founder of synthetic turing experience technologies. intellectual degenerate.
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here's what a failed presidential assassination attempt taught me about selling b2b software 🧵👇
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something similar, but it was a proud day.
when i was ~8 i wanted more pokemon cards. my parents said they had bought me enough and if i wanted more i would have to use my own money. the conversation ended and they thought that was the end of that.
several days later they got a phone call from a couple looking to finalize the logistics around their wedding. my parents confused asked what they meant.
the couple then explained how i had found their listing in the newspaper for a photographer for their wedding and had reached out. i had several calls with the couple, planning out which day, what shots they wanted, and several different theme options and negotiated payments.
my parents of course had to inform them I was an 8 year old and that i wasn't an adult man / photographer.
a shame. my polaroid camera took great pictures and jessica was very photogenic.
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Forbes 30u30 '13: "We're curing cancer with javascript"
Forbes 30u30 '23: "Local woman goes on walk"
ALT dope person gets recognized
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-fielder is funnier, his comedy is well-written, and has high production value
- isn't a clear industry plant that came out of no where
-he's been honing this craft for 2+ decades and worked his way up
- she does the same thing everytime, his comedy hits different notes and themes
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ahhhh yess the classic problem of men not wanting to marry a younger woman?
sorry to say, there was another reason.
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they're not. women get the ick when a guy cuts too much or too into their fitness to this degree.
signals someone who is vain, won't go out and let them enjoy eating ex. cheese and wine, and the former is likely stronger.
women go by vibes and how you make them feel. former dude makes them feel safe, secure, and he's able to have fun and isn't vain.
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Can't wait till the court readings:
"Can you identify the man on the plane?"
"Yeah, kinda chubby. Wouldn’t shut up about being the 3rd or 4th investor in Uber."
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ahhh so that's what Tim Apple is announcing
Get ready to meet the newest member of the family.
Wednesday, February 19. #AppleLaunch
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The annual “my @eightsleep sprung a leak and a I need a replacement”.
I love this product but wish it didn’t break so often
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openai is some combo of netscape, AOL and napster.
while nvidia is cisco and nortel.
agi is y2k.
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canadian investors, not entrepreneurs, are the problem.
tell that to founders who started openai, instacart, uber, slack, and many more that helped start or scale in america because of US venture capital.
the maple-syrup brain-drain doom loop explained:
>> Canadian founder has world changing ambition
>> Canadian VC asks how profitable they are day 1 and offers them a terrible deal
>> Canadian founder gets frustrated and moves to the states
>> Creates a unicorn and all the benefits accrue there
pretty simple 🤷♂️
Lack of ambition in Canada creating ‘600-pound beaver in the room,’ Shopify president says theglobeandmail.com/business…
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should have done 150 men for the headline
“150 men in a $1.50m loft”
collude with the owner when he wants to sell to get free press
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so if a dude had a girlfriend, and then had sex with her mom....you don't think this would be news and he wouldn't be dragged "men aint shit" style.....
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bruh this summarized the entire jonah hill thing perfectly
"shit he caught onto the language. shame him!"
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if you don’t put your beliefs on a sticker for everyone to see, do you actually believe?
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a prospective acquirer of my first company once said to me "fortunes are made on singles and doubles. not home runs."
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why on earth? because it’s obviously wrong. real or synthetic.
i get why “no real child, no real harm” sounds tidy. but it’s wrong, and it’s risky.
children aren’t a commodity. they’re a class we protect with bright lines. when we eroticize childhood, even in pixels, we don’t stay in a harmless sandbox. we thin the boundary that keeps real kids safe. norms matter. we outlaw some things not because atoms suffer, but because the message they send corrodes the guardrails around the vulnerable.
and markets follow attention. if ai can crank out infinite fake child porn, you don’t erase demand. you inflate it. you build communities, habits, and scripts that groom the consumer. you hand people a practice space that lowers inhibition and raises appetite. a rule that says “it’s fine if no child was used” becomes a gateway, not a firewall.
there’s also the enforcement mess. synthetic content is already hard to tell from real. flood the zone with fakes and you bury needles in haystacks. investigators and courts waste time sorting what’s “merely” synthetic while real victims wait. a bright line ban preserves scarce resources for the cases that matter most.
and there’s dignity harm. even if no specific child is depicted, the target of the sexualization is a group that cannot consent. we already get this. we don’t allow child sex dolls, not because silicone has rights, but because of what the object trains in the user when a defenseless group is at stake.
the lab grown diamond analogy misses the point. diamonds don’t have rights, and wanting a diamond doesn’t orient you toward violating a person. here the desire is inherently predatory. the spillover lands on actual children, now and later. we already regulate speech and simulacra when they operate as instruments of risk.
i’m for compassion toward people with dangerous urges. offer treatment, privacy, and help. but compassion isn’t permission. harm isn’t only the moment a camera clicks. it’s what we choose to normalize, what we train ourselves to want, and what burdens we dump on the systems meant to protect the defenseless.
so i draw the line here. no ai for child porn, period. not because pixels feel pain, but because children do.
if you don’t see why it’s obviously wrong, your morale compass is askew and you need to reflect.
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the man is living his best life. in italy. hot girl. doesn’t give a shit selfie. he’s free. he won.
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“the best part? we don’t even invest real dollars. we give them credits to train on our servers in our data centers on our land on our GPUs.”
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Does this look like I peed my bed as a grown-ass man? yes.
Is @eightsleep's support super awesome and helpful? also yes.
Do I just want to sleep on my eight sleep and not need to replace it once a year? Hell yes.
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I was at Starbucks and this VC in line asked me what I did.
When I told him I was the founder of an AI company his eyes lit up and he started talking about how he was "founder friendly", "was more of an operator" and "how he could be helpful".
Then the barista gave me this.
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the biggest reality distortion jobs ever pulled was convincing SV he was a craftsman / designer when he really was a ruthless business man.
he’s closer to tony soprano than johnny ive.
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technical is the apparent bottleneck but distribution is always the hidden bottleneck.
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What Apple thinks people will do with their AR headsets
vs.
What Apple users actually use their AR headsets for
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“the fuck are you doing. i was on a zoom with my investor. and why are you stepping on the table with your shoes? we eat there”
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there was a whole period where the incentive was to be, or perceived, as a wonderkin.
people pattern matched to zuckerberg being 19 dropping out and doing fb or thiel fellowship types.
turns out it just incentivized hype and PR vs real durable business makers.
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the two dominant female groups: WASPY white girls who do pilates and thicc ass latinas
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if they were smart they’d sponsor him. pull an old spice guy level of absurdity cringe humor.
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after reading a couple of ur posts on dating i think you've black pilled yourself and doing a self-fulfilling prophecy
these things are real considerations, but not the major blockers they come across in your writing
i say this with good intent and genuine, not to fight
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Gets in at 10am. Eats at 10:30. “Work”. Lunch at 12:30. Waste time. "work”. Leaving before 3pm.
we need a recession.
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naw, we're so back.
it's impossible to have the entire world's information digested in your brain, much less readily accessible and applied to your specific case.
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Love the explanation of FAANG PMs as "0% Interest Rate PMs" or "This Generation's McKinsey Consultants"
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when they scoff and roll their eyes after you say something offensive you know you’re going to get the best dome of your life later
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and some women are like "hell ya" and "you go".
you have that with both sexes for maximizing options.
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