ATTENTION FINTWIT -- Please RT
I created an Emergency Fintwit Spreadsheet on googledocs in comment only mode. You can open this in a private browser and comment on cells in case twitter dies. I will post updates if the community reconstitutes elsewhere.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets…
I'm a day late but it's been a busy week. Probably a relatively less known document on fintwit but more influential to where the world is now than you'd imagine.
The Conscience of a Hacker, also known as The Hacker Manifesto, turns 40 today!
Written by Loyd "The Mentor" Blankenship, its spirit still resonates with hackers and makers everywhere. A cornerstone of hacker culture.
"My crime is that of curiosity."
Read it here: phrack.org/issues/7/3#HackThePlanet#HackerManifesto
If you dont like the warner bros deal cancel your Netflix subscription and get as many people as you can to also do so (and keep it cancelled).
Bonus points for subscribing to HBO instead.
So here’s the story behind why yesterdays live #metaconnect demo failed - when the chef said “Hey Meta start Live AI” it activated everyone’s Meta AI in the room at once and effectively DDOS’d our servers 🤣
That’s what we get for doing it live!
🚨IT'S HAPPENING🚨
a woman who cannot speak now speaks through her brain, in real time, with her own voice.
no typing, delay, or sounds made.
just neural intent to streaming speech
this isn’t prediction. it’s embodiment
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the real answer is for LA to pass a local income tax of .001% then take out life insurance on all of its residents then arb muni bond rates vs securitization rates on an ABS full of life insurance policies on all of its residents
This doesn’t seem right. Why can’t LA just borrow the funds and then borrow the funds to pay the interest on those borrowed funds and then also build free housing for $1mm / unit and also discourage investment in the city?
anyone who thinks I'm joking hasn't pitched something very similar to this to the NJ treasurer in the wood paneled basement of a building in Trenton with a straight face and gotten on the next bond deal because of the vibes because of it