We're a loooooong way, AI. When asked about the battle of Amioun, which plotted Greek-speaking Byzantines ag. Aramaic-speaking Monothelites, GPT-3.5 made up a story of Islamic invasion in 632, based on the general history. I tried with GPT-4, which said "No such battle". https://t.co/HBGUnkYHTK
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) Mar 31, 2023
ICYMI - F1 QUALIFYING FORMAT UPDATE INCOMING (possibly!) - could be implemented at Baku if the vote is positive. FRI - 1hr FP1, QUALIFYING for the Sunday's race SAT - QUALIFYING for SPRINT then SPRINT race SUN - RACE DAY #F1 #AusGP #AustralianGP #Formula1 https://t.co/p8f3dLZ4D4
— FormulaNerds 🤓🏁 (@Formula_Nerds) Mar 31, 2023
Some picture makes you so happy . This is one such picture . This is Pooja . She stays at Siddarth Nagar - Andheri West . She buys vegetables without single use plastic . We facilitate . The last mile problem - single use plastic bag - throw and use - out . https://t.co/jBxsgT3iS0
— Afroz shah (@AfrozShah1) Mar 31, 2023
Ghevars are still being served in real-estate - where the real wealthy actually invest. Why should someone selling a 50Cr bungalow benefit from LTCG or 54EC bonds? Debt funds are now incapable of delivering real-returns post tax. https://t.co/wsiYCkjzOY
— Vashistha Iyer (@uptickr) Mar 30, 2023
Here’s the recipe that Renfields use in service to the strategic efforts by China, Russia and billionaire accelerationists to destabilize the US in narrative-space. 1: Start your thread with an anti-US premise like “losing its reserve currency status” or “ditching the dollar”. https://t.co/67wKFqGX4e
— Ben Hunt (@EpsilonTheory) Mar 30, 2023
I was wrong to say sell.
— Cassandra B.C. (@michaeljburry) Mar 30, 2023
I used to think that 'govt-service' was the norm for older generations and today's youth are all about entrepreneurship and the private sector. Apparently not. One in 5 taxpayers is a govt employee or pensioner and this number has doubled since FY 13! Source: Lok Sabha Question… https://t.co/NUpNCXQf66 https://t.co/djzoEK1qW6
— Neil Borate (@ActusDei) Mar 30, 2023
@FastestPitStop They'll be putting speed limits on the track next week
— Ben Webb (@B_webb2003) Mar 30, 2023
Fernando Alonso is asked about the “como 33” trend: VER: “It’s a good number.” ALO: “He’s still using number 1, I will ask for 33 next year. Hopefully we can reach the number [33] in terms of wins and then we can go for 34!” https://t.co/H6ClOw5U4l
— Autosport (@autosport) Mar 30, 2023
I hacked into a @Bing CMS that allowed me to alter search results and take over millions of @Office365 accounts. How did I do it? Well, it all started with a simple click in @Azure… 👀 This is the story of #BingBang 🧵⬇️ https://t.co/9pydWvHhJs
— Hillai Ben-Sasson (@hillai) Mar 29, 2023
Well now I have seen everything 🫤 https://t.co/WmEF66kRkT
— Rituparna Chatterjee (@MasalaBai) Mar 29, 2023
So last night, my friend @heyanshuman had a date that happened to be at a Hyatt. This punathon ensued this morning. You're welcome. https://t.co/mfPRqEQfIT
— Narayan Devanathan (@twinsighter) Mar 29, 2023
Still, they are useful, if and only if one can tolerate and/or hide their hallucinations and their tendency to unleash dangerous untruths.
