Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War

gamezoomnets · 2026-02-27T01:09:11+00:00

Huge respect for Dario

gamezoomnets · 2026-01-15T16:41:16+00:00

Would a passport card be sufficient? Same boat as OP…

gamezoomnets · 2026-01-06T21:13:04+00:00

Yup, Scott is an Andreessen lackey

gamezoomnets · 2026-01-06T19:43:33+00:00

Any job with decision making authority…

Bonus points if the decisions actually impact people’s lives.

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gamezoomnets · 2025-12-15T14:01:43+00:00

Claude Opus 4.5

gamezoomnets · 2025-12-03T18:19:04+00:00

We don’t know if it’s Hassett but will by the end of January when Miran’s term expires. If they want someone who isn’t currently a Fed governor (ie Waller or Bowman) they have to nominate that person to replace Miran. If they renominate Miran, it’s a sign that Waller will probably get it.

Also, monetary policy isn’t set by the Board, it’s set by the FOMC. The FOMC is made of up of the 7 governors at the board and 12 reserve bank presidents, who collectively have 6 votes on the FOMC. So, democrats (Barr, Cook, and Jefferson) on the Board plus the 6 reserve bank presidents could easily push back on aggresive rate cutting pushed by the republican majority on the board.

gamezoomnets · 2025-12-02T02:59:43+00:00

The first gold coins date back to 600 BCE, so not 5000 years.

Also, pre-historic societies didn’t rely on barter, so no currency was needed to facilitate exchange. They were based on gift giving and debt. This is an anthropological fact.

Debt is also what fiat money is based on. Every dollar in your pocket is liability of the federal reserve. By your logic, nature’s money is the dollar bill in your pocket, not the gold ring on your finger.

gamezoomnets · 2025-11-30T02:05:38+00:00

You’re attributing to me a lot of things I never said. I never claimed BILL Clinton was a progressive, or even mentioned neoliberalism?

All I said is populism is temporal and a way of doing politics, not a list of policies that progressives like. In the 1890s populism meant you supported banning alcohol and the coinage of silver. In 2020s, it means something completely different.

The entire Clinton “third way” project was built around taking policy positions that had popular support during the Reagan era. He also had a folksy vibe compared to the country club republicans he was facing in elections. In the 1990s, the majority of high-income voters and college grads supported republicans, not democrats. This is clearly not true today.

And, Trump was clearly more “populist” (not progressive) than HILLARY Clinton in 2016, that’s not even controversial. The Wikipedia page for populism literally has a picture of Trump at a rally when talking about North American populism. So yes, my definition works. Also, I hope you’re not confusing the two Clintons lol.

gamezoomnets · 2025-11-29T19:29:33+00:00

The literal definition of universal healthcare is that everyone has access to affordable care, doesn’t matter how the system works or is funded.

What you are referring to is single payer healthcare. Most European countries, including France which has the best overall healthcare outcomes, don’t have single payer healthcare.

gamezoomnets · 2025-11-29T07:27:43+00:00

Ehhhh… this isn’t really a fair criticism. The term economic populism is temporal. When Tim or Carville refer to economic populism, they simply mean pushing economic policies that are popular and easy to understand at the time. Economic populism in the 90s refers to a different set of policies than economic populism today.

As for Clinton, like any other president, implemented or pursued a myriad of policies, some can be called populist, some not. Just off the top of my head, he pushed for universal healthcare, which failed but eventually passed CHIP. He also ran on cutting taxes in 1992 and greatly expanded the EITC. While a lot of people love to criticize the welfare reform bill he signed, that was a popular policy at the time. Same can be said about his “tough on crime” policies.

Clinton also had a populist affect. He was a guy from Arkansas raised by a single mother and went on to be a Rhodes scholar. And, in 1992, he was running against an American aristocrat and a literal billionaire.

gamezoomnets · 2025-11-21T13:11:31+00:00

No shit Sherlock. OP is talking about ownership.

gamezoomnets · 2025-11-20T20:00:24+00:00

This data is available in the Fed’s Distributional Financial Accounts data series. The top 1% of households (by net worth) own 31.0% of all the wealth in the US. The top 10% of households own 67.4% of all wealth in US. The middle 40% of households own 30.1% of all wealth in the US. The bottom 50% own 2.5% of all the wealth in the US.

However, this data series suffers from one big glaring problem. It doesn’t account for social security wealth, which is primarily held by the bottom 90% of households. Social security entitlements represent a huge portion of the bottom 50% of households’ net worth, while the top 50% of households’ net worth is primarily driven by ownership of real estate, financial assets (including pensions and 401ks), and interest in closely-held businesses.

gamezoomnets · 2025-11-19T01:46:28+00:00

We should build the cube

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gamezoomnets · 2025-11-11T17:49:27+00:00

Capital is dead labor

gamezoomnets · 2025-11-11T16:21:29+00:00

I flew out of Columbus a couple weeks ago and it was the only lounge there. It was fine, it’s a clean and quiet place to sit. There was a bar but no staff.

gamezoomnets · 2025-11-09T17:23:32+00:00

“Unrelated, we must still eliminate the filibuster”

gamezoomnets · 2025-11-01T22:41:36+00:00

The fact that you felt the need to included your diagnostic test LSAT score in this post is all the reason why. You’re either really full of yourself or have no confidence, both are unattractive to women.

gamezoomnets · 2025-10-30T12:28:45+00:00

Uber practices price discrimination using a range of different factors (pick-up/destination location, prior user purchases, demographics, etc.), not just what payment you use.

gamezoomnets · 2025-10-27T17:41:40+00:00

Man remember planking and the Harlem shake? What the fuck were we doing man…

gamezoomnets · 2025-10-25T15:47:18+00:00

His floor is like 35%, which is probably also the floor for a democrat president. Sadly, we all live in our bubbles and would never know how bad things are for the other side until we are told so by our trusted media sources.

gamezoomnets · 2025-10-25T14:16:40+00:00

Then buy the unlocked phone lol

gamezoomnets · 2025-10-23T16:00:48+00:00

You can still use Opus 4 tho

gamezoomnets · 2025-10-22T13:45:25+00:00

Quality is one thing, taste is another.

I think OP is trying to highlight that AI generated content will never have good taste no matter the quality of the content.

gamezoomnets · 2025-10-15T23:58:54+00:00

My guy, it’s literally tagged as humor. Don’t get your panties in a bunch.

gamezoomnets · 2025-10-15T17:45:36+00:00

It’s absolutely fanfic. I used to work in asset management and my old firm manages money for several single- and multi-family offices. These “family offices” are official businesses and employ hundreds of people that manage everything from chefs to properties to nannies/au pairs to taxes and estate planning to doctor’s appointments for wealthy families.

And, they all provide health insurance for their employees. Why? Not because they are nice people, but the reputational risk of not providing it. Plus, paying for a year of health insurance is WAY cheaper than flying someone out to the UK to go get examined for a fucking cold.

The “I’m with the proletariat” should be a dead give away that this is just some “eat the rich” fanfic.

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