O’Shaughnessy

He served me and my business partner a piece of sheet cake from Von’s and nothing has ever been the same since that day.

Company apologizes after AI support agent invents policy that causes user uproar — Ars Technica Frustrated software developer believed AI-generated message came from human support rep.

I read the following about the latest kerfuffle at Cursor and couldn’t help but be struck by how extensible this is to the current Administration:

Confabulations are a type of "creative gap-filling" response where AI models invent plausible-sounding but false information

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Superagency, by Reid and Greg, and not me, marketed perfectly.

The women who made America’s microchips and the children who paid for it The US wants to manufacture chips again — but there’s a dark, overlooked history.

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After decades living in Mountain View and watching co-workers get sick too young, its clear this is still soiled Earth.

I am grateful I grew up on H.R. Pufnstuf — as all this feels right.

We Live Like Royalty and Don’t Know It Introducing “How the System Works,” a series on the hidden mechanisms that support modern life

Loved this. Despite the morass of our moment, miracles are everywhere. www.thenewatlantis.com/publications...

People Magic, Placing Bets & Perfecting the OODA Loop - The Credentialed In this episode of The Cred Podcast, host Mack McKelvey sits down with Gina Bianchini, founder and CEO of Mighty Networks. With an impressive background in the tech world, Gina shares her distinctive ...

S2 Ep24 @mackmckelvey.bsky.social talks w/Gina Bianchini, founder/CEO, @Mighty Networks. Gina shares her distinctive approach to decision-making, underscoring the importance of self-care, taking bets, and building a culture where it's safe to fail.

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Silicon Valley library has yet to post a book on DeepSeek.

Yarvinization 1.0

Started reading Genesis this week. (Kissinger/Mundie/Schmidt not R. Crumb)

Its clear early in to be an apocalyptic framework for a cockeyed optmist like myself.

However I liken it to a Prenuvo scan for our time.

Curious as to your opinions.

Rome is burning.

But sleep easier knowing there are no straws on superyachts.

It rained today.
Had a quiet moment at Bloom’s. Thought of Tom Hargadon
and Tony Rutkowski and Marty Perlmutter.

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