Willy Pell

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[Willy Pell @uuilly]

@Austen It was a great session. Thx for coming. 🚜

[Willy Pell @uuilly]

@cyantist Talk hard

[Liz Parrish MBA @ParrishLiz]

A new study suggests it may be possible to regenerate cartilage lost to aging or arthritis with an oral drug or local injection, rendering knee and hip replacement unnecessary.
https://t.co/i8xBBFvbvc

[Willy Pell @uuilly]

@Austen 5 yo girl and 7yo boy. We raise them digitally Amish. They’ve watched fewer than 10 movies ever. Lots of reading Greek myths and dark shit though. They LOVE IT. Now listening to the audiobooks on drives to ski team.

[Willy Pell @uuilly]

My biggest argument against free will is songs getting stuck in my head. Is all this solving for myself a necessary distraction for my earthly form to carry the glorious message?

“It’s gonna be gonna be golden!
It’s gonna be gonna be golden!”

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

One thing I learned from experience is that those who do solidly well in life never, practically never, do anything in bad faith. Reduce bad faith from, say, that tiny 5% bit to 0%, and see how it works wonders. Simple advice, @__paleologo.

[Willy Pell @uuilly]

Somehow these lunatics made the story about ebikes.

[Matthew Seedorff @MattSeedorff]

LATEST: Horrifying video shows a group of teens on e-bikes surrounding and beating a man in his 60s in Hermosa Beach — leaving him unresponsive on the pavement.

Witnesses say the victim was just walking home with a pizza.

Hermosa Beach PD is urging anyone with info to come forward.

[Willy Pell @uuilly]

Betsy and Mike have been our early adopters for the last few years. It has been a complete grind for them and us. Betsy would say, “All I want is a warm meal during harvest. I want to be able to do laundry during harvest.” For a while we had one team metric, “give Betsy dinner.”

https://t.co/dDUi9sKRs8

[Willy Pell @uuilly]

This is the dumbest quote. “Newtonian mechanics doesn’t fully describe planetary motion,” was an extraordinary claim that was vindicated by one observation of mercury. The scientific method is awesome BECAUSE the tiniest observation topples the juggernaut of the status quo.

[Saganism @Saganismm]

“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.”

― Carl Sagan

[Zach Klein @zachklein]

It is uncanny in this era to be grateful for a politician, but Lurie is an exception. The West Coast has its Bloomberg and, yes, most people chalk up the city’s turnaround to the energy he brought to the Mayor’s office.

His tenure emphasizes just how much his predecessors squandered their time there.

[Willy Pell @uuilly]

@Austen Greeking out

[FIS Alpine @fisalpine]

Another masterpiece from Mikaela Shiffrin! 🇺🇸💥

#FISAlpine #WorldCupLevi

[Yun-Ta Tsai @yunta_tsai]

After years of dinners with FAANG friends, you experienced the progression of from being seen as nobody to a tier one AI company.

They always joked, “Are you still working on Full Self-Driving?” Then you sat there quietly eating your own food.

For many, top AI companies means hosting the biggest parties at CVPR, writing lots of papers, and have well known AI “god parents” in the org.

We have none of these. Quietly, we just want to solve singular most difficult problem on Earth.

This year they all have recognized Tesla is doing AI as good, if not better, as any other frontier companies, not because numbers of papers or podcasts being published, but a solid product that delivers the magic.

[Willy Pell @uuilly]

Certain beliefs are impervious to evidence. Money leading to better educational outcomes is one. The documentary, “Waiting for Superman” covered this nicely.

[Emil Kirkegaard @KirkegaardEmil]

It doesn't matter how much money you put into schools. Here's a cross-sectional overview. Per pupil spending and math scores.

[Willy Pell @uuilly]

I thought this was the cover for project Hail Mary.

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

Immense planning and technical precision was required for this absolutely preposterous (but real) view: I captured my friend @BlackGryph0n transiting the sun during a skydive.

This might be the first photo of it's kind in existence. See a video of this moment in the reply 👇

[Willy Pell @uuilly]

I once calculated that I could put valuables in a uber in Cape Town and have them drive around in perpetuity for less than it would cost to store it in SF. This is much better!

[Ryan Petersen @typesfast]

You can ship a 40 foot container from Belgium to China for $50 and people think capitalism is failing.

[Willy Pell @uuilly]

@ritwikpavan That was this morning right? Nicest layer of fog partially covering everything

[Willy Pell @uuilly]

There is no such thing as an expert.

[Andres Guadamuz @technollama]

A very frustrating part of the AI Wars has been the willingness by some to ignore experts in favour of listening to those who were telling them what they wanted to hear.

[Willy Pell @uuilly]

This phenomenon exists in high risk endeavors. Many call it God.

[Everest Today @EverestToday]

The “Third Man Syndrome”

In moments of extreme danger, many climbers and explorers report sensing an unseen presence—a calm, guiding force that seems to encourage and lead them to safety.

It feels like an invisible companion walking beside them, offering strength when all hope seems lost.

Scientists call it Third Man Syndrome, a mysterious survival phenomenon where the mind creates a sense of company to help endure life-or-death situations.

Photo ©: Purnima Shrestha.

[Willy Pell @uuilly]

This year did not improve.

[Willy Pell @uuilly]

So I’m basically raising my kids Amish. No tv no phones. Barely any toys with batteries. 6 yo is baseball obsessed. I allow him to watch the World Series. Immediately he sees ads for sex pills and a male stripper show called “the full Monty.” TV is a sewer.