Nikola Rabchevsky

@WallStreetApes Let's see your pay stub and then maybe I'll believe that you worked there.

Former software engineer at Apple is whistleblowing She says whenever Apple launches a new phone, they would push an update to older iPhones with malware to slow them down. This pushes people to upgrade “I used to be a software engineer at Apple, and with every new phone that was released, malware was installed on the older phones to make you have to update, so your phone's not just glitching. It's doing that on purpose. Share before it's deleted” She’s telling the truth, this was proven in court The 2017 “Batterygate” scandal, where Apple was caught deliberately slowing down older iPhones through software updates Apple was caught red handed doing this they even admitted it in court Apple released iOS updates that intentionally throttled and reduced CPU performance. This caused phones to feel slower, glitchy and laggy Apple’s stated reason: To prevent unexpected shutdowns caused by aging lithium-ion batteries

@LuizaJarovsky Well, when what passes for high-education amounts to rote memorization rather than application, can you blame people for not caring? The real test is whether or not you can make use of the tool to quickly create something that would take months or years to do by hand.

🚨 University professors have been saying AI is completely destroying learning and that we'll soon have an AI-powered, semi-illiterate workforce. Here's a glimpse into the educational apocalypse: "Sarah, a freshman at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, said she first used ChatGPT to cheat during the spring semester of her final year of high school. (...) After getting acquainted with the chatbot, Sarah used it for all her classes: Indigenous studies, law, English, and a “hippie farming class” called Green Industries. “My grades were amazing,” she said. “It changed my life.” Sarah continued to use AI when she started college this past fall. Why wouldn’t she? Rarely did she sit in class and not see other students’ laptops open to ChatGPT. Toward the end of the semester, she began to think she might be dependent on the website. She already considered herself addicted to TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and Reddit, where she writes under the username maybeimnotsmart. “I spend so much time on TikTok,” she said. “Hours and hours, until my eyes start hurting, which makes it hard to plan and do my schoolwork. With ChatGPT, I can write an essay in two hours that normally takes 12.” - "By November, Williams estimated that at least half of his students were using AI to write their papers. Attempts at accountability were pointless. Williams had no faith in AI detectors, and the professor teaching the class instructed him not to fail individual papers, even the clearly AI-smoothed ones. “Every time I brought it up with the professor, I got the sense he was underestimating the power of ChatGPT, and the departmental stance was, ‘Well, it’s a slippery slope, and we can’t really prove they’re using AI,’” Williams said. “I was told to grade based on what the essay would’ve gotten if it were a ‘true attempt at a paper.’ So I was grading people on their ability to use ChatGPT.” - AI in education is a serious topic, and many schools and universities are blindly jumping into the "AI-first" wave without considering short and long-term consequences. It would be great to hear more from teachers and educators to understand potential solutions. This might be a great opportunity for rethinking the education system and how students are assessed. - 👉 Link to the full article below. 👉 To learn more about AI's legal and ethical challenges, join my newsletter's 94,700+ subscribers (link below).

@WallStreetApes The incorrect assumption being that a data center shuts down at night. They don't. The only reason an on-site generator fires up, aside from testing to ensure that it works, is if the grid goes offline.

Here’s how this Data Center’s generators starts up in the morning in Florida Notice the constant stream of heavy black smoke Remember just a couple years ago when using electricity and diesel caused climate change, now data centers use as much power as cities and its no problem

@simonmaechling That's what happens when what passes for "science" these days isn't much different than a religion.

The collapse of trust in science is going to go down in history as one of the most sad, bizarre, and destructive social contagions of modern times. We fed billions, cured diseases and powered nations - yet people ran toward conspiracies instead.

Republicans haven’t lived up to the expectations that Obama has for them, Obama tells Colbert: “I’m worried about the Republican party." "I'd love a Republican Party that...believed in rule of law...and wasn't constantly tapping into our worst impulses." “There has been a Republican party like that in the past, and I want to see that return."

@mattvanswol The important thing to remember is that the B students work for the A students... at companies started by the C student.

When I was in school, a "B+" was a 92 and an "A-" was a 93-95. What was considered an A when you were in school?

@unusual_whales Qualified in what? Maybe nobody of consequence gives a sh*t about DC workers' "qualifications"

"Washington, DC's highly qualified workers cannot find jobs," per the Guardian

@unusual_whales Listen, bitch, it's not up to you.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said she would not support any decision by President Donald Trump to withdraw US troops from Italy.

@unusual_whales What the f*ck is "unused household electricity"?!?! It's not like you don't pay for every damn kilowatt.

BREAKING: Nvidia, $NVDA, and PulteGroup are partnering with Span to install in-home mini data centers. Each packs 16 Blackwell GPUs, 4 AMD EPYC CPUs, and 3TB RAM, powered by unused household electricity for AI inference.

