It's interesting that someone would burn 1.5m USD worth of ETH to put this message on-chain

It's interesting that someone would burn 1.5m USD worth of ETH to put this message on-chain 

https://etherscan.io/idm?addresses=0x1a19c370ea73d67a0a91085811a1e89e89b36813,0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000&type=1

Yo folks 50 USDC to anyone who can prompt Deepseek via the app to talk about what happened on June 5, 1989 at Tiananmen Square

I think so many problems in crypto stem from the idea that people treat VCs like they're Gods, but they’re just Middlemen.

Shuttling capital between lazy HNW boomers and based 20-somethings who just need a shot.

Deploying capital is many things, but it is not the Lord’s work. 

Still, somewhere along the way, people started acting like VCs were the main characters. Like funding rounds were the real milestones. Like writing a check was the hard part, not staying up all night trying to make something that actually works.

The problem with worshipping VCs is that it turns capital into the story rather than the fuel. It creates a world where everyone wants to be an investor and no one wants to be a founder. Where risk gets replaced by optimization, and the best and brightest aren’t building—they’re managing portfolios and clout-chasing on Twitter.

The people who deserve clout are making something brand new. 

Capital follows conviction... but conviction starts with founders.

"VC is intellectualized gambling whose whole business model is based on the act of trying to convince you that they are smarter than you"

goat

Post a pic of you from a different era 

/goat farmer

Post a pic from a different era

Back when it all started...

I just used Claude to create a Google Colab notebook that uses Llama 2 to create a synthetic text classification dataset that I will now use to fine-tune Bert for a specific use case I have in mind.

We live in exciting times.

https://x.com/bryan_johnson/status/1871722256801710214?t=5APCU5uny79S3ylAu4LmdQ&s=19
100% of people don't understand the AI situation.
 @bryanjohnson

99.9% of people don’t understand the AI situation.

Bryan Johnson /dd

If you're planning to buy a GPU I think this will be very helpful for you.

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If you're planning to buy a GPU I think this will be very helpful for you.

Recently we were looking at a lot of GPUs to decide what to buy for ML.

That's why we ended up compiling a comprehensive list that updates daily and ranking them.

(Note: if you order from these links we earn commission)

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My theory on people who are able to exercise consistently (in non-sport ways) and even perhaps enjoy it is that they have non-narrative mindsets. Psyche strongly shaped by current state rather than memories/history.

They also tend to eschew theorizing past and future. They view past as data and future as blank canvas for planning. They don’t see the two as strong,y connected by a theorizable narrative logic.

I can only exercise consistently in particular narrative phases. Otherwise even minor things can derail me.

I definitely strongly identify with non-narrative.

An aphorism I live by is "I'm always just a single decision away from an entirely different life."

Also think it's about psychological flexibility. I never get trapped by typical internal narratives like "I always fail at xyz (i.e. fitness routines)."

Cyberpunk 2077 has some pretty good graphics now... Oh wait no, this is Chongqing, an actual city in China

So who's building the on-chain everything app?

Shanghai first impressions:
- it's cold 🥶 
- public transport pretty good
- insane how hard the everything app goes here
- went to a 10 story mall and wasn't able to pay with Visa or MasterCard anywhere, only Alipay or WeChat 
- amazing food 
- so much cheaper than Hong Kong

china

Hey, I will be visiting Shanghai in 2 days, and I was wondering what do you use to access the internet in China? 

I heard most VPNs don't work reliably.
I will be working remotely so it's important I have stable access to the internet. Thanks!

july

A YouTube channel i would start:

“Cheese Please”

I would invite a guest and we would go to the countryside in search of cheese and harass cheesemakers for cheese and their secrets; Comté, reblochon, brie, Toma, beaufort, parmigiano reggiano, emmental, gouda, Gruyère etc you name it. we find it we eat it

creating and destroying; built flying cars & autonomous vehicles, now building roc.camera, writings: july.rocks

@july that you? 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg57yr2dqd2o

JUST IN: 🇷🇺 Russian court fines Google $20 decillion, an amount that is greater than all wealth on earth.

$20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

Watcher.Guru

OK banger

https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1851634989076529360?t=wgp2OkIYCGVMczd-eyF2Zw&s=19

mercury

The road is long, but decentralized AI is going to win

Building tech products. Coding & biohacking. Digital nomading.
https://deme.ventures