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@tupacabra What if you need two devices in two moments of time to make time travel work? If yes then only from moment of device creation time travel is possible.

If at any point in the future time travel exists then time travel exists at all points in time.

So who exactly is Germany celebrating?

@JacksonRowellFL Hollywood destroys lately everything it touches.

I’ve never rooted for a movie to bomb harder than this disgrace. It’s not just a badly casted film. It’s an intentional subversion of one of the most foundational stories of our civilization. There is nothing worse than the act of destroying something beautiful.

@PannonianMantis It is a side quest: Clash with knights of the round table.

I’ve read the Odyssey multiple times and I have no idea what this scene supposed to represent

@mjarbo 1500 BC is before 1200 BC.

Fun fact about something I picked up on in The Odyssey trailer. At one point Robert Pattinson says that Tom Holland is yearning for his "DADDY" to come home. Tom responds and says something like "My DAD will come home" Something about that felt off to me. So I looked it up. The Odyssey is set in 1200 B.C. The word "Dad" wasn't invented until 1500 A.D. I think that's why it feels so off. The word used wouldn't have been invented for another 2700 years.

@adonispara Trojans and Greeks long engaged in the practice of stealing each other’s wives. She wasn’t the first victim and beauty wasn’t a prerequisite. Manelaus was her husband and his brother Agamemnon held the power to lead all the Greeks into battle.

The entire point of helen is that her beauty was so extreme that two civilizations went to war over her face. that's the plot. Nolan race swapped the most famous beauty standard in western literature with whatever this is. directly contradicting the plot basically.

Uncontrolled capitalism.

@Certinfy Dark Knight Rises is not good as well.

I honestly don’t get the hype with Nolan films anymore. Dunkirk had no substance. Tenet was an incomprehensible mess. Oppenheimer was an overly long bore. Odyssey looks awful too. What a shame because I do think he made some great films before these ones.

@narendramodi With 1.4 billion people under you you should have more confidence to say no to the US BJs.

Strongly condemn the attacks on the UAE that resulted in injuries to three Indian nationals. Targeting civilians and infrastructure is unacceptable. India stands in firm solidarity with the UAE and reiterates its support for the peaceful resolution of all issues through dialogue and diplomacy. Ensuring safe and unimpeded navigation through the Strait of Hormuz is vital for enduring regional peace, stability and global energy security.

Haven’t met anyone working less after adopting the AI.

@griffschiller Nolan is overrated in the last 10+ years.

I think we've actually reached peak stupidity here.

@bfrnonso Probably we will have few "yo"s in the movie.

This looks great, but that dialogue that says “my dad is coming home”…”DAD”????

@blakethinks Percentage of good movies from him is decreasing.

I've never liked Nolan much, but I am rather stunned at just how unremittingly awful that Odyssey trailer is

@charles_lukes @LandoBerando @brian_armstrong I think that long dash is a proof that even him used AI to write this email.

@LandoBerando @brian_armstrong so?

This is an email I sent earlier today to all employees at Coinbase: Team, Today I’ve made the difficult decision to reduce the size of Coinbase by ~14%. I want to walk you through why we're doing this now, what it means for those affected, and how this positions us for the future. Why now Two forces are converging at the same time. We need to be front footed to respond to both. First, the market. Coinbase is well-capitalized, has diversified revenue streams, and is well-positioned to weather any storm. Crypto is also on the verge of the next wave of adoption, with stablecoins, prediction markets, tokenization, and more taking off. However, our business is still volatile from quarter to quarter. While we've managed through that cyclicality many times before and come out stronger on the other side, we’re currently in a down market and need to adjust our cost structure now so that we emerge from this period leaner, faster, and more efficient for our next phase of growth. Second, AI is changing how we work. Over the past year, I’ve watched engineers use AI to ship in days what used to take a team weeks. Non-technical teams are now shipping production code and many of our workflows are being automated. The pace of what's possible with a small, focused team has changed dramatically, and it's accelerating every day. All of this has led us to an inflection point, not just for Coinbase, but for every company. The biggest risk now is not taking action. We are adjusting early and deliberately to rebuild Coinbase to be lean, fast, and AI-native. We need to return to the speed and focus of our startup founding, with AI at our core. What this means To get there, we are not just reducing headcount and cutting costs, we’re fundamentally changing how we operate: rebuilding Coinbase as an intelligence, with humans around the edge aligning it. What does this mean in practice? - Fewer layers, faster decisions: We are flattening our org structure to 5 layers max below CEO/COO. Layers slow things down and create coordination tax. The future is small, high context teams that can move quickly. Leaders will own much more, with as many as 15+ direct reports. Fewer layers also means a leaner cost structure that is built to perform through all market cycles. - No pure managers: Every leader at Coinbase must also be a strong and active individual contributor. Managers should be like player-coaches, getting their hands dirty alongside their teams. - AI-native pods: We’ll be concentrating around AI-native talent who can manage fleets of agents to drive outsized impact. We’ll also be experimenting with reduced pod sizes, including “one person teams” with engineers, designers, and product managers all in one role. In short: AI is bringing a profound shift in how companies operate, and we’re reshaping Coinbase to lead in this new era. This is a new way of working, and we need to leverage AI across every facet of our jobs. To those who are affected I know there are real people behind these decisions — talented colleagues who have poured themselves into this company and our mission. To those of you who will be leaving: thank you. You’ve helped build Coinbase into what it is today, and I am sincerely grateful for everything you've done. All impacted team members will receive an email to their personal account in the next hour with more information, and an invitation to meet with an HRBP and a senior leader in your organization. Coinbase system access has been removed today. I know this feels sudden and harsh, but it is the only responsible choice given our duty to protect customer information. To those affected, we will be providing a comprehensive package to support you through this transition. US employees will receive a minimum of 16 weeks base pay (plus 2 weeks per year worked), their next equity vest, and 6 months of COBRA. Employees on a work visa will get extra transition support. Those outside of the US will receive similar support, based on local factors and subject to any consultation requirements. Coinbase prides itself on talent density. Our employees are among the most talented people in the world, and I have no doubt that your skills and experience will be highly sought after as you pursue your next chapters. How we move forward To the team that is staying, I know this is a difficult day. We’re saying goodbye to colleagues and friends you've been in the trenches with. But here’s what I want you to know as we move forward together: Over the past 13 years, we have weathered four crypto winters, gone public, and built the most trusted platform in our industry. We’ve made it this far by making hard decisions and by always staying focused on our mission. This time will be no different – nothing has changed about the long term outlook of our company or industry. And most importantly, our mission has never been more important for the world. Increasing economic freedom requires a new financial system, and we’re building it. The Coinbase that emerges from this will be more capable than ever to achieve our mission. Brian

