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A huge chunk of U.S. GDP growth is being kept alive by AI spending ‘with no guaranteed return,’ Deutsche Bank says in c/us_news@lemmygrad.ml

[–] Idliketothinkimsmart@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 4 months ago

Gross domestic product grew at an annualised rate of 4.3% between July and September

Corporate profits jumped by $166.1 billion, or 4.2%, in the third quarter, compared with a modest $6.8 billion increase in the previous quarter.

Couldn't be more glaring

https://www.tradingview.com/news/invezz:b1bbfbd2b094b:0-us-gdp-jumps-4-3-in-q3-beating-forecasts-as-fed-rate-cut-bets-fade/

China is now reported to have a working prototype of a EUV lithography machine in c/worldnews@lemmygrad.ml

[–] Idliketothinkimsmart@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 4 months ago

Build it up, China. End this AI bubble already.

Yanis Varoufakis: "Big Tech are the new Soviets. We’re in a planned economy now" in c/genzedong@lemmygrad.ml

[–] Idliketothinkimsmart@lemmygrad.ml 26 points 4 months ago

And that's why he get the talking gigs he gets

Pentagon sends ground forces to train in Panama’s jungle for first time in decades in c/worldnews@lemmygrad.ml

[–] Idliketothinkimsmart@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Imagine sending your super troopers into the Jungle to train for the 1st time, and you're hypothetically up against Venezuelans/ maybe even Colombian forces in their hometurf who've been training for decades in guerilla tactics. It would be Vietnam 2.0 all over.

General Discussion Thread - Juche 114, Week 45 in c/genzedong@lemmygrad.ml

[–] Idliketothinkimsmart@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I got perma-banned (again) on reddit for sharing a screenshot from the RNN telegram. The picture was literally just saying that Israel broke a ceasefire a month ago, and that was deemed "related to terrorist activity".

Podcast recommendations? in c/thedeprogram@lemmygrad.ml

[–] Idliketothinkimsmart@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The socialist program with Brian Becker

When they asked you what do you want to do in life, would your answer be absolute devotion to the liberation of all people? in c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

[–] Idliketothinkimsmart@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 7 months ago

Thank you for your energy, comrade. I hope you can live in peace.

Welp that didnt take long in c/thedeprogram@lemmygrad.ml

[–] Idliketothinkimsmart@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 7 months ago

I, for one, am shocked that Mr Trump would so such a thing

Engineered microbe could clean up persistent oil pollution hotspots in c/technology@lemmygrad.ml

[–] Idliketothinkimsmart@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't have an issue with the idea behind this stuff, but man, these mfs would rather engineer microbes instead of actually addressing the issue of capitalism

General Discussion Thread - Juche 114, Week 37 in c/genzedong@lemmygrad.ml

[–] Idliketothinkimsmart@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

It looks like Nepal just "elected" a new leader via a discord vote of 5000 people (total pop. 30 Million). How this is even viewed as a legitimate means of selecting a leader is beyond me.

Yes, that discord app.

Live updates: Trump ally Charlie Kirk shot at Utah event, source says | CNN | UPDATE: HE DIED in c/genzedong@lemmygrad.ml

[–] Idliketothinkimsmart@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I didn't even know he was sick

Potential signs of ancient life found on Mars. in c/worldnews@lemmygrad.ml

[–] Idliketothinkimsmart@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 7 months ago

Breaking: There may be life out there! (Which is really not fundamentally different a position than anything already known)