idk why that always reminds of ethan canin's "palace thief" a moment before it reminds of shelley
ethan canin another notable stanford person, btw
― the late great, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 17:45 (one year ago) link
Are all Stanford grads psychos and grifters
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 17:56 (one year ago) link
i mean, i certainly am. but i only know a small fraction of the 10k ppl they graduate every year
― the late great, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 18:07 (one year ago) link
sometimes life creeps up on you
So @kelseytuoc has been DMing with SBF and … just … my Godhttps://t.co/NbvlomnQhC pic.twitter.com/Ra4Xq5ZeHq— dylan matthews (@dylanmatt) November 16, 2022
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 20:34 (one year ago) link
having a hard time figuring out what to make of bankman f he is very odd
Got gifted kid issues, had a job at Jane Street but the highs weren’t high enough, HFT is just ordinary market making now, he wanted to do crazy trades with other people’s money
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 20:38 (one year ago) link
Possibly doesn’t have a lawyer
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 20:39 (one year ago) link
seemingly has some sociopathic qualities, the disconnectedness just looking at the world as problem to figure out, but not full on sociopath doesnt seem to have the cruelty
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 20:41 (one year ago) link
ah yeah lol
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fhtr12aXkAMDglE?format=jpg&name=medium
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 21:00 (one year ago) link
he is the son of two lawyers, should have a lawyer xp
― 龜, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 21:01 (one year ago) link
whaaa, is that last text exchange real? it's an irl scooby-doo unmasked villain explaining the whole game scenario
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 21:05 (one year ago) link
its real lol, see linked vox article in previous tweet
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 21:07 (one year ago) link
I wonder if this was his attitude the whole time or if "hey man regulations are bullshit and there is no such thing as ethical behavior" is all post-hoc
― death generator (lukas), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 21:08 (one year ago) link
i would guess that if he ever cared about other people, it was early on and then he faced an "ethical dilemma" and chose the path with all the money
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 21:10 (one year ago) link
I just want someone to assure me that my bored ape is still worth $1.5M
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 21:14 (one year ago) link
lol, is he literally admitting that the whole effective altruism thing was a charade?
― jmm, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 21:14 (one year ago) link
Ethics = being woke, YEP
― jmm, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 21:15 (one year ago) link
i think he still prob agreed with the core of effective altruism that him getting all the money was good
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 21:17 (one year ago) link
A class action lawsuit has been launched against FTX’s former chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried over the crypto exchange’s collapse which also names as defendants a host of its celebrity backers including Larry David, Naomi Osaka, Gisele Bündchen and Shaquille O’Neal.Filed in Florida by class action attorney Adam Moskowitz, the case is one of the first to attempt to hold the sports stars and entertainers who promoted cryptocurrencies in the boom years responsible for their support.As well as naming Bankman-Fried as a personal defendant, the case pulls in as co-defendants a host of names who it claims “either controlled, promoted, assisted in, (or) actively participated in FTX Trading”.They include: comedian Larry David; Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka; the married couple Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady and his fellow NFL star Trevor Lawrence; basketball players Shaquille O’Neal, Steph Curry, Udonis Haslem and the Golden State Warriors; baseball players Shohei Ohtani and David Ortiz; and celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary.
