for picks 1-5. Bottom 5 teams have a floor at 10; those that fall out of top 5 get sorted in a separate drawing.
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@DanReese21 Put a bubble around Kingston. The intersection of Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. Syracuse and Rochester aren’t that far away either.
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What’s your best multi-generational (50-100 yr) “obvious in hindsight” investment thesis?
Mine: land in the Great Lakes region (within proximity of tier 1 & 2 population centers)
2 reasons why:
1) land is scarce
2) fresh water is the most important natural resource for human survival and civilization
Pretty simple.
The Great Lakes contain 84% of North America’s (surface) fresh water.
Humans are incredibly resourceful, so places w/o fresh water will continue to find innovative solutions.
However, as decades pass, these solutions will feel the increasing weight of constraint as population and consumption continually grow.
Then at some point, growth will become easier in places w near unlimited access to fresh water.
To be clear, I’m NOT saying everyone will leave places w/o easy access to fresh water. I just think we’ll eventually hit a point where growth slowly shifts to areas w less constraints.
Not to mention the Great Lakes region doesn’t have wildfires, hurricanes, etc. Insuring areas w significant natural disaster risk will be another multi-generational thing to watch.
Land in some other regions will end up being a great investment too, but I think the Great Lakes will be the ultimate winner (esp given how low prices are today).
Some circles on the map will do better than others of course, but that’s a separate debate.
Think I’m wrong? We’ll all be dead so it won’t matter.
Our Great Grandkids can dunk on each other.
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@MilkRoadAI @TrentTelenko I’m not sure farmers are going to pay a life time cost of 20% of an animal for this.
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This is WILD.
Peter Thiel just bet $2 billion on a collar that wraps around a cow’s neck.
The company is called Halter and it has a proprietary algorithm that runs the entire operation.
They actually trademarked the name for it and called it the Cowgorithm and here's how it works.
A farmer opens an app, taps a button, and 600,000 cows across three countries start walking toward the milking station on their own.
No farm dogs, fences or physical labor, it's just a solar-powered GPS collar sending sound and vibration cues to each animal.
The collar does more than move cows around.
It monitors digestion, fertility cycles, and health patterns in real time, 24 hours a day, using machine learning trained on the behavior of hundreds of thousands of animals.
Halter was founded by a rocket engineer who built spacecraft at Rocket Lab before deciding that farming was the bigger unsolved problem.
US ranchers alone have already used the technology to build over 11,000 miles of virtual fencing, roughly the full perimeter of the continental United States, saving an estimated $220 million in physical fencing costs.
Halter's previous funding round valued the company at $1 billion.
This new round, led by Thiel's Founders Fund, doubles that valuation to $2 billion before the new money even hits the account.
And they charge farmers between $5 and $8 per animal per month on a subscription model, meaning the more cows they collar, the more locked-in the revenue becomes.
The most powerful venture capitalist on earth just decided that the future of food and farming runs through an algorithm named after a cow.
He might be right.
Bloomberg@business
Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund is backing a company bringing AI to cow herding at a $2 billion valuation bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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@TechLayoffLover Or is it to pay for the movie studio they just bought?
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I am hearing from multiple sources inside Oracle that the company is planning thousands of job cuts. Potentially 20,000 to 30,000 roles across the board.
This is to free up $8-10 billion in cash flow. All to fund massive AI data center expansion.
US banks are pulling back from financing. Borrowing costs are rising fast.
The cuts would be the largest in years. Bigger than the 10,000 layoffs in late 2025.
They're also eyeing asset sales. Like the Cerner healthcare unit.
Insiders say non-core units and data center-linked staff are most at risk.
It's tied to big AI commitments. Including compute for OpenAI and other customers.
Alumni channels are buzzing with worry. Headcount now around 170,000.
If you're at Oracle, heads up. This feels like the start of major restructuring.
Anyone in cloud or AI tech hearing similar? Or is Oracle just the latest?
zerohedge@zerohedge
*ORACLE PLANS THOUSANDS OF JOB CUTS AS DATA CENTER COSTS RISE *ORACLE SAID TO PLAN REDUCTIONS ACROSS THE COMPANY
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@ThePollLady But if they are decentralized, what happens when they run out of ammo?
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Turns out Iranian retaliatory strikes on Israel and U.S. military bases across Middle East are decentralised.
Iran is publicly accepting activating its DECENTRALISED MOSAIC DEFENCE DOCTRINE.
They have been planning this structure for a long time in events like their main leader being taken out. Which just happened!
This means the IRGC is now restructured into numerous largely autonomous operational units each with full autonomy for decision-making and operations during this war.
They no longer need any real-time approval from central authorities in Tehran
US military officials are expressing serious concern about who exactly is leading these attacks from Iran and who truly controls the weapons systems now. They either genuinely don't have a clue, or they're pretending not to know to avoid admitting the situation is slipping.
decentralised setup directly explains the otherwise baffling attack on Oman (a neutral mediator that Iran had deliberately spared until now)
Iran is accepting it was likely one of these independent provincial or regional commands acting on prewritten, pre-delegated instructions without higher oversight or adjustment for diplomatic consequences that attacked Oman.
