Nick Tsiopanas
@nicktsiopanas.bsky.social
Husband, father, small business owner; aspiring barista and grill master; enjoyer of bourbon; cyclist. I know a few things about government contracting.
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The unemployment rate and S&P 500 continue to move in near lock-step
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December 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Amazing this has gone on so long.
November 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Amazing this has gone on so long.
This...
In the near future economy, I bet the skill of “can type a prompt into ChatGPT and repeat whatever it says” will be less in demand than “understands things enough to catch when ChatGPT makes an error or hallucinates.”
Wow. Just wow.
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
October 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This...
So AI will take over the world but my phone can’t figure out basic grammar from context. I typed
“…mornings Wed-Fri next week.”
It changed (autocorrected - lol) Wed to We’d. An elementary school kid knows the difference but my AI-enabled ‘state of the art’ phone can’t figure it out. Maddening.
“…mornings Wed-Fri next week.”
It changed (autocorrected - lol) Wed to We’d. An elementary school kid knows the difference but my AI-enabled ‘state of the art’ phone can’t figure it out. Maddening.
August 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
So AI will take over the world but my phone can’t figure out basic grammar from context. I typed
“…mornings Wed-Fri next week.”
It changed (autocorrected - lol) Wed to We’d. An elementary school kid knows the difference but my AI-enabled ‘state of the art’ phone can’t figure it out. Maddening.
“…mornings Wed-Fri next week.”
It changed (autocorrected - lol) Wed to We’d. An elementary school kid knows the difference but my AI-enabled ‘state of the art’ phone can’t figure it out. Maddening.
Real talk I never stopped calling it HBO
Real talk I never stopped calling it "HBO Max"
May 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Real talk I never stopped calling it HBO
Those palm readers are quite a mystery to me and frankly seem stupid. It was/is already very simple to check out with tap to pay, so why take up critical space with this monstrosity? At my local Whole Foods it blocks like 50% of the shelf for your basket (also was good for staging items).
First came the Amazon One palm reader at Whole Foods checkout stands. Now, Sam Altman wants you to pay for things—and verify your identity—with a scan of your irises via an orb that stores biometric information on the blockchain.
Sam Altman's Eye-Scanning Orb Is Now Coming to the US
At a buzzy event in San Francisco, World announced a series of Apple-like stores, a partnership with dating giant Match Group, and a new mini gadget to scan your eyeballs.
wrd.cm
May 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Those palm readers are quite a mystery to me and frankly seem stupid. It was/is already very simple to check out with tap to pay, so why take up critical space with this monstrosity? At my local Whole Foods it blocks like 50% of the shelf for your basket (also was good for staging items).
Reposted by Nick Tsiopanas
NEW: DOGE quietly deletes the five largest spending cuts it had been celebrating last week.
All of them contained errors that wildly over-inflated how much had been saved. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
All of them contained errors that wildly over-inflated how much had been saved. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week
The cuts, highlighted on an earlier version of the “wall of receipts” posted by Elon Musk’s team, contained mistakes that vastly inflated the amount of money saved.
www.nytimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
NEW: DOGE quietly deletes the five largest spending cuts it had been celebrating last week.
All of them contained errors that wildly over-inflated how much had been saved. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
All of them contained errors that wildly over-inflated how much had been saved. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
@kairyssdal.bsky.social on the air today you said DMV was Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.
It’s actually DC, Maryland, and Virginia.
DELMARVA is Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia 😀
It’s actually DC, Maryland, and Virginia.
DELMARVA is Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia 😀
February 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
@kairyssdal.bsky.social on the air today you said DMV was Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.
It’s actually DC, Maryland, and Virginia.
DELMARVA is Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia 😀
It’s actually DC, Maryland, and Virginia.
DELMARVA is Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia 😀
Timeline cleanser
February 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Timeline cleanser
Exactly. Attacking smaller agencies and outlays that won't move the needle on the debt but cause a ton of chaos and misery.
If you want to meaningfully cut federal spending, you need to tackle defense, social security, and healthcare outlays. What they’re doing is structurally radical but sort of trivial as cost reduction. Some of it is likely to be more expensive in the long run.
February 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Exactly. Attacking smaller agencies and outlays that won't move the needle on the debt but cause a ton of chaos and misery.