f. paul weidinger

Obsessed with robotics, business, AI, software, and what tech can do for society. Former robot software engineer. Currently product manager at

[Luca Dellanna @DellAnnaLuca]

I sometimes speak at career events for 22- to 24-year-olds.

A common pattern I see among the ambitious ones is that they try to become “all-rounder problem solvers” for their bosses. I was one myself 15 years ago.

A better approach, though, both for your career and for your life outside work, is to become your boss’s problem solver for the one problem that is at the top of their mind.

One reason is, obviously, Pareto. But there are two more that are especially non-intuitive yet useful for recent graduates:
- It forces you to understand how businesses work.
- It forces you to stop using time, effort, and general smarts as your main leverage points. Those work well in entry-level roles, but they do not scale.

[f. paul weidinger @fpweidinger]

@KreiterMit41165 @sadgirlyboss The moral laws are more strict, sure. But the judicial and ceremonial laws (like all the sacrifices and “clean/unclean” laws related to entering the temple, etc) are fulfilled/rendered null in the New Testament, as Christ was the once-and-for-all sacrifice

[f. paul weidinger @fpweidinger]

@antibody_42 @TiffanyFong @bianca_troveaux 4 if you count he helped found OpenAI

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@usanewshq Aircraft stays relative to the air, not the ground. The air can shift if he accelerates or brakes, making the drone need to pick up speed to stay in one spot relative to the car. But at a constant speed, no air will be moving and the drone hovers in a stationary position

[Andrew Rousso @AndrewRousso]

every robot demo:

[f. paul weidinger @fpweidinger]

@realDrTT Catholic guilt gets a lot of negative play in popular culture. But it is effective to think “do I really want to have to go to confession or sit in the pews during the Eucharist over this?”

[f. paul weidinger @fpweidinger]

@jfecteaux I’ve had the book Miracles by CS Lewis recommended to me. Haven’t read it yet, but might be a good one for you too

[f. paul weidinger @fpweidinger]

@Devon_Eriksen_ Intelligence is knowing that there are necessarily and provably many more valid answers than 72. Wisdom is picking 72 anyway.

[f. paul weidinger @fpweidinger]

@justalexoki He accidentally killed Santa and how he’s becoming Santa himself

[f. paul weidinger @fpweidinger]

@justalexoki This is a good explainer https://t.co/e70G5xzDAQ

[f. paul weidinger @fpweidinger]

@IterIntellectus this lent we retake and redirect our focus

[f. paul weidinger @fpweidinger]

@momslop Classical music is rich with Christian tradition. Bach, for example, wrote “To God alone the glory” atop his sheet music, making everything he wrote feel like a prayer

[f. paul weidinger @fpweidinger]

@justalexoki This app

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@trashbaby40k @mattyglesias St. Barth’s is its own island/country. Anyone can go. You can tell in the last picture that Epstein is saying he’ll just meet Elon there because Elon’s wife wouldn’t like “the ratio” at the private island

[f. paul weidinger @fpweidinger]

@cremieuxrecueil If she encourages others to order meat so that she can nab the leftovers, that’s clearly crossing the line

[f. paul weidinger @fpweidinger]

@PhilosophyLines @tillwehvfaces @RichardHanania Trying to exfil humanity to mars completely flies in the face of God’s promise of bringing about a new heaven and new earth. Clearly not a Christian motivation

[f. paul weidinger @fpweidinger]

@theandreboso fuck me my first thought was "what is this jenni ai I've never heard of?" I got got

[f. paul weidinger @fpweidinger]

For more information, see:

https://t.co/rEtJG8t2Zw

[Brian Armstrong @brian_armstrong]

One of my favorite lessons I’ve learnt from working with smart people:

Action produces information. If you’re unsure of what to do, just do anything, even if it’s the wrong thing. This will give you information about what you should actually be doing.

Sounds simple on the surface - the hard part is making it part of your every day working process.

[f. paul weidinger @fpweidinger]

@abdus1801 @collision @EliLillyandCo At 1:33:25 he says they've stumbled upon a "broad impact zone" that these kinds of [peptides] can do, and there are many more coming." Then gets cut off. Sounds like they have a lot of interesting things in the pipeline

[f. paul weidinger @fpweidinger]

@justalexoki would love an invite