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Hi @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social - hope you don't mind this econ q - any thoughts on the effect of the billionaires' 'buy, borrow, die' strategy has on inflation? Would money created by private debt at that magnitude have an effect on the economy?
March 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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The Globe and Mail
March 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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I remember seeing this drone video a few years ago and thinking "we'll never run SLAM on that".... but here it is, complete with dense reconstruction (single camera, unknown calibration, no IMU). MASt3R-SLAM is absurdly robust.
We’ve had fun testing the limits of MASt3R-SLAM on in-the-wild videos. Here’s the drone video of a Minnesota bowling alley that we’ve always wanted to reconstruct! Different scene scales, dynamic objects, specular surfaces, and fast motion.
February 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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It would only *begin* with our caving to Trump's immediate demands on border security. Next he demands US banks enter Canada. Then it'll be ceding Arctic sovereignty. Then it will be the 51st state.

No concessions. It's time for a proper war footing, and Vichy Canadians can get fucked.
February 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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While the threat of tariffs soaks up time and attention, this is the real play.

A Lord of the Flies economy is unfolding in the U.S.
Utter anarchy for most people, utter power by and for the already most powerful.
“Regulations, basically, should be default gone,” Musk said. “Not default there, default gone. And if it turns out that we missed the mark on a regulation, we can always add it back in.”

www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
Elon Musk Suggests Getting Rid Of All Regulations In Midnight Call
"If it's not possible now, it'll never be possible," Musk said of his proposal to simply ignore all federal regulation as a baseline.
www.huffpost.com
February 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM