A song is much, that I feel it was created at least in 00s, but it was release in 2021. Indie pop by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah from NY.
Such soft and benevolent track, as if a real miracle is just around the corner.
#GLMusicDiscovery
Journalist T.Koppel in docu:
"Kissinger was very conscious[..] of fact, that every time the US pulls out of a country leaving unfinished foreign policy commitment behind, it makes it more difficult the next time around to get some country to commit itself to joint venture w/ US"
Bloomberg has a cool graphic. Chinas GDP growth in bottom, social freedom index on right. Xi Jinping closes down the loop from 1970 across different rulers.
And unsurprisingly - more personal freedom - more growth.
ASML is said to have remote control over their machines in Taiwan in worst case scenario.
Military manufacturers should have this as well. Shove that "you will own nothing" into states level.
putin gets a preview how Moscow streets will look like after his death. Fireworks, celebration.
TIL: atmosphere can hold more water when its temperature increases. Hence more extreme rainfall/flood events.
Last week sold same (small) qty of $SQ as recent purchase from end of Feb. due to sizable annual tax bill. +9.5% for several months, however on FIFO basis, +5.5% profit with abysmal 1.34% CAGR since 2020.
Did not want to let these shares go, especially after Q1 earnings call.
Watched OpenAI's demo of GPT-4o. Generosity for free tiers is data harvesting. That's where ultimate 3-4 winners with unlimited pockets will grow moat, I think.
https://void.cat/d/C8DdddUvafCvf1hxvt1ZRD.webp
Have several tracks of Lulu Rouge in old playlists. Whenever one comes around, its always a subtle and distinct experience. Their music might as well be its own genre. Interesting theatrical video as well (unofficial)
#GLMusicDiscovery
A little girl in UK received a gif of hearing using gene editing. It would be super if we stopped at hospitals and not bring this to "defense" industry.
Shocking stat by Galloway. In US 0-4 age toddlers have a higher chance of being fatally shot than cops.
Great line from Ben Evans:
"Tesla is struggling to match the incumbents at making cars, but the incumbents are struggling to make software"
Jack in $SQ shareholder letter:
"Less than 3% of company resources are dedicated to bitcoin-related projects".
I'm probably not the only one who pictured BTC related capex in ~10% range.
Also worthy mention of TBD product later in the year ($860B TAM) for remittances. cc: $WU
TIL: Lithuania was the first country alongside US and UK to send arms to Ukraine before russian invasion started.
EU carmakers were left in a “state of shock” by BYD’s affordable cars. SealU makes BYD $15,300 profit in the EU, but just a $1,400 in China
EU imports of Chinese EVs jumped from $1.6B in 20' to $11.5B in 23'.Chinese EVs are expected to account for ¼ of all EVs sold in EU this yr
Profluent Bio developed a system capable of creating a range of bespoke cures for disease by developing molecules that have never existed in nature.
Profluent Bio aims to open source its system [OpenCRISPR-1] for research and commercial use.
There's a stabilityai for biotech.
Dear russian trolls, could you pin point "CIA involvement" in Georgian protests now, rather than few years later?
Stay strong Sakartvel Brothers and Sisters!
cc: likely quality training data ceiling
OpenAI’s CEO Says the Age of Giant AI Models Is Already Over
Brightline breaking ground on Vegas - LA, US-first high speed rail. Cost: 12B; 3B in subsidies; 2.5B in private bonds. Set to open 28'
CEO says laying the groundwork for future two-mega cities connections. Not mentioning US-wide interconnects. Gotta thank those airline lobbyists
NYT: “The only thing that’s holding us back from being as good as ChatGPT is literally just data volume,” Facebook VP
"Many FB users had deleted their earlier posts, and the platform wasn’t where people wrote essay-type content"
Threads as human-generated training data platform