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Re: Meta in talks to reincorporate in Texas or another state, WSJ reports

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Post by losvedir »

hnthrow90348765 wrote: post #30
dannyisaphantom wrote: post #18

Seems like there is a multi-industry push to move into Texas; came across a video the other day of Matthew McConaughey & Woody Harrelson (and other big name actors) reprising their True Detective role calling for the Texas legislature to increase incentives that bring Hollywood productions over to Texas. [1] https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/matthew... [2] https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/matthew-m…

Why TF does everyone want to be in Texas heat or not be able to go outside?

One aspect that intrigues me is it's well positioned to take advantage of solar power. I think solar capacity is growing faster than any state and it's behind only California now?

I live in Chicago and just got finished with a 10F degree week, and I was sitting there feeling bad about how much natural gas my house was burning to stay warm. There are plenty of weeks here, where I have to raise the temperature in the house 60F degrees, whereas the worst in Texas is probably only a difference of a few dozen, tops. On top of which, cooling like that is vastly more efficient than warming. Heat pumps are getting to be useable at these low temperatures, and somewhat more efficient than just burning the fuel, but not nearly as efficient at cooling from, say, 100 to 80.

But the biggest difference is that when climate control needs are the highest here, we have the least sun: in the winter, at night. Whereas in Texas when the climate needs are the highest (in the summer, in the daytime), they have the most sun. There's something sort of pleasing about that to me.

> Texas heat

In other words, as someone who's a solar power optimist, dealing with Chicago cold, I feel like that's not such a drawback.

Of course, somewhere sunny and comfortable like California might be best, but who can afford that.

Re: Meta in talks to reincorporate in Texas or another state, WSJ reports

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Post by inglor_cz »

mcphage wrote: post #33
renewiltord wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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> Let the people vote with their feet. And if they have 3 feet because they grew up near Love Canal: they can vote with their feet 50% faster! How great is that!

Intentions and consequences do not always match. NEPA was intended to protect the nature, but it has become a tool of NIMBYs to stop any development they don't like by launching vexatious litigations that aren't sincerely meant to protect nature.

Other Western countries face similar problems: environmental laws are ruthlessly weaponized against anything, including affordable housing.

That cannot go on forever.

Re: Meta in talks to reincorporate in Texas or another state, WSJ reports

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Post by huijzer »

m_ke wrote: post #13

I can't imagine what it's like at Meta right now, with the CEO publicly stating that they're firing the bottom 5% of performers and then a week later stating that the LLMs that his researchers / engineers are working on will soon be able to replace them. Zuck needs Yann LeCun and other senior researchers at Meta a lot more than they need him. If they were to quit there would be a line out the door to hand them as muc…

I just finished a blog post with some thoughts on AI’s future [1] and the surprising conclusion was that most big tech companies probably have much bigger problems than whether researchers leave or not.

As Taleb and DeepSeek’s CEO point out, usually when you have a disruptive technology, then the incumbents will be left behind. Cursor AI and DeepSeek are a sign of new players coming out of nowhere and beating the incumbents.

[1]: https://huijzer.xyz/posts/ai-learning-rate/

Re: Meta in talks to reincorporate in Texas or another state, WSJ reports

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Post by Hatchback7599 »

m_ke wrote: post #13

I can't imagine what it's like at Meta right now, with the CEO publicly stating that they're firing the bottom 5% of performers and then a week later stating that the LLMs that his researchers / engineers are working on will soon be able to replace them. Zuck needs Yann LeCun and other senior researchers at Meta a lot more than they need him. If they were to quit there would be a line out the door to hand them as muc…

>All 3 of them are unaccountable to anyone.

In what way are they unaccountable to anyone?

Their wealth is tied up in stock whose value is tied to the perception, aka the accountability, of the general public. Not being able to personally destroy someone's wealth because you don't like what they're doing is different from being unaccountable. If tomorrow Zuck released an AI model or FB feature that was deeply unpopular, his ventures and personal wealth would dwindle according to the market's reaction. That's accountability. I'm not even a fan of Zuck... he's a slimy weasel who changes his tune to whoever is in power. But public perception directly affects his decision making.

Re: Meta in talks to reincorporate in Texas or another state, WSJ reports

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Post by darth_avocado »

foogazi wrote: post #37

Is it a mental illness if a billionaire many times over still wants more money ?

Mo money = mo power. When you have that much money, you’re just competing with others with similar amount of money as you. So the only way you can outdo others is by having more power (which can come to you if you have more money).

It’s the billionaire equivalent of Florida retirement communities where people try to become the HOA presidents to exert more power.

Re: Meta in talks to reincorporate in Texas or another state, WSJ reports

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Post by egorfine »

UncleOxidant wrote: post #50
m_ke wrote: post #13

I can't imagine what it's like at Meta right now, with the CEO publicly stating that they're firing the bottom 5% of performers and then a week later stating that the LLMs that his researchers / engineers are working on will soon be able to replace them. Zuck needs Yann LeCun and other senior researchers at Meta a lot more than they need him. If they were to quit there would be a line out the door to hand them as muc…

I'm not sure what's keeping LeCun at Meta at this point. I can imagine he's not happy with Zuck's capitulation. I'm sure you're right that if he decided to leave he'd easily be able to get funding. I'm sure France would be willing to set him up with an AI research lab to get him back there. And there would be plenty of other companies/labs that would be trying to get him.

> I'm sure France would be willing to set him up

Are you familiar with realities of incorporating a startup in the EU?

Re: Meta in talks to reincorporate in Texas or another state, WSJ reports

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Post by mikepurvis »

kernal wrote: post #69
UncleOxidant wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure what's keeping LeCun at Meta at this point. I can imagine he's not happy with Zuck's capitulation. I'm sure you're right that if he decided to leave he'd easily be able to get funding. I'm sure France would be willing to set him up with an AI research lab to get him back there. And there would be plenty of other companies/labs that would be trying to get him.

>I'm not sure what's keeping LeCun at Meta at this point. Maybe he's happy with his compensation, his coworkers, the food at the cafeteria and doesn't want to uproot his life or be burdened with running a company. >I can imagine he's not happy with Zuck's capitulation Who did Zuck capitulate to?

I’d be pretty embarrassed to be working for someone who kissed the ring like Zuck did on Jan 20.

Re: Meta in talks to reincorporate in Texas or another state, WSJ reports

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Post by ceejayoz »

kernal wrote: post #69
UncleOxidant wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure what's keeping LeCun at Meta at this point. I can imagine he's not happy with Zuck's capitulation. I'm sure you're right that if he decided to leave he'd easily be able to get funding. I'm sure France would be willing to set him up with an AI research lab to get him back there. And there would be plenty of other companies/labs that would be trying to get him.

>I'm not sure what's keeping LeCun at Meta at this point. Maybe he's happy with his compensation, his coworkers, the food at the cafeteria and doesn't want to uproot his life or be burdened with running a company. >I can imagine he's not happy with Zuck's capitulation Who did Zuck capitulate to?

> Who did Zuck capitulate to?

There's a pretty decent list of the actions and changes at https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/technology/meta-mark-zuck....

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