Computer engineer + computer scientist turned macro fund manager.
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By firing Scott Pelley, editor-in-chief of CBS News Bari Weiss has single-handedly destroyed the most brilliant investigative newsmagazine in network history, 60 Minutes. Weiss exemplifies everything MAGA is about: ego, incompetence, and blithering idiocy.
@vkhosla Very cool!
But wouldn’t it be great if it were fully generalizable?
A simple thing like integrating across both work and personal emails doesn’t exist for most connectors today in known agent applications
When was Texas dunking on New York? By what metric?
Murder Rate (homicides per 100,000, 2024)
🔵 New York: 3.5
🔴 Texas: 5.9
Poverty Rate (2024)
🔵 New York: 12%
🔴 Texas: ~13.4%
Life Expectancy (at birth, recent years)
🔵 New York: ~81.0 years
🔴 Texas: ~78.3 years
Educational Ranking (K-12 public schools, recent 2025/2026 rankings)
🔵 New York: #2
🔴 Texas: #34
Healthcare Ranking (overall state rankings, recent)
🔵 New York: Top 10 (#8 in some major rankings)
🔴 Texas: Lower half (~#47)
GDP Per Capita (2025)
🔵 New York: ~$123,369
🔴 Texas: ~$91,594
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live births, recent)
🔵 New York: 3.95
🔴 Texas: ~5.3–5.7
Obesity Rate (adult, recent 2024)
🔵 New York: 29.5%
🔴 Texas: ~35–36% (higher than NY)
Air Quality Ranking (varies by metric; generally)
🔵 New York: Better overall (fewer unhealthy days in major rankings)
🔴 Texas: Lower (industrial cities like Houston rank poorly)
Incarceration Rate (per 100,000, recent)
🔵 New York: ~300–317
🔴 Texas: ~750+ (significantly higher)
Teen Pregnancy/Birth Rate (per 1,000 females 15–19, 2024)
🔵 New York: 8
🔴 Texas: 18.5
High School Graduation Rate (recent)
🔵 New York: ~88%
🔴 Texas: ~86–90% (often comparable, Texas slightly variable by source)
@cenkuygur You are free but it doesn’t mean other organizations or countries have to give you their platform
Before giving lectures on free speech, know what it actually means in legal terms
Also, something tells me you were okay when Facebook and twitter banned Trump back in 2021
almost every city in the country now sits atop a system in which a minority of highly-productive young people are expected to work away their best years around the clock, just to cover rent, while giving away half their income to crazy people, criminals, and bureaucrats.
AI can give researchers the freedom to pursue “crazier” ideas.
For Terence Tao, AI creates more room to experiment, test unexpected paths, and discover what might otherwise stay out of reach.
A football field-sized American flag is being displayed on the Hoover Dam, alongside a light show, to celebrate the United States' 250th birthday.
It will stay on the historic dam, weather permitting, through July 4.
@FocusedCompound Day club was over the weekend
No real day club stays open during the week, and I spend a lot of time in Vegas to know that for real
Kenny G has earned the right to do whatever he likes
Let the man be
He’s a fucking legend