Tim Yim
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Tim Yim
@itsTimYim
Building some cool stuff at @redpandadata
More and more I feel motivated to start doing independent benchmarks.
@kellabyte Totally makes sense. Telling that story in a real, enlightening and transparent way matters.
I was planning to use UUIDs to represent the databases we have on the @tursodatabase Cloud. I got a bit worried that we would perhaps run out of UUIDs. I just double-checked and I think we'll be fine for the next year or so. Will use UUIDs for now, and if needed, rearchitect later.
All aggregators had their payouts reduced to 60% this cycle. We will add another 20% deduction in the next cycle. It became abundantly clear: flooding the timeline with 100 stolen reposts and clickbait everyday crowded-out real creators and hurt new author growth. The next step is to assign a permanent deduction to habitual bait posters who use “🚨BREAKING”on every post. X will never infringe on speech or reach—but we will not compensate for manipulation of the program or our users.
Every security flaw discovered by AI was there before AI, waiting to be discovered either by people or by AI. The world has never been good at securing computer systems; finally with AI we are going to get good.
Just over 2 months ago, the @DeptofWar launched the "Patent Holiday" pilot program, offering industry partners a two-year, no-fee license to evaluate and commercialize a curated list of War Department patented technologies. The goal is to get innovation from our labs to the warfighter and the public RAPIDLY. Four commercial evaluation licenses (CELs) have already been signed, with more expected! 🧵 Here are some of the industry highlights we've seen so far:
🚨 Grammy-winning artist Lizzo says losing 200 lbs. dramatically altered her politics: “a lot my ‘progressive’ views were just cope for being fat — I’m a Republican now.”
