[–] 12 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Nah, these balls can be lightly squeezed, not just cut off. They can be squeezed lightly for a longer time, making Americans uncomfortable for months, or once in a not so gentle way.

The central banks can do that by selling bonds at a slughtly cheaper price than the US offers for their new bonds, forcing them to offer higher rates, making their debt more expensive.

It's the perfect instrument, if you're willing to pay the price.

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    I have a question. AI is good at writing middle school essays, and can generate interesting pictures and music. For anything more intricate, it is, in a very obvious manner, so bad that its use is a liability.

    So, how many desk jobs at JPMorgan involve writing many middle school level essays? If I mentally wander through the enterprise where I work, there are maybe a percent that would even be able to make use of LLMs to generate essays about obvious stuff, one of the positions being the CEO himself, of course.

    Does anybody here see themselves being replaced by the bullshit generators?

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I can't second this, fresh my peppermint tea tastes like peppermint, when I let it steep too long it tastes, let's say, leafy and more like spearmint, and leaves a feeling in my mouth like I've chewed on rubber. The freshness is gone, I guess the menthol evaporates. I take two bags, and let it steep for no more than 5 minutes.

    I hope my descriptions make sense, taste is hard to describe!

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