— Grady Booch (@Grady_Booch) Mar 28, 2023
Yes yes. We take this train to go to office everyday. https://t.co/HgFJnEWWBU
— vadakkus (@vadakkus) Mar 28, 2023
Finally, we understand why Twitter engineers have been sleeping at their desks. To make sure catturd2 is in everyone’s feeds. https://t.co/VR83NOIUi9 https://t.co/7hvN0mFfWJ
— @coloradotravis@mastodon.cloud (@coloradotravis) Mar 28, 2023
Elon before buying Twitter: I want this to be the free speech center of the world. Elon ever since: If you don’t pay me every month nobody will see anything you say 🤗 https://t.co/wyLc2b5tmI
— Mac (@GoodPoliticGuy) Mar 28, 2023
The feds have CZ's phone, things are getting SPICY https://t.co/WRpKgDr5Oa
— @BennettTomlin@mstdn.social (@BennettTomlin) Mar 27, 2023
Thats bc you also said it 3 years ago only to see it subsequently go to a 30 year high https://t.co/pgXNRPa7wE
— Santiago Capital (@SantiagoAuFund) Mar 27, 2023
@F1 @ausgrandprix 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 https://t.co/xv75bY8YFr
— Fernando Alonso (@alo_oficial) Mar 27, 2023
Something wild is happening on the Midjourney subreddit. People are telling stories and sharing photos of historic events - like the “Great Cascadia” earthquake that devastated Oregon in 2001. The kicker? It never happened. The images are AI-generated. https://t.co/2ziHJYsTDK
— Justine Moore (@venturetwins) Mar 26, 2023
MEN IN BLACK https://t.co/Fw322xR7sB
— VFX VIDEO (@vfx_videos) Mar 26, 2023
NSFW but this is an incredible song by Neha Kakkar+ Yo Yo Honey Singh https://t.co/p3Eq0ml9ky
— Deepak Shenoy (@deepakshenoy) Mar 25, 2023
The boys in Brooklyn could only hope for this level of drip https://t.co/MiqkcLQ8Bd
— Nikita S (@singareddynm) Mar 25, 2023
Photographer Birk Möbius photographed a plane being struck by lightning while inside a rainbow. https://t.co/geoBfXmqHL
— Fascinating (@fasc1nate) Mar 25, 2023
Tulare Lake, once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River is re-emerging in California's San Joaquin Valley due to huge runoff generated by heavy precipitation in California this winter. As California's snowpack melts, the lake is expected to grow even bigger. https://t.co/zB4KWXpylj
— Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) Mar 24, 2023
I used to get VERY annoyed at uber drivers talking on call while driving because of the safety risk but now I realise just how lonely the job is. 10+ hrs of driving, no familiar face for days on end. Most stay in rooms away from family. Perhaps talking to friends makes it better?
— Disha (@diisha1608) Mar 24, 2023
Mutual Fund industry raised the issue that MLDs were converting interest to Long Term Capital Gains & hence should be taxed as Income - which FM did So Banking Industry raised that even debt MFs were converting interest income to Long term Capital Gains That is the story!
— Nagpal Manoj (@NagpalManoj) Mar 24, 2023
"Pacifists" should first ask Putin to stop attacking." Meloni does not cluster to aggregated opinions that she, on the "right" is supposed to have. She knows how to lose her temper facing bullshitters. She gets reaaaaallly angry at 1:38 https://t.co/OYKPg6C9AS
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) Mar 23, 2023
Strange. This amendment will classify every debt fund as only short term capital gains! As in no long term capital gains will apply. This is a very bad step. https://t.co/xjEe4FdRmh
— Deepak Shenoy (@deepakshenoy) Mar 23, 2023
Us watching you attempt to outrun something you tried to pspspspspspsps after we specifically said not to https://t.co/gQq7sKQ8pK
— Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (@OKWildlifeDept) Mar 23, 2023
The curious case of the Flatiron Building: A properly iconic property, yet one in bad shape, and a vacant office building at a time when it's less than ideal to be one. Yet today, it sold at auction for $190M (nearly $1K psf) to an unheard-of buyer. Some tidbits https://t.co/G68GRaEqul
— Hiten Samtani (@hitsamty) Mar 23, 2023
FOMC DOT PLOT https://t.co/dFQ8QfmicE
