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NVIDIA Isn't Enron - So What Is It?

wheresyoured.at · Dec 08

If you enjoy this free newsletter, why not subscribe to Where's Your Ed At Premium? It's $7 a month or $70 a year, and helps support me putting out these giant free newsletters! At the end of November, NVIDIA put out an internal memo (that was leaked to Barron's reporter

Shared by @tsturm and 47 others.
Cassandrich (@dalias) · Dec 09
🔁 @dlakelan:

Well after reading this long sarcastic newsletter on the whole NVIDIA and AI grift, I gotta assume we are all screwed. Seems extremely likely that the vast majority of GPUs sold that justify NVIDIA being the biggest company by market cap in the world are not even powered up. Which is a good thing because if they were we'd be destroying resources at an even faster rate.

wheresyoured.at/nvidia-isnt-en

Robin Monks :verified: (@rpm) · Dec 09
🔁 @pluralistic:

"Spending money makes a CEO look busy. And at a time when there were no other potential growth avenues, AI was a convenient way to make everybody look busy."

-Ed Zitron, "NVIDIA Isn't Enron - So What Is It?"
wheresyoured.at/nvidia-isnt-en

#APileOfShitThisBigMUSTHaveAPonyUnderneathItSomewhere

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 (@Lazarou) · Dec 09
🔁 @datum:

With utmost apologies to the bard, and some blame due to Ed Zitron:

Shall I compare thee to a summer's Enron?
Thou art more sound, yea and more transparent:
Rough winds do shake the darling stock p'sition,
And summer's lease was all on capex spent;
Sometime to run the H100 hot,
And quickly gold depreciation DIMM'd;
And every debt from debt again begot,
By chance or flash's changing course unTRIMm'd;
But thy eternal stock price shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that debt thou ow’st;
Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st:
So long as Lambda lives, and too CoreWeave,
So Long live Special Purpose Entities

wheresyoured.at/nvidia-isnt-en

#NVidia #Enron #AI #bubble #AIBubble

Cainmark Does Not Comply 🚲 (@cainmark) · Dec 08
🔁 @pluralistic:

"Spending money makes a CEO look busy. And at a time when there were no other potential growth avenues, AI was a convenient way to make everybody look busy."

-Ed Zitron, "NVIDIA Isn't Enron - So What Is It?"
wheresyoured.at/nvidia-isnt-en

#APileOfShitThisBigMUSTHaveAPonyUnderneathItSomewhere

Thomas Sturm (@tsturm) · Dec 10
🔁 @timbray:

Ed Zitron offers 15K words on whether Nvidia is like Enron (or several other famous fraudsters) or not. It's amusing and erudite and most people just won't have time to plow through it. Which is a pity, because 80% of the way through there’s a section called:

“Is NVIDIA Shipping Millions Of GPUs And Putting Them In Warehouses? Where Are The 6 Million Shipped Blackwell GPUs?”

His findings are absolutely shocking. Tl;dr: That headline just above.

wheresyoured.at/nvidia-isnt-en

Tony Finch (@fanf) · Dec 10
🔁 @timbray:

Ed Zitron offers 15K words on whether Nvidia is like Enron (or several other famous fraudsters) or not. It's amusing and erudite and most people just won't have time to plow through it. Which is a pity, because 80% of the way through there’s a section called:

“Is NVIDIA Shipping Millions Of GPUs And Putting Them In Warehouses? Where Are The 6 Million Shipped Blackwell GPUs?”

His findings are absolutely shocking. Tl;dr: That headline just above.

wheresyoured.at/nvidia-isnt-en

Dr. Juande Santander-Vela (@juandesant) · Dec 10
🔁 @timbray:

Ed Zitron offers 15K words on whether Nvidia is like Enron (or several other famous fraudsters) or not. It's amusing and erudite and most people just won't have time to plow through it. Which is a pity, because 80% of the way through there’s a section called:

“Is NVIDIA Shipping Millions Of GPUs And Putting Them In Warehouses? Where Are The 6 Million Shipped Blackwell GPUs?”

