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And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again? Archilochus

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

A Boxing Day Bonus!

32 comments:

Q said...

Sam Altman created a new post on blog.samaltman.com:
What I Wish Someone Had Told Me

Optimism, obsession, self-belief, raw horsepower and personal connections are how things get started.
Cohesive teams, the right combination of calmness and urgency, and unreasonable commitment are how things get finished. Long-term orientation is in short supply; try not to worry about what people think in the short term, which will get easier over time.
It is easier for a team to do a hard thing that really matters than to do an easy thing that doesn’t really matter; audacious ideas motivate people.
Incentives are superpowers; set them carefully.
Concentrate your resources on a small number of high-conviction bets; this is easy to say but evidently hard to do. You can delete more stuff than you think.
Communicate clearly and concisely.
Fight bullshit and bureaucracy every time you see it and get other people to fight it too. Do not let the org chart get in the way of people working productively together.
Outcomes are what count; don’t let good process excuse bad results.
Spend more time recruiting. Take risks on high-potential people with a fast rate of improvement. Look for evidence of getting stuff done in addition to intelligence.
Superstars are even more valuable than they seem, but you have to evaluate people on their net impact on the performance of the organization.
Fast iteration can make up for a lot; it’s usually ok to be wrong if you iterate quickly. Plans should be measured in decades, execution should be measured in weeks.
Don’t fight the business equivalent of the laws of physics.
Inspiration is perishable and life goes by fast. Inaction is a particularly insidious type of risk.
Scale often has surprising emergent properties.
Compounding exponentials are magic. In particular, you really want to build a business that gets a compounding advantage with scale.
Get back up and keep going.
Working with great people is one of the best parts of life.

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

You do like celebrities, don't you.

Happy New Years!

Anonymous said...

Hmmm....

Anonymous said...

You think Truth depend on who said it?

Well... you repeating after Plato too. ;-)

Anonymous said...

;-)

Joe Conservative said...

You think the truth is ever said by the CEO with the most money? Their truth only lasts as long as their money does. Even Elon's full of sh*t.

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

High Exhibition Value persons... like Pew die Pie.

Anonymous said...

You keep forgetting that I am foreigner.

Not dumb, not idiot like Derpy -- able to consult with dictionary. But still... knowing definition. And understanding subtle cultural diffs...

R NOT same thing.

So... you made me flabbergasted... with that claim about celebs. (is DiBi are celeb? do I like... it?)

Well, it's like that coan -- can someone be called follower/fan/liker/believer of X... if that one even dunno what X mean?

Well... there is such thing. Like in Christianity. You know... Kinda Samaritan. Which was epitomes of Good Christian... but YET, we call themself Good Christians... NOT Good Samaritans, isn't it?

That is eternal dichotomy between "be" and "be named".

And it seem (from my point of view) that you caught in an infinite loop of that never-ending and multi-many-layered game "Be Named". ;-)

Knock, knock.

Matrix have you, Neo. ;-P

Anonymous said...

Have you interest? into such "lost in pre-moderation" screeds? Or I just overindulge myself, with copy-pasting em here?


in pShaws.


\\Blogger Shaw Kenawe said...
Wokism, BTW, unlike religion, doesn't advocate flying planes into building and killing \\thousands of innocent people or throwing acid in young women's faces who seek education.

That's... just for now.

Religious bigots are all the same in that regard -- want to kill all "infidels".

So? YOU really want us WAIT for wokism to became much like that mullahs???

With all power of civilization in its bigoted hands???

Mullahs... they for at least INCOMPETENT -- unable to make A-Bomb EVEN while all blueprints available.

Woke bigots -- will have access to stockpiles of Nukes (and many-many other dangerous things), from get go.



\\We are much, much better off as a secular state where no one religion is ascendant.

Yep. Except woke bigotry. :-))))



\\The first image that came to mind when I read that was the East Germans trying to get over the wall and into West Germany and the Communists shooting to kill.

