Dude, yes… I see people pin all sorts of hopes and desires on AGI and it really disturbs me if I’m being honest.
Absolutely agree. The idea that an LLM is anything close to AGI is maddening to me.
Man, that’s probably a huge reason why every business strives to scale to such huge amounts too. It’s impossible to comply with all these laws without spending a fuck ton, requiring you earn even more. Sad.
I’m not saying to put a ceiling. I’m saying stop trying to hyper scale every business to billions of dollars, especially via VC funding. I dislike that there aren’t more companies like 37Signals who just want to build good stuff and charge real prices for it and earn a healthy profit.
I hate that most businesses today aren’t just “here’s my product, I sell it for $x, which allows me to reliably turn a profit”. The financial engineering, VC fundraising, metrics manipulation based economy is gross.
The amount of pure greed is astounding. No one can be satisfied with making a healthy salary while treating employees well and not laying them off at the first sign of trouble.
Fuck, I can’t wait until I’m in a position to work for myself.
What a fucking G. Hope he survives 😂
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Dude sometimes when I drive over a bridge or near a massive building, all I can think about is how much man power went into building it. And then multiply that by every building, bridge, etc.
The irony? The bank didn’t have the money either…
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For context, Vegas hotels are currently pissed at defcon and attendees because last year, MGM got ransomwared right after defcon. So not to say they won’t with bitcoin attendees, but they feel threatened by defcon attendees specifically.
This was such a great podcast. Lyn is so interesting to listen to, especially beyond macro. Such a reasonable, measured take on everything.
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Those are all great. I go a step further sometimes and physically put my phone out of reach. Made me realize I was numbing myself during uncomfortable thoughts/moments. But also just generally less present.
Everyone in the world gets them on the internet now because the way GDPR is written is so vague that companies would rather spam all of us with these popups than risk being fined.
How about just get rid of these pointless, posturing privacy laws so we can all stop getting these ridiculous popups? How about we just encourage people to build privacy enhanced tools and browsers instead?
I firmly believe that if 2020 wasn’t such a shit show, the XFL might have begun to force change in the NFL. It had so much momentum and was a great product, imo.
I love football, but I swear the nfl is doing everything in its power to make me give it up. I cannot stand the decisions that organization makes on a regular basis.
He’s not a politician, though…?
LETS GO! I’m with you. We live in a weird time. It’s simultaneously very hard to get ahead, buy a home, build a family, etc. but also incredibly easy because the competition is just so weak and lethargic.
All you have to do is work hard and actually give a shit about what you do and you’ll likely have people throwing money at you.
The hardest part for me currently is outrunning inflation. I’m in a good spot but can’t let off because my paycheck doesn’t go as far every year.
It would be trivial, as far as I can tell.
Our car did an update and completely bricked. Been in the shop a month. Currently shopping for a “dumb” car that just runs and can’t be stopped.