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r0wdy.sk33t.expert
Libs when they're shown an effective propaganda message for winning elections: "Ew but that's kind of dishonest, do we really want to win that way?"

YES YOU FUCKING MORONS
February 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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meredithmeredith.bsky.social
Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
What’s a technology that you think is overhyped? I’m going to give a sideways answer to this, which is that the venture capital business model needs to be understood as requiring hype. You can go back to the Netscape IPO, and that was the proof point that made venture capital the financial lifeblood of the tech industry. Venture capital looks at valuations and growth, not necessarily at profit or revenue. So you don’t actually have to invest in technology that works, or that even makes a profit, you simply have to have a narrative that is compelling enough to float those valuations. So you see this repetitive and exhausting hype cycle as a feature in this industry. A couple of years ago, you would have been asking me about the metaverse, then last year, you would have asked me about Web3 and crypto, and for each of these inflection points there’s an Andreessen Horowitz manifesto. It’s not simply that one piece of technology is overhyped, it’s that hype is a necessary ingredient of the current business ecosystem of the tech industry. We should examine how often the financial incentive for hype is rewarded without any real social returns, without any meaningful progress in technology, without these tools and services and worlds ever actually manifesting. That’s key to understanding the growing chasm between the narrative of techno-optimists and the reality of our tech-encumbered world.
February 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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zackbeauchamp.bsky.social
At this point, there are only two options:

A) Elon is so dishonest that he is willing to peddle obvious lies to score PR points

B) Elon really is this stupid
February 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
digitaljedi81.bsky.social
video games:
diablo 4
elden ring
black ops 6
world of warcraft
tekken
ghost of tsushima

movies/shows:
star wars
marvel
dragonball z
castlevania
food network

hobbies/interests:
mountain biking
bbq/smoking
cybersecurity
linux
system administration
pc gaming

sports:
Knicks
Giants
Yankees
January 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM