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We've been trapped in a series of financial bubbles because there is too much money the financial system.
from docCom -> Housing -> Crypto -> VR/AR -> PE -> LLMs/AI" we've been sputtering from bubble to bubble because too much money is chasing too few real investment opportunities.
from docCom -> Housing -> Crypto -> VR/AR -> PE -> LLMs/AI" we've been sputtering from bubble to bubble because too much money is chasing too few real investment opportunities.
December 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
We've been trapped in a series of financial bubbles because there is too much money the financial system.
from docCom -> Housing -> Crypto -> VR/AR -> PE -> LLMs/AI" we've been sputtering from bubble to bubble because too much money is chasing too few real investment opportunities.
from docCom -> Housing -> Crypto -> VR/AR -> PE -> LLMs/AI" we've been sputtering from bubble to bubble because too much money is chasing too few real investment opportunities.
"What if, instead of doing journalism, or even reporting, we just paid idiots to take opposite sides and yell at each other" isn't ground breaking.
Its ESPNs business model.
Its ESPNs business model.
December 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"What if, instead of doing journalism, or even reporting, we just paid idiots to take opposite sides and yell at each other" isn't ground breaking.
Its ESPNs business model.
Its ESPNs business model.
I notice this more and more whenever I read recommendation threads online.
People come in with a half dozen or more plot and/or setting "requirements" for a recommendation. At that point they're trying to use the internet as a substitute for fan fiction like filtering.
People come in with a half dozen or more plot and/or setting "requirements" for a recommendation. At that point they're trying to use the internet as a substitute for fan fiction like filtering.
November 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I notice this more and more whenever I read recommendation threads online.
People come in with a half dozen or more plot and/or setting "requirements" for a recommendation. At that point they're trying to use the internet as a substitute for fan fiction like filtering.
People come in with a half dozen or more plot and/or setting "requirements" for a recommendation. At that point they're trying to use the internet as a substitute for fan fiction like filtering.
In the eyes of the political media caste the only true sin is attacking someone else in the caste.
November 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
In the eyes of the political media caste the only true sin is attacking someone else in the caste.
Modern society is what *lets you* sleep in until 7am.
Before industry you got your ass up earlier because you couldn't afford to burn daylight not working. Assuming you wanted to eat this winter.
OTOH car culture causing shitty commutes is why you have to get up at 7 to get to work by 9.
Before industry you got your ass up earlier because you couldn't afford to burn daylight not working. Assuming you wanted to eat this winter.
OTOH car culture causing shitty commutes is why you have to get up at 7 to get to work by 9.
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Modern society is what *lets you* sleep in until 7am.
Before industry you got your ass up earlier because you couldn't afford to burn daylight not working. Assuming you wanted to eat this winter.
OTOH car culture causing shitty commutes is why you have to get up at 7 to get to work by 9.
Before industry you got your ass up earlier because you couldn't afford to burn daylight not working. Assuming you wanted to eat this winter.
OTOH car culture causing shitty commutes is why you have to get up at 7 to get to work by 9.
How do I keep getting in trouble?
I'm just out here, living my best life. Working, reading books, playin' some video games and occasionally pretending to work out at the gym.
I'm just out here, living my best life. Working, reading books, playin' some video games and occasionally pretending to work out at the gym.
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
How do I keep getting in trouble?
I'm just out here, living my best life. Working, reading books, playin' some video games and occasionally pretending to work out at the gym.
I'm just out here, living my best life. Working, reading books, playin' some video games and occasionally pretending to work out at the gym.
I am once again begging the Democratic party to realize that Charisma is the *primary* stat for the elected politician class, not the dump stat.
November 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I am once again begging the Democratic party to realize that Charisma is the *primary* stat for the elected politician class, not the dump stat.
An idiot by choice, which is worse.
November 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
An idiot by choice, which is worse.
The worst part is that once you scratch the surface of the belief its almost always extremely reactionary in nature.
As if someone took some standard issue crypto-fascist screed and slapped pseudo-academic jargon and leftist coded imagery on it.
As if someone took some standard issue crypto-fascist screed and slapped pseudo-academic jargon and leftist coded imagery on it.
November 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The worst part is that once you scratch the surface of the belief its almost always extremely reactionary in nature.
As if someone took some standard issue crypto-fascist screed and slapped pseudo-academic jargon and leftist coded imagery on it.
