Jackson Laskey

@AlexNowrasteh @nickgillespie Seems odd to group these four benefits together. Are social security and Medicare “welfare”? Certainly the economic health of recipients of social security vs snap is radically different. Seems like a dishonest, punitive framing towards whites (who you already admit are older)

Black immigrants use less welfare than any other major racial or ethnic immigrant group. White immigrants use the most. This is mostly explained by age, as white immigrants are older. From Cato's new research: cato.org/briefing-paper…

@SpikeEskin Fair enough. Morey vindicated!

@JacksonLaskey fans are disengaged. There was a small moment of happiness. Generally fans are disconnected and hardly paying attention, which is what happens with a mediocre NBA team in Philly.

Even as Embiid has looked much better, the Sixers are 14-12 in December and January with a point differential of about 1. This with Maxey taking a leap, George being mostly available, etc... I know all of the dreams about what they could do in the playoffs but I don't buy it.

@SpikeEskin Morey prioritizes slim championship odds over mediocrity. Now team is mediocre and fans are seemingly happier.

@JacksonLaskey I'm not sure your tweet makes sense.

@SpikeEskin Folks need to keep in mind, these are 4th graders with elite ball handling, shot making, and 25 inch verticals

Loving that @cursor_ai new composer model isn’t just way faster, but it’s also much more too the point. Less fluff, more speed

@danwag06 Part of this is that the mistakes AI makes aren’t the types of things that are quickly fixed by changing a line of code. It’s more like “don’t do that, do this instead”, aka revert + a new prompt. So highly vigilant, informed vibe-coding still is just vibe-coding

"Vibe coding" is now just coding... sorry, is what it is. Maybe the difference is that a true viber has no idea what they're doing and a pre-AI dev does... idk... I just rarely type code anymore.

@TheFan83 @catalinmpit I think it’s a combination of 3.7 and latest Cursor update. 3.5 seems more unruly as well

@catalinmpit ya.. was thinking about posting a meme were claude 3.7 builds something super crazy just to mask a thing while ignoring the super simple underlying issue :D glad its not me. Atm I am trying to build without cursor and with 3.7 extendended idk

Claude 3.7 Sonnet is worse than 3.5, and I'm happy to see it's not just me. It's over-confident. It ignores rules. It unnecessarily does more than it needs to do and therefore breaks the code. It drove me crazy these days. I'm going back to 3.5.

@EquityDiamonds @assetlayer 🙏

@JacksonLaskey @assetlayer A hard-fought vision-full attempt in an incredibly tough and openly hostile environment. RESPECT

I spent the last four years pouring my heart and soul into @assetlayer. We had some amazing successes, we came up short of where we needed to get to. We'll share more about the wind down process via @assetlayer. For now, here's a post about my biggest lesson learned. jackson-laskey.medium.com/new-industry-s… Thank you so much to everyone who supported us along the way. @TheMullenMuhr and I can't thank our team, investors, partners, customers, @DuroDogs players, and many more people enough for giving us an amazing opportunity to learn, grow, and try to build something amazing. HMU if you're interested in catching up or learning more about our experience at Asset Layer!

@btchudson @assetlayer Thx Michael, and likewise!

@JacksonLaskey @assetlayer Great effort and commitment brother! look forward to seeing what you get up to next!

I appreciate the kind words, but I want to emphasize the message behind my post. I don't believe Asset Layer failed because of insufficient blockchain technology. We failed because we pursued a solution that our target customers didn't adequately value. We thought that by improving on the existing technology, that we could gain adoption. We did improve on the existing technology, but we didn't gain adoption. I don't want to take away anything from entrepreneurs who want to improve blockchain technologies. However, I do strongly believe that blockchain companies are too solution-oriented rather than problem-oriented. They are too focused on making great tech vs solving real problems for customers (and I'm not counting other blockchain entrepreneurs/startups as customers).

