Nataša Pristovšek

Passionate about all things tech. 🚀

[vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin]

Sent another 64 ETH to the Animal Welfare Fund.

I encourage others to think and act more in support of our non-human cousins too! The extreme suffering we're imposing on them in the billions is not something we talk about often, but it continues to be one of the larger blights on humanity.

And I'm getting optimistic that this century we can finally end it. Farming practices are improving, synthetic alternatives are improving.

Also, in my recent experience, good old low-tech vegetarian and vegan food has improved massively worldwide over the last ten years; I encourage anyone who has tried it long before and given up to take second look; there are far more healthier and tastier options today than the "pasta and salad" you would often get ten years ago.

[Nataša Pristovšek @natatothesha]

@VitalikButerin What about the use case of futarchy? Any thoughts on that?

[vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin]

In these five years, the Ethereum Foundation is entering a period of mild austerity, in order to be able to simultaneously meet two goals:

1. Deliver on an aggressive roadmap that ensures Ethereum's status as a performant and scalable world computer that does not compromise on robustness, sustainability and decentralization.
2. Ensures the Ethereum Foundation's own ability to sustain into the long term, and protect Ethereum's core mission and goals, including both the core blockchain layer as well as users' ability to access and use the chain with self-sovereignty, security and privacy.

To this end, my own share of the austerity is that I am personally taking on responsibilities that might in another time have been "special projects" of the EF. Specifically, we are seeking the existence of an open-source, secure and verifiable full stack of software and hardware that can protect both our personal lives and our public environments ( see https://t.co/GzgBS9sh87 ). This includes applications such as finance, communication and governance, blockchains, operating systems, secure hardware, biotech (including both personal and public health), and more. If you have seen the Vensa announcement (seeking to make open silicon a commercially viable reality at least for security-critical applications), the https://t.co/cuyU9Chs1y including recent versions with built in ZK + FHE + differential-privacy features, the air quality work, my donations to encrypted messaging apps, my own enthusiasm and use for privacy-preserving, walkaway-test-friendly and local-first software (including operating systems), then you know the general spirit of what I am planning to support.

For this reason I have just withdrawn 16,384 ETH, which will be deployed toward these goals over the next few years. I am also exploring secure decentralized staking options that will allow even more capital from staking rewards to be put toward these goals in the long term.

Ethereum itself is an indispensable part of the "full-stack openness and verifiability" vision. The Ethereum Foundation will continue with a steadfast focus on developing Ethereum, with that goal in mind. "Ethereum everywhere" is nice, but the primary priority is "Ethereum for people who need it". Not corposlop, but self-sovereignty, and the baseline infrastructure that enables cooperation without domination.

In a world where many people's default mindset is that we need to race to become a big strong bully, because otherwise the existing big strong bullies will eat you first, this is the needed alternative. It will involve much more than technology to succeed, but the technical layer is something which is in our control to make happen. The tools to ensure your, and your community's, autonomy and safety, as a basic right that belongs to everyone. Open not in a bullshit "open means everyone has the right to buy it from us and use our API for $200/month" way, but actually open, and secure and verifiable so that you know that your technology is working for you.

[Ki Young Ju @ki_young_ju]

#Bitcoin holders are increasingly inclined to hold rather than sell. This suggests Bitcoin is now viewed more as a store of wealth than a trading asset.

[Willy Woo @willywoo]

So you think we're in a bull market?

We're not, this has been the warm up. A full fundamentals driven bull market is marked by a break of the upper blue band.

When it breaks, TradFi is in for a shock.

[Trent McConaghy @trentmc0]

New post:
"bci/acc: A Pragmatic Path to Compete with Artificial Superintelligence: An e/acc zoom-in on brain interfaces, towards human superintelligence"

Strap in: it's long but rewarding 🌞👨‍🎤

The summary:

Artificial superintelligence is coming soon. We need a competitive substrate. BCI is the most pragmatic path. Therefore, we need to accelerate BCI and take it to the masses: bci/acc.

How do we make it happen? We’ll need BCI killer apps like silent messaging to create market demand, which in turn drive BCI device evolution. The net result is *human* superintelligence.

bci/acc draws on today’s technologies without requiring big scientific breakthroughs. It’s e/acc zoomed-in for BCI. It’s solarpunk: optimistic and perhaps a little gonzo. And it could be a grand adventure for Humanity.

https://t.co/EDRD2Ad2xg

[Borriss @_Borriss_]

Less than 31 hours since OpenAI started dropping the ChatGPT vision feature on pro users...

People are scratching their heads in disbelief.

10 wild examples:

[Norgard @BrianNorgard]

A/B testing culture guiding product is a clear signal the company is out of new ideas.

[Nataša Pristovšek @natatothesha]

@heykahn Finally the fingers! In it's right number and shape 😅 Should be listed as top update...

[Zain Kahn @heykahn]

2. Midjourney V5 was released:

• Higher native resolution (1024 X 1024 px)
• Sharper, more detailed images
• Coherent output
• Wider range of supported styles and much more.

An oh, it can also generate perfect looking fingers.

[Smoke-away @SmokeAwayyy]

All digital media by the end of 2023:

[Nataša Pristovšek @natatothesha]

@phreakv6 What book is this from? Looks interesting read...

[Zain Kahn @heykahn]

GPT-4 will make you superhuman.

But only if you know how to use it effectively.

Here are 10 ways you can start using GPT-4 today:

[Adham Dannaway @AdhamDannaway]

💥 16 little UI design rules that make a big impact

UI design might appear to be a magical art form, but a lot of it is made up from logical rules or guidelines.

We’ll redesign an example interface using 16 of 100+ guidelines from my book - @PracticalUI

A mega thread👇

[Nataša Pristovšek @natatothesha]

It’s such blasphemy in tech to even bring up the issue of agile being hinderance to product quality and thereby business success. It’s a flawed religion, built on wrong assumptions and great products happen despite agile, not because.
https://t.co/GH9WP5kKbh

[Nataša Pristovšek @natatothesha]

#NewProfilePic #AI #AIportraits

[Brian Bourque @bbourque]

It should be illegal to launch a startup without memorizing these 21 principles from Y-Combinator's Startup Playbook:

[Barsee 🐶 @heyBarsee]

13 secret websites powered by AI that'll get you massively ahead in 2023 and beyond (don't loose them) :

[Nikita Bier @nikitabier]

Very few people in this industry have have seen the inflection point of product-market fit first hand. Even for the founders who have seen it, take their advice with caution—including all the suggestions in this list.

[Kushaan @kushaanshah]

Found a Linkedin viral post generator and it's already my favorite part of the week lol

https://t.co/4AOHlgZOsC