Emmett Shear Since editing is part of writing, that reduces to: why bother to write when the AI will do it for you? And since writing is thinking, that reduces in turn to: why bother to think when the AI will do it for you?

DeepSeek just emboldened and inspired startups all over the world to take on the giants. A lot of imagined moats are vanishing. Exciting times.

Atomic scales never cease to amaze me

I want Boom Supersonic to succeed if for no other reason than to show a random startup can bring back supersonic flight. You really can just do things.

This one is for the history books

The pilot who flew the XB-1 today is Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg. He's an absolute bad-ass who literally went to Top Gun and has 200 carrier landings.

Tap, hold and load in 4k to hear XB-1's sonic boom

Phew

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“The discoveries are out there, waiting to be made. Why not by you?” — Paul Graham

Happy Pi Day!

I think about this a lot

When I'm reading a Paul Graham essay, I find myself constantly smiling throughout because it feels like random thoughts that I was not able to consolidate before, magically got sorted & fell into place. Now, they're all right in front of my eyes and I can see the clear picture. It's

1!+4!+5!=145

Shower of thoughts: Instead of keeping your Twitter/𝕏 payout, direct it towards a "PayoutChallenge" of your choosing - anything you want more of in the world! Here is mine for this round, combining my last 3 payouts of $5478.51: It is imperative that humanity not fall while AI

The sqlite license is beautiful: "The author disclaims copyright to this source code. In place of a legal notice, here is a blessing: May you do good and not evil. May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others. May you share freely, never taking more than you give."

Goodhart’s law: “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.”

Not many people realize how incredible this is!