AssetLayer Failed and it's My Fault Ty Everett, Founding President of Project Babbage @JacksonLaskey tried to build AssetLayer on the BSV Blockchain. He failed. I want to write a response article to the one he's just published, and explain why I could have done more to save it. I am Ty Everett, the Founding President of Project Babbage. We’re a blockchain infrastructure company building identity management, asset management solutions, and standardized and interoperable digital wallets on the BSV Blockchain. In passing, Jackson said it himself: "As the cost and complexity of integration come down, I think these features will become more appealing to a subset of games, leading to meaningful adoption of technology that can provide these features, which may or may not include a blockchain component." I want to emphasize the part about reducing the cost and complexity of integration. In short, AssetLayer was too early: it was a solution that — if it were easier to integrate — could have taken off in a big way. It was too early, because we haven't yet standardized the “blockchain” aspects. Currently, there’s industry fragmentation and a lack of interoperability with respect to wallets, and blockchain state management, and asset tracking, and identity management. This fragmentation increases the barriers for ALL companies who try building on top, including AssetLayer. But at Project Babbage, we're working furiously, as fast as we can, every day, to change that. AssetLayer tried to be a blockchain gaming company. But unfortunately it—like all blockchain companies of all kinds who have come before it—was a house built atop a foundation of sand. This is because, without interoperability and standardization around the wallets that support them, applications are compelled to either create their own wallet solutions or buy into proprietary vendors. Blockchain app companies shouldn’t need to become blockchain wallet companies, and shouldn’t depend on them for survival. In today’s world, the unfortunate reality of this toxic co-dependency increases their market friction beyond the limit: it makes it too hard to sell their core competencies, as they rely on these proprietary vendors to supply their wallet — and by extension, their users and their survival. What we need, and what Project Babbage is furiously working to build, is interoperability and industry-wide standardization across ALL of blockchain. On BSV, we need different vendors who build compatible wallets on open standards. We need different infrastructure providers who can host compatible BSV Overlay Services, and have data synchronized between them. We need training programs, and certification for developers, who can get educated about the design philosophy and architecture of blockchain, and learn how to effectively build on top. Until we get there, the market will wait for us, expectantly. And if we refuse, the money will run dry and the doors will slam shut, one by one, with a cold indifference. Rightly so. In short, BSV Blockchain is still coming into its own. So, to attempt to create a company like AssetLayer before our reckoning is like attempting to run a gas station before the fuel receptacles on the early road vehicles were standardized. You'd be stuck buying into the proprietary Ford system — or the proprietary Dodge system, before they were ever compatible. You’d split the room, and split your customer base, and leave good people behind without a good reason. Until we wake up — until we have this kind of standardization, until we can confidently say what it means to create things "on the blockchain", and stop creating businesses like houses on foundations of wet sand, those great companies are bound for failure. Needlessly. This kind of project, with a great idea, a great team, wonderful investors and a cool vision, should not have had to fail. But Jackson, it's not your fault that blockchain lacks interoperability — it's people like me. At Project Babbage, we could have done more, and sooner, on industry alignment. We could have opened up more of our code, communicated more with other players in the space, worked harder on creating interoperability rather than selfishly prioritizing our own bottom lines. We're a blockchain infrastructure company, and when blockchain companies fail in this way, it's the most painful thing for me. It hurts our ecosystem, disenchants our hobbyist user-base, and diminishes our credibility. To Jackson, and the entire AssetLayer team, I want to personally apologize. If the foundations and the infrastructure and the standards were built sooner (our responsibility and not yours), you’d probably still be here, and it would be easier to sell your vision to your customers. I can do better than this, because BSV deserves better than this.

@Rob_GCC @assetlayer Thanks Rob, and agreed, although I understand much better now why it takes so much courage 😂

@JacksonLaskey @assetlayer Taking a risk to pursue a grand vision is always a win—too few people have the courage to do so, but that's how the world moves toward a better place.

@Joshua_Hullett @SenorBrooz @assetlayer Many things! I elaborated on one in the article I linked in the OP. Essentially, focus more on solving tangible customer problems than building cool tech

@JacksonLaskey @SenorBrooz @assetlayer Can you elaborate on what you would do differently if you had the chance?

@Gandalf924 It was a pleasure working with you! Wishing you the best of luck with the game and your future projects

ごめんなさい、私は間に合いませんでした。君たちに稼いで欲しかった。 4ヶ月の間、助けてくれて本当にありがとう。

@MrBitmonkey @assetlayer It's been a lesson in picking your battles wisely for sure! Thx @MrBitmonkey :)

@JacksonLaskey @assetlayer Some fights are impossible. I like you Jack and your team. You will all do very well I am sure.

@SenorBrooz @assetlayer Thanks @SenorBrooz! We gave it a good run, and even though I'd do it very differently if I had a chance, I'm proud of the work

@JacksonLaskey @assetlayer was a dam good run and for sure you inspired people ☕️

@BodgerLeges @kurtwuckertjr Got my second stripe!

@JacksonLaskey since you demanded to be tagged in anything jiu jitsu related lol I guess also @kurtwuckertjr lol