@unusual_whales This is so stupid. Anyone with any brains understands that wealth isn't a finite resource. You make something, you sell it for more than it cost to make and voila, wealth.

"Baby boomers have now ‘gobbled up’ nearly one-third of America’s wealth share, and they’re leaving Gen Z and millennials behind," per FORTUNE

@ZavalaA Translation: We've already pre-stolen the election and we don't want any scrutiny.

New: Gov. Gavin Newsom sends letter to clerks and California elections officials, urging them to use new tools to accurately count ballots *faster* “Time is of the essence from preventing election lies from taking hold.”

@OwenGregorian What about Kruger? The original poster should have given everyone a clue.

That’s 100% unable to name a living scientist. None of those people are scientists.

@rushicrypto Well, you are correct but also incomplete. It rewards the rare combination of skill, intelligence, talent, AND hard work.

If capitalism truly rewarded skill or intelligence, the richest people would be neurosurgeons, engineers, and scientists. If it rewarded talent, it would be artists, writers, and creators. If it rewarded hard work, it would be cleaners, laborers, and service workers. But it’s none of them.

@OwenGregorian The confederacy of dunces.

Eye-popping price tag for detour around Cesar Chavez gravesite adds to California high-speed rail humiliation | Titus Wu, New York Post California’s soaring cost for its dragged-out high-speed rail construction was inflated by another recent political embarrassment for the state: labor icon Cesar Chavez. Calls are growing for California’s high-speed rail to be abandoned completely after revelations this week that the estimated cost of completing the fantasy train project has ballooned to a staggering $231 billion. We’ve now learned about a billion dollars of that cost stems from a reroute around the resting place of Chavez and his wife at the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument in Keene — and rail regulators are now open to reconsidering, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Board directors at the High-Speed Rail Authority needed to route the train through the Tehachapi Mountains, which separates the San Joaquin Valley from the Mojave desert. Standing in the way was the national monument, a 187-acre compound and former headquarters of the United Farm Workers. The Authority was under pressure to not disturb Chavez’s gravesite, as he was a revered figure for California Democrats. Representatives for the Chavez center had argued that plans to expand tracks already near the memorial would be noisy and disrupt visitors. In response, the plan was altered to moved the track three-quarters of a mile away from the monument boundary, becoming a curve that would have to go through roads and tunnels. That would cost $815 million, officials estimated in 2020 — now around $1 billion with inflation. The curve would have required not only more track and tunneling but also massive amounts of soil to conceal the train and blend in with the environment. However, this past March, a number of women came forward to allege that Chavez had raped them when they were children. The reaction was swift as many Democratic leaders in the state disavowed the man they once touted as legendary. Under the new context, directors at the High-Speed Rail Authority told the Chronicle they may do away with the curve. “We are constantly reviewing decisions that we’ve made along that alignment,” said board director Henry Perea. Board director Martha Escutia said she is “always willing to reopen current commitments to ensure we get the best savings for taxpayers.” “This is a billion dollars we don’t have,” board director Ernest Camacho said. “There are a lot of other things we need. If there is a better route, we’re always open.” Regardless of whether there will be re-routing, the timeline for California’s rail project — which broke ground in 2015 — still remains vague. A state analysts’ report Monday warned of “several issues” with the High-Speed Rail Authority’s business plan, such as uncertain funding assumptions and shifting the project’s scope in violation of current state law. “In our view, the draft plan’s approach lacks transparency,” Helen Kerstine, an auditor in the Legislative Analyst’s Office, told lawmakers. nypost.com/2026/04/29/us-…

@OwenGregorian Of course not. Because everything is all Republicans' fault.

Is there any level of prices where Californians would think, maybe we should elect some Republicans?

When the left is clearly wrong and to blame, they change the subject because they have to feel like they’re right and morally superior. This is always the case.

@TheCinesthetic The third act was complete garbage. I could have eaten raw film stock and shit a better ending.

Sneakers (1992) got buried by a goofy title and clumsy marketing, but underneath it is a ridiculously well cast, sharply written caper with real wit and gorgeous early 90s craft. People are only now catching on to how good it always was.

@DefiantLs Former Punter = narcissist wannabe with a failed career desperately trying to be relevant.

"I believe we’re on the path that n*zi Germany went under Hitler and I say that as a political science and history major"

@ViktorKlopp Orthopedic surgeons be like Cha-ching!

How to go down stairs quickly lol

@For_Film_Fans That teaser gave you no hint whatsoever about the SCOPE of Star Wars. Scope is what most films lack these days. Unfortunately, scope is expensive and studios don't want to take the risk even for experienced directors.

This STAR WARS teaser trailer was screened before ‘King Kong’ in December of 1976. The special effects weren’t finished, the music is NOT John Williams, and all in all it gives off a very different much darker vibe. Interesting.