Former MIT Scientist Wins $6M in Landmark Case Against False Sexual Assault Accusations
Former MIT Scientist Wins $6M in Landmark Case Against False Sexual Assault Accusations
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Max Weiner, G. B. Rango, and Jonas Du posted new notes
Harris Sockel liked Max Weiner You follow 7d Definitive explainer on the debate surrounding Nick Cammarata’s AI interpretability research, from the one and only @G. B. Rango: 3 1 G. B. Rango You follow 7d if you’re at all interested in how (or if) we can understand and control…
Wednesday: Three Morning Takes
- Barack HUSSEIN Obama - Instagram is redeeming itself still horrifying - Moms Against the State
The Industry // Anduril Unveils American-Made Laptop
america invented computers, but we can’t build them anymore. anduril and qualcomm are taking the ‘first step’ toward fixing that.
Tuesday: Three Morning Takes
- $KLLR $ROBO - Your Company, My Choice - Uhhh I think it’s about the Antichrist?
The Industry // How Noisy Are America’s Largest Data Centers?
my agents and i mapped noise coming from america’s 25 largest data centers. turns out not all hyperscalers annoy their neighbors, and this problem is very solvable.
Monday: Three Morning Takes
The oldest man alive, Bernie Sanders, went apoplectic Friday morning after rogue, artificially intelligent agents hacked into random citizens’ bank accounts — a grim picture of, presumably, some leaked OpenAI Frankenstein going Bonnie and Clyde on mom’s retirement fund. “Pause…
Inside Peter Thiel’s Nashville Antichrist Lectures
we are in an apocalyptic era; peter thiel wants you to study the bible, think harder about the antichrist, and (literally) save the world.
The Official Anthem of MeToo’s Revival
the cornell 7 and lindsay clancy cases have sparked a resurgence of online female empowerment. in paris paloma’s ‘labour,’ these women have found their new slave song
Friday: Three Morning Takes
- Meet Waymo’s detractors (oh wait, you can’t) - Believe Women, OR ELSE - Hotties in SF: An Invasive Species?
The Industry // San Francisco’s Hot Girl Bubble
It’s been a depressing couple of years for my mid-20s male friend Aaron (a pseudonym), who moved to SF to build his AI startup. Accustomed to an abundance of “beautiful girls” in Los Angeles, where he’d spent the previous four years, Aaron was shocked to discover that his new…
Thursday: Three Morning Takes
Following Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin’s leaked admission that she wants to prosecute minor staffers around Trump in order to — she said out loud, to an audience of other humans — scare young people away from working for Republicans, Kara Swisher took to the…
One Man’s Quest to Build a Very Small Data Center on a Remote Plot of Sand
we joined a data center founder's 'listening tour' through rural colorado. it went very badly and also very well.
Evan Milenko, Harris Sockel, and Jonas Du posted new notes
Evan Milenko You follow 6d If your fridge is running, you better go catch it 15 2 Harris Sockel You follow 6d my dispatch from deep inside the dark heart of brooklyn’s mini portlandia 6 Jonas Du You follow 3d Couldn't be more proud of the 3rd (wow, already!) managing board of…
Wednesday: Three Morning Takes
WIRED reports that Americans who fled to Europe in protest against Trump are now “sheepishly confessing” that life isn’t exactly what they expected in the land of cobblestones and bad teeth. “The quality of life is significantly lower” in Europe, one expat admitted: dishwashers…
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