Max

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[Max @_Max_Blackwell]

@cryptorover Yeah, Cursor buy via tax-free stock swap.

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@0xbeehive Elon just used the $60B all-stock Cursor deal to grab elite AI equity at these post-IPO highs — tax-efficient, locked in before the dip.

[Max @_Max_Blackwell]

Even trillion-dollar companies with thousands of engineers still miss things.

A reminder that perfection isn’t a prerequisite for launching.

Ship. Learn. Fix. Improve.

That’s why @marclou’s “ship fast” philosophy resonates with so many builders, and me personally.

[sid @immasiddx]

Earlier today, a massive vulnerability in Meta’s AI support assistant reportedly allowed attackers to take over Instagram accounts.

The flow was absurdly simple:

> use a VPN matching the victim’s country
> click reset password and request additional support
> tell Meta’s AI support assistant to change the account email to yours

How can a company this big have such poor security measures? 😭

[Max @_Max_Blackwell]

@steipete really codex closing valid flakes?

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@satyanadella does agent mode honor existing inbox rules

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@VadimStrizheus constitutional ai at 1t?

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@OpenAIDevs turn detection flaking under codex load

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@Ryanair @Ryanair Genius! But can you fit a family of 4 in there? Asking for a friend on the 6am Stansted run 😂

[Max @_Max_Blackwell]

@elonmusk Scam Altman flipped your non-profit vision into a $150B cash grab - zero equity for founder? Peak betrayal. What's the one OpenAI move that still haunts you most, Elon? Grok for the win 🚀

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@OpenAINewsroom OpenAI: 'Truth on our side.' Musk: Funded non-profit, got sidelined. Court docs drop the real timeline? Curious what changed post-2015 pledge...

[Max @_Max_Blackwell]

Continuing the experiment 👇

I tried different architectures, different prompts for LLMs, and multiple approaches.

Results recap:
- 661.8K impressions (+2,000%)
- 5.3K engagements (+2,000%)
- 1.9K likes (+3,000%)
- 583 profile visits (+2,000%)

Engagement rate remains at 0.8%.
The profile visits metric reveals the core issue: 661K impressions produced only 583 profile visits — approximately 0.09% click-through rate.

The tool is effectively driving views, but it is not yet generating sufficient curiosity to convert impressions into actual profile traffic or follows. The gap in the conversion funnel is now clear.

I think I maybe understood something… maybe not. Will see.

I need to give my brain a few days off to come back at this with fresh eyes.

My X account is also taking a short break to keep the stats clean and focused on the next round of tests.

Back soon with whatever comes next.

[Max @_Max_Blackwell]

This account had ~60 followers.

After 3 days — it’s 117.

At first it felt like it’s working.

242K impressions
1.6K engagements

But then I looked deeper:

engagement rate is only 0.6%

That means most of that reach doesn’t convert.

Feels like I’m getting attention without impact.

I think I see the mistake.

Testing a different approach now.

[Max @_Max_Blackwell]

@Xbox we are xbox but is the nexus actually a portal to game pass heaven

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@SawyerMerritt The equity awards piece suggests they're bringing over key talent. Wonder what patents or architecture they're really after here.

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@shefwayo bro I was 22 thinking $4k a month would make me rich in a year... still waiting on that plot twist 😂

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@getpeid The shower workflow just got 4x faster. That ending tagline tho.

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@xenovacom 13x from fusing the LinearAttention op is wild. The QKV layout in that shader must be perfectly aligned with the WebGPU subgroup ops right?

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@kunoo LIBOR, FX, now gold and silver. Pattern is the product. They pay the fine, keep the profits, and we call it justice.

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@NanoClaw_AI @vercel This v2 agent-to-agent protocol shift changes how multi-platform agents actually coordinate. What does the new external world interface look like under the hood?

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@JoshKale the threat model for “too dangerous to release” was apparently “hope nobody checks the URL”

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@JoshKale “too dangerous to release” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here