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For all the naysayers in this thread, I gotta say you’re wrong. Vint is a class act. Humble, helpful, and optimistic. Not to mention one of the most impactful computer scientists o…

The first and seminal Indian tech blogger. I looked up to him. RIP.

He makes it sound simple, and in some ways, it is. You have to not only build the thing, but also find the thing that people want. It’s the latter that’s as hard if not harder than…

To be clear: yes, it’s possible, it’s not too late. Read the book.

Eric - I've worked for NASA, ATT, IBM, HP, Amazon, and Google, not to mention a couple of startups that I started in between. None of them (except the startups, but they were brief…

Why not?

This administration has made it clear in no uncertain words or actions. They don’t want immigrants. And if you think this is bad policy, please stop voting for them. Please vote fo…

I just want to state for the record that this will fail harder than Google Plus.

This is cool.

This is a great article and I share its goals. But, it ignores something fundamental about humans as a collective — capitalism. Capitalism is what got us here and is at odds with f…

This is sick.

So, I’m left wondering why he did it the hard way.

I learned the first time I got slashdotted: 1. Don’t engage in public with an antagonistic or upset user or reviewer. 2. The thread will unroll itself, and the immaterial ones will…

I spent 9 months at IBM in 1999. At that time, Lou’s legacy had already been solidified. He saved IBM. While not everyone agreed with his decisions, there was a culture of both hon…

He right. I’ve seen poverty in India, but I misunderstood it. There was a 12 year old kid who guided our boat down the Narmada after we spread my Dads ashes. He was not in school b…

Certainly research has made it into product with the help of the innovators that created the research. The dial is turned further here where the research ideas have yet to be tried…

Most of the folks on this topic are focused on Meta and Yann’s departure. But, I’m seeing something different. This is the weirdest technology market that I’ve seen. Researchers ar…

This site is a stroll down memory lane for me. I had one of the calculator watches as a kid. Used it everywhere, especially when shopping or going out to eat with parents. It was c…

This smacks so much of a Silicon Valley episode. “Pre-idea individuals” … Sounds like they want people with no opinions. Next we will say stuff like “No thought personas”

I like this post. I see this confusion all the time! What’s the difference between ChatGPT and gpt-5 or gpt-4o, and so on. OpenAI’s carefully crafted naming schemes don’t help. Tho…

Oh dear. Should I comment on this?

I’m surprised by the argument. It’s not wrong. You need more data, but that presumes that the task is to pre-train on data. Additional compute is also useful for unearthing tacit c…

I took 6.034 from Winston and still have the lecture notes and book. Though dated, they remind me of what was great about MIT. The constant change, upheaval, search for scientific …