As if someone took some standard issue crypto-fascist screed and slapped pseudo-academic jargon and leftist coded imagery on it.
But hes not going to be welcome on the cocktail party circuit or get speaking gigs on cable news for at least a few months.
Temporarily lowering the status of a politician of national prominence over a few decades of sexual harassment? Has cancel culture gone too far? Lets check with the NY Times.
Temporarily lowering the status of a politician of national prominence over a few decades of sexual harassment? Has cancel culture gone too far? Lets check with the NY Times.
November 18, 2025 at 4:31 AM
But hes not going to be welcome on the cocktail party circuit or get speaking gigs on cable news for at least a few months.
Temporarily lowering the status of a politician of national prominence over a few decades of sexual harassment? Has cancel culture gone too far? Lets check with the NY Times.
Temporarily lowering the status of a politician of national prominence over a few decades of sexual harassment? Has cancel culture gone too far? Lets check with the NY Times.
I had to sign a waiver saying I wouldn't take a can of coke from a vendor while touring their office, which had free soda.
Meanwhile "elite" reporters can get have affairs with people they're covering AND a PR blitz to recover their image.
Meanwhile "elite" reporters can get have affairs with people they're covering AND a PR blitz to recover their image.
November 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I had to sign a waiver saying I wouldn't take a can of coke from a vendor while touring their office, which had free soda.
Meanwhile "elite" reporters can get have affairs with people they're covering AND a PR blitz to recover their image.
Meanwhile "elite" reporters can get have affairs with people they're covering AND a PR blitz to recover their image.
Its amazing how well this supports my theory that LLMs are an addictive drug for middle-management because it never tells them their idea is stupid, or illegal.
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Its amazing how well this supports my theory that LLMs are an addictive drug for middle-management because it never tells them their idea is stupid, or illegal.
The part where they think its normal to have this implausible series of coincidences that prevented their rich NYC guy owners/editors from publishing stories about a rich guy in NYC and his rich guy NYC friends doing horrible things speaks to the complete lack of journalistic instincts.
November 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The part where they think its normal to have this implausible series of coincidences that prevented their rich NYC guy owners/editors from publishing stories about a rich guy in NYC and his rich guy NYC friends doing horrible things speaks to the complete lack of journalistic instincts.
Nah, the NY Times makes it self unaccountable by being one of the last places that pays journalists, as well as "journalists", well. Plus if you write for them they'll flog your book for free.
That gives them a lot of ways to incentivize journalists from not digging around in their scandals.
That gives them a lot of ways to incentivize journalists from not digging around in their scandals.
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Nah, the NY Times makes it self unaccountable by being one of the last places that pays journalists, as well as "journalists", well. Plus if you write for them they'll flog your book for free.
That gives them a lot of ways to incentivize journalists from not digging around in their scandals.
That gives them a lot of ways to incentivize journalists from not digging around in their scandals.
After reading the emails, this level of "dialog" and "thinking" wouldn't pass muster in a World of Warcraft discussion/flame about the right skill rotation on a boss, but its how powerful people apparently decide the course of humanity itself.
The emperors have no clothes.
The emperors have no clothes.
November 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
After reading the emails, this level of "dialog" and "thinking" wouldn't pass muster in a World of Warcraft discussion/flame about the right skill rotation on a boss, but its how powerful people apparently decide the course of humanity itself.
The emperors have no clothes.
The emperors have no clothes.
Its pretty simple "I am the rich person with the high status job. Therefore I am correct and people like me are correct. You only question the system because you're too stupid to understand it, unlike us. We're the KNOWERS. Shut up and know your place plebes. "
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Its pretty simple "I am the rich person with the high status job. Therefore I am correct and people like me are correct. You only question the system because you're too stupid to understand it, unlike us. We're the KNOWERS. Shut up and know your place plebes. "
It is implausible that Epstein, who went after people of status and fame, avoided people in the media who have high status and high fame jobs.
And even more implausible that the news media somehow missed the biggest scandal in a century despite rubbing elbows with its perpetrators for decades.
And even more implausible that the news media somehow missed the biggest scandal in a century despite rubbing elbows with its perpetrators for decades.
November 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It is implausible that Epstein, who went after people of status and fame, avoided people in the media who have high status and high fame jobs.
And even more implausible that the news media somehow missed the biggest scandal in a century despite rubbing elbows with its perpetrators for decades.
And even more implausible that the news media somehow missed the biggest scandal in a century despite rubbing elbows with its perpetrators for decades.
