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James Edwards

@edwardscpa

I used to be an accountant, but I'm feeling much better now.

Potomac, MD Katılım Mayıs 2009
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James Edwards
James Edwards@edwardscpa·
@twiggysays @kakashiii111 @edzitron Yep. Ran out of characters. Anyone who has toured a modern datacenter should realize all those screws didn’t turn themselves, nor did those wires going everywhere get magically organized. And that’s before the power is turned on. Then config. Accreditation. Just so many steps.
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Kakashii@kakashiii111·
My point was to show how difficult and time consuming it is to deploy actual operational compute, while demand is increasing at a faster pace because the models are becoming more token hungry, and more GPUs will collect dust for a longer time, which I discussed in my last article, “Short on Compute.”
Kakashii@kakashiii111

Nebius' Earnings Call: "We are typically seeing 4 or more customers competing for every GPU we bring online..." OK, let's break it down: 1. Nebius notified investors in today's call that all their newly deployed capacity is sold out again. 2. "We are typically seeing 4 or more customers competing for every GPU we bring online." 3. That makes sense, we are short on compute that is deployed and functional. 4. As of December 31, 2025, just one quarter ago, Nebius had only 170MW of active power consisting of H100, H200, GB300, GB200, B200, B300 and some others. We are talking about dozen of thousands GPUs only. 5. According to the last unaudited ER from Nebius this morning, they added around $1.6B to their PP&E, slightly less than $1 billion worth of GPUs. Hopefully they are all operating. That means around 17,500 to 22,000 more GPUs, and this is if we are generous with Nebius, and with their ability to bring such an amount of GPUs online. 6. Which means around 40MW deployed in one quarter. 7. Just as a reminder, Anthropic rented a 300MW datacenter from xAI for the demand. 40MW is tiny and not enough. 8. Now these numbers include the GPUs reserved as part of the second tranche for Meta and Microsoft. 9. Which means Nebius deployed merely a low few thousands of new GPUs to their short-term customers, and we are generous here. 10. According to NVIDIA's Q1 estimated datacenter revenue of approximately $70B, NVIDIA is expected to ship/sell/etc. around 1.2M to 1.5M GPUs. 11. Therefore, we are short on deployed compute, but there are lots of GPUs. Lots. Q.E.D

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James Edwards@edwardscpa·
@edzitron Good research. Followed. Next time consider running it through Grok and asking it to tighten it up. Could have landed the plane a couple thousand words sooner, contributing to the productivity miracle of us getting that time back. 😂
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Ed Zitron
Ed Zitron@edzitron·
NVIDIA claims it shipped 3 million Blackwell GPUs in four quarters in October 2025, but based on my analysis, I cannot see how more than a few hundred thousand have been installed. I think millions are sitting in warehouses gathering dust. wheresyoured.at/where-are-all-…
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Ed Zitron@edzitron·
Free newsletter: Despite stories about gigawatts of capacity coming online, the vast majority of announced data centers have yet to be built, with many running far behind schedule. I believe NVIDIA is warehousing at least a million Blackwell GPUs. wheresyoured.at/where-are-all-…
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James Edwards@edwardscpa·
@MauiBoyMacro A year after those articles were written, the Nasdaq had doubled. A year after that, it had fallen back to even. (By half). 1.5yrs after that, it had halved again. It recovered 4 years after that, only to halve again 3 years later. It fully recovered 11yrs after publication.
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Architecture Hub
Architecture Hub@archpng·
American house styles are easier to read when you know what to look for. From the compact Cape Cod and symmetrical Colonial to the mansard roof of Second Empire, the half-timbering of Tudor Revival, and the low horizontal lines of Prairie and Ranch homes — each style has a visual language of its own. Roof shape, windows, entryways, porches, and ornament often reveal the period and influence behind a house long before you know its history.
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James Edwards@edwardscpa·
@dieworkwear Great write up. Question: how does one settle on the two best dry cleaners in America? I couldn’t tell you which one was best in my zip code - only which one I use.
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derek guy@dieworkwear·
Ways to deal with organic oil stains on washable clothing: — Pretreat the stain with dishwashing liquid, such as Dawn. Dishwashing liquid contains surfactants that emulsify oil into tiny droplets and lift them from the fibers, allowing them to be washed away in the laundry. When applying, add a little bit of dish soap — don't go haywire — and then tamp with a brush. Tamping means you tap the cloth a little. This helps get the liquid into the fibers. Alternatively, you can rub the liquid in with your fingers. Don't scrub the surface too aggressively with something like a stiff-wired brush because you can ruin the surface of the fabric. — You can also pretreat the stain with an enzymatic stain remover. Enzymes break stains apart, so they become smaller, more water‑soluble molecules that can be washed away. However, each type of enzyme is only effective for a specific type of stain. So when you apply a stain remover, you're relying on a mixture of enzymes and hoping something in there will be useful for your situation. For oil stains, look for enzymatic stain removers that contain lipase, which works well on natural fats and oils, such as those from food. Note that it does not work well with petroleum-based oils, such as what you'd get from working on your car. Zout's "Laundry Stain Remover" and Dad Mode's "Deep Stain Remover" both have lipase. — After pre-treating the stain, let it sit for an hour or so, then wash with liquid laundry detergent. You can repeat this process a few times. — If this doesn't work, soak the garment for a few hours in Oxiclean. This is an oxygen-based bleach that contains sodium percarbonate, which oxidizes organic stain molecules and breaks them apart. Unlike chlorine bleach, oxygen-based bleaches are safe on colors. It's basically like applying hydrogen peroxide. However, it's not safe on all fibers — fine on cotton, not good on silk. Check the labels before using. — If the garment is very important to you, it's always best to send the work to a professional. IMO, the two best dry-cleaners in the United States are Rave FabriCARE (in Arizona) and Jeeves NY (in New York). Both companies will take mail-ins. IMO, you should not do anything to the garment before sending it in, as there's a chance you could make the situation worse. Zachary at Jeeves also runs a great laundry account on Instagram, which you can find at the handle jeeves_ny. Note that different types of stains require different solutions. The above is only for organic oil-based stains on clothes you can throw into a wet wash. Blood, sweat, and other types of stains will have to be treated differently.
▼ Kiel James Patrick@KJP

