How much could an oyster cost? Ten dollars?

The big 3 AI companies right now, at least in the US, are OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. One of these is not like the others: Google is risking real money and harm to the whole company if this bubble pops, while Anthropic and OpenAI are relatively self-contained.

It’s so funny how the price of used cameras has skyrocketed recently A 10-year-old camera that cost $300 at release can be $500 today A lot of people want to get off their phones I guess, and don’t want current gen cameras (which are mostly $1000+)

Someone should make a little kit for the retro Gen Z crowd with a stylish mp3 player, flip phone, camera, flashlight, and vape pen in a trendy carrying case

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

If you read about political betters (who used to all use fake money but were still betting), the details are ALWAYS in the resolution criteria Eg Metaculus had a “Will there be a global pandemic in 2020?” bet and the result was NO because COVID didn’t meet the criteria

We did that!!!

I gotta say, I am kind of mystified how Github Actions has not been more heavily targeted before now (Also, grain of salt, we have only the attacker's representation of how they're achieving this to go on, and the company writing it up sells security automation) www.stepsecurity.io/blog/hackerb...

Academia as well

Did you know a regular gas pump transfers energy at a rate of about 20 megawatts

for white men… white men who didn’t get drafted the boomers you know (and maybe are your parents or managers or whatever) are the luckiest of boomers

Universe be like "let's retrograde TF outta this mercury, am I rite?!"

This was inspired by going to a bar and having a drink they call the Tyrell Corporation (all the drinks are sci fi references) Porcini infused single malt scotch, mezcal, tea, vermouth, quince, absinthe, and a large olive It was very good

i put a bunch of terms that give me heart palpitations on my muted word list and now i can’t see any of y‘all’s posts

OMG! 🤩

Lmao I’ve had very boring tech jobs where nothing secret or important wasn’t going on, and we all had to leave anything with a microphone or camera outside the room

If you’ve ever thought everyone on this site seems disproportionately Minnesotan, you are not imagining things. It’s true, and it’s my fault. 🥰

Air to Ground Message: A RANDOM QUESTION ARE YOU RELATED TO ANDREW XXXXX OR WERNER HERZOG THE ACTOR Area: Blaine, MN, USA Type: Bombardier CRJ900 A: #ac621fcccb7 F: #fb679106cbc #acars #vdlm2

OpenAI in 2020: We’re a nonprofit founded to be a good steward of AI for the greater good of humanity OpenAI in 2026: We’re worth a trillion dollars and our AI just bombed Iran

Congress increased the military’s budget 50% without any direction on what to do with it They may not have authorized a major war but it’s hard to imagine anything else happening

Wise words

POV you neighborhood signal chat

I’m going to have to get Claude Pro Hyper Max 11 aren’t I

I actually don’t think we’re ready for how many people are going to take unregulated pharmaceuticals in the near future. It’s already all over Reddit. You can order whatever molecule you want from China for “research purposes” for a song.

STOP VOTING FOR STUPID PEOPLE

Anthropic is getting the kind of publicity money can‘t buy right now “Our AI is so good that the actual President is demanding that we sell it to him or the US military won’t be able to function. We’re mulling it over”

Ok but we‘re the only city flag to include Kubernetes

Bro’s only relationship to Christianity is that time he got stuck in a pear tree

They also arrested 9 more peaceful protesters this morning in relation to the Cities Church incident, and made the announcement regarding withholding federal funds on Wed. I'm not an expert, but I think this is a coordinated attack on MN. Increased pressure for whatever sick, twisted reason.

Air to Ground Message: HELLO MOTHERSHIP, ITS UR FAV SPACE CADETS, INBOUND FROM CANCUN Area: Nashville, TN, USA Type: Airbus A320neo A: #a194fcbf08d F: #fb544e26cc1 #acars #vdlm2

Trying to explain the little troll voice inside my head by explaining the urge I got to post "We have one, he's called Will Stancil." And then log off

It is low key very funny that a single Substack post from an unknown “financial research” company that lists 4 employees on LinkedIn (two are part-time) and has existed for two years caused a significant stock market disruption last week

Larry is 81 years old. As a parting gift, he’s giving his son … everything he can.

star wars, but make it stupid

So much ICE out there today in South Minneapolis. They’re prowling around harassing schools. Stay frosty, friends

Rent Party Tonight!

Getting plastered for a good cause? Girllll, fuck yeah

maybe we shouldn’t have stopped amending the constitution in 1971

The right wants more child concentration camps and the left wants none. As a centrist, I believe we should meet in the middle. Every kid in detention should get a 25% off coupon at the concentration camp commissary to buy crayons on their birthday.

Just got a message from South High saying “We currently have requests totaling $33,965 for rent and we have $7500 available tomorrow. Please try to share the gofundme widely! Thanks” Well, that simply will not do. I'll match the first $900. Please help my fellow South High families if you can! 🖤🧡🖤

$10 billion gross profit last year on $24 billion revenue, with 17% growth year over year. Firing half their employees. There is no social contract: your employer can be among the world’s most successful and still get rid of everyone.

TONIGHT! WTO/99! 7:15pm at Riverview Theater. There will be a reception/after party at Lynette across the street around 9:30pm where 50% of the bar take is being donated to Neighbors Helping Neighbors!

I understand the negative case, AI could cause widespread societal disruption and consolidation of resources (the owners of the AIs get everything) What exactly is the positive case though? Even if it were perfect, AI can’t grow tomatoes or treat the sick or care for children…

Guy gets laid off from his factory job for no reason: “Pull yourself up by your bootstraps, you’re not entitled to a job” Guy gets fired from his prince job for being entangled in the greatest scandal of all time: “Oh no, the injustice! However could this happen!”

STEM classes need expensive books and equipment, but English professors just need pencils and erasers Philosophy professors don’t even need erasers

lesson 1: don't make taser chess

Whenever i get ragebaited or simply overwhelmed and helpless, i try to redirect my energy to appreciating the amazing kindness and love of people who inspire in the community and then think about ways to follow their lead. There’s a lot of that in Minnesota these days

Please give. Ian is legit. Also I am angrier with every passing second. One or two ultrawealthy persons could relieve all of this now It’s beautiful that regular people are doing their best here but it’s also extremely fucked up

The craziest thing: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was based on the Cambridge Five spy ring, which wasn’t fully exposed to the public for years after the book was a best seller.