They said the data was deleted. For the same reason one has a hardware Bitcoin wallet, one may not want criminals to know they have one. Trezor used a third-party warehouse to ship its products, later asking them to delete […]
Al will probably not lead to double-digit growth. “it is often much more useful to first think in levels rather than growth rates, and only then to back out the implied growth rate” The authors argue that “double-digit growth” claims […]
Free lunches in biology. Mind-expanding! Michael Levin’s 49 minute talk for a philosophy audience is a tour of how he frames agency, pattern, and form as something biology seems to pull from. “It covers some more ways I think about […]
Crunch, goo, pop. “In a lot of ways, texture is one of the most powerful and yet somehow underrated parts of the food experience.” Food companies are chasing “mouthfeel” with things like air-whipped coffee, multi-layer candies, and coatings that keep […]
Smoking lowers the risk of Parkinson’s, and here’s a theory why. “Carbon monoxide has anti-inflammatory effects and in the brain helps to counteract cell stress,” explains Toni Pitcher. A huge study in China found that higher carbon monoxide levels, even […]
Gambling addict banned himself from sports betting site, but then came Kalshi. “Then one day, about two years later, I’m scrolling on Instagram and I came across an ad for Kalshi,” said Thomas, who had previously self-excluded from DraftKings and […]
Pion is the platform we built to run our autonomous businesses. “Internally at Andon Labs, our reaction is more accurately described by the Swedish saying ‘skräckblandad förtjusning’ (a mixture of horror and fascination).” They built Pion after watching models go […]
Find role models, not mentors. “I don’t have mentors, I have role models.” Hunter Walk argues mentorship has gotten “self-proclaimed, over-used and diluted,” while role models scale and do not even need to know they are helping you. ~ learn […]
The Mythical Man-Month in the age of Al. Brooks’ Law says adding manpower to a late software project makes it later. “Adding agents to a project with unclear requirements gets you the wrong answer faster.” A neat take on why […]
The best ideas are just lying around. “Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats.” The piece argues that most “original” ideas are either rediscoveries or untested […]