Avocado oil splatter all over my American made shirt! It’s always when I flip the omelet 😩🍳 any good oil stain tips?

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James Edwards@edwardscpa·
@crescatkevin @allthingsf74065 Earnings are still great. A bunch of companies spent all that cash, and they haven’t expensed it yet. But the companies that received it counted it as earnings. Hence the mother of all divergences.
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James Edwards@edwardscpa·
@dampedspring Yes. Investors are functionally paying more and more for the company while also paying to fund via debt and no buybacks the CapEx the company is spending to generate those earnings projections. They are paying twice. And the CapEx might be too high vs realistic earnings.
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Andy Constan
Andy Constan@dampedspring·
Le deluge of corporate bonds from Hyperscalers initiated For the second quarter in a row $META didn't buy back shares and for the first quarter in many years $GOOG didn't buy back any shares. While this may be perfectly fine for the companys the lack of buyback flows, and issuance of corporates and the big IPO's on the calendar are super busy turning investor cash savings into long lead time ROI capex
FinancialJuice@financialjuice

🔴 Meta looks to raise as much as $25 billion from a bond sale. $META

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James Edwards@edwardscpa·
@the_chart_life It could fall by a third and be right back to last month’s levels. There is a lot of air in this market.
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James Edwards@edwardscpa·
@McClellanOsc A third axis depicting the actual year and chronology of the dots would be useful in identifying secular shifts, and crises.
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Tom McClellan
Tom McClellan@McClellanOsc·
Here is a graphical depiction of that forward returns vs. P/E point.
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Patrick OShaughnessy@patrick_oshag

Paul Tudor Jones says the US is more dependent on equity prices than ever, and explains what a 35% correction would trigger in the economy: "We're 252% of stock market cap to GDP. In 1929 we were 65%. In 1987 we got to ~85-90%. In 2000, 170%. If you think about the periodicity of significant bear markets. Since 1970, we get a mean reversion about every 10 years. Let's say mean revert to the past 25 or 30-year PE. That would be a 30, 35% decline. Well, 35% on 250% of GDP is 80, 90% of GDP. 10% of our tax revenues are capital gains, they go to zero. So you can see the budget deficit blowing up. You can see the bond market getting smoked. You can see this kind of negative self-reinforcing effect. In the stock market, we're over-equitized as a country. We have the highest individual equity weightings in the history of the country. And then the real problem is if you look at private equity in 2007-2008, that was about 7% of institutional portfolios. Now it's about 16% of the institutional portfolios. We're so much more illiquid than we were in 2008. The problem is that if you buy the S&P at this current valuation, the 10-year forward return is negative when you buy the S&P with a PE of 22. That's what history shows. So yes, the S&P is spectacular long-term, if you have a hundred-year view. But that's because that's an average of a hundred years, including times when the S&P 500 PE was 6, 7 and 8, or one third of what it is right now. Valuation matters a lot, and the stock market's really high and it's gonna be really hard to make money from here with any kind of long-term view."

