Kyle Conroy

What’s a technology that you think is overhyped? I’m going to give a sideways answer to this, which is that the venture capital business model needs to be understood as requiring hype. You can go back to the Netscape IPO, and that was the proof point that made venture capital the financial lifeblood of the tech industry. Venture capital looks at valuations and growth, not necessarily at profit or revenue. So you don’t actually have to invest in technology that works, or that even makes a profit, you simply have to have a narrative that is compelling enough to float those valuations. So you see this repetitive and exhausting hype cycle as a feature in this industry. A couple of years ago, you would have been asking me about the metaverse, then last year, you would have asked me about Web3 and crypto, and for each of these inflection points there’s an Andreessen Horowitz manifesto. It’s not simply that one piece of technology is overhyped, it’s that hype is a necessary ingredient of the current business ecosystem of the tech industry. We should examine how often the financial incentive for hype is rewarded without any real social returns, without any meaningful progress in technology, without these tools and services and worlds ever actually manifesting. That’s key to understanding the growing chasm between the narrative of techno-optimists and the reality of our tech-encumbered world.

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You're not supposed to shame subtweet your family like this

Brennan's announcement

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Been there, sitting at a red light with a song on the radio

All good businesses diversify, right?

It would honestly not surprise me if "certain areas" of Xbox gaming are just the teams and leadership members who refuse to mindlessly slurp the AI development hose, given hoinsanely hard Microsoft is shoving it into everything

Yeah the antigen tests have been getting less and less effective, particularly as the primary infection has moved out of the sinuses and down into the throat and lower respiratory systems :/

Jeez, maybe don't watch the trailer for Hail Mary Project if you haven't read the book. They really made no effort to produce a trailer focusing on the premise and not...a lot of the story.

Also, consider reading the book! The audiobook is also good!

15 days ...

Another big Fuck You to everyone who said "it won't be that bad"

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Yeah "bomb Iran" has been a Republican position since at least McCain, they barely even need an excuse to float the idea

People who make streaming apps - why do you put autoplay at the end of movies? What user study convinced you that what people want at the end of a movie watching experience is for a different movie that they didn't choose to just start a minute into the credits?

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

Jen I was gone for a whole week, you could have loaded the dishwasher wrong and run it and I would have *never known* 😂

The writers are really just taking the piss now aren't they 😂

I also feel like the original heads of major companies started from *making the stuff*, and all their replacements have come from the finance division. That's at least true for Boeing and MSFT. Nowadays CEOs get hundreds of millions to just optimize quarterly returns :/

Sorry Expedition 33, Blue Prince is *my* GotY

Day 57 in Blue Prince, just had a perfect alignment of things I wanted to do, found some wild stuff. 7th letter acquired.

I love my echo chamber where everyone values the humanity of other people and enjoys the arts.

Picard ethics tip: The fact that a conflict has many sides does not imply that every side has merit.

Wrapping up my night with #BluePrince and finally hitting room 46 with exactly one step left was a real thrill. Definitely not stopping yet, I feel like there so much more to discover about this house!

Blue Prince is just so, so good

It has really been a minute since I've played a good journal game

Haha at least it doesn't affect anyone else right

Hey remember how seriously Republicans took the Emoluments Clause up until the criminal wanted to just do insider trading for months?

Satya must fully believe that gen AI is the next Azure in terms of business opportunities. There's no other reason to force every team to redesign their features to be AI-forward

You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.

Jadzia Dax and Kor hugging: "Curzon, my beloved old friend." "I'm Jadzia now." "Jadzia, my beloved old friend!"

It's also the day for my favorite meme!

If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.