| Real Name | Jamie Saker |
| Discord | @redfossa |
| BookWyrm | [email protected] |
| Steam | RedFossa |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamessaker/ | |
| Influences | Rancière, Virilio, Stiegler, Heidegger, Beer, Adorno, Foucault, Luhmann, Bergson, Serres, Deming, Bateson, Evans. |
I've been kinda curious... is there much of a retro computing community here?
I've been resurrecting an Apple IIgs which has led to some absolutely absurd decisions, like installing an AppleTalk network, buying some gateways for TCP/IP, and even looking at adding some mid-80s UNIX systems like Sequent Computing and NeXTStep Cubes.
If you're into these weird retro ventures and resurrections, reach out.
X/Twitter is such a curious failure.
Tried a monitoring account once again. No significant interaction but there to follow news and cyber. After thirty days the slew of absolute junk ads began: Chinese garbage Christmas toys. Knock-off mens clothing. Falun Gong "China Culture" ads. Nonstop Epoch Times conspiracy nonsense.
Against my better instincts I started muting and then blocking on Friday. Blocked about 40 accounts and...
PERMANENT SUSPENSION
No notice. No warning. No appeals accepted. No violation of Terms of Service. Musk insists you must watch his garbage accounts. Given who he has left advertising, the platform isn't long for this world.
Imagine being a scholar so significant, so breakthrough-innovative that giants like Noam Chomsky bow before you... only to have a council of global capital dismiss you because you dared posit Ethics in the international system.
C. West Churchman was the philosopher we all needed to learn from.
Here's a quick definition of Accumulated deficit from WallStreetPrep for those unfamiliar with the accounting/finance term:
The Accumulated Deficit line item arises when a company’s cumulative profits to date have become negative, which most often stems from either sustained accounting losses or dividends.
It's a handy metric given so much of the financial treatment before arriving at Net Income (Loss) can be manipulated to make a Net Loss appear less dramatic.
While Truth Social is suing 20+ media firms for "falsely reporting that TMTG had lost $73 million," Donald Trump's team probably should look at the financial statement they filed with the SEC. Did they lie about that too?
$75 million in accumulated deficit is right there... if anything, the media spotted them $3 million by being conservative.
I run a fun portfolio with our IRA investments with the target the past few years of demolishing Cathie Wood of ARK Investments returns.
I figure if an AI/ML engaged CISO with a finance and banking undergrad can beat an emerging tech hedge fund leader, that's not bad.
Here's this year's portfolio components vs ARKK.Buying NVIDIA as Cathie liquidated her holdings definitely gave me the most boost. #NotInvestingAdvice