do ur own due diligence. not financial advice // we are living in simulation
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one of the most liberating realizations a human can have:
almost all of your thoughts are completely useless, wrong, and meaningless.
they are just biological feedback from a dysregulated nervous system, old childhood defense mechanisms, and genetic conditioning.
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Pro Trader waits patiently, catches the BIG fish and books profit. 🎯
New Trader jumps on every move, gets trapped by a small crab and loses. 🦀
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THE JET FUEL IS A LIE.
The entire "fueling" process is a fake show to hide that there is ancient free energy technology being used right in front of our faces, every single day.
h/t @mygoyblu
Jet Fuel Math Makes NO SENSE ⚠️🛫
And for all of the people in the comments giving me the classic, "Bro do you know how many people would have to be in on it??"
Guys, I grew up in Seattle (Boeing world). I have friends who actually WORKED as the little truck-driver hose guy, so let me explain to you what these ground workers ACTUALLY see and do:
They drive their little truck up, attach the hose into the wing, and pull a lever.
That is it. That's everything they do, and everything they know. They don't have any way of actively monitoring, or visually confirming actual fuel movement from source to wing, because the entire process is AUTOMATED after they pull that lever.
Oh, and speaking of the "source" of the fuel...the other end of the hose doesn't actually go into a visible fuel tank on the truck like you'd imagine (which WOULD provide proof of fuel movement from the tank to the wing, as you could see the levels in the tank lowering). Instead, the hose goes into a HOLE IN THE GROUND. They don't even see themselves what it's connected to! (Supposedly an underground pipeline network distributing the fuel, but again, just another layer of blind compartmentalization that doesn't actually prove anything)
All of this is in addition to the fact that the duration of time they stand there with the hose (only a few minutes as explained in the video) does not match the numbers for the fuel that's supposedly being pumped in. PERIOD.
But I digress...to answer the original question about how all of these workers could possibly be deceived on such a level: Like so many other "experts" in other jobs across the clown world we live in, they are all just as fooled as the rest of us.
They get their training, they shut up & do the work, and they don't ask questions, as they need to keep their job and feed their family.
Same story at every level.
And thus, we must continue to QUESTION EVERYTHING.
[🎥IG: knittedanus]
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The real purpose of wealth is to have the calm to live your life your way. It's to have the freedom to slow down. To spend your days doing things that you actually care about. That’s what money is really for. Not to impress strangers. Or to collect expensive distractions. But to own your time. To have a quiet breakfast without checking emails. Long dinners without looking at the clock. Conversations without feeling rushed. A calm weekend without thinking about the spreadsheet you need to turn in on Tuesday. Time to read. To think. To explore your interests. That’s real wealth. Everything else is noise.
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I’m in love with this sentence:
“Your future is shaped by the habits you repeat, not the goals you set.”
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Stan Weinstein ends his great book with the following, regarding stage 4s:
"Promise yourself that you absolutely will never again buy a stock in Stage 4 no matter how exciting the story. Also swear that you'll never hold onto a declining Stage 4 stock no matter what rumors come your way."
By following this one simple rule, you can avoid huge drawdowns to your capital.
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So, this is how the Himalayas were formed. 🏔️🌍
Mount Everest, standing at 8,848 meters above sea level, was once part of an ancient ocean floor. It’s incredible to witness nature’s craftsmanship far more extraordinary than anything human imagination could create.
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A huge part of my parenting philosophy is understanding that children literally do not have the cognition of adults.
And I think a lot of parents lose their fucking minds because they forget that.
They expect a 4 year old to think through a situation the way a 35 year old would. They assume that because a child technically “knows” a rule, they should be able to remember it in the moment, override an impulse, regulate their emotions, think about the future consequence, and then make the rational choice.
That is a lot of cognition. And little kiddos simply do not have all of that online yet.
So parents start assigning adult motives to developmentally immature behavior. They call it disrespectful, manipulative, selfish, lazy, defiant, or whatever. Sometimes it is just a tiny person with poor impulse control doing exactly what tiny people with poor impulse control do.
Your child is not a miniature adult who is inexplicably bad at being an adult. They literally do not have the capacity to do adult thinking yet.
And I’m not saying kids should have no boundaries or consequences. Obviously not. I’m probably stricter than a lot of people in that regard. But there is a massive difference between teaching a child the skills they are developing and becoming enraged because they do not already possess them.
The other major part of my parenting philosophy is that we cannot control other human beings. That includes our children.
We can guide them. We can teach them. We can set boundaries. We can create consequences. We can tell them what behavior is acceptable in our home and what is not. We can remove ourselves, remove privileges, or change the environment when a boundary is crossed.
What we cannot do is make another human being obey us.
And I think a lot of really ugly parenting comes from refusing to accept that fact. The parent decides the child must comply, and once compliance becomes the goal at all costs, coercion starts getting justified. Yelling, humiliation, intimidation, hitting, fear, whatever it takes to force the behavior they want.
I fundamentally reject that.
I do not think having more power than another human gives you the right to harm them into submission. And being their parent does not somehow make that less true.
