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  1. Finally a single, non-partisan source (but I'm still skeptical because no AP or mainstream sources are reporting): https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/red-cross-condemns-staged-recovery-113635726.html Let's say this is accurate, then what? Sounds like Hamas was the first to breach the ceasefire terms and invite reprecussion, right?
  2. No I am literally asking because the only reporting I've seen are obviously Zionist/Pro-Israel publications and don't want to unwittingly be propagandonized here, I'm talking about "The Times of Israel" and "Israel National News" type outlets.
  3. But what if she starts owning the MAGA. Goes from heel to kayfabe. Weaponize her for our interests and to help us win. It's like signing Deoin Sanders away from SF for the the Cowboys superbowl run.
  4. Random thought that is really amazing also...I got into a rabbit hole of Charlie Sheen after his new documentary on netflix and didn't realize that Charlie Sheen had HIV. Maybe I knew but forgot. Either way, that lead me to some of his lawsuits (like not telling his partners) and apparently, someone correct me if I am wrong here, but there are vaccines or medicines you can take that has basically cured HIV. It's no longer a death sentence and people just do their thing and take their meds and they live a long, normal, healthy life. Talk about a miracle if you grew up or peaked in an era with the spectre of AIDS being the scary, killing thing that seemed to be incurable.
  5. Has it been verified that Hamas actually did keep up their end of the bargain and the fake hostage thing was misinformation? Surely Hamas wouldn't put Walter's old underwear in the money bag and botch the agreed upon exchange by doing some fake hostage tomfoolery and breaking the terms of the ceasefire and inviting a response, is my first thought, but there has been little reported about the follow up.
  6. Saw this in NYT today as far as the bubble conversation: The guys who hate stock buybacks will appreciate this:
  7. It's a good question. I personally think that when the bubble pops, there will be a rubber band snapping back to hire people for growth again at big firms, but that will be shortlived and the AI era is going to have a very disrupted employee-to-revenue ratio that will be orders of magnitude lower than was previously possible and we NEED a solution for that from a social and human being perspective asap.
  8. 14k today, another 15-16k in January. Today was everything but-AWS (Amazon proper- Jassey), in January AWS (Garman) is in play.
  9. Mamdani rules.
  10. Is this all because Israel claims Hamas faked hostages? https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c891ex72nj7t
  11. I think we weren't going to ever get serious on this as a country until after November 1st, when the real tires meet the road. From what I can tell on November 1st we will see the higher health insurance premiums (functionally lapsing the Obama-era healthcare subsidies that Republicans shurt down the government to get rid of). From what I can tell the Democrats strategy is to let the full breadth of people who rely on ACA feel the pain in the short term and put pressure on lawmakers so that it isn't axed for the long term, coupled with the severe pain of everything else that goes on with a shutdown (e.g. SNAP benefits being turned off in red states, ATC's, military, etc.) Also Nov. 1st is the first paycheck that will be missed for a lionshare of the fed workers, despite the shutdown being almost a month old. I think we see movement on a deal in some way shape or form in the next 7-10 days.
  12. These sorts of comments (I see them a lot not just you) remind me of inferior teams who are upsetting more talented ones, who just need to take the air out of the ball and run clock and sneak away with a win. If you have children or grandchildren, what are you telling them or how are you giving guidance for their future careers? Genuinely curious because now more than ever I think it’s important to have those conversations with our youth in order to try and see them up for their futures which are going to be markedly different than what we lived through.
  13. Interesting. My AWS friends are sufficiently worried.
  14. crossposting from the aws thread, but amazon supposedly cutting 15% or 30,000 corporate employees tomorrow. That's a TON of very smart, hard-driven employees whose resumes gonna flood the tech job market. Good luck to anyone impacted.
  15. I'm now hearing it could be up to 15% of the workforce. A day of reckoning my AWS friends are calling it.
  16. I put it in google and this what Gemini AI spits out. Sounds kinda like it, I suppose! Milei's economic achievements Fiscal surplus: For the first time since 2009, Argentina achieved a budget surplus for the full year 2024, a major political achievement given the country's long history of deficits. Crushed inflation: The government's drastic spending cuts helped bring staggering monthly inflation down from a peak of around 25% in December 2023 to between 2% and 3% in early 2025. This has been a key factor in slowing the annual inflation rate, which had neared 300%. Shrunk the public sector: Milei's government followed through on its promises to slash public spending by firing tens of thousands of government workers and reducing the number of ministries from 19 to 9. The policy has also significantly reduced transfers to provinces. The painful consequences of "shock therapy" Deep recession: The austerity measures have caused a sharp economic contraction. Consumer spending fell by 20% in the past year, and the International Monetary Fund projected a 3.5% contraction for 2024. Soaring poverty: Poverty rates surged to a two-decade high of 52.9% in early 2024 following the shock measures. Though official statistics show it falling to 31.6% by mid-2025, independent researchers warn the methodology may not fully capture the pain from subsidy cuts. Hardship for the working class and seniors: The elimination of energy and transportation subsidies has caused bills to balloon for ordinary Argentines. The government's fiscal savings came in large part from freezing the real value of pensions, leaving many retirees struggling. Defunded public services: Milei's cuts have severely impacted public infrastructure projects, education, and scientific research. Universities have struggled to pay bills, and construction workers have been laid off in large numbers.
  17. I absolutely would not be surprised if journalists are using AI now and passing it as their own.
  18. Amazon laying off 30,000 people? That seems like a lot
  19. Man, for my money there isn’t a better sausage than Lockhart Smokehouse. Get it by the ring, both the OG and Jap and Cheese; Perfect. Perfect snap, perfect blend, greasy but also a nice dryness to it that lets your enjoy the taste and the linger. Just a personal favorite.
  20. Yes! It was like in a median it felt like. Across or by Ken’s donuts? The rare times I was up before 10am I stumbled there still hurting.
  21. TIL: Katie Ledecky (GOAT olympic swimmer) is related to the owner of the NHL's New York Islanders (uncle).
  22. To be fair the surplus was 9 months before the currency swap (and to be the most fair, without the currency swap and $20/$40bn bailout, maybe he loses in a landslide), but as it stands today he almost tripled his seats which is like if Texas were to beat Vandy by 20-- hard to imagine before it happens, but it could happen!
  23. Exactly this. His 'phase 1' already delivered Argentina's first full-year surplus in 123 years and crushed monthly inflation from ~25% to ~2%, all by slashing things Argentina can't really afford (subsidies, costly public works, and a big public sector). And while poverty is still high, the latest stats show it’s falling (though critics argue the numbers cloud a complex picture). His planned 'phase 2' reforms will be just as big and polarising, whether deregulating the labour market, simplifying the tax code, or privatising another ~20 state-owned firms. https://www.thetimes.com/world/latin-america/article/javier-milei-argentina-elections-2025-f3k6jbbf9
  24. My company tracks as a KPI our use of various (there are actually quite a few) AI applications we use. Engaging with them is compliance. It's definitely becoming a "measure what matters" metric for executives and the end result is allegedly to help employees be more productive and save time and energy on low skill, high manual tasks, but let's see.
  25. right the suicide had nothing to do with this/football/pedo. the boy came home sullen, went upstairs, and the parent found him hanging in what appears to be a super tragic and sad case of teenage depression, hurt and sorrow and overwhelming emotions etc. so while unrelated, still a double whammy of back to back painful episodes for the community and Celina seems to be going through it right now. have a lot of friends who sold in frisco @ 3-4x what they bought in for and bought in cash mansions with olympic sized pools out there with a lot of acreage but that town in general has seen exponential growth.
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