Trump should be very worried.
This is not a centralized leadership they can assassinate or decapitate anymore….it's a fragmented, resilient network that keeps firing even without a head. Escalation could get unpredictable fast.
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@EricSimons @JHartley2 You weren’t just counting. You were supposed to visualize them running and jumping over them fence.
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@JHartley2 i've tried just counting before, doesn't work nearly as well, most times not at all
there's something about having to move your eyes that seems to be different here
maybe because it mimics REM or smth? nonetheless, very strange and cool
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tried this last night
moved eyes left to right, counting up to 100
only got to 50 before drifting to sleep
wtaf???? this is actually crazy. i did not believe this would work
Camus@newstart_2024
Andrew Huberman shares a simple, science-backed trick to fall asleep faster when your mind races or you can't stop noticing your body position: Close your eyes and do slow, deliberate eye movements to shut down proprioception (body awareness) and signal your brain it's time to transition into sleep. Try this tonight (takes ~1–2 minutes): - Slowly move eyes left → right (a few times) - Then counterclockwise circle → clockwise circle Look up → down - Gently attempt to look toward the bridge of your nose (faux cross-eyed) - Finish with a long exhale to slow heart rate Why it works: Eye movements coordinate with your vestibular system & cerebellum to mimic the natural forgetting of body position that happens at sleep onset (similar to slow rocking or boat motion calming the brain). It gives your racing mind something active to focus on instead of "just relax." Huberman: "Many people find it helps them fall asleep quickly—it's not kooky; it's physiology." No apps, no gadgets—just your eyes. Game-changer for insomniacs or restless nights. Try it & report back.
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Andrew Huberman shares a simple, science-backed trick to fall asleep faster when your mind races or you can't stop noticing your body position:
Close your eyes and do slow, deliberate eye movements to shut down proprioception (body awareness) and signal your brain it's time to transition into sleep.
Try this tonight (takes ~1–2 minutes):
- Slowly move eyes left → right (a few times)
- Then counterclockwise circle → clockwise circle
Look up → down
- Gently attempt to look toward the bridge of your nose (faux cross-eyed)
- Finish with a long exhale to slow heart rate
Why it works: Eye movements coordinate with your vestibular system & cerebellum to mimic the natural forgetting of body position that happens at sleep onset (similar to slow rocking or boat motion calming the brain). It gives your racing mind something active to focus on instead of "just relax."
Huberman: "Many people find it helps them fall asleep quickly—it's not kooky; it's physiology."
No apps, no gadgets—just your eyes. Game-changer for insomniacs or restless nights. Try it & report back.
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@ModernxDad My dad is currently in intensive care and this just sent me.
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@tafokints First exam they let us do that, I spent hours working on the perfect cheat sheet. Was so proud of myself. Got to school, was showing off my work hard to my friend.
“This is the biology exam, not chemistry…”
Damn
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I thought it was funny that I thought I was cheating the system when a college professor offered us the ability to bring a hand written cheat sheet for a final.
I’d spend hours meticulously writing key equations, definitions, thinking that I gamed the system
Touche professor
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See in the court records: Man charged with fraud is submitting documents consistent with sovereign citizen ideology: Jalon Torres is a resident of Colorado Springs, Colorado, who, along with co-defendant Lisa Marie Ritter, was indicted in April 2023 for his alleged role in a years-long scheme (starting around 2015) to defraud hundreds of student loan borrowers. Prosecutors alleged that Torres and others made false promises to victims that they could reduce or eliminate student loan debt in exchange for payments, but instead pocketed the money without providing the promised services. The charges include wire fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
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Autonomous Snow Blower Update:
The @yarboglobal completed the first pass of the driveway and went back to the charging dock.
After about 1.25hrs, it will be 80% charged and will automatically return and continue to clear the driveway.
I plan to run it during the entirety of the storm and will post my review video on @stateofcharge this week.
So far, it's kicking A$$!
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@girdley I have one and I love it. Best truck I’ve ever owned.
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NEW LONG FORM VIDEO: The rise and fall of the Ford F150 Lightning
The Ford Lightning is one of the wildest product launches in recent automotive history. In 2021, over 200,000 people placed deposits as soon as it was announced. Deliveries began in spring 2022. But just two and a half years later, in December 2025, Ford pulled the plug on the entire project, taking a $19.5 billion writedown. This is the rise and fall of the Ford Lightning.
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@SandyofCthulhu It’s like that in all product categories. Be careful who you listen too.
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No it's not.
When I worked at MicroProse (1988-1993), game reviewers openly asked for bribes to review our games. As in, they'd call up our marketing VP and tell him they'd review it but only if we flew them into town and wined and dined them. Or if we paid a $1000 fee to "move our review to the front of the line."
When I worked at Ensemble (1997-2009) reviewers were a bit less crass. Instead, they'd call from magazines and say stuff like, "We're considering a big review of Age of Mythology in the August issue. How big of an ad spread do you want?" strongly implying that buying ads in their magazine would get that review. But not outright committing a felony.
