Thread: some still open contradictions in my thoughts and my values, that I have been thinking about but still don't feel like I've fully resolved.

The binary tree actually exists!!

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Attested data allows users to prove computation on data that relates to them. Attested sensors are one compelling provider of attested data — be it images, humidity or… audio! , Anna Rose and I worked on a demo for attested audio: medium.com/@danieldkang/d… 1/8

[PAPER POLICE AT WORK] Pretty cool vis, and solid paper, but do we really have to blow it up as to say LLMs "learn a world model"?? The result basically says all similar words (wrt location or time) are well clustered in the latent space—a finding already known from word2vec.

The fact that most individual neurons are uninterpretable presents a serious roadblock to a mechanistic understanding of language models. We demonstrate a method for decomposing groups of neurons into interpretable features with the potential to move past that roadblock.

Newly discovered vuln in Apple M-series chips lets attackers extract secret keys from Macs. "The flaw—a side channel allowing end-to-end key extractions when Apple chips run...widely used cryptographic protocols—can’t be patched" arstechnica.com/security/2024/…

it's very important to understand that the biggest external risk for vercel is developers learning how to use a CDN

Ethereum’s biggest weakness (fragmentation) will become its biggest strength (composability) Ethereum’s future will allow chains to compose like L1 contracts New chains will become seamless additions into the Ethereum economy This is the endgame

Two papers. On the left, a non-randomized, non-crossover study showing that a one-off sauna exposure significantly decreased arterial stiffness, with implications on cardiovascular health. On the right, a randomized, crossover (more robust) study, showing no benefits on

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Woke up at 3am and went into the rabbit hole for hours to understand the code behind taproot, and then op_cat and op_ctv... Need to buy more bitcoin.

BitVM mainnet experiment completed. Entire unhappy path took a total of less than 8 hours and $16K of transaction fees. Details: The first tx was included 2025-06-04 07:37:25 UTC+8 The last tx was included 2025-06-04 15:13:40 UTC+8 lasting 7 hours 36 mins, spanning 42 blocks

George Church on Dwarkesh, talking about spotting talent, is one of the best bits on the subject. Also the clearest view on benefits of multidisciplinarity I've read in a while.

Firebase considered harmful - as are any similar implementations It takes quite serious domain knowledge to secure these kinds of implementations and for what gain? To avoid writing a backend? Waste of time.

sticking to my bet

Base was BNB Chain for white people Plasma & Stable are Tron for white people

This paper from Stanford and Harvard explains why most “agentic AI” systems feel impressive in demos and then completely fall apart in real use. The core argument is simple and uncomfortable: agents don’t fail because they lack intelligence. They fail because they don’t adapt.

INCREDIBLE Someone on r/LocalLLaMA did an incredibly practical thing They took a tiny 0.6B model that was trash at task (Text2SQL) Created a knowledge distiliation agent with a Claude Code skill And made the 0.6B model behave like a specialist using 100 examples The problem >

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