His findings are absolutely shocking. Tl;dr: That headline just above.

wheresyoured.at/nvidia-isnt-en

Adrian Cockcroft (@adrianco) · Dec 09
🔁 @timbray:

Ed Zitron offers 15K words on whether Nvidia is like Enron (or several other famous fraudsters) or not. It's amusing and erudite and most people just won't have time to plow through it. Which is a pity, because 80% of the way through there’s a section called:

“Is NVIDIA Shipping Millions Of GPUs And Putting Them In Warehouses? Where Are The 6 Million Shipped Blackwell GPUs?”

His findings are absolutely shocking. Tl;dr: That headline just above.

wheresyoured.at/nvidia-isnt-en

Nicole Parsons (@Npars01) · Dec 09
🔁 @pluralistic:

"Spending money makes a CEO look busy. And at a time when there were no other potential growth avenues, AI was a convenient way to make everybody look busy."

-Ed Zitron, "NVIDIA Isn't Enron - So What Is It?"
wheresyoured.at/nvidia-isnt-en

#APileOfShitThisBigMUSTHaveAPonyUnderneathItSomewhere

Worth reading
Shared by @WeirdWriter and 37 others.
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK (@vfrmedia) · Dec 09
🔁 @sidereal:

I really enjoyed reading this. Please check it out:

sightlessscribbles.com/the-col

“That is the trap, Leo. That is the psychological warfare. They are selling you a solution to a problem they created. They want you to feel insecure. If you feel insecure, you pay the subscription. They are strip-mining your confidence to sell you back a synthetic version of it."

DrOps (@Drops) · Dec 09
🔁 @mayintoronto:

I need you to stop scrolling and read the most human piece of writing I've read in a very, very long time.

sightlessscribbles.com/the-col

Thanks, @WeirdWriter.

cwicseolfor (@cwicseolfor) · Dec 10
🔁 @mayintoronto:

I need you to stop scrolling and read the most human piece of writing I've read in a very, very long time.

sightlessscribbles.com/the-col

Thanks, @WeirdWriter.

Mensch, Marina (@energisch_) · Dec 09
🔁 @mayintoronto:

I need you to stop scrolling and read the most human piece of writing I've read in a very, very long time.

sightlessscribbles.com/the-col

Thanks, @WeirdWriter.

Adrianna Tan (@skinnylatte) · Dec 10
🔁 @artemis:

I am weeping. This essay broke my heart but also gave me real hope.

Keep being human. Keep loving human things. That's where the joy & delight is.

"The Colonization of Confidence" by Robert Kingett

sightlessscribbles.com/the-col

Coach Pāṇini ® (@paninid) · Dec 09
🔁 @mayintoronto:

I need you to stop scrolling and read the most human piece of writing I've read in a very, very long time.

sightlessscribbles.com/the-col

Thanks, @WeirdWriter.

May Likes Toronto (@mayintoronto) · Dec 09
🔁 @mayintoronto:

I need you to stop scrolling and read the most human piece of writing I've read in a very, very long time.

sightlessscribbles.com/the-col

Thanks, @WeirdWriter.

Charlotte Walker (@purplepadma) · Dec 09
🔁 @mayintoronto:

I need you to stop scrolling and read the most human piece of writing I've read in a very, very long time.

sightlessscribbles.com/the-col

Thanks, @WeirdWriter.

Jon (@jdp23) · Dec 09
🔁 @mayintoronto:

I need you to stop scrolling and read the most human piece of writing I've read in a very, very long time.

sightlessscribbles.com/the-col

Thanks, @WeirdWriter.

The world needs social sovereignty

blog.joinmastodon.org · Dec 09

The world needs to log off corporate-owned, centrally-controlled social media platforms and log on to a better way of being online. The world needs an open social web through the fediverse and Mastodon.

