Rusty_256

Just a dude... vibe-surfing the simulation. AI, OpenClaw focused at the moment.

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@Camp4 Another epic post. So fun to read, so hard to do.

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@Rainmaker1973 Holy shit… my daughter may be male.

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@elonmusk When can we have them in Hong Kong? The highest per capita concentration of Tesla’s in the world (at least on Hong Kong Island).

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@elonmusk Elon, please can we have Starlink in Hong Kong. China wouldn’t even know!

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@DeanTTraining Is this your routine, Dean?

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@jack @gladstein Freedom tech ain’t taken too so fondly up there.

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@bryan_johnson And for us plebs who may be interested, how much does all that cost?

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@Camp4 Glad you’re still with us, brother! Were you not using safety ropes on the descent? (Not a climber).

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@foundmyfitness Main takeaway from the video... DOAC bro has an elevator in his house.

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@Rainmaker1973 That’s not a picture of a rat.

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@DeanTTraining Dean, doesn’t it make sense to do them even more reclined for more lengthening?

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@cryptopunk7213 Actually KIMI has had this capability for a few months already, for paid tier.

As always, comes back to wether you want to own your own data.

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@TimurNegru Good god, look at those colors…

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@hubermanlab My kids laugh at me with my Banya hat. But it’s an A-game component of proper sauna. Not only hair, but I feel like I can go longer in the sauna with it.

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@CrisReed I spent 10x more time trying to get my OpenClaw to do something productive than actually getting anything productive out of it. Facts.

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@DeanTTraining Seriously bomb tips. 🙏🏼

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@DeanTTraining This looks awesome, thank you

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All Mac Mini and Mac Studio's sold out in Hong Kong as well. 25-day wait for restock.

Is it about time to buy some Apple stock?

[Alex Finn @AlexFinn]

Mac Mini completely sold out. Mac Studios completely sold out.

Once I show you what I'm doing with my DGX Spark it will sell out.

This is what your life will be like in 12 months:

You will wake up. Go to your desk. On it will be a device running super intelligence.

It will know everything about you and your business

It will be doing work for you autonomously. Running your business. Creating more businesses. Generating revenue.

You will put a dollar in. 2 dollars will come out.

All running locally on your desk. No API's. No authoritarian AI companies cutting you off because you're not using their AI the right way as they skyrocket your electricity bills.

Personal, secure, private super intelligence working for you 24/7.

I bet everything I have on this being life on Earth in 12 months.

What are you doing to prepare?

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This is called ‘leading from the front’. Difficult decision, but a singular event made with precision and an empathetic approach.

AI is upon the workforce, and this is a masterclass in how to implement inevitable change.

[jack @jack]

we're making @blocks smaller today. here's my note to the company.

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today we're making one of the hardest decisions in the history of our company: we're reducing our organization by nearly half, from over 10,000 people to just under 6,000. that means over 4,000 of you are being asked to leave or entering into consultation. i'll be straight about what's happening, why, and what it means for everyone.

first off, if you're one of the people affected, you'll receive your salary for 20 weeks + 1 week per year of tenure, equity vested through the end of may, 6 months of health care, your corporate devices, and $5,000 to put toward whatever you need to help you in this transition (if you’re outside the U.S. you’ll receive similar support but exact details are going to vary based on local requirements). i want you to know that before anything else. everyone will be notified today, whether you're being asked to leave, entering consultation, or asked to stay.

we're not making this decision because we're in trouble. our business is strong. gross profit continues to grow, we continue to serve more and more customers, and profitability is improving. but something has changed. we're already seeing that the intelligence tools we’re creating and using, paired with smaller and flatter teams, are enabling a new way of working which fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company. and that's accelerating rapidly.

i had two options: cut gradually over months or years as this shift plays out, or be honest about where we are and act on it now. i chose the latter. repeated rounds of cuts are destructive to morale, to focus, and to the trust that customers and shareholders place in our ability to lead. i'd rather take a hard, clear action now and build from a position we believe in than manage a slow reduction of people toward the same outcome. a smaller company also gives us the space to grow our business the right way, on our own terms, instead of constantly reacting to market pressures.

a decision at this scale carries risk. but so does standing still. we've done a full review to determine the roles and people we require to reliably grow the business from here, and we've pressure-tested those decisions from multiple angles. i accept that we may have gotten some of them wrong, and we've built in flexibility to account for that, and do the right thing for our customers.

we're not going to just disappear people from slack and email and pretend they were never here. communication channels will stay open through thursday evening (pacific) so everyone can say goodbye properly, and share whatever you wish. i'll also be hosting a live video session to thank everyone at 3:35pm pacific. i know doing it this way might feel awkward. i'd rather it feel awkward and human than efficient and cold.

to those of you leaving…i’m grateful for you, and i’m sorry to put you through this. you built what this company is today. that's a fact that i'll honor forever. this decision is not a reflection of what you contributed. you will be a great contributor to any organization going forward.

to those staying…i made this decision, and i'll own it. what i'm asking of you is to build with me. we're going to build this company with intelligence at the core of everything we do. how we work, how we create, how we serve our customers. our customers will feel this shift too, and we're going to help them navigate it: towards a future where they can build their own features directly, composed of our capabilities and served through our interfaces. that's what i'm focused on now. expect a note from me tomorrow.

jack

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