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I've done this and this thread is correct: (It's still the bare minimum that can be done.)

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ahead of the cost of debt which is also growing. As long as Cost of Debt is lower than Growth of Economy it's sustainable. Once it passes that it's quickly unsustainable There's way more to it and I don't know it all myself of course but it may be outpacing our GDP growth and causing a debt spiral

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which we're not price conscious buyers; they needed a stable return more than a profit to ensure they could pay out their retirement obligations. Those are all but gone now so investors who want a profit are now buying and they want higher rates. Higher rates means more growth is required to keep

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Basically growth has outpaced the cost of government debt for so long that people have taken it for granted; if that breaks, however, then the cost of debt skyrockets and becomes harder and harder to repay as those commitments begin eating the economy. It's also related to the end of pension funds

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The World's Safest Market Is Breaking

I have found this YouTube channel does a good job teaching the concepts (I've been learning about this stuff as I climb out of poverty): youtu.be/0ll9rEtoRrs?... There are a couple of videos that help break down why this type of debt is dangerous.

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YouTube video by Casual Finance

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 29/09/2026

This song about rape was labeled as "sexually suggestive; no nudity" -- brilliant.

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Slab Graveyard xkcd.com/3303/

4-panel comic. (1) PERSON 1: Any plans for Halloween? PERSON 2 with beret: Me and my friends are gonna check out a slab graveyard! (2) PERSON 1: What’s that? PERSON 2: When dense crust subducts, geologists think it might pile up at the bottom of the mantle. [illustration of Person 2’s related theory] (3) PERSON 2: We’re going to hide in the crust and ride it down to see. Wanna come? It’s gonna be spooky! (4) PERSON 1: Won’t that take millions of years? PERSON 2: Lots of time for ghost stories! PERSON 1: I think I’m good. PERSON 2: Too spooky? I understand.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

i hope that men notice how whenever a rape story gets widespread coverage, women use it as an opportunity to vent about how fucking disgusting we think many of you are and how many have made our lives measurably worse, and take a few moments to deeply process that.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 28/09/2026

It continues to be interesting to me just how many men, when presented with a clear and obvious answer to a test of morality and empathy, will nevertheless choose to "devil's advocate" themselves into a position of complete assholery

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Mei, lvl. 38 Warlock of the Expensive Paper @meithemouse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Meanwhile, the Cat Dispersal Process continues unabated.

Four panels showing the arduous process of adopting a dog, such as going to a shelter, finding one that looks at you, filling out paperwork, and bringing the dog home.

This is followed by two panels where she is living comfortably before a cat unexpectedly crashes into her life, specifically through the ceiling, which is only slightly an exaggeration most of the time.

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Bianca 'BiaSciLab' Lewis @biascilab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My SEC-T talk "Veilid: The Private Internet we were all Promised" is up on YouTube! Please take a chance to watch and support it because this message about the future of privacy needs to be amplified 🌎💫 #cybersecurity #hacker #conference #womenintech @sec-t.bsky.social youtu.be/8ung6ooAL7w?...

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I identify primarily as a girl you like but are also extremely afraid of.

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All that said if you're tired of "he said/she said" arguments at work: show up with good documentation and details and that makes it a *lot* harder to ignore you.

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I used to say it's like an avocado with a short ripeness window but now I think it's more of a spectrum, like houseplants: an orchid tasks a lot of work to maintain but some documentation is more like a peace lily which requires little effort. You need to know where to focus your energy.

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But, as you know, good documentation requires effort to maintain; it can be a source of technical debt (through lack or being outdated) and must be managed as such. It has to be ingrained in the culture of your team that this is just another part of the work. It's not done until it's documented.

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For many teams/people it feels like "extra work" rather than part of the mission. Good documentation has saved my metaphorical bacon many times. Being known as a team that *has the receipts* has discouraged all but the most foolish from making political attacks.

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It has smelled of an Anthropic PR campaign to me. These "doomers" seem to be investors who'd benefit from the regulations that would hurt their competitors. Meanwhile they get to attack anyone who has concerns about AI development as a bonus.

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I'm working on a talk on embracing the audit and learning to love documentation and all the ways that the right mindset and approach makes your life easier. It's also handy to have good, up to date documentation for non-audit reasons I think the hardest part is making sure management has your back

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amos @fasterthanli.me · 27/09/2026

Just got the time and date for my team's next ISO 9001 audit and honestly really looking forward to it! In 2 years I've taken my team from "bottleneck" to "Strength of the Company" on the last audit so I am excited to show off our progress again.

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"grok" was such a good word. why'd he have to take it from us

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026

One of the things that annoys me the most about being an adult is the lack of intellectual curiosity from other adults.

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Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 27/09/2026

I suppose, for the first time, I'm a little bit grateful that I was born into poverty and life beat some humility into me. Turns out there were worse outcomes.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026

like I suspect many of you on This Website, I think a core reason why I find Eliezer Yudkowsky and his rationalist and effective altruist satellites so intensely annoying is because I had a VERY similar “being a super weird, pretentious, hyper-literate kid” experience - I just, you know, grew up.

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Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 26/09/2026

the weekend). Apparently that was a bit too much and the stress was literally killing me. I was ordered to relax or die. I did not find that order relaxing. Anyway I dropped my GPA and tried to sleep more but still had to pay rent and graduate.

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Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 26/09/2026

The worst time: my organs began shutting down and I spent 5 days in the hospital. They put 9 liters of IV into me in the first two days as I recall. When they couldn't find anything physically wrong they decided to blame it on the 4.0 in school and the 4 part time jobs (2 during the week and 2 on

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A lot of things are shit right now, but recently a friend lost his guitar on the subway and a music producer found it, posted on Insta, and with the help of the internet tracked him down and RETURNED IT! Sometimes, the world is still a lovely place and people are still kind. 🥰🎸

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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 26/09/2026

Train your security staff, not the model

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 26/09/2026

Whatever you do, don't smoke an entire brisket at a job interview, it's a lot of equipment to bring in, it takes a really long time to do it right and those conference rooms have notoriously poor ventilation

Someone smoking a brisket and poking it with a meat thermometer to see what the internal temperature is

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Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 26/09/2026

Oh I've had this happen a few times:

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Honestly had the same "ick" when this popped up and began wondering about the finances behind switching to Apple or something else.

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Oh that's a tough one to earn; congratulations!

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I've had this exact conversation as well.

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