A New Year's letter to a young person
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A New Year's letter to a young person
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Re: A New Year's letter to a young person
#2all good, but why `5. install twitter`?
> it's a huge time sink but everything happens there in the open.
... ok? i don't get why the tradeoff is worth it?
Re: A New Year's letter to a young person
#3all good, but why `5. install twitter`? > it's a huge time sink but everything happens there in the open. ... ok? i don't get why the tradeoff is worth it?
I thought you were joking.. "Install Twitter"..... Seriously??? I went to Twitter and if thats what it takes, I wish I get hit by a train as soon as possible.
Re: A New Year's letter to a young person
#4all good, but why `5. install twitter`? > it's a huge time sink but everything happens there in the open. ... ok? i don't get why the tradeoff is worth it?
I thought you were joking.. "Install Twitter"..... Seriously??? I went to Twitter and if thats what it takes, I wish I get hit by a train as soon as possible.
How do you remember your username?
Re: A New Year's letter to a young person
#5all good, but why `5. install twitter`? > it's a huge time sink but everything happens there in the open. ... ok? i don't get why the tradeoff is worth it?
It's X, not twitter. That system is directly controlled by a single man for his own benefit; we should use the name that reminds us of that.
He openly promotes himself and those that pay him. If you think Musk doesn't have an admin dashboard where he can demote accounts he dislikes and promote his friends, I have some... unkind words for you.
It's about control. Control over your information intake is partial control over you.
We can do so much better than ceding that power to the highest bidder.
Re: A New Year's letter to a young person
#6> A small number of cities, starting with San Francisco, Paris, London, and New York, are where almost everyone working and thinking about artificial intelligence is based. Go to these cities, or the closest approximation of them available to you, not just to work on these problems but to understand what possibilities may come your way.
The problem with this - it leads to group think - you end up being forced to conform.
There's a reason Warren Buffet left NY and went to Omaha.
likewise the best things usually come from the margins - the apple pc didn't come from people working at the best MicroPC companies but hipsters tinkering.
Re: A New Year's letter to a young person
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
I thought you were joking.. "Install Twitter"..... Seriously??? I went to Twitter and if thats what it takes, I wish I get hit by a train as soon as possible.
How do you remember your username?
Most likely he is using one of those randomizers that will generate a new account every day or hour or whatever. A lot of people in Europe has started using those when going to American sites
Re: A New Year's letter to a young person
#8I am now in my mid 30’s but moving to a second tier city may be one of the best life choices.
I have a small sample but all my New York and SF friends are still single, living in apartments, and grinding at great innovative companies.
My friends in Seattle, Austin, Chicago, seem to have much chiller more fulfilling lives where they have families, real estate, weird funky interests and hobbies.
Re: A New Year's letter to a young person
#9I am now in my mid 30’s but moving to a second tier city may be one of the best life choices. I have a small sample but all my New York and SF friends are still single, living in apartments, and grinding at great innovative companies. My friends in Seattle, Austin, Chicago, seem to have much chiller more fulfilling lives where they have families, real estate, weird funky interests and hobbies.
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Re: A New Year's letter to a young person
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
How do you remember your username?
Most likely he is using one of those randomizers that will generate a new account every day or hour or whatever. A lot of people in Europe has started using those when going to American sites
The irony of your username