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Paying it forward

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Turns out the future does have flying cars

[demi adejuyigbe @electrolemon]

@SweatieAngle you know how i offered to make you a tuna sandwich. the offer remains but with pie

[Read in Rockport @soba49]

Losing this grove would be an unforgivable setback. Restoring the American Chestnut is critical work. However, did you see this?

“Good news! We now have verification that the Clements site is a separate property and is not part of the project’s development site.”

https://t.co/eMxSmxbdKw

[Dave - 🇺🇸 @Grumpy_Hoosier]

@Rainmaker1973 Someone gave you information this is incorrect. The trees are on a separate plot of land. Link: https://t.co/i9BaucnSxP

[Read in Rockport @soba49]

@freedom20202024 @Rainmaker1973 The state owned the land and a developer bought it up cheap.

[Read in Rockport @soba49]

@sailrstarscream The S is for Surprise

[Read in Rockport @soba49]

@CoachLosX @Nero Thank you!! It was driving me bonkers.

[Read in Rockport @soba49]

@ChiZuniga @NYPDnews @KeysRetired @NYPDTips Close! They found them in Lynn, two towns over.

[Read in Rockport @soba49]

Press release in .ZIP format. 10/10.

[Grand DM @Grand_DM]

In response to Studio X’s union demanding protections from generative AI, WotC has released the following statement:

“Write a warm but firm corporate response to employees concerned about AI replacing their jobs. Emphasize collaboration, creativity and our commitment to people. Do not admit we intend to replace anyone.”

WotC apologized and said the final version of the statement will be posted shortly.

[John's Memes @Johnsmemes]

Sorry

[Blake S. Taylor Investigations 🚫 @YoungGun8140]

Sony just changed photography forever.

[Leo @Leonajardinho]

My project manager came into my office this morning to tell me she’s stepping down to become a stay-at-home mom.

She makes $68,000 a year.

Her husband earns $72,000.

They just had their second child, so she called licensed local daycare centers to get quotes for an infant and a toddler.

Average cost: $2,650 a month. That’s $31,800 every year straight out of their post-tax income.

After federal taxes, state taxes, and healthcare deductions, her take-home pay was roughly $3,700 a month.

After paying $2,650 for daycare, she was working 40 hours a week to net $1,050 a month…..or about $6.50 an hour.

She looked at me and said: "I’m literally spending 160 hours a month away from my kids just to clear $250 a week after childcare costs."

We didn't just build an expensive economy.

We built a system where holding down a mid-class job as a second earner costs more than staying home.

[Read in Rockport @soba49]

@0811_0116 @MurrayHillGuy1 We are going to meet at Home Depot. Bring gloves. I have the patio sand tamped. https://t.co/rWGgwHdtI3

[connor sell @sellsglass]

Everyone wants 10 years of experience.

I hired the kid at Lowe’s who helped me load lumber without being asked.

Zero glass experience. Works hard. Learns fast.

Some of you would rather bitch about the labor shortage than teach a kid anything.

[Read in Rockport @soba49]

@ZeerosFate @FenixAmmunition Great point! Rude. But great point! Where I come from, legislators work around the clock to conceive new taxes, more taxes, sneakier taxes; all while adroitly providing fewer services to justify them.

[Cernovich @Cernovich]

Why didn't Rand Paul or Thomas Massie ever think to do this, in their many decades of combined time in office?

[Allan Peters @AllanPeters]

Let's fix 3 logos. Which fix do you like best?
Marvel, Gatorade or Citi?

[Just Another Pod Guy @TMTLongShort]

Message to people in Washington:

You have less time than you think.

You need to assemble a group that includes the lab leaders and the brightest minds in economics & finance and pencil out how you are going to incentivize American corporations to adopt AI quickly while simultaneously diffusing the benefits of the ensuing automation to impacted workers.

You cannot be reactionary here. The narrative will get away from you.

You need to be game theorying out how you can maximize benefit to American workers while pushing as much pain as possible to foreign workers within American and multi-nationals.

You need to be talking seriously about gatekeeping frontier access by industry and geography. Ditto for energy and compute access.

There is a delicate balance of finance, tech and geopol and you have one shot to get it right.

Look around the room and ask “who amongst us was skeptical about AI timelines and who was earliest in identifying its trajectory” … if you don’t have at least a couple maxis in the room you’ve already failed.

You. Don’t. Have. Much. Time.