— Breaking Market News (@financialjuice) Mar 22, 2023
Mesut Özil has retired from football. A look back at the magician’s career 🪄 [THREAD] https://t.co/Cu5vMJGUeQ
— B/R Football (@brfootball) Mar 22, 2023
@boxbuddha @SantiagoAuFund We mistrust everything that comes out from the western media, but we take at face value what Putin or Xi says. The least you can do is both info sources the same way. Saying something and doing it, are two different things
— Michael Nicoletos (@mnicoletos) Mar 22, 2023
A husky next to a wolf. 🤯 My entire life I thought they were the size of dogs. I’ve been heavily mistaken. https://t.co/6AQWruGRP2
— Today Years Old (@todayyearsoldig) Mar 21, 2023
Last December, the US shared sensitive intel with India about a Chinese incursion into Arunachal Pradesh that India was able to thwart. "information included actionable satellite imagery and was more detailed and delivered more quickly than anything the US had previously shared" https://t.co/pzEpKbQ9ux
— Jeff M. Smith (@Cold_Peace_) Mar 20, 2023
I let my daily idly-vada guy in Ahmedabad know that i am from Bangalore, and that i know a few words of broken Tamil. He is from Tirunelveli and has a chutney mix that most Bangalore Darshinis would envy. Now he talks to me only in Tamil. I try my best too 🙈🙈🙈
— peeleraja (@peeleraja) Mar 20, 2023
Oh my foodness! How starved are we for news? Also, I am Man. https://t.co/BHdKiwBCCC
— Ramki (@ramkid) Mar 20, 2023
Interesting map via @indiainpixels Look at Maharashtra (not surprising) - closest to the center '0' score --> prefer both rice and wheat. Among large states, Rajasthan most tilting towards wheat... while Andhra + Telangana are most tilting towards rice. https://t.co/IMFeTbNSVK
— Amit Paranjape (@aparanjape) Mar 20, 2023
If you use Purchasing Power Parity to compare income between US and India, $100k/yr = ₹22 lakh. But using PPP-based comparisons to make real world decisions on where to live is fallacious — it's closer to ₹30-37 lakh, 1.5x that! 🧵 Thread and post! 1/7 https://t.co/htJHynEPHa
— Deedy (@debarghya_das) Mar 20, 2023
If the FIA is going to penalise teams for doing their own timings on when their car stops and when their crew get to work they need to install their own timers on the pit gantries so there can be no debate. Two penalties in two races doesn’t reflect well on the process.
— Will Buxton (@wbuxtonofficial) Mar 19, 2023
The sad part is that when I was shown @balajis' trade, I was not surprised. It's called "trading against himself", something lunatics do under the influence. Technical Quiz. Show it is arbitrageable: Sell him the forward & buy x btc to lock-in a profit. What is the optimal x? https://t.co/WEyWmGUUTD
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) Mar 19, 2023
Verstappen has an engine issue?!?! The rest of the grid #F1 #SaudiArabianGP https://t.co/CncgOBK87a
— F1 Portrayed By Top Gear (@TopGearFormula1) Mar 18, 2023
@vijayshekhar Arey no sir! 1) Treasury doesn't issue "high yield" bills - people bid for it and they only pay the yield as per the auction. This is the same as India too. 2) Unlimited coverage cannot be permanent; banks will start lending to just about any joker cos win=bonus, loss=FDIC.
— Deepak Shenoy (@deepakshenoy) Mar 18, 2023
Absolute publicity stunt. If he really believed this he would just buy the 40 Bitcoin (with $1M USD) and post a screenshot + his prediction. Also, why is the guy who believes in imminent hyperinflation holding $1M USD? 🤔 https://t.co/yussIxxTJy
— Nick Maggiulli (@dollarsanddata) Mar 17, 2023
Totally slipped my mind that this year’s Best Actor and Best Actress winners both starred in a Mummy movie together. https://t.co/ECCkmJca0x
— Zaki Hasan (@zakiscorner) Mar 17, 2023
For every new speaker, do you always test with the same song? If yes, what's your song. Mine is Rahman's Dil hai chota sa. My goodness, after all these years, the song still has some freshness. Some magic, that arrangement, and sounds that we had heard for the first time then.
