“To start, it’s been quite a shock. every conversation i had yesterday revolved around it. it affected my sleep. probably some anomalies in oura data for certain SF neighborhoods last night.” ~ learn more
“It’s different now. When I manage spreadsheets, I don’t want to manipulate formulas anymore. Instead, I want to instruct the computer as I would explain to a colleague : “run the correlations on these variables to see if anything meaningful […]
“2010s; build software that solves a problem and sell it to other businesses. 2024; build software that buys businesses. Whether you start with models and use acquisitions for data, compete with PE firms, or create a tech-enabled rollup – the […]
“I was labeled a “fake citizen” because while I had written an article all about it, I hadn’t actually done anything about it. Fair point, actually.” ~ learn more
“How the 1955 Le Mans disaster changed motorsport forever.” I’m not a huge racing enthusiast and didn’t know this story prior to reading. It’s pretty gory. ~ learn more
I stumbled upon this and am so glad it exists. Today’s link is to an article on Civet. “Unlike musk, ambergris and castoreum, civet had been unknown to the classical Western world. As of its introduction to the European market […]
“Diving toward a burning hillside in his first season flying an air tanker for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Jeff Reynolds realized he was doing just about everything his early flight instructors warned him not to.” ~ […]
“In the United States, firefighting strategies range from the ground to the air. Aerial firefighting is one of these strategies. It involves dropping water and fire retardant from planes to slow or stop the spread of a wildfire. But what […]
Recall that they’re the country to made Bitcoin official currency and rolled out a national wallet app to drive adoption. Now it seems they’re trading that wallet app as a condition for a $1.4 billion loan from the IMF. ~ […]
Neither do I, but this might catch your attention: “Energy efficiency, while being about 1000x faster than today’s GPUs, you know, you can get up to 100 million X more energy efficiency…” Extropic CEO Gill Verdon presenting for 13 minutes […]