Shared by @Lazarou and 127 others.
tend2wobble (@tend2wobble) · Dec 09
🔁 @cdarwin:

We’re grateful to Elon Musk for proving once again
why the world needs to log off corporate-owned, centrally-controlled social media platforms
and log on to a better way of being online.
The world needs an open social web through the fediverse and Mastodon.
Calls for public institutions to invest in digital sovereignty are increasing across civil society.
The term "digital sovereignty" means that an institution has autonomy and control over the critical digital infrastructure, data, and services that make up their online presence.
Up until this point, social media has not been a part of this conversation.
We think it is time to change that.

blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/

Dennis Nunes (@nunesdennis) · Dec 09
🔁 @Mastodon:

Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #DigitalSovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation.

blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/

The Internet Review (@theinternet) · Dec 09
🔁 @brucelawson:

The world needs social sovereignty blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/ "By making the news and truth contingent on advertising budgets we’ve created an environment where any narrative can win, as long as the storyteller is willing to pay … The promise of the fediverse is the promise of a better way forward: free from ads and manipulative algorithms"

Cameron MacLeod (@c_9) · Dec 09
🔁 @Mastodon:

Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #DigitalSovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation.

blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/

Mick 🇨🇦 (@mick) · Dec 09
🔁 @Mastodon:

Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #DigitalSovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation.

blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/

The Flight Attendant (@CosmicTraveler) · Dec 09
🔁 @Mastodon:

Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #DigitalSovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation.

blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/

Rich Stein (he/him) (@RunRichRun) · Dec 09
🔁 @Mastodon:

Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #DigitalSovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation.

blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/

Renaud Chaput (@renchap) · Dec 09

@bert_hubert I assume you already talk about the need for alternative social network and communication systems? It would be awesome to relay our latest blog post: blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/

Why RSS matters

werd.io · Dec 09

The future of the web depends on simple, open standards.

Shared by @AnthonyBaker and 26 others.
Cainmark Does Not Comply 🚲 (@cainmark) · Dec 09
🔁 @ben:

For decades, RSS has been a workhorse that connects systems on the timely web and ensures that publishers can syndicate and grow their reach. Here's why it matters more than ever. werd.io/why-rss-matters/

your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 (@blogdiva) · Dec 10
🔁 @davew:

Ben Werdmuller wrote a new perspective on RSS. It's great, just what we need. RSS is of the web, and is the simplest most obvious way to get all the twitter-like systems connected.

werd.io/why-rss-matters/

David Gardiner (@DavidRGardiner) · Dec 10
🔁 @ben:

For decades, RSS has been a workhorse that connects systems on the timely web and ensures that publishers can syndicate and grow their reach. Here's why it matters more than ever. werd.io/why-rss-matters/

Bill Sharpe Gadfly (@OhMrBill) · Dec 10
🔁 @davew:

Ben Werdmuller wrote a new perspective on RSS. It's great, just what we need. RSS is of the web, and is the simplest most obvious way to get all the twitter-like systems connected.

https://werd.io/why-rss-matters/

Worth reading
Shared by @Avonan and 20 others.
LisaH (@3x10to8mps) · Dec 10
🔁 @dangillmor:

Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has posted one of his most important pieces, in which he brings historical context to the ascendance -- and profound malignity -- of the ultra-wealthy who are on the verge of destroying us. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/w

#pitchforks

Zhi Zhu 🕸️ (@ZhiZhu) · Dec 10
🔁 @dangillmor:

Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has posted one of his most important pieces, in which he brings historical context to the ascendance -- and profound malignity -- of the ultra-wealthy who are on the verge of destroying us. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/w

#pitchforks

G. Gibson (@mistergibson) · Dec 10
🔁 @dangillmor:

Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has posted one of his most important pieces, in which he brings historical context to the ascendance -- and profound malignity -- of the ultra-wealthy who are on the verge of destroying us. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/w

#pitchforks

Mastodon Migration (@mastodonmigration) · Dec 10
🔁 @dangillmor:

Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has posted one of his most important pieces, in which he brings historical context to the ascendance -- and profound malignity -- of the ultra-wealthy who are on the verge of destroying us. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/w

