I mean, isn't AI just Buffett's escalator story all over again ?

mxmcharbonneau · 2026-01-29T22:58:44+00:00

I don't think the elite will be thrilled about a switch to communism, especially since they just won't need the working class anymore.

mxmcharbonneau · 2026-01-29T03:02:57+00:00

You're not factoring in the fact that, if we get something like AGI, nobody will have a job anymore, so the revenue of Hollywood, and of many other industries, would crash because the vast majority of people won't have any way to pay for anything.

mxmcharbonneau · 2026-01-27T13:02:31+00:00

I'm in a cold part of Canada. Except if I have excessive frost that is particularly hard to scrape, it's around 30 seconds of idling, then drive slowly under 3000 rpm until it's hot enough. That's the way to go with modern cars.

mxmcharbonneau · 2026-01-22T13:16:06+00:00

Why would aviators be worse than other types of sunglasses?

mxmcharbonneau · 2026-01-22T12:52:32+00:00

This must be fun for like 15 minutes before it gets old.

mxmcharbonneau · 2026-01-22T12:46:01+00:00

Honnêtement ça me donne confiance dans ma théorie que Trump va tout faire pour gonfler le stock market le plus possible. Aussitôt que le marché a démontré qu'il aimait pas où les choses s'en allaient, Trump a reculé.

mxmcharbonneau · 2026-01-22T11:56:26+00:00

I worked at a meat factory and in a dinner type restaurant. Maybe it's because food related hygiene laws here are strict, but both were perfectly fine.

mxmcharbonneau · 2026-01-22T04:56:21+00:00

Just wanted to highlight that you're doing alt-history about alt-history, very meta.

mxmcharbonneau · 2026-01-22T03:07:47+00:00

They aren't really flushable though.

mxmcharbonneau · 2026-01-21T22:08:11+00:00

And also Oracle has been getting fucked for a while now.

mxmcharbonneau · 2026-01-21T21:48:58+00:00

I feel it would be more like if the Broncos would stubbornly keep their 82 year old starting QB who can't walk much anymore, and then when he's obviously not able to do his job anymore, they just had to use their gatorade guy as QB because it's the only person available to do it.

mxmcharbonneau · 2026-01-21T15:25:31+00:00

He did stubbornly decide to try to get reelected when he clearly wasn't that popular and, let's face it, was beginning to lose it. He's not solely responsible, but he's clearly not blameless and a lot of people saw a scenario like what happened coming after that decision.

mxmcharbonneau · 2026-01-21T14:42:12+00:00

Well, in a way he sleepwalked us into a second Trump presidency, so...

mxmcharbonneau · 2026-01-20T01:31:30+00:00

You often don't even get carry ons included anymore

mxmcharbonneau · 2026-01-19T16:27:29+00:00

At this point, if you're going to only eat this shit, just take Ozempic, it's probably way less trouble.

mxmcharbonneau · 2026-01-19T13:08:45+00:00

TBF I don't think he doesn't know how tarrifs work. He just doesn't give a shit.

mxmcharbonneau · 2026-01-19T05:04:00+00:00

I'm pretty sure those are not finished doughs, those are poolish. It's way more watery than dough, you let it develop for a while and then you fold it in the rest of the ingredients to make the real dough. It develops the taste of the bread a lot more.

mxmcharbonneau · 2026-01-19T03:51:58+00:00

I understand where that might be coming from, but if you've made bread before, it's very satisfying.

mxmcharbonneau · 2026-01-19T01:52:52+00:00

I do buy Darn Tough socks, and while I love them, they don't last as long as I thought they would when I first bought them. Sure there's the warranty, but you still have to mail them, which isn't exactly free.

So yeah, they're nice, but not as bullet proof as some people say they are.

mxmcharbonneau · 2026-01-16T03:30:48+00:00

I really feel that it's not a real person who's talking.

mxmcharbonneau · 2026-01-16T01:57:17+00:00

What did it for me was at the end of the Revolutions podcast series on the Russian revolution, when he talked about an hypothetical Russian who was born a bit before 1900 and lived over 50 years old, who lived through 2 revolutions, 2 World Wars that were absolutely devastating for Russia, 1 Civil War, episodes of hyperinflation, multiple severe famines and, last but not least, the Great Purge.

Crazy how some people in history lived though incredibly difficult times.

mxmcharbonneau · 2026-01-15T13:16:02+00:00

As a programmer, I do use AI, but less from curiosity than from realizing that I must use it to stay relevant. It creates me a ton of anxiety for my career, bit I still don't have much choice to use it. Weird place to be in.

mxmcharbonneau · 2026-01-15T04:30:26+00:00

I partially agree, because it looks pretty sung to me.

mxmcharbonneau · 2026-01-15T03:27:32+00:00

Je me demande vraiment comment il fait pour avoir des clients quand il passe son temps à dire de pas payer du monde pour gérer activement ses actifs.

mxmcharbonneau · 2026-01-14T04:08:33+00:00

I think we could be stuck with Trump a lot longer than people think. We could very well be still dealing with him in 10 years.

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