2026-10-23T14:33:35Z https://nostr.now Steve Randy Waldman https://nostr.now/npub153lsl0t8k7ug7aksd42ykr04h0rqpjfcya9s4d49nahpn6xfj4lq7zcaex https://zirkus-media.fra1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/111/093/993/365/408/350/original/dc12806673742d02.jpg https://zirkus-media.fra1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/111/093/993/365/408/350/original/dc12806673742d02.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9pc2csn3snvex220xz2yg7ascdq36r52s5zscsx7aq6r5sfegmuqzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huxh2d9h the current iteration of AI begins with a faltering cloud computing industry&#39;s need for a growth driver. so high compute burden and improvement via brute-force scaling begin as features rather than bugs.<br/><br/>but brute-force scaling was always going to become a China comparative advantage. 2026-07-19T21:50:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgu3v76r08x0ypvv69ghqs9zl3x3889gpylxxrzxht87ccd7u5mmqzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huvwy0xp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstnkwnrkdl6c50zgzf2sg7dte2tz9rmdkhcn3w5vwh5jr6w6nrnmsr42wrr'>nevent1q…2wrr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>a financial crisis under current conditions might be much more disruptive, because it is foreign enthusiasm for US financial assets that currently sustains the value of the US dollar. that was not really the case in 2008, when official reserve flows (e.g. from China) supported the dollar. treasuries and the dollar were a “safe haven&#34; post-2008, empowering the US government to cut checks to bail out influential parties, and have those checks be valuable and effective. 7/ 2026-07-14T14:10:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy8x368juaam8p2uttgzvg3g49xcwp4zejt4pwxmzq7evqv8veaggzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huyawtaj two things can simultaneously be true: (1) contemporary AI is real and revolutionary technology; and (2) we are courting the greatest financial crisis in the history of humankind. 2026-07-14T11:41:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs07fhv8yykvy8sxurtl7etf4x3jv85tfq4tkpn0yk2w9ljfetp9ggzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hujhnk0d building a giant golden ballroom while cutting SNAP has very Marie Antoinette vibes. 2025-10-26T18:50:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgn7rqw9jtctfxw79mrlky48tr3zvgygyqzv2esrh7wucwycz26vgzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hudslqx2 you ask a gen-alpha-er what they want to be when they grow up and they say “i want to be canceled when i grow up so i can be famous and make a lot of money and run the government.” 2025-10-15T02:43:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9sgtf09w3ga4a8t3awtq93nwysud4f8jkwf0v6rr2xv303wplgcgzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huy7dnuy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2ju48ref0tfe43lxz8d9qg8un3832zf25eeuldmghnyc23ded5gcw88e23'>nevent1q…8e23</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yes! Ricardo’s comparative advantage presumes balanced trade, but not necessarily bilaterally balanced. ( i’m explicit about that in this one <a href="https://drafts.interfluidity.com/2025/04/27/how-can-taxing-foreign-investors-balance-trade/index.html">https://drafts.interfluidity.com/2025/04/27/how-can-taxing-foreign-investors-balance-trade/index.html</a> ) 2025-05-01T12:39:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8nzdypmh629rqr9mv6epepamvdv8qfsgyfajdatgmurpnrrpf9lgzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huxm8x2z [new draft post] Overall but not bilateral balance <a href="https://drafts.interfluidity.com/2025/04/30/overall-but-not-bilateral-balance/index.html">https://drafts.interfluidity.com/2025/04/30/overall-but-not-bilateral-balance/index.html</a> 2025-05-01T01:50:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf3gtxy2egmd5a997xpjkgzv2zvhfet6atwuwezlggdp5ycaul6hgzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hup7glfx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw6fk0yx5nzrlwj3mz3gtzjtvzfvkvnxvlsepflh8078j8tyaxars42yte6'>nevent1q…yte6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>just an idea! 2025-04-30T01:38:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswjrty0maa5arkhtkyyc8jeuph8tr7g85cl2sentm606g20jyrxfqzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huwjh7cc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspzz6ru5pw2fdxrtvc7j0uu2uxeykzzlrkr3cjq3hll4zs0365alql5qm03'>nevent1q…qm03</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>you just treat every press organ that is not absolutely fawning of you as different faces of the same enemy, one blob emitting “fake news” whenever it is news you find unhelpful. 2025-04-30T01:36:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0l5h3shhlmqy0j5ymkwswnyp8s5jkgvavewwk5f2jh2ckcsjhgyszyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu49pd9c maybe the answer is your faction should always loudly accuse the press as being and enemy and out to get you. it seems to work. they go every extra mile to prove they are evenhanded and unfairly maligned. 2025-04-30T01:29:15Z