@anishmoonka Looks good. Sounds good.

Christopher Nolan asked IMAX to build him a new camera. They did. Then he and Matt Damon spent four months filming The Odyssey on the open ocean, on the largest modern Viking longship in the world, with no green screens at all. The shoot ran 91 days, from late February to August 2025. Seven countries: Morocco, Greece, Italy, Iceland, Scotland, Western Sahara, and Malta. Aside from one indoor studio in Los Angeles, every shot was filmed on real ground. In Italy, the cast and crew climbed 900 feet up a mountain every morning. Imagine walking up a 60-story building before breakfast. In Iceland, they filmed the underworld scenes by lantern light while rain came at them sideways. The four months at sea actually happened at sea. Damon and the actors playing his crew sailed on a real ship called the Draken Harald Hårfagre, used here as a Greek warship. Nolan called the experience "primal." He said the cast and crew were exhausted in a way he had never seen before. The cameras were the other big problem. IMAX cameras have always been too loud to record clean dialogue, which is why directors mostly save them for big action scenes. Nolan asked IMAX to fix this. They engineered a new soundproof case for the camera, a kind of quiet jacket, that lets the lens get within a foot of an actor's face while they whisper and still pick up clean audio. The new cameras also came out lighter and about 30% quieter than the old ones. To prove it worked, the lead cameraman Hoyte van Hoytema filmed a tight close-up of a child reciting a David Bowie song, "Sound and Vision." Nolan watched the test and called it "electrifying." Damon went all-in on the role. He dropped to 167 pounds on a strict no-gluten diet. He grew a real beard for a full year because Nolan refused to allow a fake one. The crew built a full-scale wooden Trojan Horse and shot the attack scene at an ancient walled town in Morocco called Aït Benhaddou. Nolan himself climbed inside the horse with the cast and his cameraman to get the shot. Across the whole shoot they used 2 million feet of film. That comes out to around 380 miles of it, longer than the drive from Los Angeles to San Francisco. At about $1.50 a foot, they spent roughly $3 million just on the film itself. The full budget was $250 million, the biggest of Nolan's career. They wrapped nine days ahead of schedule. Tickets went on sale on July 17, 2025, exactly one year before the movie's release. That had never been done before in cinema history. Half of the 22 US theaters offering IMAX 70mm sold out within 12 hours, bringing in around $1.5 million in a single morning. Nolan called the shoot "an absolute nightmare to film, but in all the right ways." He did not destroy a single IMAX camera. He has wrecked several over his career.

@Capitana_espana She died alone in a dirty train among cowards.

Se mira e instantáneamente se pone a llorar porque sabe que se va a morir… Nunca te olvidaremos, Iryna!🕊️

@TheCinesthetic In Thailand, not Sri Lanka.

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) is pure movie magic. David Lean insisted on building a full-scale bridge in Sri Lanka and using a real train for the explosion. It took months to prepare and was filmed with only one chance to get it right.

@em_Lazzy Same thing as with Biden, Obama, Bush, just more transparent now and more stupid.

IT BLOWS MY MIND HOW ONE PERSON CAN FUCK UP THE ENTIRE WORLD

How could we ever forget that look? How? We will never forget you, Iryna.

Prominent professor Jeffrey Sachs drops a truth bomb. He confirms Washington intentionally sabotaged relations between Europe and Russia. He reveals the US viewed European prosperity as a direct threat to American dominance. Europe blindly surrendered to this absurd agenda.