— somen mishra (@somenmishra0) Mar 17, 2023
There seems to be a more serious problem in tech than just @balajis. The very fact that people don't realize that one of them, Balaji (a *prominent* VC) is completely delusional is very, very, severe. Tech is in trouble. I mean, serious trouble. https://t.co/tKeKa9Vyrw
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) Mar 17, 2023
new #book 📚 Andrew Alden (May 2023): Deep Oakland: How Geology Shaped a City. Details the ways the city’s development has been shaped by faults and rock formations 🪨 https://t.co/lyikPKWsrM https://t.co/ECUx3Mbp3G
— History_of_Geology (@Geology_History) Mar 16, 2023
Correct! Essentially a 6.5% to 9.5% means the original EMI can simply not pay back the loan ever. (Won't even cover interest) https://t.co/MojrYJgRSP
— Deepak Shenoy (@deepakshenoy) Mar 16, 2023
@schmmuck This is how you describe purchasing power parity :)
— Deepak Shenoy (@deepakshenoy) Mar 16, 2023
#thinsectionthursday prompted by @CalamitaMan Epidote: Sambagawa vs. Syros Here a few shots from the latter. I dunno nothing about the petrology, but epidote is surely also artsy. Not to mention the accompanying glaucophane on bottom right! #science #art #geology #epidote https://t.co/YUkSvkCD1w
— micROCKScopica (@micROCKScopica) Mar 16, 2023
Most of the domestic helps working in our hsg. complex earn >= their husbands, but continue to do all the domestic chores of their homes. So this is obviously not their problem statement. 1/2 https://t.co/l5Pk4IfKiv
— arati (@Arati1411) Mar 16, 2023
This is the discourse a future English major who doesn't know why he just flunked the math exam. Technowatermellon @DavidSacks's understanding of finance confirms the theory by Marc Cohodes @AlderLaneEggs that if it weren't for free money, the fellow would be selling hod dogs. https://t.co/bYrhkcM6an
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) Mar 15, 2023
Garnet schist, near Taos, New Mexico With some biotite, and a lovely crenulation. #garnet #science #art #geology #rocks #schist #nature #colors #beauty #minerals #crystaòs #gemstones #wallart https://t.co/cngOycgeQo
— micROCKScopica (@micROCKScopica) Mar 15, 2023
Oh god, the rumour mill saying Charles is taking a ten place penalty for Jeddah due to another electronics change Does he walk under ladders and break mirrors in his spare time? https://t.co/u0WkPZR6BI
— Dan - EngineMode11 (@EngineMode11) Mar 15, 2023
#ArjunaRanatunga🫡🇱🇰 https://t.co/4FKxgLcxuI
— 𝖆𝖓𝖚𝖕 (@anupr3) Mar 15, 2023
@vanguard_pod She can define "woke" just fine. But she doesn't want to expose herself. Woke, to her, is a code word that people like her can use to tap into certain listeners' bigotries while not having to explicitly defend the propriety of those bigotries.
— Brando Simeo Starkey (@BrandoStarkey) Mar 15, 2023
Most of us who went into finance in the 80s knew in great detail what happened in the 60s, 40s, 20s & even the 19th century. Some of us studied EVERY recorded past crisis. We are seeing VCs & hotshots like my two recent preys who don't even know what really happened in 2007.
