Into macro economics, hard assets, VWFC, diving, hiking, meditation, conservation, Planet Earth and Middle-earth. Fix the money, fix the world. #bitcoin
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You think you have a future guaranteed, but you don’t, because it doesn’t exist, the future is just an idea. Appreciate your extremely limited time on earth, not just the “good moments”. Life is always only right fucking now and everything else is hallucinations in your head.
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It should tell you something that @elonmusk realized it is easier to catch a flying spaceship than get Congress to cut a dollar of waste.
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We started shipping the Nvidia H100 in 2022.
A year ago it rented for $1.96/hour.
Today: $3.10.
+58%, on a chip that was supposed to be obsolete by now.
So much for GPU depreciation.
A story is only as good as its villain (Vader, Joker, Commodus). The nearly perfect masterpiece that is the LOTR trilogy succeeded DESPITE this huge mistake of making Sauron a silly eye, instead of a smart, cunning, manipulative twisted Maia, not because of it. Rings of power has made many mistakes, but Sauron is fucking amazing.
Peter Jackson conseguiu a proeza de diminuir Sauron, reduziu ele apenas a um olho sem emoção ou presença, manipulador ou intimidador. Mas o mal do mundo é a série....
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Notice how Isildur was shot with three arrows in the back after giving in completely to the power of the ring, while Boromir got shot with three in the front after he faced his demons in the end. Such a masterpiece on so many levels.
According to X, Aragorn 1 of the greatest fighters, and Gandalf a Maia or basically a Demi God nearly on the same level as Sauron, are supposed to struggle against the Nazgûl, but Galadriel is not. In other words,she’s stronger (without magic) than Aragorn and Gandalf? GTFO here
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NDP committed to wasting millions of tax dollars right to the bitter end.
Incoming Premier Lorne Doerkson urges the outgoing BC NDP government to halt any further new George Massey Tunnel commitments ahead of bridge review.
In response, the BC NDP says they won't take action, calling it a "reckless promise". #bcpoli #vanpoli
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the groceries did not go up, your dollar buys less There is a difference. Loblaws is not the culprit, Parliament is!
🇨🇦 YOUR $200 GROCERY SHOP BECAME $266. NOW YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO FEEL BETTER BECAUSE PRICES ARE RISING SLOWER.
Statistics Canada’s September figures show grocery inflation slowed to 1.7%.
But grocery prices were still 33% higher than in September 2020.
Imagine a family whose weekly groceries cost $200 back then.
Apply that national increase to their basket.
🧮 Let’s do the math.
• Weekly groceries before: $200
• After a 33% increase: $266
• Extra every week: $66
• Extra over 52 weeks: $3,432
• Monthly equivalent: $286
That’s $3,432 a year to buy roughly what $200 a week used to cover.
No extra mouths to feed. No upgraded lifestyle.
Actual bills vary by what you buy.
This illustrates the national increase, not every family’s experience.
🛒 Here’s the part that gets lost:
LOWER INFLATION DOESN’T REVERSE THE PRICE INCREASES YOU ALREADY ABSORBED.
Even if grocery inflation dropped to zero tomorrow, that illustrative basket would still cost $266.
And there’s another uncomfortable calculation.
To bring $266 back to $200, prices would need to fall by approximately 24.8%.
Slowing the increase to 1.7% doesn’t do that.
Slower inflation is welcome. Wage growth can help households catch up. But a smaller annual percentage doesn’t automatically restore the room in your budget.
💰 That extra $286 a month still competes with your retirement contributions, your child’s activities and your emergency fund.
The inflation rate measures how fast the bill is changing.
You still have to pay the bill.
🍁 @wealthmoose
#Canada #Inflation
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Vi três episódios da nova temporada de Rings of Power e, olha, a série melhorou bastante. O roteiro tá melhor, a riqueza visual continua absurda e as lutas estão bem interessantes.
Sou die-hard fan de Tolkien, O Silmarillion é meu livro de cabeceira, e uma coisa que aprendi pra conseguir aproveitar a série foi separar as duas obras. Nem tudo precisa ser fiel aos livros pra ser bom e, como série de fantasia, Anéis de Poder tá muito legal.
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NVDA has to weigh not only the risk of losing Jensen but also the prospect of competing with him.
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Five-year-old Warren Bernard reaches for his father’s hand as the British Columbia Regiment marches through New Westminster on October 1, 1940, during the Second World War. The photograph became known as “Wait for Me, Daddy.” His father, Jack Bernard, returned home safely five years later.
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Worrying about AI oversupply in 2026 is like worrying about petroleum oversupply in 1910
What a disgrace this #ManUtd organization is. It’s all 100 on them and it’s on the players, not Carrick.
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It is a sad reflection of modern football that the man who cares most about Manchester United, who will loyally, diligently again go into Carrington today to try and tackle the mess, is the one being eased out by those gathering in Monaco and via a link to Florida who don’t truly have United in their heart. Those who are primarily responsible for the mess.
Michael Carrick will leave the club sooner or later but the club will never leave him. United mean too much to him. He gave everything for the team in 464 games. His son plays for their academy. Being United head coach is not simply a job for Carrick, it's an honour he feels deeply proud of.
The manager who last season masterminded home wins over Manchester City, Aston Villa and Liverpool and away triumphs at Arsenal, Chelsea and Brighton has undoubtedly made mistakes this season. Diogo Dalot at left-back, not bringing Shea Lacey on earlier, etc. The poor run, and tumble into the relegation positions, inevitably means his job is on the line.
It is possible to understand why Carrick should lose his job but also why others should be held accountable, too. The decision on Carrick would be more palatable if it weren’t being formulated and then executed by Omar Berrada, Jason Wilcox, Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the loathed Glazers. What good have they done to this great club? Debts and decline, holes in the roof and in the squad.
Carrick’s contribution to the history of Manchester United is substantial and his legacy secure – winning five titles and taking responsibility for a penalty in the 2008 shootout that helped win the Champions League.
At the very least, Carrick deserves to be treated with far more respect than is currently being shown to a dignified, hard-working individual as the clock ticks down on his departure. His exit is being handled appallingly by the club. Red man walking. At least United fans are showing all the class their board lacks. The Stretford End sings Carrick’s name because they know he is not the real problem.
It will be no surprise in weeks to come to spot Carrick standing, hood up, with United fans at an away game. They will welcome him warmly. He’s done it before, being a fan again. Carrick loves the club. He has ever since he was an apprentice at West Ham United, charged with keeping the away dressing-room tidy, and admiring how Alex Ferguson and his smartly-dressed collection of winners strode into the Boleyn Ground. They had an aura, and Carrick wanted to be part of that.
Carrick will leave the club physically, dismissed as much for the failings of underperforming players, those incompetents in charge of recruitment and the unpopular owners, as for his own undoubted mistakes. But Carrick will never leave United emotionally. It's sad that someone who cares so much will go, and those who don't care as much remain. #MUFC
