4 year experiment to make a product domestically by @smartereveryday - he concludes people who can manufacture things will be even more critical in the coming years. he also deeply believes manufacturing ensures your self-reliance, stability, and ultimately, your freedom
excited to finally share on arxiv what we've known for a while now:
All Embedding Models Learn The Same Thing
embeddings from different models are SO similar that we can map between them based on structure alone. without *any* paired data
feels like magic, but it's real:๐งต
โWith my family, Iโm a communist. With my close friends, Iโm a socialist. At the state level of politics, Iโm a Democrat. At higher levels, Iโm a Republican, and at the federal levels, Iโm a Libertarian.โ
By taleb quoted by naval on rogan. Who happen to be 3 of my favourites
Friends, do not give way to despair. Yes, many of our institutions have been hijacked by legions of the depraved. But I send you a message of hope from the unlikeliest of places, San Francisco, where weโve been fighting those legions for the past 5 years. And we are winning. 1/x
@priceline charged me for a rental car (via @SpiritAirlines website). when I arrived at the airport, @thriftycars had no record of the reservation so I made a new reservation. Then @priceline wouldn't reimburse me, citing the new reservation that I made myself!
@SpiritAirlines I booked (and paid for) a rental car via spirit, but the rental car reservation was not in the agency's system. how do I request a refund?
We booked a room at @stregishotels@Marriott . One of us got covid, so we called the manager and they told us not to come. Then they charged us an additional $2,800 for not showing up.
the irony of โstablecoinsโ as most unstable part of crypto
but ๐๐ @icewatermoney ๐ง
๐ง block ๐ง by ๐ง block, putting commodity-change pieces together
smart move
which included the last fireworks display of the summer. The next two days include facilitated discussions and planning, and crafting of the 2022-24 Strategic Plan. (3/3)