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Trump will be a lame duck soon, and it's likely that the next president will be far less extreme. Some sense of American normalcy will likely return relatively soon.

my mental model: guess about the future (no money involved) = "prediction" guess about the future (money involved) = "gambling"

I'm not reading too much into it. SF Bay Area is still the startup HQ of the world. Gary probably just wanted to hire this guy despite his desire to live in Cambridge. Plus YC is l…

I don't think that now is the best time to learn software development, but I do think that now is the best time to learn computer science.

You've built a great product IMO. I'm a happy customer.

Why is this guy so popular of late? Is it because he manages to book interesting podcast guests? He doesn't seem to have any particularly interesting or impressive original thought…

The Taiwanese tourists seem to have a significantly more favorable reputation in Japan (in comparison to the Chinese tourists).

He (along with Jack Ma) is certainly among the luckiest people on Earth... I'm not sure if it's just consistently poor translation / English skills, but every time I hear either of…

That seems like a very strange opinion... "the professor's time was wasted"?? The pursuit of education (and often degrees) is meaningful on a personal level. A productive research …

Most likely for the same reason that so many people seem to think they need a vector-specific database and a framework like langchain to build any type of GenAI-enabled application…

Not all (or most) people-problems can be solved with software. Recruiting/hiring is a pure people-problem. No two people are the same. No two groups of people (i.e., companies) are…

It seems YC is trending younger with this AI wave (I believe average age of the most recent batch was ~26) - kids dropping out of college to build startups without ever having work…

I listened to a talk to that Jim Simons gave at San Francisco State University about a decade ago in which he mostly recounts his life and career. Towards the end when he was descr…

From a high level engineering perspective (and not being an expert in blockchain systems), the amount of complexity in the Ethereum ecosystem seems... excessive? And it seems likel…

It's truly hard to believe that Michael Seibel wasn't appointed as CEO, and equally hard to believe that Garry Tan was.

Seems like whenever tech people get rich enough they become completely obsessed with politics.

People will always have a want for more ways/things to bet/gamble on - it just seems to be something in our nature.

I think it's mostly societal perception. For whatever reasons, a lot of people seem to think of professionals in SF and NYC as smarter or more capable than professionals from Boise…

As a resident of SF, this was probably the best article about SF that I've read in years - it really captures a broad set of perspectives and paints an accurate picture of the land…

Strengthening my thoughts that most if not all near-term AI developments will find success as features within products controlled by the hyperscalers and established tech giants. W…