Roland Osborne (@rolandosborne) 's Twitter Profile
Roland Osborne

@rolandosborne

Principal at 500 Global. Cofounder - Olark

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Yuri Sagalov (@yuris) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Tech layoffs are likely to accelerate in 2023. That’s going to suck for a lot of people, but it will *especially* suck for employees on visas. If you’ve never been on a work visa, it’s hard to appreciate the added stress of losing your job.

Yingjie Wang (@akayingjie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Maybe SF tech is back… but NYC tech never left. Here are the top IRL events in NYC this week (2/6-2/10)! ✨ 2/9: Sushi Dinner w/ aVc (Asians in VC community) tinyurl.com/aVcNYC 2/10: Singles’ Happy Hour by Supermomos x Coffee Meets Bagel tinyurl.com/supersinglemomo 🧵

Armand Domalewski (@armanddoma) 's Twitter Profile Photo

people are getting very confused about this whole Silicon Valley Bank / FDIC issue, so here's a thread: -Majority of accounts over $250k are BUSINESSES, not individuals -While FDIC is only required to pay out up to $250k, in practice, they tend to arrange a sale... 🧵 (1/?)

Lyn Alden (@lynaldencontact) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Inflation from 2000 to 2022 Gold price: 8.4% per year Money supply growth: 6.8% per year Oil price: 4.7% per year Median house: 4.6% per year Education: 4.6% per year Medical services: 3.4% per year CPI: 2.6% per year Deposit yields: <2% Apparel: flat Electronics, software: down

Peter Nixey (@peternixey) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'm in the top 2% of users on StackOverflow. My content there has been viewed by over 1.7M people. And it's unlikely I'll ever write anything there again. Which may be a much bigger problem than it seems. Because it may be the canary in the mine of our collective knowledge. A

I'm in the top 2% of users on StackOverflow. My content there has been viewed by over 1.7M people. And it's unlikely I'll ever write anything there again. 

Which may be a much bigger problem than it seems. Because it may be the canary in the mine of our collective knowledge. 

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Arvind Narayanan (@random_walker) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I keep thinking about the early days of the mainstream Internet, when worms caused massive data loss every few weeks. It took decades of infosec research, development, and culture change to get out of that mess. Now we're building an Internet of hackable, wormable LLM agents.

𝖦𝗋𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗌 ⏳ (@grimezsz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'll split 50% royalties on any successful AI generated song that uses my voice. Same deal as I would with any artist i collab with. Feel free to use my voice without penalty. I have no label and no legal bindings.

I'll split 50% royalties on any successful AI generated song that uses my voice.  Same deal as I would with any artist i collab with.  Feel free to use my voice without penalty.  I have no label and no legal bindings.
John Carmack (@id_aa_carmack) 's Twitter Profile Photo

GPUs are built with more memory bandwidth, but higher latency and lower capacity than CPUs. AI accelerators could usefully make a different memory trade — the bandwidth of a GPU (or more), but the capacity of a CPU, in exchange for even higher latency. For inference, all the

500 Global (@500globalvc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our planet, more rapidly than ever, is changing around us. That’s why we're focused on helping to grow the next wave of sustainable tech companies. Learn how you can join here👇 500.co/theglobalvc/su…

Our planet, more rapidly than ever, is changing around us. That’s why we're focused on helping to grow the next wave of sustainable tech companies. Learn how you can join here👇

500.co/theglobalvc/su…
Roland Osborne (@rolandosborne) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Has anyone else flying United Airlines used a flight credit, been assigned a seat + spent points to upgrade only to have it be invalid / waitlisted <24 hours before your flight? App and website are still showing the correct flight. On hold for hours - what the terrible UX is this?

Ankur Nagpal (@ankurnagpal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The O-1 Visa Resource Guide If you are a high potential immigrant to America, an O-1 visa is your best bet It has: - No annual cap - Premium processing - Ability to start a company - Earn a green card with the same criteria A mega-thread with everything I send my friends:

Jeremiah Owyang (@jowyang) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Startups startups startups. Someone in this photo will be famous or rich or both. At 500 Global preview day in Palo Alto to get a sneak preview of the latest batch. Just met founders from many countries across mobility, education, sexual health, auto dealers, legal, media,

500 Global (@500globalvc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Live from #500Batch34: Manal Habib, Founder and CEO of MightyFly joined us in Palo Alto to share her insights with Batch 34 this week. 🔥

Live from #500Batch34: Manal Habib, Founder and CEO of MightyFly joined us in Palo Alto to share her insights with Batch 34 this week. 🔥
John Carmack (@id_aa_carmack) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Coding” was never the source of value, and people shouldn’t get overly attached to it. Problem solving is the core skill. The discipline and precision demanded by traditional programming will remain valuable transferable attributes, but they won’t be a barrier to entry. Many

Brett Adcock (@adcock_brett) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Spent the last 20 years building software & hardware companies > Last software company sold for $100M > Then took my company public at $2.7B Here are my top 9 lessons learned:

Nathan Baschez (@nbashaw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Vibe coding a design is hilarious because it's a perfect simulation of being the most horrible design manager imaginable > "move it a bit to the right" > "ok, now make that font a bit smaller" > "colors can be a bit brighter"