"When there is a gold rush, sell shovels" The problem with this idiom in the current LLM environment is that these shovels are ungodly expensive to build, while the value recognized by the user of one shovel vs another is increasingly difficult to differentiate.

VC: So with the raise, how are you going to deploy this capital? Founder: I have concepts of a plan…

How do I express that I’m concerned about the people of western NC and I’m also concerned about the potential future global economic disaster because Spruce Pine is the sole producer of ultra pure Quartz for crucibles that all global semiconductor production relies on?

This is both amazing and straight up terrifying. We are so not ready for this future. linkedin.com/posts/anhphu5_…

Before the election? Chop wood, carry water. After the election? Chop wood, carry water.

Contrarian opinion: Notion is not as great as people make it out to be. It's ok for notes for personal use or maybe knowledge management for small teams. If you need functionality or flexibility beyond that, there are better tools available.

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2 years ago today, A16Z announced they put $100M into Pinecone, as everyone and their mother tripped over each other to invest in vector databases. Given how little standalone vector DBs are valued now, the hype cycle is wild to look back on. Quick timeline below: Late 2022:

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I love when VCs look at data and draw the wrong conclusion. This table clearly highlights that it's not time to mine, but rather time to invest in processing technologies. Digging is easy, but processing is extremely dirty. That's why we sent it all to China in the first place.

watch the video at 0:15. She was not "caught in the crossfire." The officer had no obstructions, no distractions, and clearly takes aim at Tomasi. This is a blatant violation of the 1st amendment plus numerous laws protecting journalist, particularly when she is obviously not

Remember the good 'ole days when Uber was uber cheap, when it was all about growth and not profitability? Then, suddenly, it got expensive? That's what Claude feels like after the new rate limits. And, once again, I'll try to go with anything else...or just walk there myself.

As a Duolingo user for over a decade, I can confidently say competition isn't the problem, Luis von Ahn. Go back to your roots; bring back an app experience that focuses on making learning enjoyable. Stop wasting your resources (and my time) on stupid animations & sound effects

How money works: 1. OpenAI signs $300B GPU deal with Oracle 2. Larry gains $100B (no GPUs shipped) 3. Larry invests in OpenAI’s $1T round 4. Sam uses $300B to pay Oracle 5. Oracle stock pumps again 6. Larry makes another $100B 7. Larry invests in OpenAI Flywheel go brrr.