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Exactly. I really don't get why structural changes would need to be made. Pogačar is a once-in-a-generation talent. Take him out of the equation, and Vingegaard would be miles ahead of the rest of the peloton. You do everything you can and you get beaten by someone who is better, fair enough.

This is true, but:

1) there has to be an existing market to take over (Uber)
2) there has to be suppressed demand for the service offered, which you can lock in to create an economy of scale and then profit (Amazon)

AI firms are trying to find one of those two things, so far with limited success.

The Democratic Party’s capitulation to the Crypto lobby is one of the most nakedly corrupt things I’ve seen in my life.

Crypto is a blatant scam with zero value that is designed to end popular control of our currency. Dems just co-signed the next global financial crisis. It’s unforgivable.

Tweet from @thekafkadude It's really funny how America and the UK stopped investing in infrastructure in the 1980s because the free market will pave potholes and make the trains run on time and now literally nothing works and you cannot go anywhere or do anything but like 4 people are richer than God.

The best response to Abundance talk is a single tweet from Ruairi Wood, RIP brother.

Joel Embiid sees you In what he's calling his "most important" offseason, Joel Embiid responds to his critics.

This profile of Embiid is a triumph.

He's my favorite Sixer ever -- and maybe my favorite athlete.

This piece shows why.

Athletes like to pretend they're superhuman. Embiid's the opposite. He's achingly human -- a mix of self-doubt, introspection, and defiance.

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We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.

The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.

Tesla's Supervised Robotaxi launch was a pathetic flop.

Tesla's Supervised Robotaxi launched yesterday to much acclaim from the Tesla Cult. Since nobody who was at the event has properly summarized the first day, we thought we would do it.

Below are our findings. 🧵

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Why exactly? I haven't read all details yet, but from what I've read I can't find a lot of advantages for us fans.

@lucasdelascosas.bsky.social Je deelde dit weekend ergens een artikel over het feit dat kennis niet langer macht is (dit is een versimpelde weergave van mij), maar ik vind het artikel niet meer terug. Ik wou het even lezen. Heb je de link naar het artikel nog per toeval?

Ik moet eens iets vertellen over “de madam van de bank”. Ja, sorry, haar naam herinner ik me niet meer. Waarschijnlijk gebruikte we die ook niet. Toen mijn ouders omkwamen in een auto accident bleven we met 4 kinderen achter.

"Oasis or Blur?" I asked, trying to discern a mirage in the desert

Jullie raden nooit welk land het verst staat in de privatisering van de financiering van de gezondheidszorg.

Scatterplot titled “Empirical Evidence of Ideological Targeting in Federal Layoffs: Agencies seen as liberal are significantly more likely to face DOGE layoffs.” • The x-axis represents Perceived Ideological Leaning of federal agencies, ranging from -2 (Most Liberal) to +2 (Most Conservative), based on survey responses from over 1,500 federal executives. • The y-axis shows Agency Size (Number of Staff) on a logarithmic scale from 1,000 to 1,000,000. Each point represents a federal agency: • Red dots indicate agencies that experienced DOGE layoffs. • Gray dots indicate agencies with no layoffs. Key Observations: • Liberal-leaning agencies (left side of the plot) are disproportionately represented among red dots, indicating higher layoff rates. • Notable targeted agencies include: • HHS (Health & Human Services) • EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) • NIH (National Institutes of Health) • CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) • Dept. of Education • USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) • The National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE), despite its conservative leaning (+1 on the scale), is an exception among targeted agencies. • A notable outlier: the Department of Veterans Affairs (moderately conservative) also faced layoffs despite its size. Takeaway: The figure visually demonstrates that DOGE layoffs disproportionately targeted liberal-leaning agencies, supporting claims of ideological bias. The pattern reveals that layoffs were not driven by agency size or budget alone but were strongly associated with perceived ideology. Source: Richardson, Clinton, & Lewis (2018). Elite Perceptions of Agency Ideology and Workforce Skill. The Journal of Politics, 80(1).

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

Bij chatbots helpt het vaak om te zeggen: "Ik zou graag met eens mens willen spreken." De chatbots hebben soms hun nut, maar het is heel frustrerend als ze je in cirkeltjes rondsturen.