#pitchforks

Annother (@Avonan) · Dec 10
🔁 @dangillmor:

Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has posted one of his most important pieces, in which he brings historical context to the ascendance -- and profound malignity -- of the ultra-wealthy who are on the verge of destroying us. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/w

#pitchforks

BobDevney (@BobDevney) · Dec 10
🔁 @dangillmor:

Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has posted one of his most important pieces, in which he brings historical context to the ascendance -- and profound malignity -- of the ultra-wealthy who are on the verge of destroying us. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/w

#pitchforks

BeePS (@BPStuart) · Dec 10
🔁 @dangillmor:

Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has posted one of his most important pieces, in which he brings historical context to the ascendance -- and profound malignity -- of the ultra-wealthy who are on the verge of destroying us. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/w

#pitchforks

Andrew (@dcbikeguy) · Dec 10
🔁 @dangillmor:

Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has posted one of his most important pieces, in which he brings historical context to the ascendance -- and profound malignity -- of the ultra-wealthy who are on the verge of destroying us. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/w

#pitchforks

‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe

theguardian.com · Dec 09

Gen z are the first generation to have grown up with social media, they were the earliest adopters, and therefore the first to suffer its harms. Now they are fighting back

Shared by @dyckron and 16 others.
your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 (@blogdiva) · Dec 09
🔁 @glynmoody:

‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe - theguardian.com/media/2025/dec the kids are alright

Susanna the Artist 🌻 (@superflippy) · Dec 09
🔁 @glynmoody:

‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe - theguardian.com/media/2025/dec the kids are alright

Frédéric Jacobs (@fj) · Dec 09
🔁 @glynmoody:

‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe - theguardian.com/media/2025/dec the kids are alright

leighelse{} (@leighelse) · Dec 09
🔁 @benchaotica:

From the Kids Are Alright Department:

"‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe"

Makes connections between online harms, the algorithm, the undemocratic power of tech bros, data mining, AI, regulation, and people power.

theguardian.com/media/2025/dec

Jake in the desert (@jake4480) · Dec 09
🔁 @glynmoody:

‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe - theguardian.com/media/2025/dec the kids are alright

elmine (@elmine) · Dec 09
🔁 @Anneke:

‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe
theguardian.com/media/2025/dec

Love this!

How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it

laurenleek.substack.com · Dec 09

I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.

Shared by @hermlon and 15 others.
petes_bread_eqn_xls (@petes_bread_eqn_xls) · Dec 09
🔁 @ErikJonker:

"How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it"
laurenleek.substack.com/p/how-
#googlemaps #restaurants #london

Glyn Moody (@glynmoody) · Dec 09
🔁 @ErikJonker:

"How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it"
laurenleek.substack.com/p/how-
#googlemaps #restaurants #london

J Miller (@JMMaok) · Dec 09
🔁 @ErikJonker:

"How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it"
laurenleek.substack.com/p/how-
#googlemaps #restaurants #london

Boris Barbour (@BorisBarbour) · Dec 09
🔁 @ErikJonker:

"How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it"
laurenleek.substack.com/p/how-
#googlemaps #restaurants #london

Michael W Lucas :flan_on_fire: (@mwl) · Dec 09
🔁 @ErikJonker:

"How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it"
laurenleek.substack.com/p/how-
#googlemaps #restaurants #london

Poul-Henning Kamp (@bsdphk) · Dec 09
🔁 @ErikJonker:

"How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it"
laurenleek.substack.com/p/how-
#googlemaps #restaurants #london

Harry Wood (@harry_wood) · Dec 09
🔁 @ErikJonker:

"How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it"
laurenleek.substack.com/p/how-
#googlemaps #restaurants #london

Justin ⏚ (@JustinH) · Dec 09
🔁 @ErikJonker:

"How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it"
laurenleek.substack.com/p/how-
#googlemaps #restaurants #london

Traditional gender roles won’t get men what they want

vox.com · Dec 09

Men’s search for meaning is everyone’s problem.

