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  • Author of Upcoming Elon Musk Biography Says ‘There Is No Evidence’ Billionaire Has Any ‘Intellectual Achievements’

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  • Time has been kind to Mr. Jobs. Read about his early years at Apple... he was famous for skewering anyone that disagreed with him. He also had lovely habits like parking his sports car in handicapped spots so he didn't have to walk as far. You can't disagree with his talent for running a company that did an awful lot of innovation, but he wasn't a nice guy. He named one of his first products, the Lisa after his daughter, but didn't treat the actual daughter that well.

  • Humane (makers of the Humane AI Pin) acquired by HP: "HP Accelerates AI Software Investments to Transform the Future of Work"

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  • practical

    Please don't ever put this word in the same paragraph as the Humane pin. Have you seen what that thing did?

  • Trump tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer CEO

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  • Good luck out there! I am taking up the opposing position, and I am curious who will win.

  • Trump tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer CEO

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  • What's stopping you from placing a wager on your favorite platforms then? You seem to feel quite confident it's going to happen, yet for some reason aren't willing to get that "easy" money...

  • Trump tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer CEO

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  • The price however is inline with my statement - that market considers a GOP win a near certainty.

    You are reading the results backwards - Kalshi predicts a Democratic win at ~70% (as of now) probability. I agree the payback isn't huge... but if you're SURE then it's easy money!

  • Humane (makers of the Humane AI Pin) acquired by HP: "HP Accelerates AI Software Investments to Transform the Future of Work"

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  • I have no specific information, but usually when a company is gobbled up like this, the employees get the short end of the stick. Given how nasty Humane was to their own customers, I can't imagine the employees are getting treated well. Really depressing to see such a scummy CEO and company get a payday like this. I can't imagine what HP saw in them.

  • Trump tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer CEO

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  • Here you go friend: this is a prediction market on whether the Republicans or Democrats will win the house next year: https://kalshi.com/markets/controlh/house-winner

    If your prediction is right and there are no more elections this will be easy money for you.

  • Trump tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer CEO

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  • I hope there is a prediction market on this at some point because I do not think it's likely that they will be able to block elections. I'd love to put my money where my mouth is.

  • Trump tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer CEO

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  • The thing is, tariffs aren't new. Manufacturing (or the lack thereof) in the US isn't new... the only NEW thing appears to be voters that can be led around by the nose and lacking any kind of critical thought altogether. What % of people that voted for tariffs thought that China'd be paying for them? Probably the same folks who thought Mexico was going to build the wall and pay for it. Last time I checked, I don't think we've received any money from Mexico for this.

  • Trump tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer CEO

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  • If tariffs cause a rise in US production

    This is one of the problems with the Trumpian approach to tariffs. I don't know if you hadn't noticed, but there's remarkably little manufacturing in the USA for quite some time now, but let's play this out.

    The cost to set up a laptop manufacturing firm in the US is anywhere from $50,000,000 to $200,000,000. Then, you've gotta acquire all the raw materials and components to assemble the laptops, let's call that another $500,000,000. Then, of course, you've gotta staff the place, and this is in a country where we do not have a lot of people that are experienced in manufacturing. Let's call that another $100,000,000. By the time you add in R&D, logistics costs, legal and compliance (because the US is a bit more stringent than China in this area), you're talking about $1 - $3 BILLION in costs.

    Now, out of the few people / companies that have enough money to actually set up a laptop manufacturer in the USA, think about how confident they'd have to be to pull this off. The largest problem is, if you spend your billion dollars and build this factory and then the next week Trump removes the tariff, you're instantly competing with foreign firms again, and you're going to be going under pretty fast.

    I'd say this tariff would have to be in place at LEAST 10 years before anyone gets confident enough to spend the massive amount of money and effort quoted above. When you think about how many millions of laptops are going to get sold between now and then, it's pretty clear the American consumer is going to take a huge bath in the meantime.

    Like so many things Trump is doing, this tariff is supposed to piss off China but just ends up fucking the consumer. Trump and his billionaire friends don't care if a laptop is an extra $200. That's change they can find under the couch. For your average American trying to make ends meet, that $200 sure as fuck would be useful.

    So go ahead, vote Republican to "own the libs". Just don't be surprised when the sudden pain you feel in your wallet is very real.

  • Man who lost $800 million bitcoin in landfill wants to buy the garbage dump

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  • This will play out like a Black Mirror episode. I’m calling it. The day he finds that drive is the day before bitcoin crashes and is worth $4.35 per coin.