My job is to raise a person who can eventually govern himself, not a person who behaves only because someone bigger than him might punish him.
Children need structure. They need limits. They need parents who are willing to say no and mean it. But they are still separate human beings with their own minds, temperaments, emotions, and eventually their own values.
I can influence that. I can shape the environment. I can teach. I can model. I can hold boundaries.
I cannot own another person’s will.
And I think parenting gets a lot healthier once you stop confusing guidance with control.
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For people who don’t believe me when I say Taiwan can get a far superior deal than HK, this was Zhu Rongji in 1999. He offered Taiwan ability to keep its own military, and for the leader of Taiwan to be a deputy leader of China. This is because instead of being a colony ruled by foreigners who must be wholly ejected, the leadership of Taiwan is Chinese and it serves the PRC’s interests to see strong local self-rule.
Of course, times have changed and what’s on the table is not going to be as bountiful as what it was in the 90s. But the ability to make a good deal with China is a wasting asset. With each passing year Taiwan kicks the can down the road, we lose leverage at the bargaining table.
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"Cursor and SpaceXAI are a deep cultural fit with one another. They both work with a pace and intensity that borders on the absurd. And they’re both defined by iteration."
"It doesn’t matter if you get it wrong the first time, or the second, or the third—even the tenth or the twentieth. Just keep on going. If you’re moving in the right direction faster than anyone else, you’ll probably win."
"Cursor reinvented itself as a company not once but twice: first, from email client to tab-complete IDE and token reseller; and again, from tab-complete IDE and token reseller to AI lab and token creator."
"And it did all of that in less than four years."
"They really, really want to win."
Full piece from @sarahdingwang, @BornsteinMatt, and @martin_casado on Cursor + SpaceXAI: a16z.news/p/cursor-spacexai-…
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The difference between OpenAI/Anthropic and xAI/Google:
1. OpenAI and Anthropic rent compute from hyperscalers. xAI and Google own their data centers.
2. Most of OpenAI and Anthropic's equity comes from hyperscaler capital. The other two aren't built on that model.
This creates a massive gap in price competition.
Up until now, they justified high prices with superior performance. But that performance gap has narrowed, and because of those structural costs, they can't offer competitive pricing anymore.
Unless they pull ahead again with a massive breakthrough, OpenAI and Anthropic will eventually get acquired by their investors, Amazon and Microsoft.
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eating a tablespoon of raw honey before bed to improve sleep and burn more fat sounds like the opposite of everything the fitness industry teaches
until you read the research on liver glycogen, nocturnal growth hormone release, and why an empty liver at midnight sabotages both your sleep architecture and your fat burning simultaneously. then it sounds like the one thing your nighttime routine is missing
your brain consumes 10g of liver glycogen per night during sleep. your liver stores approximately 75-100g when full. if you haven't eaten for 4-5 hours before bed your liver glycogen is partially depleted. when liver glycogen runs out during sleep your brain triggers a cortisol release to convert muscle protein into glucose through gluconeogenesis. this cortisol spike at 2-3am is why millions of people wake up in the middle of the night and can't fall back asleep
one tablespoon of raw honey contains approximately 17g of glucose and fructose in a ratio that preferentially restocks liver glycogen. the fructose is directed to the liver specifically while the glucose enters the bloodstream to maintain stable blood sugar. the liver stays fueled. the cortisol spike doesn't fire. you sleep through the night
- growth hormone release during deep sleep is suppressed by cortisol. if the 2-3am cortisol spike fires because your liver ran out of glycogen, the GH pulse that was scheduled for that window gets cancelled. one tablespoon of honey prevents the cortisol spike which preserves the growth hormone pulse that burns fat, repairs muscle, and maintains youth
- raw honey specifically, not processed. raw honey contains enzymes, antioxidants, and prebiotics that processed honey has been heated out of. the pasteurization process destroys the bioactive compounds that provide benefits beyond the glycogen restocking
- the insulin response to one tablespoon of honey is minimal and actually beneficial at night because a small insulin elevation facilitates tryptophan uptake into the brain. tryptophan converts to serotonin which converts to melatonin. the honey indirectly supports melatonin production through this pathway
- the glycemic index of raw honey (58) is lower than white bread (75) and comparable to oatmeal (55). one tablespoon is 64 calories. the metabolic cost of the 2-3am cortisol spike that it prevents is far greater than 64 calories in terms of muscle preservation and fat metabolism
- athletes and bodybuilders who adopted the pre-bed honey protocol report deeper sleep, fewer nighttime wake-ups, and better morning recovery. the anecdotal reports align perfectly with the liver glycogen mechanism
- the fitness industry says "no carbs before bed." the biology says your liver needs glycogen to prevent a catabolic cortisol spike at 3am. one of these is a marketing slogan. the other is hepatic biochemistry. 64 calories of raw honey is the cheapest sleep and recovery upgrade available
the fitness industry's most repeated rule, no eating before bed, is costing you the growth hormone pulse that burns fat and builds muscle while you sleep. one tablespoon. 64 calories. the liver stays full. the cortisol stays down. the growth hormone flows. the sleep goes deeper. the results come faster