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Sriram Krishnan
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The Perfect Couple on Netflix is one of the worst TV shows I’ve ever seen.
Industry S3 may be the best season of TV in many years.
Strongly recommend Thelma. Think Mission Impossible ( multiple overt references) but starring a 94 year old.
This should win some awards.
This should win some awards.
this theme of sovereign AI and the "tech tree" (in video game parlance) or capability set is very key across many countries starting with the US and UK
https://t.co/q6jCbXVPz0
https://t.co/q6jCbXVPz0
brb redoing my wardrobe.
Doing a few rounds of these with a site. I'm pretty convinced any modern AI can do it 10x faster than I can
(*finds fire hydrants for nth time*)
(*finds fire hydrants for nth time*)
fantastic presentation on India in 2024. Multiple factoids I didn't know before.
https://t.co/RwLEvY4fnP
https://t.co/RwLEvY4fnP
new Claude workflow
- take transcript of long stream from Youtube (copy-paste)
- ask Claude to analyze sections/themes
- go watch actual video where interested.
Helps me consume a lot of streams where I don't have to sit through 3-4 hours of content.
- take transcript of long stream from Youtube (copy-paste)
- ask Claude to analyze sections/themes
- go watch actual video where interested.
Helps me consume a lot of streams where I don't have to sit through 3-4 hours of content.
Loving this season of Industry. Lots of inside jokes if you work in VC or finance.
Two topics I would love to see more reporting on consistently
- EU and global policies around tech and moderation and impact on free speech. A lot of the reporting today is way too friendly to government narratives.
- a deep dive on China’s AI scene.
- EU and global policies around tech and moderation and impact on free speech. A lot of the reporting today is way too friendly to government narratives.
- a deep dive on China’s AI scene.
Black Myth:Wukong is fantastic. Visually stunning and very *different*. Would love to see classic Indian mythology be handled like this.
Also the backstory of how the game was developed is fascinating.
Also the backstory of how the game was developed is fascinating.
come to realize the tech-tree metaphor for describing what countries need in terms of policies and tech always works.
(enter midway meme)
(enter midway meme)
between Pavel's arrest, the free speech debate last month and AI regulation/safety issues between US and EU, we are entering a very different era of international tech policy.
One of the side effects of SB 1047 is folks who don’t usually deal with politics seeing outright falsehoods. See below and then ylecun.twitter’s reply. https://t.co/Hy4oaXEniB
Always love going down a rabbit hole on each of the winners. https://t.co/dW3lrTCISe
Minimal spoiler review of Twisters which I loved.
On Twisters. Will word this to avoid spoilers
- Glen Powell is a STAR.
- it felt like an old school movie. Man against nature. Very 90s and the original was a classic too
- opening 10 min sequence was great.
- me: “wait is that the new Superman??”
- every tornado was different. And some are a direct reference to the 90s movie.
- The movie theater shot was 💯
- almost no wokeness or reference to climate change. Pro science! ( except one evil investor)
- loved that in the end it went back into the original character ( honestly surprising but in a good way)
On Twisters. Will word this to avoid spoilers
- Glen Powell is a STAR.
- it felt like an old school movie. Man against nature. Very 90s and the original was a classic too
- opening 10 min sequence was great.
- me: “wait is that the new Superman??”
- every tornado was different. And some are a direct reference to the 90s movie.
- The movie theater shot was 💯
- almost no wokeness or reference to climate change. Pro science! ( except one evil investor)
- loved that in the end it went back into the original character ( honestly surprising but in a good way)
In defense of micromanagement
Delegation is over-rated, micro-management is under-rated and misunderstood.
Zuck talks about this
“probably one of my most controversial leadership or management things is I don’t actually believe in delegating that much. I kinda think like the way a founder should work is you should basically make as many decisions and get involved as in as many things as you can”
Every great founder in my experience does the above - see Elon or Jensen Huang.
They are in the details – every technical nuance, every financial model’s implications, every pixel. I rarely see a great company run in any other way.
The natural question that gets asked is: doesn’t this make every leader below them unhappy? I’ll answer this empirically: look at the core leadership team of any of these companies and you’ll see they have the same set of people for many, many years
Delegation is over-rated, micro-management is under-rated and misunderstood.
Zuck talks about this
“probably one of my most controversial leadership or management things is I don’t actually believe in delegating that much. I kinda think like the way a founder should work is you should basically make as many decisions and get involved as in as many things as you can”
Every great founder in my experience does the above - see Elon or Jensen Huang.
They are in the details – every technical nuance, every financial model’s implications, every pixel. I rarely see a great company run in any other way.
The natural question that gets asked is: doesn’t this make every leader below them unhappy? I’ll answer this empirically: look at the core leadership team of any of these companies and you’ll see they have the same set of people for many, many years
the UK protests, potential Iran and Israel conflict, a market sell off thanks to Japan and a coup in Bangladesh
Going to be an interesting week
Going to be an interesting week
Watching the Olympics with your five year old is a cool experience.
Movie suggestions for Friday night ?
thoughts on the Gladiator 2 trailer?
Furiosa review
+ Helmsworth. He chews up every scene
+ The novelty and execution of 'road war'. Anytime the war rig is on screen, things are intense
+ Some hilarious lines "competent and excessively resentful".
+ Miller loves building mechanical contraptions
+ Anya Taylor Joy doing Theron's voice
+ Maybe one of the most creative/dark ways a bad guy is killed off.
- It felt unbalanced, too much time before ATJ shows up.
- the music is disappointing. None of the pounding theme we loved from Fury Road
- Lacked that certain style/flair (the guitar guy) from the first movie.
- Not sure ANJ has the same presence for this as Theron did.
Maybe impossible to live upto hype from Fury Road.
+ Helmsworth. He chews up every scene
+ The novelty and execution of 'road war'. Anytime the war rig is on screen, things are intense
+ Some hilarious lines "competent and excessively resentful".
+ Miller loves building mechanical contraptions
+ Anya Taylor Joy doing Theron's voice
+ Maybe one of the most creative/dark ways a bad guy is killed off.
- It felt unbalanced, too much time before ATJ shows up.
- the music is disappointing. None of the pounding theme we loved from Fury Road
- Lacked that certain style/flair (the guitar guy) from the first movie.
- Not sure ANJ has the same presence for this as Theron did.
Maybe impossible to live upto hype from Fury Road.
What was the last new product that you’ve become a DAU of on your phone - outside Warpcast ;)
Watching Saltburn after living in the UK for about a year gives it a whole different context/interpretation.
Movie disappointment of the year : “Civil War”. Nihilistic, sort of…basic. Outside of Plemons, very forgettable.