― after several days on “the milk,” (gyac), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 21:20 (one year ago) link
sometimes a shady trading operation with close ties to your company creeps up on you
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 21:58 (one year ago) link
There is something a little different about his vibe, a little more self-aware, a little less genuinely grandiose than IDK, WeWork guy.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 21:59 (one year ago) link
wework guy is just a garden variety egomaniacal huckster, sbf is something weirder
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 22:19 (one year ago) link
lmao
(3/3) Mr. Bankman-Fried has no ongoing role at @FTX_Official, FTX US, or Alameda Research Ltd. and does not speak on their behalf.— FTX (@FTX_Official) November 16, 2022
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 22:24 (one year ago) link
Suing him for what he’s worth negative 50 billion dollars right now
― frogbs, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 22:46 (one year ago) link
ah well nevertheless
JUST IN: Singapore’s state-owned investor Temasek has decided to write down its entire $275 million investment in FTX, saying its belief in Sam Bankman-Fried was likely “misplaced" https://t.co/ik34KJrA2t— Bloomberg (@business) November 17, 2022
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 November 2022 02:16 (one year ago) link
P funny that Larry David is getting sued for literally telling people not to get involved with this company.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 17 November 2022 02:46 (one year ago) link
*Curb theme plays*
― jmm, Thursday, 17 November 2022 02:48 (one year ago) link
total curb plot
lol xp
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 November 2022 02:48 (one year ago) link
I feel like the Curb plot would be that this then leads to “Larry Knew” protests
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 17 November 2022 02:50 (one year ago) link
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 November 2022 02:54 (one year ago) link
Alameda Research CEO learning the wrong lessons
Can't stop reading Caroline's Goodreads reviews. Perhaps the one on Super Pumped is the most telling.She also gave Bad Blood a 4.41/5. pic.twitter.com/MdxzZT1ga7— Kari Vanessa McMahon (@karivmcmahon) November 13, 2022
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Thursday, 17 November 2022 03:47 (one year ago) link
lmao grayball was their law breaking software
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 November 2022 03:56 (one year ago) link
Co-CEO of Alameda Research, Caroline Ellison preparing for Christmas 🤶 pic.twitter.com/lxDvjFLBI0— Mr. Whale 🐳 whalechart.org (@WhaleChart) November 11, 2022
lol
The Psychopharmacology Of The FTX Crash
― mookieproof, Thursday, 17 November 2022 06:45 (one year ago) link
Lol I read most of that before realizing it was SSC you gotta warn me of these things
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Thursday, 17 November 2022 07:57 (one year ago) link
One thread etc
Coverage of FTX meltdown is incomparably faster *and* better quality on Twitter than old-school media— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 17, 2022
― groovypanda, Thursday, 17 November 2022 08:47 (one year ago) link
pic.twitter.com/mxdCbTJlCr— Jaba The Reversal (@nikos5800) November 17, 2022
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Thursday, 17 November 2022 10:17 (one year ago) link
https://www.theonion.com/what-to-know-about-the-collapse-of-ftx-1849786911
Q: So if FTX is bankrupt, which exchange is more trustworthy for my remaining crypto assets, Coincheck or Bitstamp?A: You are going to lose all of your money.
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Thursday, 17 November 2022 11:32 (one year ago) link
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 17 November 2022 13:08 (one year ago) link
🐦[Co-CEO of Alameda Research, Caroline Ellison preparing for Christmas 🤶 pic.twitter.com/lxDvjFLBI0🕸— Mr. Whale 🐳 whalechart.org (@WhaleChart) November 11, 2022🕸]🐦
― Lord Pickles (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 17 November 2022 13:58 (one year ago) link
born 1994, says Wikipedia. 28.
― StanM, Thursday, 17 November 2022 14:01 (one year ago) link
Weird vibe from that Vox interview, yeah, like SBF doesn't care that much about his own wellbeing or the ramifications of admitting all this stuff (or he's sufficiently sheltered that he isn't worried about it)
― jmm, Thursday, 17 November 2022 15:27 (one year ago) link
admitting that he doesn't give a fuck about ethics is genuine, at least. if he gave 0.001% a fuck about it he would be feeling extremely bad about how much he damaged the important new groundbreaking idea of "effective altruism" for anyone else who is using that as their line right now
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 17 November 2022 15:47 (one year ago) link
ethics are what you impose on other people
― mh, Thursday, 17 November 2022 15:58 (one year ago) link
it's true but it's not genuine is how i break it down etc
he doesn't do genuine he does "what likely plays right now" -- sometimes this overlaps with the facts
― mark s, Thursday, 17 November 2022 16:02 (one year ago) link
Those who bought Coachella NFTs earlier this year are having trouble accessing their assets https://t.co/tkIyyXMHil— Pitchfork (@pitchfork) November 17, 2022
― groovypanda, Thursday, 17 November 2022 17:13 (one year ago) link
oh no
― mark s, Thursday, 17 November 2022 17:22 (one year ago) link
all my coachella lifetime passes gone
― mark s, Thursday, 17 November 2022 17:23 (one year ago) link
Can still access my bananas and baby pickle.
― Jeff, Thursday, 17 November 2022 18:10 (one year ago) link
― jmm, Thursday, November 17, 2022 10:27 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
turns out it wasnt exactly an interview or at least he didnt think so, he didnt realize the texts were going to be published even tho he was talking to a reporter he had no relationship with and he didnt ask for it to be off the record, lol what a bozo
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 November 2022 18:36 (one year ago) link