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1.5 trillion? Those are rookie numbers.

How about $5,544,640,717,404.09?

That was in my inbox this morning lmao

$5,544,640,717,404.09

This is what we received this morning

I just looked and both PA and NJ, have way below natl average car accident deaths per 100K drivers, even if death in over speeding seems to be a a significant contributing factor to overall rates.

Interesting to me. I wonder what are they doing right.

“ Virginia follows Maryland and Oregon in banning the sale of geolocation data. Both Maryland and Oregon more broadly define “sale” to mean the exchange of personal data “for monetary or other valuable consideration.”

I didn’t know this, but I am glad my State already had this! We do some things right.

looks at Android icons

shivvers Please no

Yeah, I guess the rest of the developed world doesn’t really ‘get it’ - fools!

My GigaOm backpack is still going strong - good merch

Apparently, the ‘fuck your feelings’ crowd DOES care about some ‘feelings’

I like the part when he “took full responsibility” for HIS Metaverse mistake, and fired everybody else lmao

Gavin from Silicon Valley did it first

The irony is that I’d totally test out replacing the CEO with AI - best bang for buck by a million miles

Google: HOW ABOUT SOME AI ON IT?!? You know you want it.

Lmao

How much of the total pie of resources consumed is ‘solving math models’, really?

Sure, what you describe is usually in the Macro textbooks. However in XXI century USA, Consumption has been detached from ‘wages’ for a while now (“since the 1970s”, ie 2 generations, per https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/)

In reality, the top income brackets are propping up Consumption numbers. This is part of what have become to understand as the ‘K’ shaped economy, together with the speeding up of capital accumulation/concentration.

https://www.dallasfed.org/research/economics/2025/1125-yang-...

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This is kinda what’s been happening for a while -

Wages are decoupled from consumption, and it is increasingly aggregated in the higher income brackets.

This is the ‘K’ economy.

https://www.dallasfed.org/research/economics/2025/1125-yang-...

Which is?

It’s crazy how production tanks as the first Trump presidency kicks off, before COVID.

Coincidentally, I started doing pushups yesterday, today is the second day in a row I break my high mark

Yesterday= 1

Today= 2 (+100%!!!)

Apple’s play was a masterclass - unsure how deliberate it was, or how much of a choice thy actually had, but it’s turning out pretty well IMO.

Now if they can further reinforce their angle on Privacy, they might continue to be what they are (or more)

Possible in some cases, triaging and wait times are a thing in other places too, with the difference being that you don’t get a bill at the end. I have multiple anecdotes from people outside the US having little trouble getting primary care, or even psych care, much faster than what I’ve seen here.

When looking at comparative data, I think it’s worth breaking it down a bit by socio status, for example. In complex systems with a wide spread averages can be misleading. My impression is that we are not seeing the whole story.

I can see a doctor or specialist usually within a week

That might be true to your specific location and set up, but I have some experience and family in healthcare, both in the US and outside of it, and it is definitely not like that for much of the US.

The incentives are all fucked up all the way down

Make it anonymous. Now that would be newsworthy.

What does your CapCut thing do?

Somewhat related - I wish there was some local thing I could give my 100 holiday videos and it made something fun with the highlights to a specified duration.

Yeah, I hear you - and sometimes, when you get it to do what you want, some system update will force a reindex and you are back to square one.

On the bright side, there are a few power scripts that allow a much more custom experience (particularly if you are an all keyboard shortcuts person), but I am not the kind that wants extras there.

Oh man, throwback to when they forced the U2 albums on to everyone’s device for ReasonsTM

The (shitty) logic here is that you don’t ‘own’ the OS, but merely rent it, so “deal with it”

Yeah, this sucks

I wish there was a way to stop it from ever appearing as spotlight result - when I type ‘music’, the first result (always) should be the music app I use, not their stuff

Fascinating. Sharing with a beekeeper friend, thank you

Love it!

I have been dj’ing for ~20 years, and have a sizeable house music vinyl collection. I can’t wait for my kiddo to get into it. She’s showing interest already.

We’ve dug this hole ourselves, without knowing better, over the last decade or so. Most social life / communications happens inside those platforms.

If we want our kids to thrive in the world without being hooked on this attention syphoning machines, we must get the socials out of those walled gardens.

This is a huge challenge, and no one but us will build it. It will require deliberate action in our community.