Quantian
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Are there any countries that actually have a single flat rate VAT or do they all eventually succumb to the temptation of doing fiddly carve out bullshit exemptions and differential rates
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Are there any countries that actually have a single flat rate VAT or do they all eventually succumb to the temptation of doing fiddly carve out bullshit exemptions and differential rates
After careful consideration I have determined the threshold to be middle class in America is equal to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), times the square root of your household size, times the GSA locality adjustment of your region. All discourse on this topic can now cease as it has been settled.
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 AM
After careful consideration I have determined the threshold to be middle class in America is equal to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), times the square root of your household size, times the GSA locality adjustment of your region. All discourse on this topic can now cease as it has been settled.
DISPATCH is a great game, even if it does have extreme, you know, [gestures meaningfully] theater kid energy
November 24, 2025 at 3:35 AM
DISPATCH is a great game, even if it does have extreme, you know, [gestures meaningfully] theater kid energy
I had a popular account with a valuable audience and my Twitter payout was $80 a month-ish, to the point where I disabled monetization instead of uploading my ID. Payouts are only material if you live in a developing country, so “guy in Nigeria posting right-wing Amerislop” has taken over the site.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I had a popular account with a valuable audience and my Twitter payout was $80 a month-ish, to the point where I disabled monetization instead of uploading my ID. Payouts are only material if you live in a developing country, so “guy in Nigeria posting right-wing Amerislop” has taken over the site.
I hate to hand it to Nikita Bier but the “see what country an account is from” button is going to be incredible for content, and if paired with an option to ban all users from certain countries could basically restore the Old Twitter experience.
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I hate to hand it to Nikita Bier but the “see what country an account is from” button is going to be incredible for content, and if paired with an option to ban all users from certain countries could basically restore the Old Twitter experience.
The world might owe the [checks notes] …Anthony Weiner campaign…? an apology for correctly concluding she was an amoral fame hungry sex maniac 12 years ago:
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The world might owe the [checks notes] …Anthony Weiner campaign…? an apology for correctly concluding she was an amoral fame hungry sex maniac 12 years ago:
1. Hedge funds normally trade around 2% of AUM, which in this case would be sub-$500 million
2. Bill Ackman would probably kill himself on a Twitter livestream before he let his fund IPO for under, like, five billion dollars
3. Amazing short incoming
2. Bill Ackman would probably kill himself on a Twitter livestream before he let his fund IPO for under, like, five billion dollars
3. Amazing short incoming
Bill Ackman plots IPO of hedge fund firm Pershing in early 2026 on.ft.com/3KdpxG9
Bill Ackman plots IPO of hedge fund firm Pershing in early 2026
Billionaire investor seeking to take investment group public as early as the first quarter of next year
on.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
1. Hedge funds normally trade around 2% of AUM, which in this case would be sub-$500 million
2. Bill Ackman would probably kill himself on a Twitter livestream before he let his fund IPO for under, like, five billion dollars
3. Amazing short incoming
2. Bill Ackman would probably kill himself on a Twitter livestream before he let his fund IPO for under, like, five billion dollars
3. Amazing short incoming
People said it would be a long time before AI took any jobs but judging by the latest Grok update Kara Swisher will be out of work very soon
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
People said it would be a long time before AI took any jobs but judging by the latest Grok update Kara Swisher will be out of work very soon
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oh my god i take it back, grok is amazing
November 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
oh my god i take it back, grok is amazing
I spent the last two days meeting with the various neocloud CEOs and even by shitco standard these guys are all psychotically convinced that Somebody Else is going to be left holding the bag, with fingers usually pointed at either ORCL or CRWV
November 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I spent the last two days meeting with the various neocloud CEOs and even by shitco standard these guys are all psychotically convinced that Somebody Else is going to be left holding the bag, with fingers usually pointed at either ORCL or CRWV
Ah, Patrick Byrne, one of the all time crazies in markets along with Mark Gorton. Really graduated to the big leagues after grinding it out in the trenches talking about how crypto dividends would bankrupt the evil short seller cabal
this is not just right-wing conspiracy claptrap, this is next-level completely unhinged, like raving lunatic stuff
Byrne—who’s close to a billionaire, if not a billionaire—says he was in a top-secret spy agency called the League of Shadows which uncovered evidence the Bidens sought bribes from Iran
Byrne—who’s close to a billionaire, if not a billionaire—says he was in a top-secret spy agency called the League of Shadows which uncovered evidence the Bidens sought bribes from Iran
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Ah, Patrick Byrne, one of the all time crazies in markets along with Mark Gorton. Really graduated to the big leagues after grinding it out in the trenches talking about how crypto dividends would bankrupt the evil short seller cabal
Altman is clearly using “electrons” as a metonymy to refer to “cheap, reliable electrical power delivery”, in the same sense that someone at an auto dealer saying their car “needs more horses” is asking for a powerful engine rather than a horse-drawn carriage.
