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Angus Champion de Crespigny
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Bitcoin ‘13, psilocybin, tech, human behavior. Interested in distorted markets. MD @ PwC driving cyber/risk/reg for digital assets, but opinions are mine not theirs.
PwnallthethingsGonna write this up in longer form, but folks complaining that the $45bn Ukraine costs are high miss two key points:
1. The direct costs in (US) military aid are surprisingly small; in the order of $19bn this year, and $10.8bn committed (so far) for next year
2. The indirect economic costs of the Russian war to the US economy (i.e. to the private sector not via the government) are in the order of $600-700bn per year. To pick a random company, it's nearly $6-10bn in costs to Apple *alone*.
BeeFinished White Lotus last night and I’m a little confused what the hype is all about. I mean it’s good, but I can think of a lot of shows that didn’t receive the same attention that are significantly better.
Although I will admit, they don’t have Jennifer Coolidge.
Although I will admit, they don’t have Jennifer Coolidge.
Adam ConoverEveryone is asking "What's the next Twitter going to be" and bemoaning the fact that the userbase is splintering. But splintering is a GOOD thing. The internet would be a lot healthier, more diverse, in instead of 3 or 4 dominant platforms, we had dozens or even hundreds of upstarts. Yes, centralization is convenient, but as we're seeing, it's also dangerous. If the result of the Twitter turmoil is to drive people to a more diverse, less convenient, less centralized web, I say AWESOME.
Judd LegumFour criminal referrals of Trump by the January 6 committee to the DOJ:
1. Obstruction of an official proceeding
2. Conspiracy to defraud the United States
3. Conspiracy to make a false statement
4 “Incite,” “Assist” or “Aird or comfort” an Insurrection
Matt BlazeCommittee recommending prosecution of Trump for Obstruction of an Official Proceeding, Trump, Eastman and others for Conspiracy to Defraud the US.
Kelsey HightowerBack in my day, we didn't need CI/CD, we had FTP. Real developers made changes in production.
I know I said I probably wouldn’t talk about it, but this seems to me to be a mistake of EPIC proportions. In banning Paul Graham, Elmo just guaranteed the entire tech establishment - who started this saga on his side - will set up shop on Mastodon. #TwitterMigration