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@monseigneureb @TaraBull Lmaoo, it's prolly because I rarely see other people topless, so I kind of project the skinny figure I’m used to seeing in the mirror onto them. Can be hard to tell how fat smb actually is when dressed, you usually err on the low side😂

@persempres2932 @TaraBull It could be a fucked up metabolism + lots of beer. Typical modern Russian mid-age man.

This absolute UNIT in a speedo launches off the rock, SLIPS mid-air, pancake-slaps with a thunderous THWACK and gets yeeted into the abyss. An instant viral classic is born

@stats_feed They need as many young guys anyway living there on long-term permits to be eligible for the draft as they can get. Shrewd move 😆

🇩🇪 Record-Breaking Year for German Citizenship In 2025, a record 309,852 people received a German passport, the highest number ever. This continues the sharp rise after Germany’s 2024 citizenship reform, which allows dual citizenship and shortens the residency requirement to 5 years. Source: DW / Welt am Sonntag

@AutismCapital Had 3 graduation ceremonies so far. In high school I, regrettably, went to the ceremony, but thankfully decided to skip the afterparty. By bachelors I smartened up and skipped the whole thing. x2 for the masters. If I ever do a PhD, needless to say it'll be a 3x-peat skip🥳

To be honest making the high school graduates suffer in the cold and rain while the show must go on is more insightful for the future than any commencement speech could ever be.

@bearlyai AGI = "generative" = generating new knowledge, not recycling Reddit ad nauseam. That is something LLMs are, by their very nature, incapable of, no matter how many data centers you build. We have 0 clue how abstract original thoughts come to be and may never fully grasp it.

Marc Andreesen tells Joe Rogan that he thinks we reached AGI a few months ago with latest models from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok: “99% of the time I’m getting a better answers from the AI…than [any expert I have access to]. Part of it is what they call fluid intelligence, which is the ability to conceptualize and process information. And then part of it is what psychologists call crystallized intelligence, which is just memorization of everything. AI brings you both because it’s smart, but it is also trained on the complete corpus of human knowledge, right? So, it’s a world-class doctor, and a world-class lawyer, and a world-class accountant, right? And a world-class political operative, if you want to run for city council. And it’s a world-class marketing expert if you want to market your podcast. And it’s a world-class software coder if you want to write some software code. It knows everything about all of these fields all at the same time. And then, of course, it has the huge advantage — and I love people, and I love talking to people — it has the huge advantage of being endlessly happy to talk to you about anything, right?”

@Preventive_Onc @financedystop I think I specifically mentioned lavish spending, not never going on vacation at all - although that could also make sense while getting to the first 100k invested or so.

@persempres2932 @financedystop Not all vacations cost 10-20k. Or even 5k. A camping week is more memorable than a trip to Disney World.

Someone in the FIRE community realized it’s probably not worth living in poverty-level frugality for decades just to retire at 70 or 80 with money you may not even have the energy to fully enjoy...

@DelusionPosting If you go to most of SS Africa, it's striking to what degree they are still dependent on colonial infrastructure. Another couple of decades and it will all crumble completely unless China or somebody else steps in to maintain it; it's just totally beyond the locals' capabilities.

@luvblessingz So unless everyone can do something no one should be allowed to do it? Gosh, you can see why being rich has nothing to do with being smart - which is itself an indictment of the society we are living in.

Letting a billionaire tell you anything about morality is insane.

CHARLIE MUNGER ON THE SLEEP TIP HE DIDN'T LEARN UNTIL HE WAS 93 YEARS OLD "I never consciously blanked out my mind when I tried to go to sleep. I allowed my mind to wrestle through my problems and keep me awake very, very late." "If I didn't sleep well one night, I figured, what the hell, I'll sleep the next night. But that was pretty stupid." "Now I actually deliberately blank out my mind, and I can go to sleep rather easily. I recommend it to all of you. It really works." "I don't know why the hell I didn't get to it before ninety-three."

LinkedIn is enriching uranium

@willempet @meandoody @visegrad24 @StefanTompson @willempet Just out of curiosity, how safe is Kigali? Like, would it be generally safe and possible to walk the city alone without being accosted by beggars or shady characters?

I've been to Rwanda multiple times. Here's myself and @visegrad24 founder @StefanTompson on the scooter taxis in Kigali. Kigali is known as the cleanest city in Africa. However, once you go outside of Kigali, and off the major roads, it looks exactly like the rest of Africa. Unemployment is still high throughout the country, literacy is low, and officially government figures are misleading on these. It is undeniable though, that Rwanda has become a sort of African anomaly. The reason for this is 2-fold. Firstly, Rwanda is an extremely autocratic 1-party state with no regards for the Western concept of human rights. It keeps crime under control in this manner, and limit corruption as there is one group in complete control of the state coffers. A sort of benevolent dictatorship for normal law abiding citizens who keep their mouths shut, but absolute hell for dissidents. Secondly, after the Genocide, Rwanda, being a small country got unprecedented amounts of foreign aid being pumped into the country from Europe. Thanks to the dictatorship in place, that money could be spent on infrastructure and cleaning up the Capitol city. But, once you go off the designated routes for tourists, you will see the real Rwanda under the surface, which is indistinguishable from its neighbors, the DRC and Burundi.

I've been to 27 different Sub-Saharan African countries, and here’s the hard reality: I took the attached photo in the inner city of Nairobi, Kenya, because it captures Africa better than any of my other photos. In every single country, no matter the government’s ideology or the amount of natural resources it was blessed with, once you are inside the cities and can’t see the ecological differences, every country looks exactly the same. You won’t be able to tell them apart. Here’s what was true for every country: • Thousands of people loiter in the streets, no matter the day or time. Unemployment is sky high. • Roads and infrastructure are in ruins. If you don’t have a serious 4x4, don’t attempt to drive. You will break down. • Don’t expect your hotel to have electricity all day, unless it’s a private lodge with a generator or solar power. • Don’t drink anything but bottled water. You will get sick. • Children play in the streets all day, every day. Many, if not most, don’t attend school. • Be very, VERY alert to crime, especially in the cities. Petty crime is the order of the day, and most people’s survival depends on it. • Sanitation systems are collapsing. Wherever you stop in a city, turn 360 degrees and you’ll see sewage running down the street. • Trash piles are everywhere, and more often than not, animals are eating from them, even in the city centres. • The only operations that consistently function are those taken over by the Chinese. As I said, the government’s ideology and the wealth of resources make no difference. The only factor that matters is the time since independence and how independent the country truly became. For example, Botswana, being a British protectorate until very recently and retaining high British influence until even more recently, is still okay compared to others. South Africa, under Afrikaner rule until 30 years ago, remains the best country to visit. Here you can have a first-world experience, free from crime or harassment, and enjoy an amazing trip, as long as you stay in the “right” areas. It’s like a first-world (private) country existing inside a typical African hellhole. Africa is the most blessed continent on Earth. Its natural riches and resource reserves make the rest of the world pale in comparison. Given its location and wealth, Sub-Saharan Africa should, by far, be the richest and most prosperous region on Earth. Yet the people make it impossible to achieve any level of prosperity. It is so bad that one can only conclude Africans are cursed by a higher power to keep them from achieving anything. No other explanation makes logical sense. After World War II, Poland and Germany were as destitute as many African countries in terms of GDP per capita, and Germany also had a massive reparations debt to pay. Yet these countries were rebuilt in just one or two generations. Many African nations are now in their fourth or fifth generation of full independence, and with each new generation, things only grow worse.