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Software Lead @Proglove with a little Business and Product mixed into the Coffee.

[Blitz @lordthundering]

@GergelyOrosz That's the exact same interview process we use as well, and it works great. But it's a huge effort on both sides.

[Rohan Paul @rohanpaul_ai]

NEWS🇨🇳: China has told new state-funded data centers to use only domestic AI chips.

And any data center project that has completed less than 30% of construction must remove already-installed foreign AI chips or cancel plans to buy them.

So, new or early-stage projects can no longer use chips from Nvidia, AMD, or Intel, which helps Huawei and other Chinese chipmakers gain that market share instead.

Nvidia’s China rebound hopes take another blow because the rule covers the H20 that it can sell and even references B200 and H200 that show up via grey channels but are now barred in these projects.

The timing syncs with Washington saying China cannot get Nvidia’s top Blackwells while also hinting at lower tier options, which keeps export pressure high on the U.S. side.

China has poured $100B+ of state money into AI data centers since 2021, so restricting those budgets to local chips carves out a large captive market overnight.

Winners include Huawei, Cambricon, MetaX, Moore Threads, and Enflame, but many developers still depend on Nvidia’s software stack, so porting models and ops will slow rollouts and raise switching costs in the near term.

Nvidia’s share in China has fallen from 95% in 2022 to 0 by Nov-25, so losing state builds removes one of the last high-volume paths back into the market.

This also risks widening the compute gap with the U.S., where hyperscalers are deploying hundreds of thousands of latest-gen accelerators, while China must scale homegrown chips under tooling sanctions on advanced manufacturing.

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reuters .com/world/china/china-bans-foreign-ai-chips-state-funded-data-centres-sources-say-2025-11-05/

[Blitz @lordthundering]

"nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people"
Burn in academia

[DrDemetre @dr_demetre]

My resignation letter from CDC.

Dear Dr. Houry,

I am writing to formally resign from my position as Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), effective August 28, 2025, close of business.   I am happy to stay on for two weeks to provide transition, if requested.

This decision has not come easily, as I deeply value the work that the CDC does in safeguarding public health and am proud of my contributions to that critical mission. However, after much contemplation and reflection on recent developments and perspectives brought to light by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., I find that the views he and his staff have shared challenge my ability to continue in my current role at the agency and in the service of the health of the American people. Enough is enough.

While I hold immense respect for the institution and my colleagues, I believe that it is imperative to align my professional responsibilities to my system of ethics and my understanding of the science of infectious disease, immunology, and my promise to serve the American people.  This step is necessary to ensure that I can contribute effectively in a capacity that allows me to remain true to my principles.

I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies and materials that do not reflect scientific reality and are designed to hurt rather than to improve the public’s health.  The recent change in the adult and children’s immunization schedule threaten the lives of the youngest Americans and pregnant people.   The data analyses that supported this decision have never been shared with CDC despite my respectful requests to HHS and other leadership.  This lack of meaningful engagement was further compounded by a “frequently asked questions” document written to support the Secretary’s directive that was circulated by HHS without input from CDC subject matter experts and that cited studies that did not support the conclusions that were attributed to these authors.  Having worked in local and national public health for years, I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people.

It is untenable to serve in an organization that is not afforded the opportunity to discuss decisions of scientific and public health importance released under the moniker of CDC.  The lack of communication by HHS and other CDC political leadership that culminates in social media posts announcing major policy changes without prior notice demonstrate a disregard of normal communication channels and common sense.  Having to retrofit analyses and policy actions to match inadequately thought-out announcements in poorly scripted videos or page long X posts should not be how organizations responsible for the health of people should function.  Some examples include the announcement of the change in the COVID-19 recommendations for children and pregnant people, the firing of scientists from ACIP by X post and an op-ed rather than direct communication with these valuable experts, the announcement of new ACIP members by X before onboarding and vetting have completed, and the release of term of reference for an ACIP workgroup that ignored all feedback from career staff at CDC.

The recent term of reference for the COVID vaccine work group created by this ACIP puts people of dubious intent and more dubious scientific rigor in charge of recommending vaccine policy to a director hamstrung and sidelined by an authoritarian leader.   Their desire to please a political base will result in death and disability of vulnerable children and adults.  Their base should be the people they serve not a political voting bloc.

I have always been first to challenge scientific and public health dogma in my career and was excited by the opportunity to do so again.  I was optimistic that there would be an opportunity to brief the Secretary about key topics such as measles, avian influenza, and the highly coordinated approach to the respiratory virus season.  Such briefings would allow exchange of ideas and a shared path to support the vision of “Making America Healthy Again.”  We are seven months into the new administration, and no CDC subject matter expert from my Center has ever briefed the Secretary.  I am not sure who the Secretary is listening to, but it is quite certainly not to us.  Unvetted and conflicted outside organizations seem to be the sources HHS use over the gold standard science of CDC and other reputable sources.  At a hearing, Secretary Kennedy said that Americans should not take medical advice from him.  To the contrary, an appropriately briefed and inquisitive Secretary should be a source of health information for the people he serves. As it stands now, I must agree with him, that he should not be considered a source of accurate information.