    Episode Title: "Dumpster Fire"

    Premise: A man finds an old hard drive in a landfill containing nearly $800 million worth of Bitcoin. As he tries to uncover the identity of its rightful owner, he becomes entangled in a dark web of corporate espionage, government corruption, and the true cost of cryptocurrency speculation.

    Plot:

    James Howells, desperate to retrieve his lost fortune, hires a team of digital forensics experts to locate the hard drive. They eventually track it down to the same Welsh landfill where James first discarded it all those years ago.

    As they begin to dig, James's obsession with regaining his fortune grows, and he becomes fixated on the idea that the hard drive is the key to his comeback. He convinces himself that the person who buried the drive must be a wealthy individual with a grudge against him.

    However, as the digging progresses, James discovers that the hard drive contains not only Bitcoin but also a trove of incriminating documents about corporate malfeasance, tax evasion, and other nefarious activities. The person who buried the drive is revealed to be a high-ranking executive at a multinational tech firm, hiding evidence of their company's involvement in illicit cryptocurrency mining operations.

    As James delves deeper into the mystery, he realizes that his actions have attracted unwanted attention from powerful forces seeking to keep the truth buried. He becomes trapped in a cat-and-mouse game with corporate agents and government agents trying to silence him.

  • Nazi flags can fly in Utah school, but not pride flags, GOP lawmaker says

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  • This is some BS man. He's saying you can fly the Nazi flag because it's "historic". Well, hell, isn't the gay pride flag historic? Good luck getting a definition out of these fucks. If he could write the law he really wanted to write it would say "keep off any flags I don't agree with".

  • Dems Reportedly Angry That Progressives Are Pushing Them to Act Like an Opposition Party.

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  • Hey Democrats, why don't you form another couple of committees and release some weak statements condemning the other side while doing fuck-all. Clearly, it's gotten you this far, so why not just keep treading that same old road? It's frustrating to see the Democrats get beaten over the head again and again and learning the wrong lesson. FUCKING DO SOMETHING.

  • Bill Burr calls on 'billionaires to be put down like rabid dogs' in podcast

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  • If your idea of a solider is someone who puts out hot takes like this while not only being PART of the system but by helping support it, good luck to your cause! It's going to take a bit more than some rude words from Bill Burr to get the revolution started.

  • Bill Burr calls on 'billionaires to be put down like rabid dogs' in podcast

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  • I don't optimize my personal beliefs based on how many people listen to me.

  • Bill Burr calls on 'billionaires to be put down like rabid dogs' in podcast

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  • Oh Bill Burr, what a rebel. Did you say this and then hop in your limo, sipping on a cappuccino at some overpriced coffee shop in Los Angeles? Because that's just soooo not the image of a real-life firebrand like yourself, is it?

    Newsflash, Bill: "Billionaires should be put down like rabid dogs" is not radical, it's not edgy, and it's certainly not provocative. It's just basic human decency. I mean, come on, you're talking about the same people who own half the media outlets in this country. The same people who make millions off the suffering of others.

    And what's with the whole "rabid dogs" thing? Is that supposed to be some kind of clever metaphor for how these billionaire sociopaths are just running around, spreading their diseased ideology and ruining everything they touch? Please. It's just a lazy way of putting down someone who is already being criticized by millions of people.

    And don't even get me started on the irony. You're complaining about billionaires, yet you've got your own Netflix deal that's worth tens of millions of dollars. So no, Bill, I don't think you can talk about how you wish we'd put down these "rabid dogs" when you're probably more concerned with padding your bank account.

    I mean, what's next? Are you going to start ranting about how much you love socialist Bernie Sanders and how we should all just give up and live in a tent city because it's the only way to combat income inequality? Give me a break. You're not some kind of true original thinker, Bill. You're just another middle-of-the-road comedian who thinks he can make waves by saying whatever outrage du jour is popular.

    And you know what the worst part is? I bet most people are going to be more turned off by your fluff piece than anything else. They'll read this article and think "oh, Bill's got a new rant!" instead of actually listening to what he has to say about the issues that really matter.

    But hey, keep on complaining, Bill. Keep on talking about how you wish we'd put down billionaires like rabid dogs. Maybe if you spent more time actually doing something to change the system and less time pontificating in your limo, people would actually start listening to what you have to say.

  • Gulf of Make a Report to Apple

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  • alternate name for this article: "How to feel good about yourself while doing something that doesn't help anything at all"

  • Trump press secretary crashes and burns when trying to prove fraud

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  • without offering evidence.

    These folks were never the one to let pesky facts get in the way. All that "evidence" was planted by Democrats, I'm sure.

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  • Cutting off your own arm to "own the libs". Nice job! Glad to know some people are so proud to vote against their interests. Keep it up!