This is just a regular pump-and-dump scam using the stock market listing of a defunct company. The Wall Street Millennial channel put out a good video if you want details.

https://youtu.be/GXce34Va_Xs

A light treadmill session won't do much to improve your cardiovascular system health either. I mean it's better than nothing but don't expect too much.

You should start your own VC firm, solicit cash from LPs, and invest in companies like Helios. Go ahead, no one will stop you.

> You should start your own VC firm, solicit cash from LPs, and invest in companies like Helios. Go ahead, no one will stop you.

Why would I want to do that? I think they should be disciplined until the perform a more socially useful function. Competing with them is an entirely different thing that's unlikely to accomplish that goal.

"Companies systematically operate in a way that negatively impacts the society" "Just start you own company bro"

This was, is, and always will be a most braindead response in such conversations. I bet you even use the word entrepreneur unironically.

We're all morons outside of some very narrow areas of expertise. By most criteria James Mattis would be considered a smart guy: he earned a Master's degree, commanded troops effectively in combat, and served as Secretary of Defense. And yet he fell for the Theranos fraud. You have to know your limitations, and too many people think that because they're good at one thing they must be geniuses who are good at everything. Engineers are especially prone to this delusion.

Some people believe they know things in many areas. This is typically the Dunning-Kruger effect in action.

What does a soldier / pollitical appointment know about finance?

Exactly. That's the point.

Another way of looking at that is that if writing is dying then doing it well will become a key competitive advantage. Organizations with culture, processes, and hiring standards focused on effective written communication will be faster and more economically efficient than competitors that rely on meetings (or recordings of meetings). Really crisp writing is especially helpful when prompting an LLM.

Sure, it will become a more elite creative and technical skill.

I don't necessarily disagree, but it seems like there are plenty of customers willing to pay ridiculous prices for delivering mediocre food.

In most large tech companies the senior leaders want to run some vanity projects so having a research arm makes that possible. They can screw around without impacting product teams.

That's like saying most home cooking in the country is the same because everything comes from Walmart/Kroger/Meijer.

No, you're missing the point. A lot of casual restaurants aren't even really cooking any more. They just heat up prepared food purchased from Sysco.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/restaurant-consoli...

"A lot of" and "most" are different things.

Yes, a lot of places are not making their own jalepeno poppers. There's still plenty of stuff being made from raw ingredients all over the place.

Helium isn't a good example. Prices were artificially low for a long time due to the US federal government gradually selling off their strategic reserve. As a scuba diver it was great but we knew it couldn't last.

That wouldn’t explain the 8% growth per year from before the sell off of the government strategic reserve which should have provided downward pressure. In fact, the supply chain shocks started happening just as the reserves got depleted. Shocker that.

I think I heard we're also running out of attention span?