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https://www.wheresyoured.at/nvidia-isnt-enron-so-what-is-it/

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.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/nvidia-isnt-enron-so-what-is-it/

"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?"
https://www.wheresyoured.at/nvidia-isnt-enron-so-what-is-it/

#APileOfShitThisBigMUSTHaveAPonyUnderneathItSomewhere

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

https://www.wheresyoured.at/nvidia-isnt-enron-so-what-is-it/

#NVidia #Enron #AI #bubble #AIBubble

"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?"
https://www.wheresyoured.at/nvidia-isnt-enron-so-what-is-it/

#APileOfShitThisBigMUSTHaveAPonyUnderneathItSomewhere

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.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/nvidia-isnt-enron-so-what-is-it/

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.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/nvidia-isnt-enron-so-what-is-it/

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.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/nvidia-isnt-enron-so-what-is-it/

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.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/nvidia-isnt-enron-so-what-is-it/

"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?"
https://www.wheresyoured.at/nvidia-isnt-enron-so-what-is-it/

#APileOfShitThisBigMUSTHaveAPonyUnderneathItSomewhere

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.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/the-world-needs-social-sovereignty/

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.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/the-world-needs-social-sovereignty/

The world needs social sovereignty https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/the-world-needs-social-sovereignty/ "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"

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.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/the-world-needs-social-sovereignty/

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.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/the-world-needs-social-sovereignty/

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/the-world-needs-social-sovereignty/

Previously:

https://twitter.com/AlecMuffett/status/1354447144829255682?s=20

#digitalSovereignty #fediverse #jingoism #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.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/the-world-needs-social-sovereignty/

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.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/the-world-needs-social-sovereignty/

#Messaging #Mastodon #EU

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/the-world-needs-social-sovereignty/

@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: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/the-world-needs-social-sovereignty/

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

– Ben Werdmuller" https://werd.io/why-rss-matters/

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

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

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

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

Which is why I am sharing the latest - from @benwerd 🔗 Why RSS matters

🖇️ If you want to follow most of my world with RSS - you can. https://werd.io/why-rss-matters/

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/

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

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/

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. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/will-the-21st-century-nabobs-win-their-war-on-public-accountability/sharetoken/aa705d17-c630-40b7-bba9-752e489e3638

#pitchforks

Will the 21st Century Nabobs Win Their War on Public Accountability?
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/will-the-21st-century-nabobs-win-their-war-on-public-accountability/sharetoken/aa705d17-c630-40b7-bba9-752e489e3638

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. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/will-the-21st-century-nabobs-win-their-war-on-public-accountability/sharetoken/aa705d17-c630-40b7-bba9-752e489e3638

#pitchforks

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. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/will-the-21st-century-nabobs-win-their-war-on-public-accountability/sharetoken/aa705d17-c630-40b7-bba9-752e489e3638

#pitchforks

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. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/will-the-21st-century-nabobs-win-their-war-on-public-accountability/sharetoken/aa705d17-c630-40b7-bba9-752e489e3638

#pitchforks

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. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/will-the-21st-century-nabobs-win-their-war-on-public-accountability/sharetoken/aa705d17-c630-40b7-bba9-752e489e3638

#pitchforks

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. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/will-the-21st-century-nabobs-win-their-war-on-public-accountability/sharetoken/aa705d17-c630-40b7-bba9-752e489e3638

#pitchforks

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. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/will-the-21st-century-nabobs-win-their-war-on-public-accountability/sharetoken/aa705d17-c630-40b7-bba9-752e489e3638

#pitchforks

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. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/will-the-21st-century-nabobs-win-their-war-on-public-accountability/sharetoken/aa705d17-c630-40b7-bba9-752e489e3638

#pitchforks

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. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/will-the-21st-century-nabobs-win-their-war-on-public-accountability/sharetoken/aa705d17-c630-40b7-bba9-752e489e3638

#pitchforks

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/dec/09/youth-movement-digital-justice-spreading-across-europe

‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/dec/09/youth-movement-digital-justice-spreading-across-europe

‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/dec/09/youth-movement-digital-justice-spreading-across-europe the kids are alright

‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/dec/09/youth-movement-digital-justice-spreading-across-europe the kids are alright

‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/dec/09/youth-movement-digital-justice-spreading-across-europe #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Socialnetworking #Privacy&themedia #Dataprotection #Digitalmedia #Socialmedia #Youngpeople #Technology #Instagram #ElonMusk #Facebook #Snapchat #Society #Media #Meta

Interesting piece on EU youth groups trying to improve the state of social media and the online experience. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/dec/09/youth-movement-digital-justice-spreading-across-europe

‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/dec/09/youth-movement-digital-justice-spreading-across-europe the kids are alright

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.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/dec/09/youth-movement-digital-justice-spreading-across-europe

‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/dec/09/youth-movement-digital-justice-spreading-across-europe the kids are alright

‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/dec/09/youth-movement-digital-justice-spreading-across-europe

Love this!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. https://www.vox.com/policy/470780/gender-men-masculinity-women-birthrates-relationships-gender-childcare-chores

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. https://www.vox.com/policy/470780/gender-men-masculinity-women-birthrates-relationships-gender-childcare-chores

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. https://www.vox.com/policy/470780/gender-men-masculinity-women-birthrates-relationships-gender-childcare-chores

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. https://www.vox.com/policy/470780/gender-men-masculinity-women-birthrates-relationships-gender-childcare-chores

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. https://www.vox.com/policy/470780/gender-men-masculinity-women-birthrates-relationships-gender-childcare-chores

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. https://www.vox.com/policy/470780/gender-men-masculinity-women-birthrates-relationships-gender-childcare-chores

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. https://www.vox.com/policy/470780/gender-men-masculinity-women-birthrates-relationships-gender-childcare-chores

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. https://www.vox.com/policy/470780/gender-men-masculinity-women-birthrates-relationships-gender-childcare-chores

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. https://www.vox.com/policy/470780/gender-men-masculinity-women-birthrates-relationships-gender-childcare-chores

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. https://www.vox.com/policy/470780/gender-men-masculinity-women-birthrates-relationships-gender-childcare-chores

Link: https://repebble.com/blog/meet-pebble-index-01-external-memory-for-your-brain
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46205661

New Pebble Device
https://repebble.com/blog/meet-pebble-index-01-external-memory-for-your-brain
#ycombinator

New Pebble Device
L: https://repebble.com/blog/meet-pebble-index-01-external-memory-for-your-brain
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46205661
posted on 2025.12.09 at 10:03:09 (c=0, p=3)

Link: https://repebble.com/blog/meet-pebble-index-01-external-memory-for-your-brain
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46205661

Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain
Link: https://repebble.com/blog/meet-pebble-index-01-external-memory-for-your-brain
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46205661

https://repebble.com/blog/meet-pebble-index-01-external-memory-for-your-brain

#HackerNews #NewPebbleDevice #PebbleIndex #ExternalMemory #TechInnovation #BrainTech

A ring mic that's thrown away after "up to two years" is a nonstarter for me. They do say we can ship it back and they'll take care of it, but what does that mean?
I'd feel better about it if the body was reusable aluminum with some story about removing the electronics. An open API is table stakes, too.
I don't doubt that the ring mic would be a handy wearable, though, and I appreciate that they're focused on local-only data.
https://repebble.com/blog/meet-pebble-index-01-external-memory-for-your-brain

Link: https://repebble.com/blog/meet-pebble-index-01-external-memory-for-your-brain
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46205661

New Pebble Device
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- 16 minutes ago | 12 points | 1 comments
- URL: https://repebble.com/blog/meet-pebble-index-01-external-memory-for-your-brain
- Discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46205661
- 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.

#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.

https://repebble.com/blog/meet-pebble-index-01-external-memory-for-your-brain