Nickel Alchemist
@nickelj3.bsky.social
Just an optimist poking with alternative systems. Ex-engineer/brick and mortar entrepreneur seeking a return to more academic roots.
D/acc
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People thinking about the look through function for trump being president, crash first, inflation later.
It won't be long until the look through function is a world without trump in charge
It won't be long until the look through function is a world without trump in charge
April 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
People thinking about the look through function for trump being president, crash first, inflation later.
It won't be long until the look through function is a world without trump in charge
It won't be long until the look through function is a world without trump in charge
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With UST month-end extension and residual quarterly re-balancing best to delay narrativing until tomorrow. Word to the wise
March 31, 2025 at 7:12 PM
With UST month-end extension and residual quarterly re-balancing best to delay narrativing until tomorrow. Word to the wise
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anon, what if you could train your own personal offline model, on your phone, suited to your tastes, filtering posts with ~ bad vibes ~ and letting good ones through?
well, have i got the thing for you
well, have i got the thing for you
February 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
anon, what if you could train your own personal offline model, on your phone, suited to your tastes, filtering posts with ~ bad vibes ~ and letting good ones through?
well, have i got the thing for you
well, have i got the thing for you
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Do Marxists ultimately invent surge pricing?
Kantorovich's efforts to plan an economy quickly led him to dynamic pricing for resource allocation.
theodiamandis.com/blog/2025/pr...
Kantorovich's efforts to plan an economy quickly led him to dynamic pricing for resource allocation.
theodiamandis.com/blog/2025/pr...
February 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Do Marxists ultimately invent surge pricing?
Kantorovich's efforts to plan an economy quickly led him to dynamic pricing for resource allocation.
theodiamandis.com/blog/2025/pr...
Kantorovich's efforts to plan an economy quickly led him to dynamic pricing for resource allocation.
theodiamandis.com/blog/2025/pr...
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Many strokes are "cryptogenic," the fancy medical term for we don't know why. A new study using A.I. of brain MRI images points to the ability to accurately determine if atrial fibrillation was causal. www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
February 18, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Many strokes are "cryptogenic," the fancy medical term for we don't know why. A new study using A.I. of brain MRI images points to the ability to accurately determine if atrial fibrillation was causal. www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
I don't remember this many clowns in 1984.
February 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I don't remember this many clowns in 1984.
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Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work
February 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work
Standing in line at the post office, getting close to the front. Some lady in front of me had her money order returned because the price went up 2 cents in the middle of the month.
The bar was so low guys. They made her pay the difference
The bar was so low guys. They made her pay the difference
February 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Standing in line at the post office, getting close to the front. Some lady in front of me had her money order returned because the price went up 2 cents in the middle of the month.
The bar was so low guys. They made her pay the difference
The bar was so low guys. They made her pay the difference
Wait till corporations realize that this is another chance price gouge, while higher prices are cheered on by a bunch of bluesky users going I told you so
February 3, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Wait till corporations realize that this is another chance price gouge, while higher prices are cheered on by a bunch of bluesky users going I told you so
If I were other countries, it would be so easy for Brazil to say to Canada. "You seeing this shit? If we work together here are ways we can carve up America's marketshare"
February 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
If I were other countries, it would be so easy for Brazil to say to Canada. "You seeing this shit? If we work together here are ways we can carve up America's marketshare"
I almost feel like the tech right said, AI is going to be so revolutionary and changes everything, so they thought now was a perfect time to burn it all down
February 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I almost feel like the tech right said, AI is going to be so revolutionary and changes everything, so they thought now was a perfect time to burn it all down
We arent used to a "non-rational" reaction function. People are going to get caught flat-footed by what is going on, because the answer is things are going to get more expensive
February 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
We arent used to a "non-rational" reaction function. People are going to get caught flat-footed by what is going on, because the answer is things are going to get more expensive
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Modern supply chains don't look like trade theory 101!
They involve constant border crossings, each now hit by tariffs.
Tariffs raise prices, but the more important thing they do is disrupt supply relationships.
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They involve constant border crossings, each now hit by tariffs.
Tariffs raise prices, but the more important thing they do is disrupt supply relationships.
1/
February 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Modern supply chains don't look like trade theory 101!
They involve constant border crossings, each now hit by tariffs.
Tariffs raise prices, but the more important thing they do is disrupt supply relationships.
1/
They involve constant border crossings, each now hit by tariffs.
Tariffs raise prices, but the more important thing they do is disrupt supply relationships.
1/
Under the radar is how you get anything done anymore
pour one out for the suckers who built electronics factories in Mexico under the theory they’d be avoiding tariffs on China. The real alpha is moving to a country Trump doesn’t know the name of, like Malaysia
February 1, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Under the radar is how you get anything done anymore
It's really simple guys, just be prepared for things to be alot more expensive.
That day is not that far away
That day is not that far away
January 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
It's really simple guys, just be prepared for things to be alot more expensive.
That day is not that far away
That day is not that far away
Health policy is kinda like Helms Deep to the Rohan.
"They do not come to destroy Rohan's crops or villages. They come to destroy its people. Down to the last child."
What a buncha orcs
"They do not come to destroy Rohan's crops or villages. They come to destroy its people. Down to the last child."
What a buncha orcs
January 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Health policy is kinda like Helms Deep to the Rohan.
"They do not come to destroy Rohan's crops or villages. They come to destroy its people. Down to the last child."
What a buncha orcs
"They do not come to destroy Rohan's crops or villages. They come to destroy its people. Down to the last child."
What a buncha orcs
I love Spotify, podcasts are the future. It's biggest failure is I can't force it to stop playing the All-In when other shows finish
I am certain, I am never interested in their POV.
The one star review isn't enough
I am certain, I am never interested in their POV.
The one star review isn't enough
January 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I love Spotify, podcasts are the future. It's biggest failure is I can't force it to stop playing the All-In when other shows finish
I am certain, I am never interested in their POV.
The one star review isn't enough
I am certain, I am never interested in their POV.
The one star review isn't enough
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I think one issue I have with jumping off the X ship is the chaos climbers win if you refuse to play their game.
January 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I think one issue I have with jumping off the X ship is the chaos climbers win if you refuse to play their game.
Inflation is going to be so high
January 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Inflation is going to be so high
The problem is, and always will be, this is effective on the margins.
Dear God. I almost feel sorry for anyone who allows themself to be fooled by this guy.
January 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The problem is, and always will be, this is effective on the margins.
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Don’t threaten me with a good time www.axios.com/2025/01/27/d...
DeepSeek could be an extinction-level event for venture capital firms
The quantums of capital are just so much more than anything VC has ever before invested.
www.axios.com
January 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Don’t threaten me with a good time www.axios.com/2025/01/27/d...
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That sound you hear is AI Sam fanatically calling DC to gin up another red peril scare to get himself on of those US protection act like Zuck got last year
January 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
That sound you hear is AI Sam fanatically calling DC to gin up another red peril scare to get himself on of those US protection act like Zuck got last year
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The tariffs were rescinded when Don Jr. begged his pappy to keep those shipments from Colombia coming.
January 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The tariffs were rescinded when Don Jr. begged his pappy to keep those shipments from Colombia coming.