Plastic is ubiquitous but also somewhat complicated. Toss ‘bio’ into the mix and there’s some explanation required. “Bioplastic can mean that a material is biobased. Bioplastic can also mean that a material is biodegradable.” This short article can help you get it all straight. ~ learn […]
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Rob May made the point a few weeks ago that generative ai startups are mostly a bad vc bet. Don’t let that fool you into thinking he’s not betting — “I believe that making bets in markets like this, while many […]
“Teach it to use the Wolfram language.” ~ see a concise example or stephen wolfram’s detailed post
“But using these LLMs in isolation is often not enough to create a truly powerful app – the real power comes when you can combine them with other sources of computation or knowledge. This library is aimed at assisting in […]
To Stratechery’s Ben Thompson, “it seems clear … that this is a new epoch in technology.” So how might the giant tech companies of the last decade play a role in this new epoch? The premise here is that, “some […]
“Which judges close the most deals, which ones change the terms off the air, and the surprising response from some entrepreneurs who don’t win over a shark.” Unrelated: I briefly turned on Shark Tank in our hotel room last weekend, […]
Stratechery highlights the excellent strategic position that Microsoft has created after losing their Windows dominance. “Moreover, it seems likely this empire will be more durable than the old Microsoft republic: the entire reason why Windows faltered as a strategic linchpin […]
Device maker Withings announced their U-Scan urinalysis hardware at CES this month. They’ll be available for sale to Europeans later this year, and Americans someday (pending FDA clearance). To quote my 2018 self: “I’ve been talking for some time about a future […]
From the highly credible Rob May, investor in 100+ AI companies. His point is that there’s little defensibility for most of these companies. First, before there are no barriers to entry. Second, the foundational models that these companies rely on […]