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@JustAnotherPM 80% of product management is just common sense, 15% is attention to detail and organization, 5% is knowing trade skills.

There is a growing realization within the community that all the theoretical knowledge floating around and thought leadership rarely helps on the ground.

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@dakuwithchaku Nowhere, lego only sells sets, buy a generic one like 10696. Or Just get second hand lego, some people sell what they've collected over the years. Anything that is not original lego, is never as good, not even close.

[Chandra Prakash Bairagi @chndrprkshbrg]

I do not know how it feels to live in Mumbai, but I have visited twice, and I can say it is mesmerizing. Even though every city is unique, Mumbai is like no other city. I urge you to visit and live in Mumbai for a week.

[Mo @atmoio]

Once the bubble pops, Anthropic and OpenAI will become the Coinbase and Block of the AI world. Mundane companies that ship narrative wrappers on mundane bytes.

That the bubble will pop isn’t some apocalyptic doomsday prophecy. It’s not that complicated: AI is freakishly expensive to serve. If the returns on the other end are not justified, the bubble pops. And thus begins the decades long buildout to actually economically justifiable AI.

It’s amusing how resistant reality is to our fictions and fantasies. In the peak of the crypto bubble we thought reality was going to be transformed into financial liberty and democratization for all, and network states and decentralized reserve currencies. Coinbase stood to be a multi-trillion dollar company and is now just a mundane tech startup.

Today we spin similar narratives about the intellectual upheaval of AI, about the new democratization of intelligence and how everything will soon begin to orbit this new technology.

At the end, Anthropic and OpenAI will be mundane IT providers with an insanely grim research outlook to make AI economically sensible and useful, no different from Google’s position in trying to make quantum commercially viable.

Reality is, fortunately, pretty hardened against our delusions.

[HindolSengupta @HindolSengupta]

An academic with whom I was discussing my upcoming book India as a Civilizational State asked - so what is this 'Indian culture' you say is a binding force? Example: when Sonam Zomba bends to touch the feet of the referee, she uplifts 5,000 years of unbroken Indian civilization.

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@sugandhanisa Maybe its the company you keep!

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[Siva @Shiva_Uvacha]

Suggestions for H1Bs who are already in the US and not immediately affected by the 100K H1B fee:

You are not safe just because you don't immediately need a renewal or travel outside of US. Companies will make policies that impact all H1Bs. You are lucky as you have some time to execute the below suggestions to come out ahead, while you still can:

- Dispose of your assets in the US while there is still time. Do NOT delay this.
- Start with hard assets like houses. Dont wait to maximise the profit. US housing market can collapse any time and H1B sell off can trigger it. The first movers will get out fine. Accept the first good offer you get and move to a small rental. Sell off useless furniture.
- If your family members are dependents, send them back to India asap. Schooling can be worked out.
- Buy an apartment or plot of land in India if you don't have one already.
- Sell off expensive cars and get a used cheap car.
- Move money from US stock market and invest in Gold ETFs in India. Unlike US ETFs, Indian ETFs have equivalent physical gold. This will protect your investment from US-INR conversion volatility.
- Get out of crypto. Holding crypto while in India is going to be a regulatory hassle.
- Avoid paying for expensive tuition in the US if your kids are not US citizens or expected to be GC holders by the time they graduate. There are good private colleges in India they can go to.
- Apply for a role in GCC in India if your company as an Indian GCC or apply for roles in Dubai or Singapore or other GCCs in India.

Being stuck in the US with no path to GC and unable to change jobs or visit your family is mental torture. Don't prolong the suffering. Wisdom is knowing when to cut the losses.

Rebuild your life with confidence, happiness and prosperity outside of US. Best wishes!

Friends, RT max / tag your H1 friends. Let this message reach those in need.

[Bradford G Smith (Brad) @ALScyborg]

I am the 3rd person in the world to receive the @Neuralink brain implant.

1st with ALS. 1st Nonverbal.

I am typing this with my brain. It is my primary communication.

Ask me anything! I will answer at least all verified users!

Thank you @elonmusk!

[Gaurav Pradhan 🇮🇳 @OfficeOfDGP]

This is what pains Hindenburg

This is what pains China and there agents in India

[Akshit Singh 🇮🇳 @IndianSinghh]

This is the funeral of late Indian army soldier Hilal Ahmed who was abducted by terrorist last night.

He is our hero

They made burhan funeral viral,

Can we make his last rites video viral.

Soldier deserves our respect.

Jai Hind 🇮🇳

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@deepigoyal An admirable effort @deepigoyal, but if you truly cared about your delivery partners, you'd make them employees on payroll and provide job security and payslips. One of my best friends works as a delivery partner and this is what all of them need.

[Brian Roemmele @BrianRoemmele]

This satellite company wants to sell sunlight—at night.

Meet Reflect Orbital. They are developing a constellation of satellites to sell sunlight to thousands of solar farms—after dark.

“We think sunlight is the new oil and space is ready”

[Revant Himatsingka “Food Pharmer” @foodpharmer2]

Bollywood celebrities do not promote baby food products! In fact, all baby food product ads are banned in India since 1990s. But do you know the man behind it?

Meet Dr. Arun, Nestle’s biggest enemy!

Dr. Arun started his fight with Nestle in 1980s. He noticed that Nestle’s sales agents dressed up as nurses and went to hospitals to convince mothers to stop breastfeeding and give formula to babiesinstead.

The sales agents would also give free baby formula samples to mothers. Mothers would get overdependent on formula, and their breast milk would dry up. As a result, they would have no choice but to give their babies formula.

Dr. Arun and his team fought aggressively, and got the Milk Substitutes Act passed in 1992 which banned all forms of baby food ads!

This act has been revolutionary since it has helped India reduce its baby formula usage and has helped India increase its breastfeeding rates.

Breastfeeding has numerous benefits including reducing the risk of obesity and diabetes, and the entire country should thank Dr. Arun for his role in fighting against baby formula!

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[Ajeet Bharti @ajeetbharti]

This is what comedy and crowd work is. Sadly, there are too much of ‘fucks’ and ‘shits’ in stand-up today. Rather than laughing on jokes, you are forced to laugh on bullshit insults mixed with fucks and shits.

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[DogeDesigner @cb_doge]

Remember when Scarlett Johansson told OpenAI not to use her voice, but they cloned it and used it anyway?

Now imagine what they can do with your phone data, even if you don't allow them to use it.

[NikTek @NikTek]

Here are some fun facts about the Grand Theft Auto Franchise (Thread)

This is a real picture of GTA 3 script compared to GTA 4 Script, this visual representation shows just how much work Rockstar Games puts into each new installment of the series

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

Around 6.8 million taxpayers face being dragged into a higher tax bracket next year. See how you can slash your billAround 6.8 million taxpayers face being dragged into a higher tax bracket next year. See how you can slash your billAround 6.8 million taxpayers face being dragged into a higher tax bracket next year. See how you can slash your billAround 6.8 million taxpayers face being dragged into a higher tax bracket next year. See how you can slash your bill.

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