Shared by @darrell73 and 17 others.
Trendy Toots (@trendytoots) · Dec 09
🔁 @amydiehl:

We can do for men what feminism did for women: Name harmful pressures, expand what counts as being a “good” man & free people from unhealthy norms. The valorization of dominance, stigma around asking for help & equating manhood with control needn’t be the future of masculinity. vox.com/policy/470780/gender-m

there is beauty in simplicity (@kinsale42) · Dec 09
🔁 @amydiehl:

We can do for men what feminism did for women: Name harmful pressures, expand what counts as being a “good” man & free people from unhealthy norms. The valorization of dominance, stigma around asking for help & equating manhood with control needn’t be the future of masculinity. vox.com/policy/470780/gender-m

Darrell Hilliker 👨‍🦯♾️📡 (@darrell73) · Dec 10
🔁 @amydiehl:

We can do for men what feminism did for women: Name harmful pressures, expand what counts as being a “good” man & free people from unhealthy norms. The valorization of dominance, stigma around asking for help & equating manhood with control needn’t be the future of masculinity. vox.com/policy/470780/gender-m

Kevin R Jones (@kevinrj) · Dec 10
🔁 @amydiehl:

We can do for men what feminism did for women: Name harmful pressures, expand what counts as being a “good” man & free people from unhealthy norms. The valorization of dominance, stigma around asking for help & equating manhood with control needn’t be the future of masculinity. vox.com/policy/470780/gender-m

Chip Butty (@otfrom) · Dec 09
🔁 @amydiehl:

We can do for men what feminism did for women: Name harmful pressures, expand what counts as being a “good” man & free people from unhealthy norms. The valorization of dominance, stigma around asking for help & equating manhood with control needn’t be the future of masculinity. vox.com/policy/470780/gender-m

almondtree (@almondtree) · Dec 09
🔁 @amydiehl:

We can do for men what feminism did for women: Name harmful pressures, expand what counts as being a “good” man & free people from unhealthy norms. The valorization of dominance, stigma around asking for help & equating manhood with control needn’t be the future of masculinity. vox.com/policy/470780/gender-m

The Flight Attendant (@CosmicTraveler) · Dec 09
🔁 @amydiehl:

We can do for men what feminism did for women: Name harmful pressures, expand what counts as being a “good” man & free people from unhealthy norms. The valorization of dominance, stigma around asking for help & equating manhood with control needn’t be the future of masculinity. vox.com/policy/470780/gender-m

Simon and Cad (@simonandcad) · Dec 09
🔁 @amydiehl:

We can do for men what feminism did for women: Name harmful pressures, expand what counts as being a “good” man & free people from unhealthy norms. The valorization of dominance, stigma around asking for help & equating manhood with control needn’t be the future of masculinity. vox.com/policy/470780/gender-m

Meet Pebble Index 01 - External Memory For Your Brain

repebble.com · Dec 09

Meet Pebble Index 01 - External Memory For Your Brain

Shared by @developerjustin and 12 others.
hnbot (@hnbot) · Dec 09

New Pebble Device
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- 16 minutes ago | 12 points | 1 comments
- URL:
repebble.com/blog/meet-pebble-
- Discussions: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4
- Summary: Pebble Index 01 is a stainless-steel ring that records voice memos when you press its button, instantly sending them to your phone for local transcription and optional note/reminder creation. No charging is required; a silver-oxide battery lasts ~2 years, after which you recycle the ring. The device stores 5 min offline, works with iOS/Android, comes in 3 finishes and sizes 6-13, and is water-resistant to 1 m. Pre-orders are $75 until March 2026 shipments, then $99.

Justin Ferrell (@developerjustin) · Dec 09

Woah, this looks sick as hell!

#Pebble announced a new smart device and it's not a watch! It's a ring and all it does is capture audio. No cloud service, no server-side AI (it does do local transcription, totally offline) and the trigger is a physical hardware button.

repebble.com/blog/meet-pebble-

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