And stark FACTUAL differences... do not make facepalm... as I do to myself.

There WAS NO border. USA-Mexica -- there IS one.

That was FORCEFUL separation of what was unite. Are you one with mexicans???

THAT IS -- power of Woke Bigotry -- when FACTUALLY OPPOSITE things -- suddenly became similar, and even THE SAME.



Anonymous said...

Yet one.


Blogger Shaw Kenawe said...

Foreigner


"Because only Facts are unambigious. And Logic is the ONE and ONLY."

\\ S.K.: Here are some unambiguous facts: Joe Biden won the 2020 election.

Is that fact disputed? Seriously? By me, especially?

Well... you know, there is crazy people that say that Earth is flat, like that pancake.

So, What... every time when questions of astronomy will be discussed -- you, and people like you will be pointing to that same FACT "see, there is such crazy people flat-earthers" AND DECLARE own victory on that base?

And HOW you are different from that flat-earther? ;-P

They ALSO have a shortlist of FACTS... or just "facts"... they like to use as a club against opponent.

What a troglodyte's discussion tactics. :-))))))



\\ Donald Trump was found liable for sexual assault/rape, and is a tax fraudist.

And NOT put in jail? ;-)




\\And the current GOP want him to be POTUS again.

That... we dunno yet. Given that moronic prohibition to appear on primaries ballots...

that is far-far from being FACT... YET.

Anonymous said...

And one for DiDi. ;-P


\\I wonder how they would welcome visitors who insult them and LIE about them?

Yep.

Especially if they "lie"... with Unbearable Truth. ;-P

You like to call people trolls too much.

But seems like too idiotic to consult with dictionary -- to know MEANING of words you trying to spew.

Trolling | What does trolling mean?
eSafety Commissioner
https://www.esafety.gov.au › ...
Trolling is when someone posts or comments online to 'bait' people, which means deliberately provoking an argument or emotional reaction. In ...

Which is the best way to achieve it?

To say Unbearable Truth. ;-P



PS What do you think? Did I hit a Bull's Eye?.. with my definition.

Thersites said...

/You keep forgetting that I am foreigner.
Not dumb, not idiot like Derpy -- able to consult with dictionary. But still... knowing definition. And understanding subtle cultural diffs...
R NOT same thing.
So... you made me flabbergasted... with that claim about celebs. (is DiBi are celeb? do I like... it?)


Look, if you need a VC guru, Altman's your guy. He can sell any Silicon Valley venture. But look what he did to OpenAI. He took a non-profit, and put a for profit under it, shifting the focus from "research" to "commercialization". He infused $$$, that's all. The AI brains at OpenAi was they guy who fired him, Ilya Sutskever. Altman is a Jobs, Sutskever is Woz. Sutskever's the "techie", not Altman. And Ilya just got bumped off the board, like Woz at Apple.

As for pShaw, she erased most of the posts today.

and DiBi...

He's living his "profile". Author and inspiration for millions of devoted fans. Bullyeye's are never welsome.

Anonymous said...

\\Look, if you need a VC guru, Altman's your guy.

Have little chances to approach him... well, any celeb.

And well... with what? As my tryes here showed that I'm still unable even to formulate my screeds. :-((((



\\And Ilya just got bumped off the board, like Woz at Apple.

And Jobs too... and started NEXTstep and couple other things.

While Woz... what good news your heard about him, since?

Live bright, die young. Or... vice versa.



\\As for pShaw, she erased most of the posts today.

For now... this two my -- was disclosed. Surprisingly.

But... for the sake "look at that MAGA fool" posterity, I presume.



\\Bullyeye's are never welsome.

Then... don't call your blog Contrarian... something.

That same problem of "be named".

That is wisdom I got long ago. From one text of one inventor/writer.

In a story about curating some wanna be inventors youth -- they tried to make "rocket ship"... and, as obvious to young ones, stuck on choosing name. Like "Rocket","Thunderbolt" or what not.

