Is the tech debt metaphor still useful? This conversation drove toward a consensus that the metaphor is still applicable but it’s meaning is shifting. We wound up talking securitization, financial literacy, and more.

It’s honestly one of the funniest clips ever 😂

Glad I’m not the only one who thought of this clip after seeing that post.

I’d also like to see 2nd pass at the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials once we’re done fixing the messes at home.

the hard parts of building a business are - solving a real problem for real people - ignoring shiny ideas that are fun but distracting - prioritizing boring stuff that moves the needle - connecting with customers if anything, AI makes it *harder* to build a successful business

Flying! The Flying Frog Brigade. Oysterhead was prob my fav.

What’s the probability of being killed by companies using AI to deny medical care?

It seems like a lot of people saying “you need to learn how they work” actually mean “you need to use them to learn how they work”.

Kinda like how the oil industry knew exactly what it was doing for decades and spent that time funding climate change denial.

And if you spend too much time casting spells you may get magic psychosis.

Hugo Boss and black armbands, if that “Captive Nations” bit refers to what I think it does.

Can’t be long since some experienced programmers appear to have arrived there already.

Between AI and horses, I’d put my money on horses being closer to human intelligence than the AI.

Every time Germany has an election like this I think of all the stories about how Germany has been rearming in the face of US sending unreliable signals re: NATO.

Really great thread, thank you! Do you happen to know if the right saw her association w/CIA as evidence the CIA had been captured by communists, like they did w/the Congress for Cultural Freedom?

Also a lot of it was explicitly written to appeal to a search engine made by the same company responsible for the research all the LLMs are based on.

It’s the same people running the same predatory playbook as crypto mining did previously, except this time at hyperscale.

Rounded corners with transparent pngs and a constantly evolving set of internet explorer hacks to support them.

Want an answer that covers all three, just in case you ever find yourself in that situation?