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Mr. Nick Beaudrot @nbeaudrot.bsky.social · 1d

Puyallup

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Mr. Nick Beaudrot @nbeaudrot.bsky.social · 1d

Senate Rs seem don't want the things Vought is doing this time.

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Seattle's Wettest Chunter @art-kitkat.bsky.social · 1d

the chad cut and cover vs the virgin TBM

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Mr. Nick Beaudrot @nbeaudrot.bsky.social · 1d

20 years ago you'd be watching John Salley's show on Fox Sports or Sportscenter, we have to go back.

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Mr. Nick Beaudrot @nbeaudrot.bsky.social · 1d

The kalshi ad followed by the hims ad on the NFL networks fantasy football side at midnight Eastern is so bleak.

Not that it was much better 20 years ago

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Mr. Nick Beaudrot @nbeaudrot.bsky.social · 1d

Wow we're getting all the resistlib gang together.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d

A second set of pre-trial motions is due by Oct. 30.

Comey’s defense counsel, Patrick Fitzgerald, said he expects that batch to include a motion regarding abuse of grand jury process and an “outrageous government conduct” motion.

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 1d

who is the most interesting artist that could appear with Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl that conservatives would interpret as a gesture towards mollifying them?

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 2d

Duchamp Flies, by Carmen Cicero, 2009, 📸 by Frank Franklin II

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Mr. Nick Beaudrot @nbeaudrot.bsky.social · 2d

M-V-P!
M-V-P!
M-V-P!

Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 2d

Hooting and hollering until I’m asked to leave the airport lounge.

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 2d

Hooting and hollering until I’m asked to leave the airport lounge.

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 2d

You can't actually Socratic your way into a point because you don't have one. You're just annoyed.

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Mr. Nick Beaudrot @nbeaudrot.bsky.social · 3d

Yes but you need more *stories* about the cops. "City police work with the neighborhood community group to cut down on graffiti." not just "police arrested this guy"

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Mr. Nick Beaudrot @nbeaudrot.bsky.social · 2d

many cases in that direction (Spurrier, Saban, etc.)

Mr. Nick Beaudrot @nbeaudrot.bsky.social · 2d

If it's just general cloud compute investment, then sure, we'll get a few years where supply for cloud services outstrips demand (but switching costs are high so ~\_o_/~)

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Mr. Nick Beaudrot @nbeaudrot.bsky.social · 2d

I think in practice *most* people understand to ignore the quacks, and the really dangerous stuff can often be dealt with as fraud etc.

Social media might be making this harder but I'm not 100% sure.

Mr. Nick Beaudrot @nbeaudrot.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe?

(1) it's way less clear to me that demand will continue to grow, the way bandwidth demand was obviously set to grow post-2000.
(2) the servers depreciate way faster than the dark fiber did in the '00s

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Mr. Nick Beaudrot @nbeaudrot.bsky.social · 2d

States are allowed to regulate medical services, it starts to get fuzzy with behavioral health stuff, quackery of various sorts etc. (in the other direction, first amendment rights of doctors were used to stop bans on counseling that someone should consider getting an abortion.

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Mr. Nick Beaudrot @nbeaudrot.bsky.social · 3d

The combination of Tarriff man with a focus on "the stock market" has led to this bananas policy of taxing bananas while leaving computer imports untaxed.

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 5d

NEW from me:

In his 2nd term, Trump has pursued the largest trade war in modern US history—with 1 glaring omission. Computer imports are almost entirely exempt from tariffs

It's a special carveout that AI companies are now reliant on for their data center buildout🧵
www.apricitas.io/p/the-tariff...

The Tariff Exemption Behind the AI Boom

Data Centers get Tariff-Free Imports. Why Shouldn't we All?

www.apricitas.io

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 5d

NEW from me:

In his 2nd term, Trump has pursued the largest trade war in modern US history—with 1 glaring omission. Computer imports are almost entirely exempt from tariffs

It's a special carveout that AI companies are now reliant on for their data center buildout🧵
www.apricitas.io/p/the-tariff...

The Tariff Exemption Behind the AI Boom

Data Centers get Tariff-Free Imports. Why Shouldn't we All?

www.apricitas.io

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Mr. Nick Beaudrot @nbeaudrot.bsky.social · 3d

Carney seems engaging for a Canadian IDK

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Mr. Nick Beaudrot @nbeaudrot.bsky.social · 3d

Yes but you need more *stories* about the cops. "City police work with the neighborhood community group to cut down on graffiti." not just "police arrested this guy"

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Mr. Nick Beaudrot @nbeaudrot.bsky.social · 3d

retiring ... before the season? or after it?

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Mr. Nick Beaudrot @nbeaudrot.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah I agree they're not doomed. But cars last longer than computers (I think...)

(I think there is a public policy case for fewer rideshare/delivery drivers, slightly higher wait times, fewer email jobs managing it all, and -- this is the payoff -- lower prices. But achieving that mix is hard)

Mr. Nick Beaudrot @nbeaudrot.bsky.social · 3d

But sure, they already have revenue today, so you can imagine a path to more revenue *somewhere* (also they have equity stakes in non-AI companies now)

Mr. Nick Beaudrot @nbeaudrot.bsky.social · 3d

I think the challenges here are

(1) the total market for eyeballs as a % of GDP is a lot smaller
(2) it's actually still a competitive market!
(3) class-based rejection of slop will lower the CPM
(4) a lot of "capex" is quasi "opex" -- you have to replace the chips every 3 years.

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