To which older and much wiser supervisor suggested: "Call it Turtle. If you'd fail (to make it fast) -- it will not make it looking too bad... but if you'd succeed -- it would be twice as glorious... with such a name". ;-)

Anonymous said...

\\Blogger Shaw Kenawe said...

\\ Someone who calls him/herself "Foreigner"

You know... that you showing itself moron, this way???

Attributing some other screacher's comment as my.

That just confirms your lack of intelligence.



\\ Anonymous said...

\\ That be Foreigner without a doubt.

\\ An ignorant, deluded, petrified whittle whiny terp who is quite likely afraid of his or her own shadow.

Said scarredy mice that was unable to give it's moniker even. Whose that?



\\I admit I have failed to understand what my fellow Americans see that is honorable, decent, and patriotic about Trump, who openly admires un-American authoritarian leaders around the world, and echoes Hitlerian rhetoric about immigrants and fellow Americans.

Because... his THEIR candidate. Not YOURS.

That is what Democracy is about -- right of one part of society to vote for THEIR representative... NO MATTER what OTHER part would like to babble about it, or what dirty tricks and smearing tactic they use...

Because... if it'd be OTHERWISE... that would be despoty of liars and populists, supported just by ONE part of society... indefinitely.

And NOT Democracy.

Yawn.



\\Apparently, "Foreigner" and other Trump cultists would like to see America follow in Hitler's footsteps. What else can I deduce from their unflagging support of Trump?

Of course... because you are instigated by NASTY POITICAL PROPAGANDA moron.

Yawn.

And you behavior -- is very stark example -- how Hitler was able to come to power.

Exactly BECAUSE OF SUCH morons.

That was eager to gobble ALL and ANY nasty propaganda... till the last drop. :-(((((




\\No, "Foreigner," we're not afraid of Trump. He's nothing more than an obese, blubbering lying loser who's been a failure at everything he's ever tried to do

So?

Why you SO eager to INFLATE its appearance so much?

If he are so inept?

WHY??? You giving him SO MUCH audacity?

Isn't that is just Dirty Political Trick -- to NOT ALLOW any other candidate from Rep side.

Just because Holy Bi-den... have NO, NADA, ZERO, ZILCH chance against ANY OTHER candidate?

Or you are moron, and don't get what I am talking about here?




\\What gives us pause are people like YOU, and millions who support Trump the loser, the rapist, the business failure, the tax fraudist, the Liar, the Cheat, and the Hilter wannabe.

Whatever.

That is just smearing dirt into political opponents.

And I am not from USA in the first place (that's why I'm "Foreigner" here) to care about such things.

But... I know a lot -- about how such dirty campaigns happen all around the world.

Like in Turkie. Or in Russian Federation.

And that is... always a First Step on that slippery slope of em falling into authoritarian... and then into totalitarian... and then into nazism and bloody world war...

and that -- I DO CARE about. As there'd be NO ONE who will not suffer in a next world war.

And YOU -- from all I see -- just laboring hard to make it happen. :-(((((((((((((((((((



\\You think that pile of anti-American slop would make a great president? Again?

I. DON'T. CARE.

I'm NOT USAian.

Only... he already WAS one... and sky DID NOT fell.

WHY you so adamant about it could, not... it should, no... it MUST BE falling THIS TIME.

I am, as foreigner, totally dunno.

That's why I lurking here -- to find any clue.

And for now it is unsettling -- USA slipping on that slippery slope into totalitarian rule... it seems. :-((((((((((((((((((((((((((

Which, is very sad. And very dangerous.

For whole World.


-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

While Woz... what good news your heard about him, since?
Live bright, die young. Or... vice versa.


That is Fate, staring you in the face.

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

In the end, Microsoft is the big winner. They simply market the final product (or a close derivative).

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

ps - Maybe you can get through to pShaw. I know that I can't.

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

Fighting monsters tends to turn you into one.

