Software Eng, technology, music, film, crypto, politics In the simulation running sims. Life GTO - "However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light"

Joined November 2013
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Crazy take from Claude
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Some fields work in theory but not in practice. Some fields work in practice but not theory. The uniqueness of economics is that it works in neither theory nor practice.
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According to Philosophy, the highest form of peace is to have zero desire to be understood, admired, pitied or even known.
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"The price of progress in capitalism is inequality." "We should therefore focus on taxing capital rather than labor, and we should use these taxes as an opportunity to directly distribute ownership and wealth to citizens." - Sam Altman @sama moores.samaltman.com
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Putin : 73 years old Trump : 79 years old Netanyahu : 76 years old Narendra Modi : 75 years old Xi Jinping : 72 years old Khamenei : 86 years old All of them have lived their lives and witnessed their peaks already. The next generation wants peace and growth, not World War 3 The world needs young leaders now
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What an iconic shot. Finding pleasure in the *process* of high pressure competition, rather than the win itself, is the key to lasting success. It’s really hard to experience both relaxed joy AND elite performance at the same time, but she nailed it.
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Take Irelands name out of your mouth when you want to rationalize white supremacy. The Irish didn’t come to America to share their culture. They came fleeing destitution and starvation in their homeland, courtesy of the kind of imperial power you now fetishize. We don’t forget.
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Founder of @signalapp, @moxie Marlinspike on Telegram:   "Telegrams not a private messenger. There's nothing private about it. It's the opposite. It's a cloud messenger where every message you've ever sent or received is in plain text in a database that telegram the organization controls and has access to it" "It's like 'Russian oligarch starts unencrypted version of WhatsApp', a pixel for pixel clone of WhatsApp. That should be kind of a difficult brand to operate. And somehow, they've done a really amazing job of convincing the whole world that this is an encrypted messaging app and that the founder is some kind of Russian dissident, even though he goes there once a month, the whole team lives there, and their families are there." " What happened in France is they just chose not to respond to the subpoena. And so that's in violation of the law. And, he gets arrested in France, right? And everyone's like, oh, France, but I think the key point is they have the data, like they can respond to the subpoenas where as Signal, for instance, doesn't have access to the data and couldn't respond to that same request.  To me it's very obvious that Russia would've had a much less polite version of that conversation with Pavel Durov and the telegram team before this moment. "
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Goosebumps! People often ask, is Shakespeare still relevant? Here is a great example, from the Steven Colbert Show, in which Sir Ian McKellen delivers an extraordinary speech. Shakespeare’s words are timeless, urgent and important. #Shakespeare #ianmckellen #stevencolbert
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Daddy Trump has needs
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BREAKING: My discovery could bring down the $100B company Starbucks As someone who isn't a barista, I'm now able to vibe brew at home without the need to pay Starbucks $120/month Thread on the death of CaaS (Coffee as a Service):
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the acceleration is perhaps the last most aesthetically interesting thing happening on earth and is slightly vampiric in that it makes everything else slightly less aesthetically interesting
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Replying to @davidmarcus
Endorsing a nepotistic aspiring dictator with preposterously ignorant stands on economic and international policies and who praises other authoritarians is clearly, *clearly* not the best way to promote meritocracy, peace, prosperity, and free expression. Look, reasonable people can have divergent opinions on the best ways to approach issues like regulations, economic policy, and social policies, *while* being respectful of democratic principles. But one simply cannot throw democracy and competent governance out the window just because one wants lower taxes and less regulation.
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THE 25 BEST FILMS OF 2025 A Video Countdown vimeo.com/1156345183
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Jesus was not a Republican!! Feat Steve Coogan
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A long time ago, I was auditioning for the movie “The Doors” It was kind of a cattle call. They paired together potential Jims with potential Pamela‘s. And they were running behind so we were spilling out of the casting office, sitting on the porch, the lawn, and the driveway. All of a sudden, a sixties convertible came screeching up, blaring Doors Music at top volume. And a guy jumped out and strode inside: He had wild hair and he was barefoot, shirtless, and wearing nothing but a pair of tight leather pants. We all looked at each other like… Who is this guy? We were more than a little shook by the sheer audacity of his entrance. Well of course it was Val Kilmer and from that minute on, nobody else stood a chance. Rip King.
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It's official: The lunatics are running the asylum.
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RIP David Lynch
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David Lynch is Forever
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Wrote and directed this film for Fwd by Myntra featuring the world champions- @DGukesh and @vishy64theking . Produced by us at @braindaddotco but mostly by Devarsh!
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