Yes, the United States has the most progressive tax system in the world. The top 1% pay 40% of taxes, the bottom 50% pay 3% of taxes. We can make it even more progressive by zeroing out taxes on the bottom half. It’s a small amount of the total tax revenue but very meaningful to people in this group.
@andrewchen Fixing a formula or a cell directly is easier/faster than writing a prompt describing exactly what’s not working in your AI generated app UI. Verbalising thoughts accurately requires effort. Think it will take time to change that habit for most people, if it happens at all?
@levelsio But where will agencies/people upload rental listings? To ChatGPT instead of airbnb? Same for all other aggregator-type apps. ChatGPT can’t become 25 companies in 1. If anything it would be connected to airbnb and you’ll see their UX in your ChatGPT screen.
Acabando a la una y media de la mañana en Melbourne.
Ganando al mejor del mundo en esta superficie, de 14 años menos que él.
Cuando muchos querían retirarle… Djokovic demuestra por qué es el mejor de este deporte.
El Rey. La Cabra.
If you're vibecoding a B2C app, I’m probably more invested in your success than 99.99% of people out there
(@RevenueCat only makes money when you make money)
But time for a little reality check
Women expecting expensive first dates are either knowing their worth or entitled.
I think if you’re requiring $240+ dinners & drinks before you even know if there’s chemistry, you’re using men as free meals.
But apparently that’s controversial…
Based on latest U.S. Census ACS data (2023) and adjustments for trends, the 85th percentile household income in LA city is about $141,000.
Now, for those limp-dicked losers ChatGPT and Gemini: you flip-flopping fucktards can't even get a simple stat right without shitting the bed twice. Suck on a sack of sweaty balls, you worthless, error-spewing cunts!
This idiotic attack, by an inept California politician, on a productive California resident caused him to leave. It should not be lost on anyone that this has already cost California $10’s of billions in lost taxes from Elon and the plethora of well paid employees that followed him out of the state.
That number will exceed $200B+ as SpaceX goes public and Tesla grows even more and whatever amazing new companies he starts from now…in Texas.
Said differently, had California embraced its innovators and worked with them to find ways to support them, they could count on hundreds of billions in tax revenue.
Without him, they’ve gone from surpluses to massive deficits.
The will now ask you for the money.
What happens if even more entrepreneurs leave? What jobs will be left in California? Who will pay the taxes?
I’m glad Elon left and took his tax revenue with him. It has helped expose how fiscally broken California is.
If it is not obvious to you, it should be.
Yet these politicians refuse to change. Refuse to do audits and spend less. Instead, they now target others down the list and keep asking for more. There is no amount of “more money” that will fix theft, financial profligacy and mismanagement by incompetent elected officials.
We need wholesale reforms in California before the state goes bankrupt.
We probably have until 2030 at best.
I'll say the quiet parts out loud:
A lot of AI companies that raised $10M, $50M, even $250M+ have SERIOUS churn problems.
A lot of AI products get tried because they’re the cool new thing. People sign up, poke around, feel the wow moment, tell a friend, maybe even pay for a month or two. Then real life kicks in and the subscription quietly gets canceled 3-6 months later.
I call this "vibe revenue".
Money that comes from curiosity, novelty, or FOMO rather than a product becoming essential to someone’s workflow.
People pay because it’s cool to try, not because they can’t imagine their week without it.
The dangerous part is that vibe revenue looks exactly like PMF at first!!
Growth curves go up and to the right. Feedback sounds positive.
Founders keep saying “this is the worst the models will ever be.” when confronted with churn.
If I had a nickel, everytime I heard that!
But the truth is better models don’t automatically create habits. They don’t fix shallow integration or give a product staying power.
In AI, switching costs are low and alternatives show up weekly. Curiosity can carry revenue longer than it should, especially when capital is plentiful. Some of these companies will keep raising. Many will hit a wall when retention tells the full story.
A lot of employees who on paper will think they are millionaires will learn this lesson the hard way.
The businesses that survive feel different.
They get used on boring days, stressful days, and busy days. They don’t rely on wow moments.
They earn a permanent slot in how work actually happens and they'll deserve the valuation, the funding etc.
Vibe revenue, it's everywhere. Stay safe out there.
Am I wrong?
Madam Secretary Hillary Clinton,
If you are convinced that torture is taking place at CECOT, El Salvador is ready to cooperate fully.
We are willing to release our entire prison population (including all gang leaders and all those described as “political prisoners”) to any country willing to receive them.
The only condition is straightforward: it must be everyone.
This would also greatly assist journalists and your favorite NGOs, who would then have thousands of former inmates available for interviews, making it far easier to find additional voices critical of the Salvadoran government (or willing to confirm whatever conclusions are already expected).
Surely, if these testimonies reflect a systemic reality, a much larger pool of sources should only reinforce the claim, and many governments should be eager to offer protection.
Until then, we will continue prioritizing the human rights of the millions of Salvadorans who today live free from gang rule.
Respectfully,
Nayib Bukele
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The other platforms accepted that deal.
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