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James Edwards@edwardscpa·
@BenKizemchuk I’m just going to point out that cash is a position, and I think the markets are whistling Dixie.
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Ben Kizemchuk@BenKizemchuk·
Is it still accurate to call this a “lockout rally” when SPY has gone essentially nowhere over the last six sessions, on dwindling volume? If the view is that this is a lockout rally, then where are the buyers? A lockout implies investors are being forced in at higher prices, yet price has stalled and participation is drying up. That’s not consistent with urgency or fear of missing out. I’m not interested in generic arguments about why rallies don’t “need” volume. I’m interested in a concrete explanation for why, if this is truly a lockout environment, buyers are not stepping in aggressively over the past week. What is preventing "sidelined" capital from entering now?
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James Edwards@edwardscpa·
@bencahillenergy When inventories run dry it will need to rebalance again into demand destruction. Then way later, as production comes back online, inventories will need to rebuild. The gap in cumulative production is a giant air pocket.
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James Edwards@edwardscpa·
@dieworkwear Tbh if I was that dog I’d be pretty proud of those coats too. Not bad.
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derek guy@dieworkwear·
every time this tailor posts a photo of their workspace, it looks like their dog is a tailor and he's showing off the garments he made IG z.o.e.y.a.t.e.s
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James Edwards@edwardscpa·
@RealJimChanos One company’s revenues are another company’s future depreciation expense. We’ll see if end customers will part with enough dollars to justify that CapEx. It’s highly subsidized today, and tokens are already throttled for want of more CapEx.
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James Chanos
James Chanos@RealJimChanos·
A massive capex boom wherein the sellers recognize revenues and profits while the buyers capitalize the costs, will do that. Look at mid-1998 to mid-2000, when S&P 500 profits rose 30%. Then look at the next twelve months when order books collapsed.
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Mike Bird@Birdyword

Earnings expectations for American stocks are now rising faster than after the 2017 tax cuts. They're rising at a pace you usually only see during recovery from recessions. The profit machine will not stop.

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derek guy@dieworkwear·
Not long ago, black dress shirts were associated with a certain kind of disreputable character — nightclub owners, criminals, and high school prom DJs. Now they're a formal shirt you wear to the Oval Office.
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Samantha LaDuc@SamanthaLaDuc·
@dampedspring Andy, you’re such a dick, and not even a big swinging one. Just an attention seeking flasher with clear psychological issues.
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James Edwards@edwardscpa·
@thecurioustales TL;DR: While it may well have been snowing, your grandparents - in fact - walked to school downhill both ways.
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The Curious Tales
The Curious Tales@thecurioustales·
This video explains why the earth looks flat. Your visual cortex processes the world as if it extends infinitely in straight lines because for 99.9% of human evolutionary history, that assumption worked perfectly. The curvature of Earth creates a drop of only 8 inches per mile. At walking speed across typical terrain, this deviation falls well below the threshold your brain considers worth noticing. But there's something stranger happening. Even when you intellectually know the Earth is spherical, your perceptual system continues generating flat Earth experiences. You can memorize all the physics, study satellite photos, understand orbital mechanics, and still experience sunrise as the sun "moving up" rather than your location rotating toward a stationary star. This isn't ignorance. This is your neural architecture doing exactly what it evolved to do: creating a simplified model of reality optimized for immediate decision making, not scientific accuracy. The flat Earth intuition reveals something profound about human consciousness. We don't perceive reality directly. We perceive a constructed simulation built by sensory processing systems that prioritize usefulness over truth. Your brain shows you a version of the world that helps you navigate your immediate environment, not one that accurately represents the cosmic context you actually inhabit. The gap between your experienced reality and actual reality is enormous. You're spinning at 1,000 mph through space right now, but your inner ear reports perfect stillness. You're on a ball of rock hurtling around a nuclear explosion at 67,000 mph, but your eyes show you a stationary ground beneath a moving sky. The Earth looks flat because your brain cares more about keeping you functional than keeping you informed.
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James Edwards@edwardscpa·
@anishmoonka Yeah my tendons have ridges on them too and I feel them every morning when I get out of bed.
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Anish Moonka
Anish Moonka@anishmoonka·
Look at the foot in that photo. It's roughly the size of an adult hand, and it grips ten times harder than yours does. And once it closes, it stays closed without the eagle using a single muscle. The trick is in the tendons. Eagles have tiny ridges running along the tendons in their legs, and more ridges lining the sleeves those tendons slide through. When the foot curls shut, the ridges catch on each other and lock, like a ratchet. The bird's leg muscles can go completely limp and the grip still holds. Which is also why eagles can sleep standing up on a branch and never fall off. The curved black hooks in the photo are the talons. The back one, the big curved dagger, runs about two to three inches long on a bald eagle. Same length as a grizzly bear's claw. On a golden eagle it can hit four inches. On a harpy eagle down in the Amazon, the biggest of them all, the back talon grows to about five inches, longer than most kitchen knives. Ken Whitten, a wildlife biologist in Alaska, once documented deep eagle puncture wounds reaching into the lungs of newborn caribou calves. The back talon can punch clean through a calf's shoulder blade. Golden eagles dive at their prey at up to 150 miles an hour with their feet balled into fists, and the impact alone can break bone. Your hand, for what it's worth, grips across a surface roughly the same size, but at one tenth of the pressure, and you've got to keep your muscles working the whole time. The second you relax, you drop whatever you were holding. An eagle doesn't have that problem. It can hold a fish as heavy as its own body and fly for miles, and its legs aren't even working. The photo is showing you a bear paw with kitchen knives on it, locked shut by a tendon ratchet, for free.
Massimo@Rainmaker1973

You don't truly grasp the size of eagles until one is right in front of you.

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