I teach auto shop at a small high school. We work on students cars, teachers cars, students parents cars and some community people cars. We only charge for parts and not labor, so we saved some people a lot of money last school year. This last school year we did 126 oil changes, 68 brake jobs, 85 alignments, 4 steering racks, 22 tune ups, 32 struts, 20 shock absorbers, 4 transfer cases, mounted and balanced 82 new tires, 4 timing chains, 15 valve cover gaskets, 14 thermostats, 4 radiators, 12 in tank fuel pumps, 8 EVAP canisters, 6 exhaust manifolds, 4 mufflers, 15 AC repairs including evacuate and recharge, 8 alternators, 22 batteries, 9 starters and so much more! Proud of those students I am!
Creator of C++, Bjarne Stroustrup:
AI-generated code isn't ready — it generates more bugs, more bloat, more security holes, and is nearly impossible to validate
"senior developers are already retiring rather than deal with it"
The problem is that even a small prompt change can shift the entire codebase in unpredictable ways
So let me get this straight: Donald Trump sues his own IRS, and before a judge even sees the case, Trump’s lawyers and Trump’s IRS lawyers strike a deal creating a $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded settlement fund that Trump himself will oversee—deciding who deserves compensation for supposedly being “weaponized” by the justice system. The agreement also bars the IRS from ever investigating Trump, his businesses, or his family again. Then they tell the court the case was settled before it was even filed, so the judge has no jurisdiction. Corruption on a scale "we’ve never seen before!" 4-D level corruption.
This is gonna get so much worse
It’s an industry led by historically unpopular people, loudly saying everyone will lose their jobs, during a plutocratic corrupt time
If legislators always vote with the President, we have a king.
If legislators always vote with the prevailing wind, we have mob rule.
If legislators always vote with the Constitution, we have a Republic.
@ScottPh77711570@Microinteracti1 We can build them - just out of Chinese components that we either cannot produce or do so for an order of magnitude higher price.
George H.W. Bush kept his assets in a blind trust, as did Bill Clinton. Neither Obama nor Biden traded stocks or bonds while in office. 3,700 trades is probably more than all the trades of all the presidents until now. And he is trading stocks that are affected by his decisions. A walking conflict of interest, at the least, and perhaps insider trading. Just as members of Congress should not be able to trade stocks, so too the president. https://t.co/yDqVXWfDgc
The financial world is buzzing over the latest Office of Government Ethics (OGE) filings. Documents show over 3,600 individual transactions recorded under the President’s name in the first quarter of 2026 alone, marking a massive shift from the bond-heavy strategy of his first year back in office.
We are talking about a relentless trading blitz on the "Mag 8" /
Big Tech titans:
• Nvidia ($NVDA)
• Meta ($META)
• Microsoft ($MSFT)
• Amazon ($AMZN)
• Palantir ($PLTR)
The domestic filings list total U.S. transactions valued anywhere between $220 million and $750 million. The timing is what has social media exploding: dynamic multi-million dollar positions being opened and closed right alongside major policy shifts, Commerce Department export approvals, and massive federal contracts.
While the Trump Organization strongly maintains that these accounts are fully discretionary and managed entirely by independent third-party institutions without any family involvement... This is hilariously naive to believe.
I can’t stop thinking about this post. If you do one thing today, I encourage you to give it a thoughtful, thorough read…
And then commit to never living your life this way. Life has wasted success on the people described in this post.
It really is completely pathetic. They say that comparison is the thief of joy - look no further than this post for validation it is indeed true.
On their deathbed they will realize they have lived their life completely wrong. Don’t let it be you.
100%
They have lot level surveillance on trades.
They'll track down a small time local spoofing 10 lots like a bloodhound.
I guess we'll just have to wonder forever about these trades.
Disillusioned?
It's not left/right. It's Epstein class vs all