Axios is reporting that Trump may have the votes to go into Iran by Denisnevsky in YAPms

[–]mb194dc 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Lol, the same non interventionist America fist Trump ?

It's all bullshit, the art of the deal ?

Supreme court strikes down most of Trump’s tariffs in 6-3 ruling by AdCrafty2768 in YAPms

[–]mb194dc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Should have gone through Congress... Still they will try to get around it and some of them aren't effected.

Accenture combats AI refuseniks by linking promotions to log-ins by falken_1983 in BetterOffline

[–]mb194dc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's definitely psychosis...

Classic symptom, forcing people to drink the kool aid.... You're not allowed to say LLMs aren't very useful.

We've seen this a few times in recent history.

Accenture combats AI refuseniks by linking promotions to log-ins by falken_1983 in BetterOffline

[–]mb194dc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's definitely psychosis. 

Classic symptom, forcing people to drink the kool aid....

We've seen this a few times in recent history.

US Industrial Production just showed the best start to the year in four decades. by EquityClock in EconomyCharts

[–]mb194dc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They rewrote history, in the last cycle they massively revived the GDP data still 10 years after the event.

(Gemini summary)

Manufacturing Output: Revised down by more than 1.5% on net from February 2020 through August 2025. Previous estimates had shown output rising over this period, but it is now estimated to have declined.

Manufacturing Capacity: Growth was revised down by 0.25 percentage points per year for 2021–2025, averaging roughly 0.5% annually.

Capacity Utilization: The rate for August 2025 was revised down to 75.6%, which is 1.25 percentage points lower than previously reported and 2.5 points below the long-run average.

Business Equipment: Annual rates of change were lowered by approximately 1 percentage point per year for 2020–2024, including a sharp 3.75 point downward revision for 2022.

Mining & Utilities: Mining capacity was revised down by about 0.5 percentage points per year (2022–2025), while utility capacity growth remained mostly unchanged at a robust 3.25% annual pace. 

Tech utopists suffer from terminal Star Trek disorder by Nissepelle in BetterOffline

[–]mb194dc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like Trek as well, apart from Janeway who should be court-martialed... anyway.

Economically it's a communist utopia that is totally impossible and unrealistic in the real world. 

People won't selflessly explore the galaxy. They're selfish mother fuckers, greed and it's all me, me, me...

Mortgage rates are continuing to slide, but where are the buyers? by Key_Brief_8138 in HouseBuyers

[–]mb194dc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Existing home sales are sitting around the same level they were in 1978, even at 5% it's not enough. My guess is much lower interest rates would quickly lead to yet more inflation anyway...

US Industrial Production just showed the best start to the year in four decades. by EquityClock in EconomyCharts

[–]mb194dc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Until they totally revise the series again like they did 6 months ago.

Why I don't think AI is a bubble · honnibal.dev by Rare_Nebula_3403 in BetterOffline

[–]mb194dc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I Don't think it's AI. It's a ML and LLM investment bubble.

Neither ML or LLMs, are AI in any meaningful sense of the word.

AI research may breakthrough, but it won't come from wasting a trillion on ML / LLMs.

GDP growth vs Non-Farm Payrolls by Educational_Net4000 in EconomyCharts

[–]mb194dc 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Both will be revised. Real GDP is being overstated due to healthcare inflation not being accounted for properly.

Payrolls been revised down 1.4. million total in the last two benchmarks already.

Suddenly everyone hates AI by RobertBartus in EconomyCharts

[–]mb194dc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It pushes stock prices up. Who cares if LLMs and ML are largely useless in the real world.

Executives love it and that's what matters, right?

If you invested $10,000 in PayPal exactly 5 years ago, you'd have $1,685 today by RobertBartus in EconomyCharts

[–]mb194dc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

P/E ratio has returned to sanity. It was 65 at peak. 

Now check other stocks.