Jared Ben-David✨Ξ◎

Privacy-Preserving ML | Zer◎-Knowledge Proofs | Trust-less Distributed Systems 🦀⚓️

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

If you are out of ideas, go for a walk.

This paper found walking (whether outdoors or a treadmill) increased key types of creative thinking for over 80% of undergraduates. The reasons are not fully clear, but there seem to be direct effects on the brain. https://t.co/0EDfpzyf8j

[Amjad Masad @amasad]

Many have asked for a copy of this book, here are all the pages in this thread

[Mike @mike1third]

What an incredible amount of Alpha from @marczeller in his interview with @alpha_pls 👀

This is a great look into the future of @AaveAave and the entire defi ecosystem 📈

Put your glasses on and find a dense summary of all the alpha in the comments of this thread!

🧵👇

[Jordan Schneider @jordanschneider]

THREAD: The US government's new export controls are wreaking havoc on China's chip industry.

New rules around "US persons" are driving an "industry-wide decapitation."

[tobi lutke @tobi]

Company news: We totally revamped our compensation system this summer. In short, "Flex Comp" now gives everyone a simple UX where you see your total compensation and choose a mix of Cash/RSU/Stock via simple sliders.

[Blake Byers @byersblake]

At Google Venture a decade ago we searched for AI enabled companies and came up dry. That has changed. AI is going to eat software companies. Primarily because it creates entire new UX that incumbents can’t adopt without breaking their product. 10 year hypercycle just started.

[Tim Roughgarden @Tim_Roughgarden]

During a very fun two-week visit to the @a16z crypto research lab this summer, Stanford political scientist @ahall_research gave two fascinating lectures about what web3 governance can learn from traditional governance and vice versa. Links to the videos👇

[Andrew Gazdecki @agazdecki]

Friendly reminder to market your startup's outcome and not your features.

[Laine ❤️ by SOL Strategies @laine_sa_]

If you've got an interest in truly grasping "how the sausage is made" this is for you: https://t.co/hDJTiPDHi3

Spent many hours reading through core Solana code and trying to understand how things work, truly a piece of art that'll bend your brain.

Also: 75 contributors!

[Future @future]

The Merge is almost here. @ethereum's transition to proof of stake is expected to trigger between September 10-20.

What's this mean and what comes next? EF lead coordinator @dannyryan answers all of our questions.

Part 1: https://t.co/XrXXyAECcb
Part 2: https://t.co/qTXDeaJCMg

[CZ 🔶 BNB @cz_binance]

There is no overnight success. Luck is built over the long run, a little bit at a time, consistently.

[Horace He @cHHillee]

Why is OpenAI's new compiler, Triton, so exciting? And what distinguishes it from other efforts to provide a Python DSL for programming Nvidia GPUs, like Numba?

To answer that, we need to look at the operation behind all of deep learning - matrix multiplication. (1/7)

[Misha @mishadavinci]

Web3 is the FUTURE.

If you want to master web3 (in months instead of years), study these in chronological order:

[Kyle Samani @KyleSamani]

We led a couple rounds in @jito_labs

They’re building MEV infra on Solana

And it’s fucking awesome. Launching soon. More details below

https://t.co/ty4oPrJY0A

[Sequoia Capital @sequoia]

.@GuptaRK22 joined @patrick_oshag on @InvestLikeBest to discuss how to “keep the main thing the main thing,” Sequoia’s culture of performance and teamwork, and being both a mentor and an apprentice.

Listen here 👇
https://t.co/WVD4dsogH4

[Linus @thesephist]

We're max 2-3 years out from DALL-E 2 for 3D printing. Literally conjuring objects from incantations.

[Kyle Samani @KyleSamani]

What is the best fintech UX experience across desktop, mobile, notifications/emails, etc that covers a *very* broad range of functions (debit account, investing, pay friends, ACH/wires, etc)