Jon L

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The importance of full-stack openness and verifiability (including applications, operating systems, hardware, and bio) vitalik.eth.limo/general/2025/0…

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Not a novel observation but when we lost cheap rent, we lost so much great art and music. The next Velvet Underground are all doordashing instead of writing songs

I think young people should gain a sense of true self-awareness as quickly as they can You'll be a lot happier if you optimize your career based on what you want. And that's different for everyone. Could be max earnings, freedom, structure, flexibility, etc Figure out what you want and point your career in that direction. And then throughout your career, continually take stock as to what's important to you. Because when you're 25 it might be max earnings. But when you're 35 with a family it might be flexibility to see your kids grow up. Just figure out who you are as quick as you can and try not to let others influence that.

Linus Torvalds launched the Linux kernel on September 17, 1991 with 10,239 lines of code.

Do yourself a favor and set this in your pnpm config

Google DeepMind presents Virtual Agent Economies

If you do functional programming (like in Wolfram Language) you've probably used lots of pure functions, or lambdas. But what are lambdas like in the wild? Things I'm doing in CS, bio and ML converged to make me curious to find out... And as seems to happen whenever I go exploring in the computational universe ... they surprised me ... writings.stephenwolfram.com/2025/09/the-ru…

Why is everyone so mean to everyone else??? Why are we all a bunch of cruel monkeys trying to tear down everything that anyone else likes just to feel marginally superior?? It's all over my timeline I am so sad

Would you hire a developer who uses a constraint solver to solve a hard leetcode problem ? I would. And Hillel Wayne has a few very good examples. (link: 👇)

working on gossip sync for bitchat for improved mesh stability. when message forwards fail, you experience connection issues, or you move in and out of the mesh, the self-healing sync will try to recover anything you missed. uses same tech as compact block filters in bitcoin.

> be me > curious how X decides who goes viral and who gets shadowbanned into oblivion > read the source code. all of it. 400,000 lines > it's a mess. it's a masterpiece. it's a threat model disguised as a social network > proceed to get 7M impressions and 7k followers in 9 days > i have *seen* the algorithm > here's how to make it your slave > X is a game > rules are secret > stakes are your visibility > you win by: > replying to replies (replyguymaxxing) > baiting profile clicks (profilevisitmax) > getting bookmarked like you're the Dead Sea Scrolls > not getting blocked or muted (instant debuff) > spacing tweets out (diversity filters will kneecap your burst posts) > every 6 hours, your tweet loses 50% of its power > decay rate is brutal > either pop off early or perish > some actions boost you: > replies > retweets > likes > bookmarks > follows after a tweet > long watch time (10+ sec = algorithmic arousal) > text read for 2+ seconds = good content juice > others destroy you: > blocks > mutes > reports > “see fewer posts like this” clicks > enjoy being invisible for 3 months > tweets don't live in a vacuum > they're judged by: > real-time engagement > pagerank-style trust > reputation graphs > safety scores > simclusters (your interest-based tribes) > content bundles (X’s version of a mixtape) > simclusters: the secret spice > you're grouped with users who engage like you > the algo doesn't care who you follow > it cares who vibes like you > proximity = identity > high cosine similarity with bangers? you *become* a banger > ranking pipeline: > 1. light ranker: says maybe > 2. heavy ranker: massive neural net, runs 1k+ features > 3. mixer: final DJ, decides who sees what > you're just a vector in a giant party playlist > reputation score = Tweepcred > starts at -128 (yes, minus one twenty-eight) > verified gets you to 100 instantly > minimum viable Tweepcred to be seen? 17 > every mute, block, or spam flag? drops it > don’t tweet in ALL CAPS > don’t have offensive words in your name or tweet > don’t link out too much > yes, there are hidden blacklist files like `adult_tokens.txt` and `offensive_topics.txt` > yes, they will throttle you into the dirt > following/follower ratio matters > follow 5000 people and only 200 follow you back? > congratulations, you're a bot now > keep it clean. aim for 1:1.67+ > shadowban? > not just a myth > there are actual labels: > spam > gore > toxicity > low quality > nsfw > "mentions person too much" > each one adds weight to your visibility coffin > blue check = permission to exist > legacy verified = bonus points > no check = enjoy clawing your way out of the void > diversity filters = anti-spam boss > prevents 1 account from dominating feeds > if you're tweeting in bursts, you’re kneecapping yourself > mix it up. space it out. variety = scrolltime = ads = profit > virality triggers: > show up in carousels > trend modules > bookmarks > pinned content > land here and you're in the algorithm’s VIP lounge > the algo uses cosine similarity to recommend out-of-network tweets > turns you and your tweets into embeddings > measures the angle between you and the bangers > close enough? you ride their wave > "become a banger by standing next to one" > realgraph = who you associate with > if high-rep people engage with you, your reach improves > your friends' friends define your fate > algorithmic nepotism > want to resurrect an old tweet? > reply to it > that reply = defibrillator > congrats, it's alive again > wanna go viral? > curse less > don’t be cringe > reply smart > get bookmarked > write something that makes them click your profile > stay relevant, stay recent > tweet formats that worked before? steal them. > final boss move? > join communities > they push your content harder > because X loves groupthink > tl;dr > the X algo tracks *everything* > every click, block, mute, and bookmark > it's not just about what you post > it's about who interacts with it > and how much X thinks you matter > reputation is destiny > read the code yourself: > github.com/twitter/the-al… > or don’t. i already did it. you’re welcome. > now go farm some bookmarks > but do it with honor > or at least with style > algorithm bless

When I was a kid, ending up in a "chatroom" with adult freaks was the ultimate internet danger and the one thing parents were supposed to look out for and prevent. As far as I can tell, every child in America now spends most of their day in the modern equivalent of said chatrooms

bitchat ios and android now sends all internet connections over tor. full IP address privacy for all.

Rough week for people who don’t like watching innocent people brutally murdered

While I’m in a Judiciary Committee hearing today, my self propelled chicken tractor is on my farm in Kentucky raising broiler chickens on pasture. It uses super-capacitors, not batteries, to store solar power, so I call my invention the “Clucks Capacitor.”