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Jun 2022
19m 32s

⛈ “It will rain at 3:18pm… in 1 year” - ...

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Salient just raised money to predict the weather… for a year from now. Just after Elon said you can’t work from home, HP dropped $3B for a company that pimps out your conference room for remote work. And Sheryl Sandberg has left Facebook and also left this legacy: Automation is insanely scalable but insanely vulnerable. $FB $POLY $HP Follow us on Instagram, ... Show More
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