Insurance Agent: “Your auto insurance renewal premium is increasing by $145 a month.” You: “My driving record is completely clean. No accidents, no tickets, no claims in six years. Why is it going up?” Insurance Agent: “Regional risk adjustments and market-wide inflationary corrections.” You: “So my personal risk profile didn’t change, but my bill went up 35% anyway?” Insurance Agent: “Correct. Everyone’s rates are rising to offset macroeconomic portfolio losses.” You: “I haven't filed a claim since 2020. Why am I paying for someone else’s accidents?” Insurance Agent: “That’s how risk pooling works. Policyholders absorb the systemic variance.” You: “And what happened to the record $4.2 billion in net profit your parent company reported last quarter?” Insurance Agent: “That capital is allocated for shareholder dividends and corporate reserves.” You: “So profits are privatized, but routine commuter risk is socialized onto safe drivers?” Insurance Agent: “Your payment is due on the 1st. Would you like to set up autopay?” You aren't buying insurance. You are paying a mandatory monthly protection tax to publicly traded conglomerates that raise your rates while sitting on billions in record profits.

Such a great way to meet open source builders all over the world! 🛠️🌏

To every American, and to everyone watching France burn from abroad: Do not blame the French people for this. We never asked for it. We never voted for it. And the one time we were clearly asked, we said no. Here are the numbers your media won't show you. 70% of the French say there are too many immigrants in France today. 79% want a tougher immigration policy. 77% disapprove of the government's record on immigration. 83% want foreign criminals and long-term unemployed foreigners sent home. And no, it's not just the old. 69% of French 18 to 24 year olds support suspending legal immigration for three years. This is not a fringe. This is the French people. In 2005, we were asked if we wanted the European Constitution. 55% voted no. Three years later, our politicians passed the same text under another name, through parliament, without ever asking us again. That is modern France in one sentence. The people say no. The elites do it anyway. So who is responsible? The politicians who lied to us. A class of leaders formed in the same schools, the same forums, the same networks, loyal to each other before they are loyal to their nations. In 2017, at Harvard, Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum, bragged about his Young Global Leaders program in four words: "We penetrate the cabinets." He added that it was true in France. Emmanuel Macron was one of his Young Global Leaders. It's the same project in Brussels with Ursula von der Leyen and in Paris with Macron. Borders treated as an obstacle. Nations treated as relics. The people treated as a problem to be managed. What you are watching in France is not the French people failing. It is the end of the globalist project, an abject, quasi-communist dream of a world run by unelected planners. It is collapsing everywhere in Europe at once, and the West has to cut this cancer out before it takes the rest of the body with it. The peoples of Europe don't want this. They never did. So when you see our town halls burning, don't say "the French chose this." The French never chose this. They were forced into it. If you're French and you agree, repost this so the world hears it from us. If you're American, look at us carefully. Then choose differently on November 3rd.

Imagine thinking calling me a boomer (yeah I’ve been in IT for over 30 years so actually have experience and probably know a thing or two) is an insult.. 😂😂😂 Proud Boomer and career rich professional 😉🙌🙌

send this to anyone who says you make nothing

I was worried Roadster demo might suck, so I was relieved to witness it and discover that it sucked way harder than I could’ve imagined.

I’ve sent 2 people not on X here that are new to omarchy. I cant wait until there are dozens of articles to answer the questions that we may forget is tough early in.

