Calliopelove
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Open source platform enjoyer. $QQQ $IBIT Bagholder. #NAFO
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SCOOP: DOGE wants to rebuild SSA's codebase in months, risking benefits and system collapse, sources tell me.
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
www.wired.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
SCOOP: DOGE wants to rebuild SSA's codebase in months, risking benefits and system collapse, sources tell me.
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
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One thing that most people are missing in the group text scandal: The Trump officials don’t appear clear on what *exactly* Trump approved, which is a huge problem in using military force. Stephen Miller says “as I heard it … green light.” 😱😬 www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/six-short-...
Six Short Thoughts on the Most Insane Trump Story of All Time
Trump's "Team of Amateurs" Screwed Up in the Most Hilarious (and Troublesome) Way
www.doomsdayscenario.co
March 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
One thing that most people are missing in the group text scandal: The Trump officials don’t appear clear on what *exactly* Trump approved, which is a huge problem in using military force. Stephen Miller says “as I heard it … green light.” 😱😬 www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/six-short-...
"Korean retail investors own 31% of the shares of one prominent quantum computing stock and 17% of another one. In leveraged ETFs on stocks and crypto, they often own more than 20% of shares outstanding"
www.acadian-asset.com/investment-i...
www.acadian-asset.com/investment-i...
The Squid Game stock market | Acadian Asset Management
www.acadian-asset.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
"Korean retail investors own 31% of the shares of one prominent quantum computing stock and 17% of another one. In leveraged ETFs on stocks and crypto, they often own more than 20% of shares outstanding"
www.acadian-asset.com/investment-i...
www.acadian-asset.com/investment-i...
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For example, there was a company pitching this “AI backpack” that would be able to do EW, fire missions, comms and it weighed 80+ pounds. When a fellow grad student, who was a former infantryman asked how this was supposed to work in the middle of a firefight, they went 🤷🏻♂️
March 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
For example, there was a company pitching this “AI backpack” that would be able to do EW, fire missions, comms and it weighed 80+ pounds. When a fellow grad student, who was a former infantryman asked how this was supposed to work in the middle of a firefight, they went 🤷🏻♂️
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Pandemic-era Keynesian stimulus saved Silicon Valley (along with the rest of us) and many of them came out of the experience determined never to let it happen again
Guy who owes his entire career and vast wealth to Keynesian economics voice: I hate Keynesian economics
this is libertarianism in a nutshell. never let actual economic indicators get in the way of your weird philosophy.
March 1, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Pandemic-era Keynesian stimulus saved Silicon Valley (along with the rest of us) and many of them came out of the experience determined never to let it happen again
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Everything points to influencer culture on social media being the thing that fried Zoomers' brains. 580k a year as your bar for financial success is pure insanity —that puts you in the top 2 percentile of US income earners— but that's what the major influencer they follow on TikTok make, so...
February 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Everything points to influencer culture on social media being the thing that fried Zoomers' brains. 580k a year as your bar for financial success is pure insanity —that puts you in the top 2 percentile of US income earners— but that's what the major influencer they follow on TikTok make, so...
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Forty years of the same rhetoric. It's not rational or economic. It's just feelings and gut instinct and showmanship. Once you understand that, your apathy for the topic increases and your desire to make a mess of your investment portfolio decreases.
February 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Forty years of the same rhetoric. It's not rational or economic. It's just feelings and gut instinct and showmanship. Once you understand that, your apathy for the topic increases and your desire to make a mess of your investment portfolio decreases.
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Hope Bjorn is reading the FT today #ABBA … enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/ead31...
January 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Hope Bjorn is reading the FT today #ABBA … enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/ead31...
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Another miscalculation: TT execs thought Biden's "I won't enforce the law" statements would placate the general counsels of Apple and Google. It did not. They fears legal culpability, and possible later date prosecution, for flouting a federal statute.
January 19, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Another miscalculation: TT execs thought Biden's "I won't enforce the law" statements would placate the general counsels of Apple and Google. It did not. They fears legal culpability, and possible later date prosecution, for flouting a federal statute.
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The accompaniment to the Reagan revolution was the “disco sucks” rock reaction of 1979. The accompaniment to the Trump restoration is the “YMCA was never gay” disco revisionist nostalgia psyop of 2025. www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...
Y.M.C.A has never been about being gay, says singer who wrote the lyrics
A Village People member says the song is about guys hanging out, it’s not a gay anthem, and his wife will sue news organisations that say it is.
www.stuff.co.nz
January 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The accompaniment to the Reagan revolution was the “disco sucks” rock reaction of 1979. The accompaniment to the Trump restoration is the “YMCA was never gay” disco revisionist nostalgia psyop of 2025. www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...
"This is a watershed moment, we are witnessing here. For the first time in the last 50 years we see evidence that bond markets are demanding a ‘risk premium’ for US Treasuries because supply outstrips demand." klementoninvesting.substack.com/p/a-watershe...
A watershed moment for bond yields
As I write this, we are coming out of a period of several months when 10-year government bond yields in the US, Eurozone, and UK have risen sharply despite central banks trying to cut interest rates.
klementoninvesting.substack.com
January 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
"This is a watershed moment, we are witnessing here. For the first time in the last 50 years we see evidence that bond markets are demanding a ‘risk premium’ for US Treasuries because supply outstrips demand." klementoninvesting.substack.com/p/a-watershe...