Nowadays I ONLY trust independent reviewers. People like Sophia Narwitz, Josh Strife Hayes, or Mandalore Gaming. Organizations with big websites and dozens of employees are just all liars. The truth is not in them. They'll play a game for 10 minutes and then base their review on what they read on the back of the box.
Delusional Takes@DelusionPosting
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@TheBritishIntel @DaveAtherton20 Still have Qatar that is problematic.
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@DaveAtherton20 Quite right. If the regime in Iran falls, terror funding dries up and the Middle East changes overnight. That’s why the ayatollahs are terrified of their own people and why the West should stop pretending neutrality helps anyone.
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If the Islamist Ayatollah regime falls, the effects would be far reaching. Assuming a secular, moderate govt, it would have a profound effect on Islamic terrorism. The Muslim Brotherhood influenced Qatar govt has funded Iranian terrorism for decades.
Most of the money goes to Hamas, the Houthis & Hezbollah.
Almost certainly Iran will join the four other Muslim countries in having full diplomatic relations with Israel, via the Abraham Accords. Peace could break out in the Middle East.
Sunni & Shia not only had a number one hit with I've got you babe, but are the bitterly divided sects of Islam. The home of the Sunnis is Saudi Arabia & the Shia sect from Iran.
Bitter rivals, it is like the Protestant & Catholic religious wars from 1517 to the signing of the Treaty Of Westphalia in 1648.
I hope this analysis gives you the profound, positive changes a revolution in Iran will bring to the world. The incredibly brave protestors have so much influence on geo-politics.
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@TaliaGold As someone who had kids mid-twenties, late 30’s and early 40’s, there are always challenges to being a parent.
Doesn’t really matter when you do it, it’s going to be hard and it’s going to be great.
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The average age of first time moms in my OBGYN’s clinic in SF is 36. I used to see this as a reassuring fact, but now that I have my own kid, it just makes me sad.
Life so quickly goes from “caution: if you have sex, you will get pregnant”
to
“warning: if you have sex, you will not get pregnant”
I wish I had known more <31 year old moms to normalize it.
Alec MacGillis@AlecMacGillis
"Despite amazing innovations in fertility medicine, women who reach a certain age are forced to face an inconvenient truth: There's a biological window of fertility and safely bearing healthy children... But saying this out loud has somehow become taboo." thefp.com/p/what-ive-lea…
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@anttsinc To go a step further, I would hypothesize that debt loads are the real culprit. Companies require higher margins to service debts, everyone gets squeezed.
Business becomes more fragile, less sustainable. Companies with stronger balance sheets tend to pay better.
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“Minimum wage isn’t the problem — PROFITS are.”
“They say if minimum wage matched 1970s buying power, companies would go out of business.
Back then? One job paid for a home, two cars, and a decent life.
Here’s what they don’t say.
In the 1970s, corporations ran on 5–7% profit margins.
Today? 12–15% is normal.
Wages didn’t double.
Minimum wage didn’t move.
But profits did.
Some states still pay five or six bucks an hour.
Texas? Seven twenty-five.
So no — businesses didn’t get squeezed.
Workers did.”
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@LiversidgeLes @MacLeodLisa They are influential because we have engaged. We need to stop engaging and financing the bad guys. At some point we should stand for something.
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I agree completely though the thesis warrants some careful framing.
Nations must engage with other nations as they are. Qatar is an increasingly important and influential state, and Canada has diplomatic, economic, and international interests in maintaining cordial relations, and should not risk diplomatic isolation.
But cordiality does not require moral ambiguity.
There exists a profound risk when developing relationships with regimes whose legal systems structurally subordinate women. Canadian values must remain front and center and cannot be permitted to erode through silence.
What begins as pragmatic engagement can, if left unexamined, drift into acceptance. Acceptance becomes normalization. Normalization dulls moral clarity. And eventually, foundational principles are no longer defended.
This is precisely the kind of civilizational fading T.S. Eliot warned about in The Hollow Men - a loss marked by quiet surrender - not with a bang, but a whimper.
There is a better path of declarative diplomacy – asserting Canadian values at every opportunity.
To maintain strong relations with Qatar while preserving Canada’s moral integrity, the Liberal government should do three things clearly and consistently:
First, speak plainly about differences. Canada can acknowledge Qatar’s strategic importance while being explicit that equality before the law is a non-negotiable Canadian principle.
Second, separate cooperation from endorsement. Diplomatic language should emphasize mutual interests not value equivalence.
Third, proactively affirm Canadian values, using diplomatic engagement as an opportunity to restate its commitment to women’s equality, individual rights, and the rule of law.
Canada can be open to the world without being vague about itself. Not with a whimper at all.
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🧵 The gap between Canadian values and Qatar's legal system is profound and non-negotiable when it comes to women's rights. The subjugation of women in Qatar is not incidental; it is structural, enforced by law and state power, and is fundamentally inconsistent with Canadian principles of gender equality.
Anita Anand@AnitaAnandMP
Celebrating Qatar’s National Day in Ottawa and the growing partnership between Canada and Qatar — grounded in friendship, cooperation, and shared values. And of course looking forward to a special moment when our two countries meet in #Vancouver at the #FIFAWorldCup! 🇨🇦🇶🇦
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