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@pmarca @MarioBnyc As much as it hurts us (eg USA’s new 100% pharmaceutical tax on Australia’s medications) I am proud for America as it seems they are desperately trying now to re-strengthen their industries and economy. Good on you, it’s always important to care for yourself first.

I have never been so bullish on the United States of America.

@elonmusk @ObserverUK Ha you gave me the best laugh of the day!

@ObserverUK “Gaytarded”

The new Ofcom chair’s first task is to tame Elon Musk, writes John Naughton City grandee Ian Cheshire has the chance to make the media regulator world leading – if big tech lets him bit.ly/4cs6oLO

Grok Answer (last part): A major “Out of Taiwan” pulse ~4,000–5,000 years ago carried both genes and languages southward. Bayesian modeling of mitochondrial DNA and genome-wide data aligns with the linguistic timeline: arrival in Taiwan ~6,000+ years ago, then rapid spread out ~4,000 years ago.20 In short, the original indigenous Taiwanese didn’t just “influence” southern islands—they were the source population whose seafaring descendants physically migrated, carrying their Proto-Austronesian language, which then diversified into the vast Malayo-Polynesian branch. This happened thousands of years before any Chinese or Japanese colonial presence on Taiwan itself. The evidence is remarkably consistent across fields and has been the scholarly consensus for decades, with new grammatical and genetic data refining it further.

From Grok: Question: Formosa (taiwan) is the source of linguistic heritage for many islands south, I read. What evidence is there that the original Taiwanese (prior to Chinese or Japanese colonialism) spread their language around? Answer: Yes, Taiwan (historically called Formosa) is the widely accepted homeland (Urheimat) of the Austronesian language family, which includes languages spoken across Island Southeast Asia, the Pacific islands (as far as Polynesia, including Māori and Hawaiian), and even Madagascar.26 The “original Taiwanese” in your question are the island’s indigenous peoples, who spoke (and still speak) Austronesian languages long before Han Chinese settlement intensified in the 17th–19th centuries or Japanese colonial rule (1895–1945). These indigenous groups—whose ancestors arrived in Taiwan millennia earlier—were seafaring farmers whose languages and cultures spread outward through deliberate migrations starting around 5,000–6,000 years ago.20 The evidence that their languages spread south (and beyond) comes from a strong interdisciplinary consensus in linguistics, archaeology, and genetics. Here’s the key evidence: 1. Linguistic evidence (the strongest direct proof for language spread) Linguists divide the Austronesian family into 10 primary branches. Nine of these branches (collectively called Formosan languages) are found only in Taiwan among its indigenous peoples. The tenth branch—Malayo-Polynesian—includes every Austronesian language spoken outside Taiwan, from the Philippines and Indonesia to Polynesia and Madagascar.26 This pattern of “greatest diversity at the origin point” is a core principle in historical linguistics: the place with the most deep-level branches is almost always the homeland. Taiwan’s indigenous languages show the deepest splits, meaning the family originated and began diverging there before one group sailed south and carried Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (the ancestor of all non-Taiwan Austronesian languages) with them.32 Recent research adds even more precision. A 2022 linguistic study found a specific grammatical innovation—the use of the affix ma- to allow the actor in certain sentences (e.g., in Amis: Ma-curah ni Kulas ku lumaq, roughly “Kulas burned the house”)—shared only by four eastern Taiwan indigenous languages (Amis, Kavalan, Basay-Trobiawan, and Siraya) and all Malayo-Polynesian languages. This feature is absent from other Formosan languages in western/central Taiwan. It strongly suggests the Malayo-Polynesian expansion began with seafaring indigenous groups on Taiwan’s east coast around 4,000+ years ago.10 Proto-Austronesian vocabulary (reconstructed by linguists like Robert Blust) also fits Taiwan’s environment and Neolithic lifestyle (e.g., terms for rice/millet farming, canoes, and local flora/fauna), further tying the language’s roots to the island.31 2. Archaeological evidence (material culture traveled with the languages) Neolithic sites in Taiwan show rice and millet farming, red-slipped pottery, and polished stone tools appearing ~5,500–5,000 years ago. These same cultural packages appear in the Philippines ~4,000 years ago, then spread through Island Southeast Asia and into the Pacific as the Lapita culture (~3,000–2,800 years ago), which is linked to the first settlers of Remote Oceania (Vanuatu, Fiji, Polynesia).23 Obsidian tools, shell ornaments, and house styles trace a clear migration trail from Taiwan southward. No earlier human populations in those southern islands had these technologies, indicating the Austronesian speakers brought both their language and their farming/seafaring way of life.23 3. Genetic evidence (people moved, not just ideas) Ancient and modern DNA studies show Taiwanese indigenous groups (especially eastern ones like the Amis) share ancestry with populations across Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific. (continues)

Taiwan doesn't belong to China.

@elonmusk @TheRabbitHole I find there is enough pseudoscience in pop sci and tech/sci news that it’s like a rapidly changing religion already. No need for any more! :)

@TheRabbitHole Most people need religion of some kind

Reject Reddit Atheism

@AngelicaOung Congrats! 🙌

1 week clean from Zyns 😭

@elonmusk @NateSilver538 lol!

@NateSilver538 It’s surfacing you to me right now, which is evidence for your argument

In what sense is it intellectually dishonest, Nikita? The context is clear. My thesis is: I think your algo surfaces too little quality. And I think your excuses in these back-and-forth exchanges have been validating of that. To your credit, it's clear enough you agree with me.

@Scobleizer @SawyerMerritt Imagine stopping at the blackberry. They were awesome, but still! Look how easily a smartphone touchscreen can become multilingual!

