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@DerrickEvans4WV Monkey in leggings

People are getting fed up with the potential AI takeover. There’s a new trend where people are pushing the robots over as a way to fight back. What do you all think about this?

@_andrewthecoder Use AI to pass through ATS system bullshit. You aren’t seen because ATS failed.

I have a hard time believing that I am just unhireable. But I have an even harder time believing that my 25 years of experience is somehow negated by the format of my resume. But, after over 2,000 applications, I am not sure what else to think. And, out of the dozens of emails (perhaps over 100) to hiring managers with inquiries about what might be happening, I have received ZERO response. I have done some reverse engineering of some popular ATS systems and found some interesting trends; things like translating words like "founder" and "freelancer" to "unemployed", as one example (though, admittedly, the end user of the ATS is responsible for such translations). So, now add to everything else, I am being punished for running successful businesses for over a decade. Kind of at the end of my rope here. I have to start thinking about what retirement looks like, and I am just plain NOT HIREABLE. Career change at this point doesn't seem likely. I have literally never done anything professionally other than write software (at least, not since college anyway). This is actually going to start affecting my way of life, my standard of living, not to mention the people that count on me to provide. Please don't take this as anything more than venting. I am not blaming anyone, and I am not looking for sympathy. I know a lot of you are experiencing a very similar situation!

@KimDotcom Or life happened where it was possible…

Was the Universe designed? If gravity was 1% different we would not exist. The fine-tuning of all forces makes our existence possible. The cosmological constant is designed to allow the Universe. The odds of things being random is astronomical. The Universe was designed. Yes!

@MatrixMysteries She is complaining that she has to use her hard earned money to buy grocery? On which planet is she leaving?

“What am I supposed to buy now—just basics? None of the snacks go through on EBT.” “I’m at checkout and it keeps declining—now I gotta use my OWN hard earned money for food." The level of fraud and waste that went unnoticed for years is staggering.

@Cherry07Ca @Tablesalt13 Ideology is freedom of choice but accepting money is a bribe and unethical, and any sign of conflict of interest, is conflict of interest.

@Tablesalt13 You know the law allows MPs switch parties anytime, and Liberal MPs could easily join the Conservative Party too, but nobody wants to go. Doesn’t that show the Conservatives are unpopular?👀

‼️Holy crap - the corruption in Canada is INSANE MP DeRidder reveals how Mark Carney's government has turned into HEADHUNTERS going around offering MONEY for ridings if MPs cross the floor to give them majority power. THIS IS INSANELY UNDEMOCRATIC!

@SatireSquadHQ Ask a waiter what they prefer: 1- 100 clients that left 15% tip 2- 10 clients that left 30% tip Anyone who can math will choose option 1 Internet is accessible by all and contain the knowledge of humanity, and AI make it even accessible, why people so dumb in 2026.

Ottawa Insider Says Canadians Who Can’t Afford 30% Tips Should ‘Stay Home A now-viral comment from an Ottawa insider is drawing backlash after suggesting that Canadians who can’t afford to tip 20–30% should “stay home” instead of dining out. The remark framed tipping at those levels as a “basic expectation,” implying that participation in the economy now comes with a built-in surcharge. In follow-up comments, the same insider urged Canadians to “support one another” during tough economic times—while defending policies that continue to squeeze the same people being asked to give more. Critics were quick to highlight the disconnect. “Pay higher taxes, higher prices, and now higher tips—then be told if you can’t keep up, just opt out,” one commenter wrote. Others noted that for many Canadians, it’s no longer about generosity—it’s about survival in an economy where the margin is already gone. The suggestion that people should simply remove themselves if they can’t afford the extras struck many as less like advice—and more like a quiet admission of where things are headed. At press time, Canadians were reportedly staying home… not by choice, but by design.

@WallStreetApes Seriously, why don’t we have anything to protect against solely hidden legislation that erode our rights? Something like that should be straight jail. No one can justify passing hidden clauses on an omnibus legislation. This is an abuse of trust plain simple.

Chaos and yelling as government in Canada makes themselves EXEMPT form Freedom of Information Act requests An omnibus budget bill secretly included a statute exempting themselves from FOIA requests Records on cabinet ministers, parliamentary assistants, and their offices inducing staff are now largely exempt from FOI requests Holy sh*t

@Tablesalt13 These things are to make people accustomed to heavy armed police force. If you are used to see something in your environment, you accept it. They are getting us accustomed.

NEW - Toronto is so dangerous now that they have armed soldiers patrolling the streets. but, they pass it off as a team of super cool people who will take selfies with you. (also, they are going to get heat stroke in like 2 minutes)

@MarcNixon24 Because we have territory near the equator? From where are we going to launch exactly?