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) Mar 14, 2023
This. This is the thing everyone should be talking about. https://t.co/DqKjXrvmiY
— @coloradotravis@mastodon.cloud (@coloradotravis) Mar 14, 2023
“There is no safer place for deposits than SVB. We are not subject to the $250k FDIC limit. We are fully insured.” -Tim Mayopoulos, SVB Bridge Bank CEO
— Sheel Mohnot (@pitdesi) Mar 14, 2023
Balaji is not just stupid but fundamentally in bad faith. They bought LONG maturity treasuries; it's the duration not the treasury part. I OWNED (and still OWN) treasuries but did well. Why? Because short duration. @Balajis is dishonest. https://t.co/fO1Rtxsni2
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) Mar 14, 2023
🔥 Fish eating berries https://t.co/Gm4N3LN2bk
— nature is fucking lit (@natureisfuckin4) Mar 14, 2023
As it relates to the depositors, I think we are likely to end up with a “whoever’s bank fails first, fails best” scenario
— Santiago Capital (@SantiagoAuFund) Mar 13, 2023
No, banks THAT are failing is bc they bought Long-Term Treasuries (instead of short-term) w/o perfectly normal hedging agains rate changes (against financial duration risk) Now do the Full stop. Balaji has been pretty bad on this one. https://t.co/7bLDZUK0IE
— Ááron Sepúlveda-Cué (@AaronSepulvedaC) Mar 13, 2023
Yeah my instant reaction was how Broadway it looks. And Broadway type songs are loved by everyone in Hollywood. https://t.co/64k1dEDebR
— Gaurav Sabnis (@gauravsabnis) Mar 13, 2023
Final Oscars thread cos I need to get back to actual writing. How Putin invading Ukraine AND Tom Cruise being widely reviled personally in Hollywood helped Naatu Naatu win best song at both Globes and Oscars instead of one Stephanie Germanotta who had the actual best song. https://t.co/d01eIwowip
— Gaurav Sabnis (@gauravsabnis) Mar 13, 2023
Neomania* comes with the pathological glorifiction of ignorance; it makes people stupid enough to forget that history and experience exist. *Neomania is a blinding obsession with the new, #Lindy in reverse. Prevalent with technologists. https://t.co/Rd36tZzGlK
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) Mar 13, 2023
The Adani group's listed entities in India do not own Ambuja Cements and ACC. Vinod Adani does. The Adani group has misled investors and continues to do so brazenly. There is a long history to it. God bless investors. By @advait_px + @nihargokhale. https://t.co/dkr1OZu5FA
— Ashish K. Mishra (@akm1410) Mar 13, 2023
'The Elephant Whisperers' wins the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film. Congratulations! #Oscars #Oscars95 https://t.co/WeiVWd3yM6
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) Mar 13, 2023
Used to love this particular segment on MTV where they used to give 25 Movie Spoilers in 60 sec. circa 2010. https://t.co/Febx76voDz
— Shilpak. (@ugach_kahitarii) Mar 12, 2023
Oh god it just gets better. Petition to rename the “all in” podcast to the “too deep” podcast. https://t.co/zs5rnXhbRy
— @coloradotravis@mastodon.cloud (@coloradotravis) Mar 12, 2023
*Kohli scores a hundred* Shastri: "6 hundred.... Me: wonder what stat is this Shastri: "6 hundred kilo gorilla is off his back"
— dorku (@Dorkstar) Mar 12, 2023
Reminded of RK Narayan’s “The Financial Expert” today as Bank runs are being discussed. Narayan chronicled South India’s obsession with chit funds- homegrown Ponzi schemes that eventually blew up. https://t.co/RnO8e2pN0i
— avataram (@avataram) Mar 12, 2023
Why do people wear these pointless bits of fabric called ties? https://t.co/WqJmuNDCdW
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) Mar 12, 2023
The worst kind of people you have in startup ecosystem who will use a tragedy like this to just pump up their followers. What a waste of brain cells! Both the numbers are random speculations without any basis but only a guesstimate to spread more fear. https://t.co/NJSyTf7p56
— Ankit Sawant (@SatanAtWink) Mar 11, 2023
There are takes and then there are jokes https://t.co/enDBYjsPA3
— سیف (@theunsaif) Mar 11, 2023
Champion of small government and conservatism begging for bailouts Everyone is a hypocrite Rinse and repeat https://t.co/HWZ5Fgt8IZ
— O&G OG (@EnergyCredit1) Mar 10, 2023
