'Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine' - Alan #Turing, The Imitation Game

Enjoyed this article on Max Levchin & Affirm. https://t.co/4XaEawwQ2D

Told folks on WhatsApp months ago that the GBH wounding that Deepseek was gonna deliver by end of Q1 was doing press up in the gym while US/EU teams were shouting about the initial open source release. The bigly funded LLMs should press charges, tbh. This is full on assault.

Always enjoyed @chrisfralic's shares of random incoming completely nonpersonalized pitch solicitations. But I had no idea I would ever receive one as wild as this. Like, slash?

Dan doing the work req'd to form & express an opinion. When I told folks it was necessary to adjust vesting timelines b/c contexts had changed, I was called 'founder unfriendly.' Now hearing of absolutely nasty co-founder fights that this woulda solved. No wahala. Time tells.

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Automation shock. Africa where art thou? “China exploited its comparative advantage over recent decades in having an abundant labour force & became the dominant manufacturer globally of labour intensive goods. That game is now up.” - Frederic Neumann, chief Asia economist, HSBC.

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‘Yet the [scam] industry persists because its money-laundering operation is so efficient. The system is so hydra-headed that when governments strike it in one place, it pops up in another. Location affects the price, too. Launderers charge up to 60% to clean money in China.’

BYD crosses $100b revenue threshold. Dem folks ain't playin'.

And in a different context…

Wants: Career & Family Optionality. Equal dependence. Partner vs Caretaker. To not be labeled solely as a child bearer/rearer. https://t.co/G7neiIcHcL

American women are giving up on marriage. Divergence of future expectations increasingly matching divergence of education, income & political views. Men seem less interested in compromise & more interested in increasingly outdated traditional views of #marriage, econ be damned.

Ugh, the randeaux about to ruin a good thing, again. https://t.co/CAvDXzL7J9

Every now & then I think about the teacher who said young Einstein was such a dullard that his brain was just a blob of white fat. And a @NobelPrize winner who ranked 250th in a class of 250. As often said, your morning is when you wake up. Set your ⏰️. https://t.co/LAvifvrO6o

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Good @VVFriedman read on the [less chess more hunger?] games mentality that seems to infuse changes in the creative suites at high profile fashion houses. If so, designers will soon need [pro sports] agents. Anyway, Proenza Schouler's cofounding team will be a good fit at Loewe.

"properly discipline" lifting a lotta weight here. Historical approaches to parental discipline & imposition of conseq a la corporal punishment are no longer generally acceptable. Has flogging been shown to positively course correct? Should the state issue 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦spanking credits?

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'Some 32% of the 4,000 British consumers surveyed by Barclays last year said that they were buying dupes due to the rising cost of living, with #fragrances being the most sought-after items.' “Perfume is [like food or recipes because it's] not straightforward to protect.”

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