Steven McKinnon announces Canada wants to take on Elon Musk and launch rockets into space This could be a $40 billion industry What’s your thought? Good or bad investment?

@gotrice2024 Not for visible dents like that.

This ma ordered a new fridge for $1000 from Lowe’s. When it was delivered, the delivery men accidentally dented the right stainless steel panel on the door. The fridge still works great, but there are three unsightly dents. He reached out to Lowe’s and they took $500 off of the total price, so he ended up getting it for only $500. Would you have taken that deal and saved $500 or would you have taken the fridge back and had the give you a new one that was not damaged?

@BoomerDivvies @FinancialPhys People would still be able to out their family houses within 5-12 years with basic professional income like teacher, etc. Instead engineer and other highly educated professionals can’t afford a house in 25 years. What’s the point to have supply if you can’t afford it?

Many condos that are rented out would never have been built if not for investor buyers. Entire rental building would never have been built if not for institutional landlords. There would be a severe shortage of housing. And everyone would have to remain living with their parents until they’ve saved up enough to buy a home.

Why are landlords so hated? They provide housing, take on debt, and handle repairs. Then they get treated like villains for charging rent. Try having a place to live without any landlords.

@BoomerDivvies Because housing and property rights are not a business, but a fundamental right. A society that considers the right to shelter as optional betray an important principle. Landlord playing the game are nothing else than tools participating in that betrayal. That’s why

@CRIXUSwasHERE @MarioNawfal You already fell off the cliff, the only thing keeping USA up is its position as global currency and with the dedollarization movement, this was threatened. The only move left was to break that movement, impact those supporting it to make even think twice, hence attacking Iran.

@MarioNawfal Who is "they," though? STOP THIS INSANITY, NOW!!

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump just handed Iran an ultimatum most presidents wouldn't say out loud: "If they don't sign this thing, the whole country is going to get blown up." U.S. envoys are heading to Islamabad. If Iran's envoys no-show, all hell could break loose.

@OrevaZSN In the richer country with higher infrastructure maintenance cost, the purchasing power would decrease further, and taxes liabilities to keep things running would exacerbate the already unsustainable system. Imagine society failure at scale, like USSR towards its end.

@OrevaZSN The long term impact would be like an arbitrage opportunity where you profit from a gap between 2 markets. Once enough people capitalize the opportunity, the gap disappear and all markets nivels. This would result in richer country getting poorer, poorer country getting richer

We had an incredible opportunity to make remote work the global standard, and we blew it. Seriously: What happened? Why did so many companies go back to the office?

@lopp @lopp would like to know if you explored a way to have proof of access to a wallet and reclaim system to reinjected loss bitcoin to a mining pool to increase security sustainability over time. Wallet can integrate automatic ping tx to blockchain …

If you think folks are upset about my quantum migration BIP... Wait 'til I get around to formalizing my dynamic block size BIP!

@elonmusk @Not_the_Bee Fondation Earth - Isaac Asimov - @elonmusk this scenario is more likely because of human nature, than the Star Trek utopia.

Actually, AI/Robotics will mean everyone can have a penthouse if they want. The output of goods & services will be several orders of magnitude higher than today’s economy. Read the Iain Banks Culture books for the best imagining of how it will be. That said, what is the future you want? Amazing abundance seems the best to me.

Universal HIGH INCOME via checks issued by the Federal government is the best way to deal with unemployment caused by AI. AI/robotics will produce goods & services far in excess of the increase in the money supply, so there will not be inflation.

@danheld Wallet could integrate automatic ping registration, if a wallet can ping the owner can access its funds. The problem with the ping protocol is the traceability and forensic (OSINT) risk context.

@danheld I talked around 2017 about a proof of access concept, where you’d need to register a ping transaction on the blockchain to prove access every X days/months/years (TBD), and where expired wallet that failed to register a ping would be send back to the mining pool.

I'm anti BIP-361. For those who don't know, it deprecates or freezes coins that don't move after a certain migration date (for post quantum upgrades). It's not a full confiscation of every pre-quantum coin, but a good chunk of them. Bitcoin's primary value props: best monetary policy of any money + extremely hard to seize asset. If the protocol for any reason makes these assets "seizable" (destroyed) through a change in the code, then it impacts both of those value props. Granted, Satoshi's coins being cracked would also negatively impact the perception of seizability. However, intelligent market participants will understand this is the lesser of two evils. For this reason, I'm not for any proposal that allows these coins to become frozen.