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[Vikram @VikramMerlion]

@aravind for a long time was pushing hard for the Indian government to have a crypto reserve. Anyone who understood technology would have known how bad of a suggestion that was.

[Lawrence Wong @LawrenceWongST]

From just six students learning in a private home in 1949, SIFAS has grown into a vibrant institution that has nurtured generations of artists and enriched Singapore’s cultural life. Glad to join the SIFAS community for the opening of its new campus in Bras Basah.Bugis.

[Tibo @thsottiaux]

Day 25/

We are doubling all usage limits for all Pro 100/200/500 tiers and Business Premium, effective today.

We heard your kind feedback and won’t be reducing usage limits for Pro 200, so your Work and Codex usage will stay the same. We’re also going to continue offering extended limits for dots for now, and usage of your dot will still continue to be separate from your default usage.

And we'll of course also keep shipping better models and other efficiency improvements that increase your effective usage over time.

[Siddhartha Saxena @siddsax]

From what I am hearing, @Meta muse's has god awful retention numbers, and leading to second thoughts in the team.

[imjustnewatai @imjustnewatai]

This is obviously a video right before they release a very powerful model. OpenAI’s internal model at its lowest setting is still a lot better than 6 Astra at its highest reasoning level. In the next few weeks we will see a leap forward in everything. If you watch closely the video says “optimism achieved internally” we will see a massive leap forward in these models in the next few weeks. And by the end of the year, we will see another massive leap forward. I’m so excited

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

There are many futures. Which do you want to build?

[ClaudeDevs @ClaudeDevs]

We've raised the max request size for Messages and Token Counting on the Claude API from 32 MB to 128 MB.

Image-heavy requests like long computer-use sessions and big PDFs were previously hitting 32 MB with plenty of context window left. Now you get ~4x more room.

[Vikram @VikramMerlion]

My god. What an awful thing to do 😔

[Sanjeev Sanyal @sanjeevsanyal]

Staff of NGO Doctors Without Borders caught for mass scale sex-for-aid scandal. This sort of thing has been whispered about for years, glad the investigation found hard evidence in Chad. However, there should be investigations in other countries as well.

[Vikram @VikramMerlion]

People seem to have reduced their interest in luxury goods. I no longer observe excitement around high-end watches, bags, or similar items. What shifted?

[Vikram @VikramMerlion]

ChatGPT has gotten really bad at reasoning lately. On high reasoning it can’t get basic recommendations right and I always need to be on extra high for any useable advice.

[Vikram @VikramMerlion]

Is the very popular assumption that people who have gone for root canal surgery have a significantly higher risk of cancer true?

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Daymond John went in for dental work and walked out with his rotator cuff pain gone.

Gary Brecka chipped a tooth, sent a photo to Dr. Gandhi, and got a text back asking if he had left shoulder pain, lower lobe lung pain during cardio, and a left toe that randomly went numb. All of it was real. None of it had been mentioned. After the tooth was cleaned and capped, everything cleared in 48 hours.

They keep pointing to meridian lines and old root canals as the connection. Two people with public platforms describing the same odd pattern.

Bodies keep more receipts than most of us give them credit for. A tooth problem doesn’t always stay in the mouth.

[Vikram @VikramMerlion]

Orient what have you created? This looks beautiful 😍 #GMT

[Vikram @VikramMerlion]

@thedevdad @johnternus Now that’s a serious user 😄

[Expo @expo]

Native iPhone Duo apps, built with Expo.

Ship yours before your AppleCare appointment!

[Vikram @VikramMerlion]

@panos_panay Can we please have Singapore support, please. I bought the Echo Show 11, but it doesn’t have support in Singapore 😔

[orbitant @orbitant]

This is what governance should look like. Not just passing laws, but enforcing accountability through independent investigations, financial scrutiny and regulatory action.

🇸🇬 Singapore is stepping up action against companies potentially linked to the haze-causing fires in Indonesia.

DPM Gan Kim Yong, Senior Minister K Shanmugam and Minister Grace Fu met senior executives representing 10 Singapore-based companies on 28 October.

Former PAP MP and Senior Counsel Davinder Singh has also been appointed as the government's legal adviser and coordinator for the investigations.

Here's what's happening:

1. All 10 companies have agreed to cooperate with investigations.

2. Companies must appoint independent investigation and legal teams from a government-selected panel, at their own expense.

3. Investigators will examine operations, supply chains, corporate ownership and business relationships. Companies are expected to provide full access to documents, premises and relevant information.

4. Parliament will consider amendments to the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act from 3 November. Failure to cooperate with appointed investigators could become a criminal offence.

5. MAS is also stepping in. Banks are expected to assess environmental risks involving their customers. They can review financing conditions, restrict further lending or exit relationships where serious breaches are established.

Shanmugam made another point clear. If companies found responsible decide to leave Singapore because of the investigations, the government is prepared to accept that.

Importantly, these investigations are about establishing facts. None of the 10 companies has been found guilty merely because they received notices.

After more than a decade of haze investigations, Singapore is now looking beyond plantation fires to corporate structures, financing and accountability.

The real test of governance is whether investigations lead to enforcement and consequences, and whether the pressure continues even after the haze clears.

https://t.co/j23kjh5h2Z

[Guilherme Boulos @GuilhermeBoulos]

A fuga de Flavio Bolsonaro é um dos episódios mais vergonhosos da história política brasileira.

Flávio teve quase 60 milhões de votos num domingo. E 24 horas depois foge do país, abandonando aqueles que acreditaram nele.

A família Bolsonaro não traiu apenas o país. Traiu seus adeptos e seus eleitores. Que isso os faça refletir.

O bolsonarismo ficou nu naquilo que representa: covardia e vergonha!

[Vikram @VikramMerlion]

Gonna try it!

[Muse @Muse]

hello! 你好! apa khabar! வணக்கம்!

no better place for a multitasker than a country with four official languages.

now in Singapore: https://t.co/T2OeSwX3GG 🇸🇬

[poponze @poponze]

🚨 URGENTE: Flávio Bolsonaro teria fugido, cruzando a fronteira em um avião particular com destino aos Estados Unidos durante a madrugada, segundo um dos principais jornais argentinos.