Je vais dire quelque chose qui risque de déplaire à beaucoup de monde, mais tant pis. Je crois qu’une partie de notre société est en train de perdre quelque chose de bien plus grave que sa compétitivité économique. Elle est en train de perdre sa capacité à rêver. Hier, Tesla a présenté une démonstration spectaculaire autour d’une voiture capable de quitter le sol. Un prototype, certes, pas encore la voiture volante de Retour vers le futur. Mais quand même, bordel. On parle de technologies qui semblaient relever de la science-fiction quand nous étions gamins. Et ce matin, en regardant certaines réactions françaises, qu’est-ce que je découvre ? « Ça sert à rien. » « Musk est un raciste. » « Ça ne règle pas les problèmes de recharge. » « Ça n’efface pas ses saluts nazis. » Mais sérieusement, qu’est-ce qui nous est arrivé ? À quel moment avons-nous perdu cette âme d’enfant qui nous faisait ouvrir grand les yeux devant une invention ? Et le plus triste dans tout ça, c’est qu’on semble avoir oublié notre propre histoire. La France, c’est le pays des frères Lumière, qui ont contribué à faire naître le cinéma. C’est le pays de Louis Pasteur, dont les travaux ont révolutionné la microbiologie et la vaccination. C’est le pays de Nicéphore Niépce, pionnier de la photographie. C’est le pays des frères Montgolfier, qui ont envoyé l’être humain dans les airs à bord d’une montgolfière. C’est le pays de Blaise Pascal, qui concevait déjà une machine à calculer au XVIIe siècle. C’est aussi le pays du TGV, et l’un des deux pays qui ont donné naissance au Concorde. Vous imaginez ce que représentaient ces inventions à leur époque ? Des humains qui osaient accomplir ce que beaucoup pensaient impossible. Des gens qui n’acceptaient pas les limites de leur temps. Des visionnaires, des ingénieurs, des scientifiques, des entrepreneurs qui voulaient repousser les frontières du réel. Nous avons été ce pays-là. Alors comment avons-nous pu en arriver à un point où notre premier réflexe devant l’extraordinaire semble parfois être de chercher pourquoi il faudrait le mépriser ? SpaceX récupère des fusées qui reviennent se poser sur Terre ? On parle immédiatement d’Elon Musk et de ses provocations. Des robots humanoïdes commencent à réaliser des tâches physiques de plus en plus complexes ? « Ça va détruire des emplois. » L’IA ouvre des perspectives gigantesques pour la médecine, la science, l’éducation et la création ? « Ça pollue, ça vole le travail des artistes, ça sert à tricher. » Un entrepreneur annonce vouloir réaliser quelque chose d’incroyable ? « Encore un milliardaire qui veut s’en mettre plein les poches. » Mais est-ce qu’on réalise seulement ce qui est en train de se passer ? Nous vivons une époque où des fusées réutilisables se posent après leur mission, où l’IA accélère certaines découvertes scientifiques, où des robots apprennent à évoluer dans notre monde, où des personnes seules commencent à créer des choses qui nécessitaient auparavant des équipes entières. Et devant tout ça, on serait devenus incapables de dire simplement : « Putain, c’est incroyable. Comment est-ce qu’ils ont réussi ça ? » Je ne demande pas qu’on admire aveuglément les milliardaires. Ni qu’on ferme les yeux sur les conséquences sociales, environnementales ou politiques de leurs projets. On peut condamner les propos d’Elon Musk tout en reconnaissant les prouesses des ingénieurs de SpaceX et de Tesla. On peut défendre les travailleurs tout en trouvant la robotique fascinante. On peut vouloir encadrer l’IA tout en étant émerveillé par ses possibilités. L’esprit critique n’a jamais obligé personne à devenir cynique. Et c’est justement ce cynisme qui me désespère. J’ai parfois l’impression qu’on a remplacé l’admiration par la jalousie, le goût du risque par la peur de l’échec, l’ambition par la suspicion et le rêve par le sarcasme.

Unpopular opinion: In 5 years, we'll need more software engineers than we do today. Not fewer. Everyone is calculating how many developers AI can replace. If a team of 3 can now do the work of 10, surely the other 7 are out of a job? I think that completely misses what's about to happen. For decades, the biggest constraint on software wasn't the lack of problems worth solving. It was the cost of solving them. Millions of businesses still run on spreadsheets, emails, WhatsApp messages, and outdated software. Not because they're happy with it, but because spending $200,000 on a custom system never made financial sense. Now imagine that same system costs $20,000. Suddenly, millions of businesses that couldn't afford software development become potential customers. Projects that were never viable become viable. Companies that already build software can afford to do ten times more. And here's the part people underestimate: the cheaper software becomes, the more reasons we'll find to build it. Of course, some jobs will disappear. Certain tasks that once required entire teams will be handled by a single engineer. But assuming the amount of software the world needs is fixed is a pretty strange assumption, especially in an industry where we've barely scratched the surface of what can be automated. I could be wrong, but I think we're heading toward an explosion in software demand, not the death of software engineering. We're confusing the declining cost of writing code with the declining demand for software engineers. They're not the same thing.

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Old friends are the best friends. Jensen rocks. The Star Mind computer being co-engineered by SpaceX and Nvidia is far better than almost anyone expects and will reach volume production next year. Working with the incredibly talented Nvidia engineering team is pure joy!