Jake

video producer, musician, heely enthusiast

[Jake @thecurdman]

@KnaughtyKnancy @libriscent Caffeine is psychoactive. Addiction to that will do the exact same thing.

[Jake @thecurdman]

@FatherMcKennaa Slow down.

[Jake @thecurdman]

@yvessirae Dead Poet’s Society

[Jake @thecurdman]

@kananaskinyeti If other people being happy makes you upset then it’s time for some serious introspection

[Yoko @stuffyokodraws]

One reason vibe coding is so addictive is that you are always *almost* there but not 100% there. The agent implements an amazing feature and got maybe 10% of the thing wrong, and you are like "hey I can fix this if i just prompt it for 5 more mins"

And that was 5 hrs ago

[Jason Bassler @JasonBassler1]

Apparently this needs to be said, but...

You can be against ICE abuse of power AND against illegal violent offenders at the same time.

It’s called adult-level reasoning.
Wild stuff, I know.

[Jatin K Malik @jatinkrmalik]

The reason why RAM has become four times more expensive is that a huge amount of RAM that has not yet been produced was purchased with non-existent money to be installed in GPUs that also have not yet been produced, in order to place them in data centers that have not yet been built, powered by infrastructure that may never appear, to satisfy demand that does not actually exist and to obtain profit that is mathematically impossible.

[Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian]

It’s a lot easier for me to say this because I hate both parties but.

If you don’t question the government, you are an idiot.

That’s the only timeless lesson of human history.

[ella @H8BEAM]

full-time employment will have you making lists of thoughts to think

[DJ Pain 1 @djpain1]

If you didn’t enjoy making art before generative AI came along, but all of a sudden you love making art now, you were never an artist.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

People say, “AI enables those of us who hate writing to become novelists!” If you hate writing or making music, no one is forcing you to become a writer or musician. Go find another career. All you’re doing is destroying the creative arts and degrading what it means to be human.

[Jake @thecurdman]

@stimograph @Variety Generative AI is by definition just remaking things artists have already done

[Jake @thecurdman]

@chrisgpt But it is slop

[Financelot @FinanceLancelot]

He's literally saying the AI companies need a taxpayer bailout...

What do these AI companies do for the common people besides destroying jobs?

[Jake @thecurdman]

damn yep

[Jake @thecurdman]

What you feel as intuition others will see as delusion

[middleclassparty @middle_class_us]

PSA: Do not let them gaslight you. America used to be affordable.

Your parents or grandparents could work one job.

Not a “side hustle.”
Not freelancing at midnight.
Not delivering food to people who make more than you.

Just one job.

And with that one job, they could:

• Buy a home
• Support a family
• Save money
• Take a vacation once in a while
• Retire without panic

If you worked more than 40 hours, people thought something was wrong.

Now if you work only 40 hours, people think something is wrong with you.

Housing used to cost 2x your annual income.

Now it is 8x to 12x, depending on your city.

And that is if you can even find a home that has not been swallowed by private equity.

You could support a family on a single income.
Today two incomes barely keep the lights on.

A hospital visit did not bankrupt you.
Food was not a luxury purchase.
You did not need a financing plan for dental work.

Back then, overtime meant you were saving for a boat or a vacation.

Now overtime means you are trying not to fall behind.

The story we are told is that “people today just don’t want to work.”

No.

People today are working harder than ever.

They are juggling multiple jobs.
They are answering emails at night.
They are hustling on weekends.
They are selling their time, their energy, their peace.

And what do they get in return?

Rent that goes up faster than wages.
Groceries priced like luxury goods.
Healthcare that feels like a hostage negotiation.
Retirement that looks more like a fantasy than a plan.

The American Dream did not die.
It was priced out, extracted, and sold off to the highest bidder.

We are living in the wealthiest country in human history.
Yet millions cannot afford a home, a family, or a future.

That is not progress. That is failure.

Systemic, deliberate failure.

[Jake @thecurdman]

Most companies out here just trying to pay workers a living wage meanwhile NVDA is speedrunning our GDP

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

NVIDIA, $NVDA, marketcap equals 16% of the US GDP.

It has a larger market cap than all the banks in US and Canada combined.

[Anastasia Zik @nastiazik]

Investor: We need AI.
CEO: Yes, we need AI.
PM: Build AI.
Dev: Okay, here’s AI.
User: I don’t want AI.