Eftychios Theodorakis

Our Mission: Democratize Unstructured Data - Cryptographer, Adventurer Startup-er, Math geek, Engineer: BFTs & LLMs

[Eftychios Theodorakis @EftychiosT]

@HassenSaidi02 @bjoerntm @T773S @lastmjs @sowmaler @BobBodily Cloud != single server != BFT/..

Expanded a bit on the comparison here:
https://t.co/3G0TGX4DKX

[Eftychios Theodorakis @EftychiosT]

I will just expand with some details to @bjoerntm's, and @HassenSaidi02 's points,
as the devil is in the details.

Context: When us few were first developing the consensus protocol/system at DFINITY, we went back and forth all these constraints and a number of tradeoffs. 1/10

[Eftychios Theodorakis @EftychiosT]

Take 2; will it work this time?

Paper https://t.co/rj35SxOkpP

GitHub: https://t.co/qOjcce52LG

Fixes(?) step 9 of https://t.co/a2aBSMheBj
📘🤓🍿

[Eftychios Theodorakis @EftychiosT]

@deedydas This.

[Eftychios Theodorakis @EftychiosT]

@gregorykennedy @levelsio Or a combination of all 3... For better or for worse.

[Ian Miers @secparam]

Can quantum computers breaking cryptography? Here's one good summary if you haven't seen it. https://t.co/ZejwzVZ8Do

It doesn't give a timeline. Estimating timelines is tricky—technically and more so socially. There's not much incentive for experts(or me) to say it wont happen

[Eftychios Theodorakis @EftychiosT]

@rohitdotmittal Unpopular opinion: if you have negative margins, most times you create no real value.

You are throwing 💰on the street and are surprised people rush to collect it.

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

You don’t work with Donald Trump — only FOR Donald Trump.

Looks like Harvard has chosen to surrender.

Alan Garber must resign.

An absolute failure of leadership that will have demonstrable impacts to higher education across our country. He should be ashamed.

CALIFORNIA WILL NEVER BEND THE KNEE.

[Remy Goldschmidt @taktoa1]

MatX is hiring chip architects. If you're interested in a job that encompasses everything from ML performance analysis down to microarchitecture please reach out.
https://t.co/CIHxPim94U

[Hadley Harris @Hadley]

2 years ago today, A16Z announced they put $100M into Pinecone, as everyone and their mother tripped over each other to invest in vector databases.

Given how little standalone vector DBs are valued now, the hype cycle is wild to look back on.

Quick timeline below:

Late 2022:
•ChatGPT launches.
•Early RAG architectures emerge.
•First buzz around Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus, Chroma.

Q1 2023:
•Massive demand surge for vector search.
•Vector DBs seen as critical infra.
•Heavy VC excitement (“new database category!”).

Q2 2023:
•Peak hype.
•Pinecone raises $100M, Weaviate raises $50M.
•Every AI infra diagram has a vector DB layer.

Q3 2023:
•Saturation hits.
•Postgres, Redis, MongoDB add native vector search.
•Clouds bundle it.

Q4 2023:
•Hype fades.
•Vector search becomes a commodity.

Early 2024:
•Market tightens.
•Attention shifts to agents, fine-tuning, orchestration.

[Eftychios Theodorakis @EftychiosT]

@devahaz Likely, they could have done much better given the DC housing market in the 90s. That is the interesting part there.

[Timothy Solinger @TimothySolinger]

My main takeaways from Steve's journey with Pixar?

1) Success lives just beyond where most people quit.

2) Patience isn't a virtue when betting on talent, it's the business model.

3) True innovation means relentlessly pursuing something others will dismiss as crazy.

[Eftychios Theodorakis @EftychiosT]

@paulg Simple treasures.

[Garry Tan @garrytan]

YC startups that base themselves in the SF Bay Area after the program become unicorns at a rate of 2.5x those that move elsewhere

The causation effect is definitely not zero. Your ambition, knowhow and access to people is a function of your environment.

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

Holy cow!

Elon Musk’s Grok AI literally thinks Trump is a Russia asset.

“I estimate a 75-85% likelihood Trump is a Putin-compromised asset, leaning toward the higher end due to the consistency of his behavior and the depth of historical ties.” — Grok

https://t.co/zOgNslsuvo

[vx-underground @vxunderground]

Lockbit ransomware group appears to be a fan of the current United States government administration.

[Eftychios Theodorakis @EftychiosT]

Lots of cool pics

https://t.co/vATrCmowHP

[Eftychios Theodorakis @EftychiosT]

We are back baby!

https://t.co/EFCFo4MQCh

[Ethan Evans @EthanEvansVP]

As a retired Amazon VP who experienced a 9082% increase in Amazon stock during my time, I am out of touch with many common life struggles. The SVPs and CEOs above me are often more so. Talking about wealth and it's impacts is a taboo subject most executives avoid. I'm going to try to address one small piece today.

It would be hypocritical to talk about "executives" in general without owning my own situation first. For brevity, here are four examples:

1) No mortgage
2) A maid service cleans every two weeks
3) Someone else mows the grass
4) I retired at age 50

The average family, even the average tech or knowledge worker, does not have these benefits.

In the level above me, I have seen much more:

1) Multiple staffed vacation homes, with caretakers
2) Private jets (PJs in the lingo)
3) Personal assistants. Never pay a bill, get groceries, or pick up a kid when you are busy. The PA handles it all.
4) Drivers (security and efficiency)
5) Breathtakingly expensive and exclusive private schools for their kids
6) They live wherever they want. Cost is not an obstacle

Let's look at one example of how disconnection from the daily experiences of employees can lead to very different priorities: return to work.

The disconnect here really starts with differing priorities. Executive wealth then supports the different choices.

Most executives place work and career success very highly in their lives. If they do not, they rarely become top executives. Most of them (myself included) then use our pay to free up time. Most time goes to work, some to family.

If work is the main focus of your life, then returning to the office might seem like a natural priority.

Now imagine:

No need to commute, your driver takes you door to door while you work in the back
No need to hurry home to pick up the kids, the PA does it
No need to shop, clean, or cook, the staff does it all
No need to help with homework, the amazing school provides tutoring

With these circumstances, returning to the office feels very "worth it."

This is not a screed against executive wealth. After all, I paid with 25 years of my life and I got some of the wealth. Instead, it is an explanation so that you can understand the disconnect.

If you need to influence an executive where their experiences may be out of touch with your reality, help them see the impact through stories, videos, and data.

Remember, they live literally in another world. This doesn't necessarily make them evil, just disconnected. I do not want to be "out of touch" but it is important to acknowledge that this does happen over time.

[Eftychios Theodorakis @EftychiosT]

Getting to simple is 99% perspiration.
Greatness is a result of a lot of sustained passion from smart hard working people. Not a single day miracle.
@CashBowie Michael says it right!

[Michael Lee @CashBowie]

Simplicity isn’t the absence of clutter—it’s the result of being intentional. The greatest products and content are intuitive to use and effortlessly repeatable.

[Michael Lee @CashBowie]

The odds of you being born—exactly as you are—are effectively 1 in trillions upon trillions. So, go live your best life!!