hansheng

CTO of Paloe. Learning to use tech for good. Also a Christian, coder, photographer & avgeek.

[Timothy Keller (1950-2023) @timkellernyc]

Timothy J. Keller, husband, father, grandfather, mentor, friend, pastor, and scholar died this morning at home. Dad waited until he was alone with Mom. She kissed him on the forehead and he breathed his last breath. We take comfort in some of his last words...

[The Secret CFO @SecretCFO]

If you are the CEO or CFO at a business who banks with SVB; here are some things you CAN do over the weekend

1. Build a 4 week rolling daily receipts and payments style cashflow forecast.

2. Gear up finance team to actualize & reforecast every AM by 10am

[Chris Bakke @ChrisJBakke]

Running a company:

2020: can you survive a pandemic?

2021: still here? we’re going to give all of your competitors $100m series A rounds.

2022: wow, you made it? okay, all engineers cost $600,000/year now.

2023: nice job! okay, we’re going to take away your bank account.

[Rob Morris @RobertRMorris]

We provided mental health support to about 4,000 people — using GPT-3. Here’s what happened 👇

[Rafat Ali, Media Operator & Dad @rafat]

This should be the most mindblowingly significant storyline of 2023, that India’s population will surpass China in mid April. There are hundreds of stories to be told, nuances & implications of this to be unearthed, this alone can be a whole journalism beat or two by itself.

[Sam Altman @sama]

ChatGPT is incredibly limited, but good enough at some things to create a misleading impression of greatness.

it's a mistake to be relying on it for anything important right now. it’s a preview of progress; we have lots of work to do on robustness and truthfulness.

[hansheng @hschin]

Kudos to the scientists and engineers chipping away at the seemingly impossible and making significant progress over the years!

[Arthur Turrell @arthurturrell]

Nuclear fusion is much closer than you think!

A short 🧵👇🏾

(You can find pretty much everything in this thread in #thestarbuilders book: https://t.co/vIxd0JMNtn)

[Daniel Murray @Dmurr68]

12 of the best Christmas ads

1. McDonald’s

[Jonathan Schwartz 🦉 @OpenJonathan]

First flu, then COVID... 🙏

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

AI has been destroying humans at adversarial games, like Chess or Go, for a bit.

But now it is successfully outperforming humans at Diplomacy, the classic multiplayer game that requires natural language negotiations over chat, as well as strategic lying. https://t.co/e6V7pHQnkO

[Dan Hollick @DanHollick]

Ever wondered how a QR code works?
No, me neither but it's low-key fascinating.

(Warning, there is some extremely nerdy shit here.👇 )

[Tharman Shanmugaratnam @Tharman_S]

‘The US and many others are now confronting the greatest structural challenge to democracy: a truly open society. Without gatekeepers, there are no constraints on discourse. Digital technology has changed everything, and reality is up for grabs in a way it has never been before.’

[Jason Levin @iamjasonlevin]

How do stablecoins affect the "real" economy?

On May 7, a Yale PhD student published a paper showing how a run on stablecoins could destroy the market.

I read the 37-page paper and interviewed the author so you didn't have to.

[🧵 THREAD]

[Businessweek @BW]

Passive funds with a do-good focus have become one of the hottest corners of finance https://t.co/k2v2S2OpkN

[Erin Hale @erinhale]

There was a lot of confusion over the Laguna Woods shooter and his nationality - and why he hated Taiwan and targeted Presbyterians.

Slightly long-winded explanation but thanks @sueannshiah @brianhioe @jamestwotree @kuokuomich

https://t.co/MDv4XWSmVA

[Bushra Ebadi @Bushra_Ebadi]

Looking for ways to support Afghanistan and Afghan people? Here's a list of actions that you can take and avoid.

[Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau]

Two of the best teams in the NHL are facing off right now… how about a friendly wager, @POTUS? #GoHabsGo 🇨🇦🇺🇸 #StanleyCup

[Michael Farber @MichaelFarber3]

There was a moment for the 2021 @CanadiensMTL when the preposterous became the possible and the possible became the inevitable. The Stanley Cup final.

[callum @w0rdy2]

i didn’t know f1 had subtitles

[Down Goes Brown @DownGoesBrown]

I feel like the key to the Habs playoff success is their strong execution on overtime 2-on-0's.