Leopold S. Wu

now: teaching machines how to teach;
previously: building bci tools and trading algos.

[Leopold S. Wu @L_Wu]

@GreysonGabe @Polymarket Cramer took his portfolio from billions to nothing.

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@niubi I think you should change part of your X handle from “niu” to “sha”.

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@washingtonpost As a New Yorker, I just donated to Van Hollen.

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@JChengWSJ @KerGibbs It is like arguing that the United States now is less “American” because they don't own slaves anymore.

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@realsinya @tedlieu @WhiteHouse You should run to replace him. I will donate to your campaign.

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@oldguardjay 因为绝大多数台湾愤青对自己的身份认同就是“不是中国人”，只要伤害了这个身份认同，怎么样都不可以。

[Leopold S. Wu @L_Wu]

Chinese Americans have long lacked generation-defining role models—figures like Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, or Barack Obama, who inspire millions to believe that they, too, can change the world. Seeing someone like you become one of those figures means more than inspiration. It makes you feel that this country is yours to shape, too.

Personal success and a sense of belonging are two very different things. We can work incredibly hard, go to the best schools, make good money, and still feel like outsiders in the country we call home. We even joke about being "bananas"—yellow on the outside, white on the inside. There's something deeply sad about feeling that you have to become someone else to be accepted. (Look at Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai, then at Jensen Huang, or even me. So many Chinese Americans adopt English first names just to fit in.) I've struggled with this myself, and I don't want my son to grow up feeling the same way.

That's why Jensen Huang's rise meant so much to me. He built a company from scratch and helped change the world. Finally, someone who could inspire my son to believe that he, too, could shape America's future. And just like that, he's being torn down by the very institutions that are supposed to represent some of America's greatest values, over allegations that, based on what's been made public, seem flimsy at best.

It's not just about one man. It's about how quickly a Chinese American's loyalty can come under suspicion, even after helping shape America's future. The apparent double standard sends a painful message: you can give everything to this country and still be made to prove that you belong. I don't want my son to grow up with that insecurity. I want him to be proud of who he is and believe that he can change the world without having to become someone else.

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@jonathanvswan @maggieNYT @AnaSwanson @paulmozur @trippmickle @julianbarnes thoughts?

[Kalshi @Kalshi]

JUST IN: US intel says evidence does not prove Alice Huang was a Chinese spy

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@Kalshi Now I can understand why Elon Musk hates the media.

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Imagine Britain's defense minister honoring Reginald Dyer while rearming near India.

China resents the sheer audacity of Japan expecting to rearm without first coming to terms with what it did to its neighbors. Germany earned readmission to the human race by confronting its past. Japan wants rearmament without the reckoning.

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@pmddomingos Someone should buy an Nvidia card, deploy an open-source model, build a bot, rent a Russian server, and just open-source The Economist website.

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@g_vgouvea or the entire Congress.

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@Longlius @dennisw5 So was he removed for what he did? And this guy sworn under oath and he lied.

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@dennisw5 @shesheepsheep But he was from the PRC. He didn’t understand the strict rules, as you said.

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@lexi_labs 可能是因为没有一个清晰的自我认同，这时候就不知道该说什么。

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Fire the board.

[Paul Jaski @pauljaski]

Almost 16 years ago @JensenHuang looked me right in the eyes, paused, super intense, and said "I would do anything for this company."

I'd started my career at @nvidia working directly with him, managing the demos at all of his keynotes, customer meetings, investor events and tradeshows like NVISION and GTC.

I was on a trip with Jensen flying from San Jose to Phoenix and NVIDIA's travel policy was that all employees flew coach... which I was fine with but I assumed the founder of the company would be flying in biz.

I board the plane in group six and as I'm boarding I start to get worried because I don't see Jensen in any of the first class seats on this flight... I wonder if he missed it, if we are still going etc.. and as I walk to my seat in the back of the plane, somewhere around row 14 I see Jensen in a middle seat in coach, working on his blackberry.

We were going to Phoenix for a small Consumer Electronics Association meeting (goal was to present here so that Jensen could get an invite from CEA to keynote CES the next year.. it ended up being two years later). It was super clear that the sparsely populated room had no idea who Jensen was either and the response to the presentation was tepid at best..

Afterwards at the airport on the way back to San Jose he ordered me my first ever martini (which was the strongest drink I've ever had in my life up to that point) and I mustered up the courage to asked him why we went all this way to demo some tech to a few random CEA members .... and that's when he looked at me and said that he'd do anything for this company.

I was blown away. This is the CEO, flying in coach (on the flight back he had an aisle seat) pitching a room of people that barely cared, and he's dead serious.. he really would do anything and sacrifice anything to make NVIDIA successful.

I can't really imagine NVIDIA without him. But the people who've lasted there that long are winners and the culture is literally one of a kind.. they'll get through this.

I hope him stepping down is only temporary.

I have so many more stories and lessons Jensen taught me and that I witnessed being around him. Will share more later.. some of the best are around GTC / NVISION

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@pauljaski @JensenHuang @nvidia You need to share more.

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@junqinzhao @zerohedge Jensen didn't visit the island.

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@charlieholtz 🫡🫡🫡 Best news today. Maybe invite @JensenHuang to your team.