On a long enough timeline every bureaucracy changes from serving its purpose to serving itself.
Lotta corporations are now run by management trying to wring one last bonus out of their quarterly results before they ditch the company.
Lotta corporations are now run by management trying to wring one last bonus out of their quarterly results before they ditch the company.
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
On a long enough timeline every bureaucracy changes from serving its purpose to serving itself.
Lotta corporations are now run by management trying to wring one last bonus out of their quarterly results before they ditch the company.
Lotta corporations are now run by management trying to wring one last bonus out of their quarterly results before they ditch the company.
Duracell doesn't make good batteries anymore.
They're notorious for leaking.
They're notorious for leaking.
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Duracell doesn't make good batteries anymore.
They're notorious for leaking.
They're notorious for leaking.
My friends and I saw it opening day, right after school.
I will never forget the long, awkward silence afterwords as we walked back to the car. Everyone wanted to say it sucked, but no one wanted to be the first.
I will never forget the long, awkward silence afterwords as we walked back to the car. Everyone wanted to say it sucked, but no one wanted to be the first.
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
My friends and I saw it opening day, right after school.
I will never forget the long, awkward silence afterwords as we walked back to the car. Everyone wanted to say it sucked, but no one wanted to be the first.
I will never forget the long, awkward silence afterwords as we walked back to the car. Everyone wanted to say it sucked, but no one wanted to be the first.
Or even other suburbs.
When l worked in the South West Minneapolis burbs the people from Eden Prairie and Edina thought I dodged bullets on my commute because I lived north of 394, and not in Maple Grove.
When l worked in the South West Minneapolis burbs the people from Eden Prairie and Edina thought I dodged bullets on my commute because I lived north of 394, and not in Maple Grove.
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Or even other suburbs.
When l worked in the South West Minneapolis burbs the people from Eden Prairie and Edina thought I dodged bullets on my commute because I lived north of 394, and not in Maple Grove.
When l worked in the South West Minneapolis burbs the people from Eden Prairie and Edina thought I dodged bullets on my commute because I lived north of 394, and not in Maple Grove.
Yup.
Contracting Firms and consultants make a lot of money pretending that running software projects is literally impossible unless you hire them to do it for you.
Ain’t just the government either, it’s all over the private sector.
Contracting Firms and consultants make a lot of money pretending that running software projects is literally impossible unless you hire them to do it for you.
Ain’t just the government either, it’s all over the private sector.
November 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Yup.
Contracting Firms and consultants make a lot of money pretending that running software projects is literally impossible unless you hire them to do it for you.
Ain’t just the government either, it’s all over the private sector.
Contracting Firms and consultants make a lot of money pretending that running software projects is literally impossible unless you hire them to do it for you.
Ain’t just the government either, it’s all over the private sector.
I'm getting irritated how often "up to" is left off these announcements.
I'm going to purchase up to $38 billion in turkey this thanksgiving. Gunna be closer to $20 though.
I'm going to purchase up to $38 billion in turkey this thanksgiving. Gunna be closer to $20 though.
November 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I'm getting irritated how often "up to" is left off these announcements.
I'm going to purchase up to $38 billion in turkey this thanksgiving. Gunna be closer to $20 though.
I'm going to purchase up to $38 billion in turkey this thanksgiving. Gunna be closer to $20 though.
I can tell on my pedometer when I work downtown. I get my 10k steps without trying.
When it’s wfh I have to purposely take long walks to get what comes naturally in the city.
When it’s wfh I have to purposely take long walks to get what comes naturally in the city.
November 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I can tell on my pedometer when I work downtown. I get my 10k steps without trying.
When it’s wfh I have to purposely take long walks to get what comes naturally in the city.
When it’s wfh I have to purposely take long walks to get what comes naturally in the city.
You can defuse 99% of criticism of economics and economists by asking the person making the criticism what economics is and what economists do.
The same is true for a lot of professions.
Society is complicated and we all make reductive metal decrees about things to the point of being wrong
The same is true for a lot of professions.
Society is complicated and we all make reductive metal decrees about things to the point of being wrong
October 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
You can defuse 99% of criticism of economics and economists by asking the person making the criticism what economics is and what economists do.
The same is true for a lot of professions.
Society is complicated and we all make reductive metal decrees about things to the point of being wrong
The same is true for a lot of professions.
Society is complicated and we all make reductive metal decrees about things to the point of being wrong