Mastodawn

Financial systems no longer reflect reality. Data centers in space are the Tulip Craze of out time! #space #datacenters #financialisation #elonmusk #stupidideas #numbergoup #debt

Ron Dyck Jan 17

#ToInfinityAndBeyond #NumberGoUp

Hard drive prices have surged by an average of 46% since September — iconic 24TB Seagate BarraCuda now $500 as AI claims another victim https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/hard-drive-prices-have-surged-by-an-average-of-46-percent-since-september-iconic-24tb-seagate-barracuda-now-usd500-as-ai-claims-another-victim

Hard drive prices have surged by an average of 46% since September — iconic 24TB Seagate BarraCuda now $500 as AI claims another victim

That's just one of many hefty price increases

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Paul Watson 🌍Aug 26, 2025

Bet there is a metric in Google for clicks on the 1st tab which they replaced with AI Mode. So people (me) muscle memory on what they think is All and get AI slop, gag, and click to the right for All. But it counts as a click and look everyone people love AI they keep clicking it! 🤢 #numberGoUp

Richard Audette Mar 8, 2025

Bullshit asymmetry principle - the challenge of debunking falsehoods in the internet age:
"The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it" - attributed to programmer Alberto Brandolini in 2013

Interesting idea I just read in Zeke Faux's "Number go up", on #crypto #numbergoup

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Michael Downey 🧢Dec 23, 2024

@Mastodon

#RotEconomy highlights:

"alleviate paralysis of choice"

#NumberGoUp

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Edgar Walthert Oct 10, 2024

@futurefonts Oh this is neat. Just seen the proportional to monospaced axis.
With the promis of becoming a workhorse, this is one of the bargains that might become very valuable later.
Sold! #NumberGoUp

I also love the vertical space saving double accents. 😍

Jon Lasser is Hanging in there Mar 22, 2024

Thought for the day: #NumberGoUp #Management isn’t merely comorbid with #CargoCult management practices—it’s an example!

“If the metrics look like what I was taught in my MBA, then the business is healthy” is an example of magical thinking as well as an invitation to experience Goodhart’s Law.