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eightman··on US interest rates raised for first time in three years
So Trump spent weeks on a fake fraud investigation into Powell to try and force him out because he would not cut the rate, fails at that, then finally gets his choice in place and the dude raises rates almost immediately?
eightman··on VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS
https://www.haiku-os.org/
eightman··on They’re vibe-coding spam now
The use case for AI is, was and always will be spam.
eightman··on Satya Nadella: "We need to find something useful for AI"
The use case for AI is spam
eightman··on FTX insider Caroline Ellison has been moved out of prison
I mean yeah Madoff confessed and made the case open and shut.

SBF entered a Not Guilty plea but Ellison for all intents and purposes entered a Guilty plea on his behalf with her co-operation.

eightman··on FTX insider Caroline Ellison has been moved out of prison
There's a reason SBF was arrested and tried within a year while other complex financial fraud cases take years to get a conviction.
eightman··on Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros
I wonder what this means for DC Comics and the current crop of DC films. Will Netflix prefer to start with a clean slate?
eightman··on AI is a front for consolidation of resources and power
The use case for AI is spam.
eightman··on Jaguar Land Rover hack cost UK economy an estimated $2.5B
British Airways as well. N
eightman··on "AI hype" is the true AI product
The use case for AI is spam.
eightman··on US economy shrank 0.5% in the first quarter, worse than earlier estimates
> I assumed, like President said, that it will be China, not me, who pays the tariffs. I was very much wrong.

How do you run a business that relies on imports and not know how tariffs work?

eightman··on Why does the U.S. always run a trade deficit?
Because America is rich and they like to buy things.
eightman··on How the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg Got Added to the White House Signal Chat
Or Waltz has been leaking to Goldberg and every other journalist in his contacts and did it by accident.
eightman··on 23andMe files for bankruptcy to sell itself
I mean if it was trading at $8/share isn't the market rate $8/share?
eightman··on 23andMe files for bankruptcy to sell itself
I assume the value of the remaining assets are worth more than $8/share and she was trying to get them for a discount.
eightman··on The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE
Strict constitutionalists would only apply the 2nd Amendment to barrel loading smooth bore muskets.
eightman··on Study: Consumers Actively Turned Off by AI
The use case for AI is spam.
eightman··on OpenAI's chatbot store is filling up with spam
The use case for AI is spam.
eightman··on OpenAI and Elon Musk
The use case for AI was, is and always will be spam.
eightman··on An Interview with Marc Andreessen about AI and How You Change the World
The use case for AI is spam.
eightman··on OpenTTD 13.0 Released
First played TTD in 1995, still playing OpenTTD today.
eightman··on Google Fires Employee of over 16 Years with Automated Email
I would bet the majority of developers at Google do not work on revenue generating projects.
eightman··on Google Fires Employee of over 16 Years with Automated Email
What percentage of developers at Google work on their ad business, which provides 80% of their revenue?
eightman··on Google Fires Employee of over 16 Years with Automated Email
Going to be absolutely hilarious when the recession that all these cuts are supposed to be in preparation for doesn't happen or is a lot less severe then predicted and suddenly Wall Street starts screaming about how all these firms are understaffed and can't launch new products.