Allen Nikka

| LA / SF | likes to read sci-fi | likes to make things ... currently building something new 👀

[Allen Nikka @nikka_allen]

@brandon LA lets run it

[Allen Nikka @nikka_allen]

@TaskletAI Just got started and loving Tasklet so far. Hit a bit of a stumbling block though: does it make sense to make one 'main' agent that does everything and deeply understands your business / gets fed all context, or multiple specialized ones? What have you all seen work best?

[Allen Nikka @nikka_allen]

@TheTrueNemo Same thing here - I can't get it to actually plan, it always immediately starts trying to move/delete/modify files. Were you able to get it to stop? @antigravity this makes it pretty much unusable.

[Allen Nikka @nikka_allen]

@theo Native Mac & iOS apps, and deep research. I’d pay $50 a month if you had those 3 things, plus the ability to do more deep research runs at cost

[Allen Nikka @nikka_allen]

@ycombinator @melder_io @AshwinDharne @phil_melder This is neat, well done - though if you're looking for similar functionality in Google Sheets, https://t.co/svC2QHeAk8 is free and open source!

It's not as feature-full as what the Melder team has (yet) but if you want a feature that is not there, you can contribute :)

[Jesse Rodriguez @JesseRodriguez]

The Los Angeles Fire Department is doing something they’ve never done before — they’re asking anyone with firefighting experience to assist in fighting the #Palisades Fire and reach out to 213-576-8962.

[Allen Nikka @nikka_allen]

@JonSavoyiSwear this has to be the funniest debate tweet of them all

[Allen Nikka @nikka_allen]

@micsolana Idk this is the big q for me - yes it's a tautology but what's the statue limitations on when trump gets to decide it wasn't fair? That was the grift the first time - instead of flagging anything unfair a priori, you baselessly claim it was unfair if you lose

[Allen Nikka @nikka_allen]

@micsolana Gotta love the subtle misdirect

[Allen Nikka @nikka_allen]

@yashvesikar Them and every other ISP

[Allen Nikka @nikka_allen]

My new favorite little productivity tool -- if you like voice typing, you definitely need to give https://t.co/or8xMQqhFy a try.

It's just a desktop client for Whisper, but @thmsmlr executed it beautifully.

[Allen Nikka @nikka_allen]

@synoet 🤌🤌🤌

[Allen Nikka @nikka_allen]

brb cancelling my gpt-plus subscription, https://t.co/mEur1x3mLY + https://t.co/opkZMQla2S + gsuite is overpowered

[Allen Nikka @nikka_allen]

Things that I found deeply upsetting today:

Q: "Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate [your university’s] code of conduct or rules regarding bullying or harassment?"

A: "It depends"

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

The presidents of @Harvard, @MIT, and @Penn were all asked the following question under oath at today’s congressional hearing on antisemitism:

Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate [your university’s] code of conduct or rules regarding bullying or harassment?

The answers they gave reflect the profound moral bankruptcy of Presidents Gay, Magill and Kornbluth.

Representative @EliseStefanik was so shocked with the answers that she asked each of them the same question over and over again, and they gave the same answers over and over again.

In short, they said:

It ‘depends on the context’ and ‘whether the speech turns into conduct,’ that is, actually killing Jews.

This could be the most extraordinary testimony ever elicited in the Congress, certainly on the topic of genocide, which to remind us all is:

“the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group”

The presidents’ answers reflect the profound educational, moral and ethical failures that pervade certain of our elite educational institutions due in large part to their failed leadership.

Don’t take my word for it.

You must watch the following three minutes. By the end, you will be where I am.

They must all resign in disgrace.

If a CEO of one of our companies gave a similar answer, he or she would be toast within the hour.

Why has antisemitism exploded on campus and around the world?

Because of leaders like Presidents Gay, Magill and Kornbluth who believe genocide depends on the context.

To think that these are the leaders of Ivy League institutions that are charged with the responsibility to educate our best and brightest.

On the bright side, our congressional leaders deserve accolades for showing tremendous leadership and moral clarity in their statements, by the questions they asked, and the respectfulness with which they conducted the hearing.

It was a masterclass of how our government and democracy should operate.

If you have time, please watch the entire hearing. Throughout the hearing, the three behaved like hostile witnesses, exhibiting a profound disdain for the Congress with their smiles and smirks, and their outright refusal to answer basic questions with a yes or no answer.

[Allen Nikka @nikka_allen]

Outrageous and upsetting

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

Last night the Oakland City Council voted on a resolution to call for a ceasefire.

A city council member tried to insert language condemning Hamas.

This was the reaction…

[Allen Nikka @nikka_allen]

The lack of oversight on some of this spending is mind boggling, worth a read

[Pirate Wires @PirateWires]

In 2020, San Francisco announced it would defund its police department of $120 million to fund a racial equity program called the Dream Keeper Initiative — here's how the money was spent.

[Brandy Shufutinsky, EdD @76brandy76]

Jewish students and faculty aren’t safe on campus. Deploy the National Guard now. ⁦@CAgovernor⁩ ⁦@KathyHochul⁩ ⁦@GovernorShapiro⁩

[Allen Nikka @nikka_allen]

Go go Iranian secularism

[Masih Alinejad @AlinejadMasih]

Fearlessly defying threats and arrests, Sharif University students celebrated their graduation without hijabs, standing up against compulsory hijab. As the Minister of Education issues threats and faculty leaders resign, our resolve strengthens. Iranian women won’t step back. #WomanLifeFreedom.

[Allen Nikka @nikka_allen]

Fucking finally

https://t.co/9KT9CqcAEK

[Allen Nikka @nikka_allen]

Every bit of this is horrifying, but the 'glee' and 3rd wave and civilian participation is perhaps the most terrifying.

[Dov Ben-Shimon @DovBenShimon]

Warning: extremely difficult text to read below.

Last night I surrendered my phone and signed a waiver. And then I sat with a small group and an Israeli military attaché and we watched the 45 minute compilation of Hamas videos from October 7th.

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