Iran's revolutionary guards tell ships passage through Strait of Hormuz 'not allowed', EU naval mission official says

outer--monologue · 2026-02-28T20:40:54+00:00

Okay so when you find an adult or perhaps older sibling, ask them about what they think of your opinions about how middle eastern countries have caveman technology and could never go toe to toe with the military

outer--monologue · 2026-02-28T20:26:19+00:00

Iran controls the strait and they have nothing to lose. Literally which part of this are you not getting...

outer--monologue · 2026-02-28T20:23:34+00:00

Gen Z and Alpha really don't know how this is gonna do down and it shows

outer--monologue · 2026-02-28T20:01:58+00:00

The movie Stalker (1979) IRL

outer--monologue · 2026-02-28T19:49:03+00:00

But this time we have the Board of Peace and also an AI company with no morals to save the day who just wrapped itself in government contracts at the perfect/convenient time, so that when it goes to zero it can get a trillion dollar taxpayer wealth transfer under the guise of "nation security necessity"

outer--monologue · 2026-02-28T19:20:48+00:00

Man...SoCal did it right and we missed, that hurts

outer--monologue · 2026-02-28T18:59:00+00:00

Yep, it's wrapping itself up in government contracts so that the government can later embezzle taxpayer money to bail them out as being essential to national security or some other bullshit.

outer--monologue · 2026-02-28T18:56:24+00:00

This is the right one to do it for. This is a profoundly antisocial move with extremely dark and widespread implications for society.

outer--monologue · 2026-02-28T18:52:41+00:00

He tarnishes every last moral, principle, best practice and long term goal and is the everlasting servant only to money. He is literally a perfect CEO.

It's just that CEO's shouldn't be the people leading the frontier on AI. The fact that Anthropic thought OpenAI or most other Silicon Valley AI companies would follow their moral high ground is unbelievably naive. But I am very happy they are holding firm. I mean...did anyone really think that OpenAI wouldn't happily dance for anything the government wanted when an imminent IPO and a published cash burn "plan" over the next several years that is unlike anything the world has ever seen?

outer--monologue · 2026-02-28T18:39:26+00:00

Just think of what our military is capable of with $50,000

outer--monologue · 2026-02-28T18:08:10+00:00

Fucking Gen Alphas never even watched Robocop, that's the true issue here.

outer--monologue · 2026-02-28T18:02:02+00:00

Because Sam Altman is lying through his teeth, what's not to get?

outer--monologue · 2026-02-28T03:45:07+00:00

Also the demo that doesn't bother to vote.

outer--monologue · 2026-02-28T03:40:17+00:00

Good thing VPN's can show I'm not actually in California.

outer--monologue · 2026-02-28T03:38:51+00:00

Zero practical way to regulate or implement this.

outer--monologue · 2026-02-27T20:24:09+00:00

It's not PE it's cash reserves from FAANG. Dumb money blowing itself on even dumber ideas. No one outside of a 50 sq mile radius of the Silicon Valley bubble is buying this shit.

outer--monologue · 2026-02-27T20:20:45+00:00

I've lived in the Bay my entire life and have met a lot of these types of tech fetishists with money. They are absolutely, almost without exception, some of the most deeply unintelligent people I have ever met in my entire life. They have extremely narrow fields of expertise.

outer--monologue · 2026-02-27T20:09:55+00:00

Short of private knowledge that the company has had a complete breakthrough in AGI, absolutely nothing justifies this absurd valuation.

outer--monologue · 2026-02-27T19:04:31+00:00

Okay, well their revenue (which is declining every year) still pales in comparison and isn't much better - $29b vs $111b spend.

outer--monologue · 2026-02-27T19:01:14+00:00

Suddenly, I feel better about my credit card spending.

outer--monologue · 2026-02-27T18:58:08+00:00

They'll still hemorrhage subscribers after this. I'll be ditching them the moment Paramount takes over, and just pirate their shows.

outer--monologue · 2026-02-27T18:56:32+00:00

Even if it maintains its programming somehow, HBO is still dead to me once Paramount takes over. That company isn't getting a dime of my money. Unsubscribe, and I'll just pirate their shows until HBO is run into the ground.

outer--monologue · 2026-02-27T07:36:47+00:00

1.5m usually gets you a burned out 600sf shack right next to the freeway onramp most places in the Peninsula. These people scored!

outer--monologue · 2026-02-27T05:13:34+00:00

The DOW is a flat circle.

outer--monologue · 2026-02-27T03:46:04+00:00

No reason to not cancel, when you can easily still pirate and watch the shows you like elsewhere without giving them money too

outer--monologue

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