I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics.
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
November 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Altman is clearly using “electrons” as a metonymy to refer to “cheap, reliable electrical power delivery”, in the same sense that someone at an auto dealer saying their car “needs more horses” is asking for a powerful engine rather than a horse-drawn carriage.
Alright motherfuckers it’s wine time
November 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Alright motherfuckers it’s wine time
If you made up O***** N**** as a bit character in some hack airport paperback thriller you would justly be accused of rank sexism.
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
If you made up O***** N**** as a bit character in some hack airport paperback thriller you would justly be accused of rank sexism.
Ron DeSantis being a vocal AI capex skeptic is such a funny and weird side plot in politics right now
November 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Ron DeSantis being a vocal AI capex skeptic is such a funny and weird side plot in politics right now
People say this because they have not actually bothered to look up the US’s NIIP since 2008 and assume it is unchanged. Since COVID, foreign investors have *actually* accumulated a massive position in US equities, to the tune of $20 trillion, double their Treasury holdings of only $9 trillion.
November 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
People say this because they have not actually bothered to look up the US’s NIIP since 2008 and assume it is unchanged. Since COVID, foreign investors have *actually* accumulated a massive position in US equities, to the tune of $20 trillion, double their Treasury holdings of only $9 trillion.
What if the loved ones we’ve lost could be part of our future?
November 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
What if the loved ones we’ve lost could be part of our future?
I read this and it sounds to me like two members of the UVA board used the pretext of the Trump DOJ stuff to independently shiv the university’s president without anyone being the wiser, including the DOJ? I mean you have to applaud a really scheming vizier when you see one, good for them.
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I read this and it sounds to me like two members of the UVA board used the pretext of the Trump DOJ stuff to independently shiv the university’s president without anyone being the wiser, including the DOJ? I mean you have to applaud a really scheming vizier when you see one, good for them.
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Trump blares Phantom of the Opera at the White House with an empty Friday schedule
November 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Trump blares Phantom of the Opera at the White House with an empty Friday schedule
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I'm sorry but you've exceeded your goonbot API usage this month. The goon police are on the way
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I'm sorry but you've exceeded your goonbot API usage this month. The goon police are on the way
Who would be the funniest CEO to pull a Musk and publicly crash out by turning their AI product into their own personal goonbot, and why is it Mike Bloomberg?
November 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Who would be the funniest CEO to pull a Musk and publicly crash out by turning their AI product into their own personal goonbot, and why is it Mike Bloomberg?
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Diane told me distressed funds keep eating her ATM proceeds so I asked how many ATM proceeds she has and she said she just goes to the baggies and gets more equity afterwards so I said it sounds like she’s just feeding retail to mfers in Darien wearing Loro and then her shareholders started crying
November 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Diane told me distressed funds keep eating her ATM proceeds so I asked how many ATM proceeds she has and she said she just goes to the baggies and gets more equity afterwards so I said it sounds like she’s just feeding retail to mfers in Darien wearing Loro and then her shareholders started crying
The market is only down 3% and they’re already breaking out the trade deal jawboning? Somebody’s nervous.
November 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The market is only down 3% and they’re already breaking out the trade deal jawboning? Somebody’s nervous.
One of my favorite jokes in Deus Ex is that there’s an Alex Jones-esque figure ranting on the radio in the background of some areas, and despite being canonically right about everything, this never addressed or even referenced by any of the characters in game.
it's so funny that alex jones was totally right about everything, the government is a bunch of drug-addled pedophiles and masked regime thugs are grabbing people off the streets, and now he has to pretend it's all a hoax
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 AM
One of my favorite jokes in Deus Ex is that there’s an Alex Jones-esque figure ranting on the radio in the background of some areas, and despite being canonically right about everything, this never addressed or even referenced by any of the characters in game.