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I love this for him.
Longevity-Obsessed Tech Millionaire Discontinues De-Aging Drug Out of Concerns That It Aged Him
The tech centimillionaire, who is known for taking droves of wellness supplements, has backtracked on one of his special pills.
gizmodo.com
January 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I love this for him.
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i’m at a consumer electronics show. this litter box comes with “multi-cat facial recognition,” which is a phrase i’ll be saying for the rest of my life
January 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
i’m at a consumer electronics show. this litter box comes with “multi-cat facial recognition,” which is a phrase i’ll be saying for the rest of my life
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All is right in the world. Mr Brightside is back in the UK Top 100 for the 438th week since June 2004
January 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
All is right in the world. Mr Brightside is back in the UK Top 100 for the 438th week since June 2004
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Back in 2019: was told while making Lower Decks that “too much happens in each episode, what if someone watching is making spaghetti and only half paying attention?”
December 28, 2024 at 5:37 AM
Back in 2019: was told while making Lower Decks that “too much happens in each episode, what if someone watching is making spaghetti and only half paying attention?”
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"Private equity investors trapped in China as top firms fail to find exit deals" (FT)
"Among the 10 largest global PE groups with operations in China, there is no record of any having listed a Chinese company this year or fully sold their stake"
t.co/5iDy0dEsHM
"Among the 10 largest global PE groups with operations in China, there is no record of any having listed a Chinese company this year or fully sold their stake"
t.co/5iDy0dEsHM
December 24, 2024 at 6:40 AM
"Private equity investors trapped in China as top firms fail to find exit deals" (FT)
"Among the 10 largest global PE groups with operations in China, there is no record of any having listed a Chinese company this year or fully sold their stake"
t.co/5iDy0dEsHM
"Among the 10 largest global PE groups with operations in China, there is no record of any having listed a Chinese company this year or fully sold their stake"
t.co/5iDy0dEsHM
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I think one of the worst parts of YouTube is that scammy companies — like Honey or Ground News — get traction by sponsoring one or two well known, trusted YouTubers and then everyone just goes along with it without doing any due diligence at all.
Really amazing video:
youtu.be/vc4yL3YTwWk
Really amazing video:
youtu.be/vc4yL3YTwWk
Exposing the Honey Influencer Scam
YouTube video by MegaLag
youtu.be
December 22, 2024 at 4:07 PM
I think one of the worst parts of YouTube is that scammy companies — like Honey or Ground News — get traction by sponsoring one or two well known, trusted YouTubers and then everyone just goes along with it without doing any due diligence at all.
Really amazing video:
youtu.be/vc4yL3YTwWk
Really amazing video:
youtu.be/vc4yL3YTwWk
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Before (2018) / After (2024) Rue de Tournon in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. The trees have just been planted, the greenery will be more apparent next year.
December 17, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Before (2018) / After (2024) Rue de Tournon in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. The trees have just been planted, the greenery will be more apparent next year.
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🚨 Trump comes out in favor of banning port automation.
December 13, 2024 at 12:27 AM
🚨 Trump comes out in favor of banning port automation.
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Economists are not prepared for the impact of the demographic cliff.
Enrollments are already down in aggregate, they are going to fall more, and it looks like maybe professor demand is already responding
Enrollments are already down in aggregate, they are going to fall more, and it looks like maybe professor demand is already responding
December 10, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Economists are not prepared for the impact of the demographic cliff.
Enrollments are already down in aggregate, they are going to fall more, and it looks like maybe professor demand is already responding
Enrollments are already down in aggregate, they are going to fall more, and it looks like maybe professor demand is already responding
"One of the largest frauds in history - Wirecard - runs directly through Eaze and David Sacks' former partners Jim Patterson and Keith McCarty"
www.thecaptainslog.io/the-david-sa...
www.thecaptainslog.io/the-david-sa...
The David Sacks Files: Part I
New "AI and Crypto Czar" David Sacks has backed a number of founders with direct ties to organized criminal activity. Is David Sacks really just a venture capitalist investing in speculative tech comp...
www.thecaptainslog.io
December 9, 2024 at 9:42 AM
"One of the largest frauds in history - Wirecard - runs directly through Eaze and David Sacks' former partners Jim Patterson and Keith McCarty"
www.thecaptainslog.io/the-david-sa...
www.thecaptainslog.io/the-david-sa...
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every important system is now too large / complex for the average human to grasp and requires full time PR or the public will think it's evil
December 6, 2024 at 11:25 PM
every important system is now too large / complex for the average human to grasp and requires full time PR or the public will think it's evil
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Good piece. My additional contention is that despite the cost banks are still doing trying to do this on the cheap. Lots of undeserving people get debanked because they get electronically flagged and no one wants to spend the time or money to assess them properly.
My piece this week on the debanking boom. Some complaints are not in good faith, especially from the crypto industry (an actual pit of money laundering). But the broader phenomenon is real, and partly a result of a booming bank compliance industry.
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
MAGA types have a point on debanking
A booming compliance industry is causing problems
www.economist.com
December 5, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Good piece. My additional contention is that despite the cost banks are still doing trying to do this on the cheap. Lots of undeserving people get debanked because they get electronically flagged and no one wants to spend the time or money to assess them properly.