The intentional eroding of trust in low-risk vaccines favoring natural infection and unproven remedies will bring us to a pre-vaccine era where only the strong will survive and many if not all will suffer.  I believe in nutrition and exercise.  I believe in making our food supply healthier, and I also believe in using vaccines to prevent death and disability.  Eugenics plays prominently in the rhetoric being generated and is derivative of a legacy that good medicine and science should continue to shun.

The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning.  My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so.  I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud.   I am resigning because of the cowardice of a leader that cannot admit that HIS and his minions’ words over decades created an environment where violence like this can occur.  I reject his and his colleagues’ thoughts and prayers, and advise they direct those to people that they have not actively harmed.

For decades, I have been a trusted voice for the LGBTQ community when it comes to critical health topics.  I must also cite the recklessness of the administration in their efforts to erase transgender populations, cease critical domestic and international HIV programming, and terminate key research to support equity as part of my decision.

Public health is not merely about the health of the individual, but it is about the health of the community, the nation, the world. The nation’s health security is at risk and is in the hands of people focusing on ideological self-interest.

I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for the opportunities for growth, learning, and collaboration that I have been afforded during my time at the CDC. It has been a privilege to work alongside such dedicated professionals who are committed to improving the health and well-being of communities across the nation even when under attack from within both physically and psychologically.

Thank you once again for the support and guidance I have received from you and previous CDC leadership throughout my tenure. I wish the CDC continued success in its vital mission and that HHS reverse its dangerous course to dismantle public health as a practice and as an institution.  If they continue the current path, they risk our personal well-being and the security of the United States.

Sincerely,

Demetre C. Daskalakis MD MPH (he/his/him)

[Blitz @lordthundering]

@GergelyOrosz I'm not so sure about this. We're already running two vibe coded tools for non critical tasks. It was easier to build it ourselves on loveable than to adjust to an external tool - or to get the IT approval to bring in said tool. For some class of SaaS, vibe code can kill them.

[Blitz @lordthundering]

@atla_ @dhh You mean: Like in a train :)

[Blitz @lordthundering]

@GergelyOrosz My AWS Heros bubble is quite full off it, but i have never Seen in mentioned anywhere else

[Blitz @lordthundering]

@nabeelqu We build our project timekeeping for the company with loveable. It was too difficult to source an existing product, so we just build one.

[Blitz @lordthundering]

@AuschwitzMuseum Why are you referring to Theresienstadt as a Ghetto? I have more often heard it referred to as another concentration camp. Are these two different places?

[Blitz @lordthundering]

@GergelyOrosz But then question, are there alternatives. As musk was saying today re starlink: do you have an alternative?! We better build one up, and fast.

[Blitz @lordthundering]

@GergelyOrosz @joaoqalves Working for a formerly VC funded startup that's now PE owned, I think it depends very strongly on your PE deal. If it's a debt play, it can be very limiting. If it's a cash deal, it's slower than VC, but offen more sustainable

[Blitz @lordthundering]

@wahibhaq Why would that be a reason to NOT vote? It's (another) great reason to not vote for them, but please vote when/If you can.

[Blitz @lordthundering]

@justinfaust Ray Faust?

[Blitz @lordthundering]

@GergelyOrosz @sinnet3000 My understanding here is that it's more to do with having the config/content go out YOLO, while the code that executes the config is probably well tested. But stuff slips by. For me the takeaway (early) is to treat your config as your code, even if you update it very frequent

[Blitz @lordthundering]

@kitten_beloved I'm pretty sure no actual programmers were involved in this. The code was live for a long time, and a config change triggered it. The issue is that content/config changes are not tested the same way

[Blitz @lordthundering]

@allenholub Do "product people" have a goal/function/usecase in mind in your cases? Do they have a roadmap?

[Blitz @lordthundering]

@GergelyOrosz Ive seen some companies already (in the situation you describe, so rather design/tech savy and small) use figma as the slide tool of choice. So this feels extremely natural.

[Blitz @lordthundering]

@GergelyOrosz AWS Developer Heros definitely comes to mind. https://t.co/yFSFVUUI58

[Blitz @lordthundering]

@levelsio What abt VOLT? They strike me as the best compromise at the momentn

[Blitz @lordthundering]

@GergelyOrosz Hmm, yeah, that's harder. On our end, that ended up being a mixture of Alexa, Jookiebox with custom Spotify playlist (and then having to come to an adult to change them via smartphone :/ ) and in the end just a really locked down old smartphone