Anonymous said...

\\In the end, Microsoft is the big winner. They simply market the final product (or a close derivative).

They just piggybacked on success of IBM PC... yawn.


\\ps - Maybe you can get through to pShaw. I know that I can't.

Naaah. That is SAME terminal case... as with Derpy. As with DiDi and DiBi.

It's foolishness and prejudges that acqured easily and even without us noticing it.

Fighting against it -- hard job. Most do not care to do.

Well, even for that who do -- it need strong incentive...



\\That is Fate, staring you in the face.

Dunno.

Anonymous said...

\\Blogger Joe "Truth 101" Kelly said...

\\The best chance is for Biden to run against someone with higher negatives, whether or not they're merited on Joe; That person is Trump.

I'm glad to see that here is somebody... who ABLE to see through all miserly lies of political propaganda.





\\Blogger Grey One talks sass said...

Oh Anonymous at 4:26 am

It's as if you didn't watch any video or TV in the past three years.

You GOT it. Oh my wise opponent in that brightest of enlightened blogs.

Because... I. AM. Foreigner.

NOT from USA.

And do not watch your TV. ;-P



\\It's as if your lard and server Lord Dampnut was thrust into a Denver courtroom in a vacuum, devoid of any history. Ha!

I dunno about that Lord Dampnut. Whose that? Some personage from new Shrek fi... movie???

Ha!



\\There was a trial, his lawyers were present. He lost, he appealed (not the guilty of insurrection bits), and the case along with cases from other states is headed to the Supremes.

So?

Juridical system of USA is perfect? And never-ever-eternally... do not make any mistakes?

Ha! And yet one time HA!



\\There was a trial and if you'd taken three moments you'd have found all the data online. Not my job to do your homework for you. And oh, so misguided - the ebil Dems are after my guy!!!

What for?

Can you provide CONCISE reason, why some Foreigner, not interested too much in inner politics of USA... and even less, in it's jurisprudence... SHOULD do that???

That is like... how was it said, in one of your memes -- to take ONE banana... one need to grab ALSO a gorilla, and all of the jungle.

Yes? :-)))))



\\It was a bipartisan coalition of humans who brought the request to remove Trump from the Colorado ballot based on the clear language of the 14th amendment, section 3 of the Constitution and Bill of Rights for the United States of America. How did you miss all this? Oh yeah, hard to see reality when viewed from a bubble of your own making.

I do not need such details...

in addition to what I KNOW from history -- and that exactly -- that TOTALITARIAN governments NEVER have problem with concocting VISIBLY legal means of how to put their opposition in to a prison.

Just recently -- in Turkey -- they said that... oh, what a coincidence, that political opponents of current semi-tyrant Erdogan... Committed I-N-S-U-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N.

And even tried to demand from USA to give up that ones of em, which took refuge on your turf.

Or... like Putin -- that put his most notorious political opponent Navalniy... on pretext of him committed some fraud.

So???

ARE you??? As USAian.

Are NOT ashamed of that -- that YOUR country government... trying to behave THE SAME as autocrats and totalitarians of the World?

Anonymous said...

\\Fighting monsters tends to turn you into one.

Especially if that monsters are inside its own brain only...

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

Indeed.

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

That's kinda the whole problem in a nutshell... or the cranium of a progressive. Fighting strawmen, and avoiding the real issues.

Anonymous said...

We live not in an age of problems... but in the age of challenges...

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

"Prohibitions, commandments, and the law are replaced by projects, initiatives, and motivation"

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

They never directly say, "no". The algorithms simply deny you access.

Anonymous said...

became hacker then ;-)

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

Better... stay completely offline. Live in Sherwood Forest with Robin's merry band.

Anonymous said...

that's who are hackers today ;-)

Anonymous said...

or so they say...

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

Woodcutters? ;)

Anonymous said...

:-))))))))))))))))))

Yeah. Into bytes and bits choppers. ;-P