Schoolchildren who failed both geography and underwater basket weaving during the 1990s understood a lot more about finance than Zero Discount Rate trained "experts". And we are not even talking about cryptoheads. https://t.co/IyW7pE6hJo
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) Mar 10, 2023
Happy 6th anniversary to the greatest moment in the history of the internet https://t.co/QYAunxfrUR
— Declan Cashin (@Tweet_Dec) Mar 10, 2023
IIRC Jai Ho was recorded for the Subhash Ghai movie - Yuvraaj, but didn't make it to final edit. Danny Boyle was looking for a song at the end, and Anil Kapoor facilitated a deal. In other words, forget Gulzar / Rehman's best, it wasn't even good enough for a Subhash Ghai movie https://t.co/nQQp47ciKf
— Chirag Panjikar (@panjikar) Mar 9, 2023
I am being canceled by the woke mob for speaking the truth. There are only two time zones. Please send cash 💰 on Venmo to own the Libs. https://t.co/mXDikO4ebK
— Brianna Wu (@BriannaWu) Mar 9, 2023
It is ridiculous that archival materials freely available in London should be treated as classified in India. These are Bucher's "private papers" and the MEA has no business keeping them out of bounds to Indian scholars. (3/3)
— Srinath Raghavan (@srinathraghava3) Mar 8, 2023
@villi I would say this is a pretty good example of a complete re-write..... https://t.co/ZJ7KLL8WEH
— arati (@Arati1411) Mar 8, 2023
tfw you find out you would have to pay $100 million if you fired the guy you just fired https://t.co/sdjF77cTRp
— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) Mar 8, 2023
Hi again @elonmusk 👋 I hope you are well. I’m fine too. I’m thankful for your interest in my health. But since you mentioned it, I wanted to give you more info. I have muscular dystrophy. It has many effects on my body. Let me tell you what they are: https://t.co/2vb16kP6Yv
— Halli (@iamharaldur) Mar 7, 2023
How it started | How it’s going https://t.co/NJADnXqx32
— @coloradotravis@mastodon.cloud (@coloradotravis) Mar 6, 2023
ARK's first "GitHub" model published in 2019 had over 5 million Tesla robotaxis on the road doing 585 billion miles, this year (2023). The actual number will be zero. https://t.co/qM7YuYUZjF
— Keubiko🇺🇦 (@Keubiko) Mar 6, 2023
@krishashok If possible, please delete your original tweet. Those who don’t know about beans might mistake it for the truth. Misinformation makes us more ignorant.
— Angellica Aribam (@AngellicAribam) Mar 6, 2023
we do not tax inheritance enough ..... nothing less than 99% tax rate should be accepted ! https://t.co/SCrkdjd8aF
— arati (@Arati1411) Mar 6, 2023
the people who want to ban tiktok would think differently if they followed my favorite account, which is called @unclogging_drains https://t.co/UQITvURxdN
— Scott Nover (@ScottNover) Mar 5, 2023
#F1DriverOfTheDay It could only be Fernando 🙌 #BahrainGP @salesforce https://t.co/5Ila8jdru8
— Formula 1 (@F1) Mar 5, 2023
New year, same Ferrari 💔 https://t.co/GsxDtYdRXO
— ESPN F1 (@ESPNF1) Mar 5, 2023
No more hiding: we now have an idea of the strengths of the best 3 cars! 👀 🔵RB: Downforce, exit from the faster corners⏬ 🔴Ferrari: low drag, possibly very good engine power🚀 🟢Aston: unmatched braking and mechanical grip (grip in the slower corners)🛞 #F1 #BahrainGP https://t.co/AdX7uQ1o3o
— F1 Data Analysis 📈 (@F1DataAnalysis) Mar 4, 2023
I live in Silk Board, the flyover of my dreams 😶🌫️ A decent underwear costs Rs 245. People need at least 6 pairs of underwear, but if you are poor 3 will do. But did you know spending on underwear will cost you lakhs? 🤯😲🤯 Here's why I won't buy underwear🧵 https://t.co/AVFIWR6jAv
— Eternal fool 🤡 (@passivefool) Mar 4, 2023
What did people eat before European colonisation? Here is one specific vegetarian example from Tamil Nadu. This meal is typically made once a year as part of a religious celebration to remember ancestors https://t.co/Y90m5x1Qxq
— Krish Ashok (@krishashok) Mar 3, 2023
A very interesting order by SEBI about what happened with the front running at Axis Mutual Fund: https://t.co/M6hjy1qox3
— Deepak Shenoy (@deepakshenoy) Mar 1, 2023
Is anything in these influencers life authentic? Everything has to be set up and picture perfect for insta🤣 as if he’s came back from a fight in Dubai and all he’s got is a backpack and the belt over his shoulder https://t.co/wXs01jKn5V
— Rob (@bIurt99) Feb 28, 2023
