As I have pointed out before interest is the price of risk....

thus, when Anthropic is looking to cut a deal on loans (with a yield of 10%) secured on the lease income from the chips purchased through a $60bn 'debt package' with Blackstone, one might wonder what Anthropic think Blackstone know about the future?

As this is approaching junk bond returns, we can only conclude the risks around AI & associated technologies are not merely being recognised by the sceptical!

#AI #politics
h/t FT

#SilentSunday

#photography #photo #fotografie #photographie #fotografia #naturephotography #nature #fungi #mushroom #mosstodon

RE: https://mastodonapp.uk/@bbcnewsfeed/117461680492197996

This is sacrilege. The whole charm of Gromit is that he communicates silently.

That was delicious. Full now.

Pentre Ifan

#SilentSunday #macro #autumn #fallcolors #photography

people in france protest the exact same way as in the arab spring, but while the european ivory tower media criticized middle eastern governments for their crackdown of protest and praised the revolution, suddenly when the same protests happen in europe they're violent and not right.

interesting how that works. resistence is always justified, not just when europe supports it for economic reasons.

#SilentSunday

Yoinking this from elsewhere because it had no alt text.

#SilentSunday

I’ve been wanting to read Sally Rooney, but never got around to it. I’ve recently felt a strong and sudden urge to get started. Which book would you recommend I start with and why?

#Bookstodon #Reading #Books

#SilentSunday

#Washington #PNW #Nature #Mountains #Forest #Trees #Larches #Photo #Calm #Serene #Yellow #Blue #Autumn #Fall #Colors

Went to the arboretum. 🍁 🍂 #autumn

#SilentSunday

#SilentSunday

#SilentSunday

🪡 Wear your clothes longer instead of buying new: in the workshop “Mend it and make it yours!” you learn over two days how to repair holes and tears by hand – darning, sachiko, doodlestitching, sewing on buttons, hemming trousers.

First you try out the techniques, then you apply them to clothes you bring along. Beginners welcome. Astrid Grabner will be your teacher.

📆 Sat/Sun, 28–29 Nov, 11am–3:15pm
📍vhs Neukölln
ℹ️ https://www.vhsit.berlin.de/VHSKURSE/BusinessPages/CourseDetail.aspx?id=817239

#VHS #Berlin #Volkshochschule #DIY #Mending #Fashion #SelfMade #Sustainability #Neukölln

"Oh, you want me to pay £2 to park in a car park in a mobile deadspot? With no coin-based fallback. How am I supposed to download parking app number five with no mobile service and then agree to a 50 page ToS just to park the fucking car?"

The tech we have to use to interact with ordinary life is joyless, buggy spyware that has contempt for the end user. It's like a swarm of little Horizon systems making life a teeny bit shittier every day.

(AI enters from stage left with a swagger.)

As every year, the autumn beauty contest is on again here in Stockholm, Sweden. All trees have put on their beautiful clothes and show off the best they can. "And the winner is..." this tree, you think, until you decide for another one just 100 meters further on. It's a feast for the eye, and today the sun provides all the light free of charge.

#Brompton #BikeTooter