InfiniteAngles

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[Patrick Stewart @SirPatStew]

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to:
Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Fund   
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Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Caregiver Resources    
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Photo Credit: Tommy Garcia

[InfiniteAngles @InfiniteAngles]

If samsung has done all this monitoring, always on mic etc on their TVs imagine how loaded their phones are.

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@saralucijad would be nice to finish up the work on this audio app I've been working on. 👀

[InfiniteAngles @InfiniteAngles]

We live in an era where freedom of choice is increasingly restricted. Tech corps impose absurd rules, misuse our personal data for profit, and then hypocritically block the very apps we rely on under the guise of 'tos violations.' while expecting us to honor their brand image.

[Rahul @sairahul1]

Let me get this straight.

A guy keeps getting weirdly targeted ads on his new Samsung TV.

So he breaks into his own TV to find out why. 1.2M people watch.

42 hours later, OpenAI deactivates his account. Reason: "Cyber Abuse."

His words: "i have never used openai to exploit or find vulnerabilities, only local reverse engineering"

Same week, people on r/claude say Claude now cuts off reverse-engineering write-ups MID-SENTENCE:

"A safety check stopped my response partway through creating the playbook"

The TV is fine.

The guy who opened it is the problem.

[InfiniteAngles @InfiniteAngles]

@inprogress_m It's definitely made me pay more attention to the recording details, sounds of the drums, choices in the mixes. Soundstage presence has made the real difference. The app however is more focused on building something I've always wanted to see.

[InfiniteAngles @InfiniteAngles]

Spending the past few months working on this audio app, and learning the inner workings of building an app etc from the ground up, has really reignited my appreciation for music and audio as a whole.

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Based off how people are just learning about the big corporations with TV data sharing. Just wait till they learn about x402 and the potential of permanent tracking and predictive control.

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Is anyone else having their #ChatGPTPlus suddenly hit limits despite having 10% left? Is there something I'm missing?

[Verum @verumidest]

Nine minutes after Adam Neumann stepped down as WeWork's CEO, his bank emailed him. He had 15 days to repay about $450 million, with interest compounding daily.

In January 2019 SoftBank had valued WeWork at $47 billion. Then the IPO filing went public. It lost $1.9 billion in 2018, and it was signing long leases on whole buildings while renting desks month to month. Investors walked. By September the IPO was dead and he was out.

His fortune was WeWork stock. He had borrowed against it, and the loans had a clause: if he lost control of the company, they were in default. Pay in 15 days, or the bank takes the shares. He had the shares and no cash.

A few nights later he woke up crying next to his wife, Rebekah. It was the first time she had ever seen him cry.

"We lost everything."
"What do you mean everything?"
"Everything."

She reminded him of the $100 million they had agreed to put in her name, just in case. He had never done it. And the personal guarantee they had agreed he would never sign. He had signed it.

She didn't blame him. "Hm, okay, this is a surprise." Her mother owned a house upstate, bought 30 years earlier, no mortgage. "Let's go live with my mom. Take a few months. If you want to go back into business, I know you'll be successful. And if you don't, we'll move to Costa Rica."

Then: "When I met you, you were broke. I think you're much more sexy when you're broke." He smiled.

Two broken promises, a $450 million hole, and she answered with a plan and a joke. That is what a partner looks like on the worst night.

SoftBank paid off the banks and took control. In 2022 Andreessen Horowitz put $350 million into his next company. His rule now: "Choose your partner for the day something like that happens, not for any other day."

[InfiniteAngles @InfiniteAngles]

TFW everything has just become a different form of market manipulation disguised as progress when changes could've been made from day one.

[InfiniteAngles @InfiniteAngles]

I've spent more time testing this audio app, than building lately but It's slowly coming together and feeling like a solid product.

[InfiniteAngles @InfiniteAngles]

Trying to find a new desk chair ... only to realize how sketchy some of them are once you look at the details.

[InfiniteAngles @InfiniteAngles]

The older I get the more I censor myself from saying a lot of things. Peace is a nice trade off though.

[InfiniteAngles @InfiniteAngles]

2 more days till my reset kicks in.

[InfiniteAngles @InfiniteAngles]

A day of just music, nature, and peace. it's really just the simple things.

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The more I use windows lately, the more I feel like it's time to just switch to linux.

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@hubbledr1 @amazon The number of times I've had to contact support just because it was false advertising of a next day, two day or even lost in delivery.

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Sol feeling like Astra lately on the plus plan. smh

[InfiniteAngles @InfiniteAngles]

hmm itching for a new keeb, but at the same time investments be calling.