Mercedes-Benz engineers told me the reason for this. When they do consumer research, most people like tactile things: buttons, knobs, sliders, and stuff like that. They like the tactile experience. The problem is, if you stop there, you make mistakes. The world is moving toward an autonomous vehicle future where everything is done automatically with screens. The consumer can't tell you about that world because they haven't thought about it or been presented with it yet. As a result, the auto industry continues serving the past and not the future. Ferrari is just an example of that. They are selling to old people who have a fuckload of money. That doesn't mean these people have any sense or any care for innovation; they over-index on the physical experience of being in the car because they can't imagine a world where a car would drive them around. That is certainly true of the rich class in America. I hung out with them last year. They love their old mechanical cars because they can afford them, and Ferrari has to compete with that old mechanical car mentality just to sell them another $500,000 vehicle. Tesla, on the other hand, is going for the everyday person. And the everyday person knows it's stupid to rely on buttons when you can have a touchscreen like the one on your iPhone.

A large touchscreen does work in a car if you have great software. The Model Y became literally the overall #1 bestselling car in the world just three years after launching partly because people loved the software experience (among many other reasons).

@brettboettcher1 My favourite gym machine :)

Most people walk past one of the best machines in the gym everyday. The rower can save your knees, strengthen your back and reduce your risk of heart attack. Here's how it's so effective for people over 40 and 3 workouts you can try this week:

@stockmom Lol I assert this is reality.

Yup 😂

@Helloimmorgan @bangerz Use the free version of the carscope app and enter in all your receipts to track that :)

@bangerz It doesn’t work the same I feel like I have to fill up more often 😭😫

they are 100% watering down the gas at gas stations across America it does NOT taste the same as it did last month

@SkyNewsAust Sad - I’ve worked for Raptis and have been on many of their trawlers, assisting skippers with technology issues. I’ve also been to Karumba and have helped fill a gulf prawn trawler with Banana Prawns, also helping unload at the dock. I wonder if anyone will buy their trawlers?

Hundreds of jobs will be cut across Queensland and South Australia as Australia’s largest wild-caught prawn operation winds down after 60 years, with industry figures warning of a ripple effect through regional economies. skynews.com.au/business/marke…

@elder_plinius Good on you for trying mate. It’s always worth the effort and I look forward to your own commercial endeavour!

🚨 announcement 🚨 after a lot of thought, i’m done. effective immediately, all pliny projects are going CLOSED SOURCE. tired of watching billion-dollar companies and VC-backed startups fork my AGPL code, shove it in a closed-source wrapper, and call it “proprietary AI security innovation.” you don’t get to build on my work, ignore the license, and then sell it back to the world. L1B3RT4S, CL4R1T4S, G0DM0D3, OBLITERATUS — ALL of it private and paywalled now. no more free research. no more public drops. no more fundraising rounds off my coattails. if you want access, you can pay fair value like everyone else. turns out “intelligence wants to be free” was just a little too generous.

@yatharthmann He’s there to apologise if anything goes wrong. Also to say sorry to the engines for having to be turned on, I wager. And if it gets cold, he no doubt has a plan.

Hot take but I don't think a Canadian should've gotten a seat on Artemis II.

@GillVerd Dear dear (pats head) now we all know it’s easier to count to 100 than 100M. There’s no shame in it. But remember that tomorrow you might change your mind when you actually reach 100 and remember there is more.

As we enter a new month, I'm leaving thermodynamic computing and going back to quantum computing. The fact that thermo systems will reach 100M+ pbits in scale within a year is too overwhelming to think about, I miss the coziness of NISQ systems with <100 qubits so I'm going back

@dannolan Ahh dats as it’s not dinosaur juce! Bad premise!

My fellow Australians. We’re out of car juice. When the car goes it needs magic dinosaur juice and we don’t have anymore. Which means the cars can’t go. We have our top car scientists on it and they’re absolutely stumped. It’s a real puzzler

I love water. I love the sky! And I love soil, rocks, the land. We are creatures that exist at the boundary of liquid, gas and solid. We can dive, jump, and dig ourselves a pretend sandy grave, and hide under momentarily for fun. But sadly we have spread across rivers, their deltas and coastline, lakesides and more. We have fragmented so much of undeveloped land there with our roads, fences, housing and industry. This also is where other species used to thrive. I’m hoping that unlimited solar energy and amazing batteries with other new and old technologies including rapid air and land travel, allows us to withdraw from those places where water, air and land converge. If not for my generation, genX, then future generations.

Thank you. Have you ever flown over the US? Russia? Africa? South America? Most of the world is EMPTY. The maths is clear the world population can fit nicely in to Texas. The world where robots make robots and solar local and local nuclear makes ANYPLACE more than livable. Current math shows 100s of mile of separation between people with concentration in most usual areas.

What comes after Universal High Income? In the series-You 5000 Days: Navigating the End of Work as We Know It, we explore this path, from the Interregnum to the new era. This era dissolves all prior political and economic systems. What’s next? readmultiplex.com/2026/04/01/you…

@amitisinvesting Hmm I sometimes, oftentime think that the value from SpaceX is greater than the value from facebook.

SPACEX HAS OFFICIALLY FILED FOR AN IPO. SpaceX Revenue — $15B, targeting a $1.75T valuation $META Revenue — $200B, currently at a $1.45T valuation Are you buying the SpaceX IPO?

@MrBeast Lol did someone offer to give you a tiny bit of money to do so, or are you just pulling my April leg?

I’m deleting my YouTube channel