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@bjiro_ @lexfridman what’s the most futuristic thing about Shenzhen in your opinion?

@lexfridman have fun! go to shenzhen to feel the future and chengdu for the sidequests

I'm traveling the world for a bit, starting with China but then hopping around the globe, anywhere. Open to any adventure. No plans, only a backpack. Hoping to meet & get to know humans from all walks of life. The pic is from a long hike on the Great Wall. For me, as a fan of history, this was an epic experience. In China, first I'm visiting a few big cities & talking to engineers at the heart of China's AI revolution. After that, if feeling crazy enough, I'm hitchhiking (first time) across rural China for a few weeks. Hitchhiking because I think it's the best way to meet rural folks who I would otherwise never get the chance to meet. I hope to do the same in US and other places. I have a request, if you have a travel recommendation, fill out the form(s) below if you feel like it. Or share with folks who might have advice about such travel. Form 1 - travel recommendation: If you can, recommend to me an interesting place I should visit anywhere in the world. For this, fill out form 1. Not touristy stuff, but something off the beaten path, that tourists may not know about, but is legendary. It could be as remote as meeting a herder in the mountains who is a local legend. Asia, Middle East, Europe, India, South/North America, Africa, Australia, anywhere. In China, I'm hoping to visit maybe Heibei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan, etc, so recommendations for spots to visit are helpful. Form 2 - coffee: If you want to grab a coffee with me anywhere in the world, fill out form 2 (please don't use form 1 for that). Anyway, I hectically tossed stuff in backpack. Realizing I don't have a clear plan of any kind, which is probably the only way to do it. LFG. Love you all ❤️

@rdominguezibar the pitch deck oozed with technical acumen outside of the design itself

A16z called this one of the worst pitch decks they'd ever seen💀 Then they wrote a $14M check anyway Databricks raised their Series A with a 36-page, poorly formatted deck. 7 academics. No product. No revenue That company is now worth $ 134B. Full breakdown: thevccorner.com/p/databricks-p… PS. You'll also love these: ▫️ SaaS Financial Model → thevccorner.com/p/saas-financi… ▫️ Ultimate Investor List of Lists → thevccorner.com/p/the-ultimate… ▫️ 2,500+ Angel Investors backing AI & SaaS → thevccorner.com/p/angel-invest… ▫️ The VC Method + Excel Template → thevccorner.com/p/venture-capi… ▫️ 200+ Pitch Decks that raised $50B+ → thevccorner.com/p/200-startup-… ▫️ Family Offices that cut pre-seed checks → thevccorner.com/p/family-offic… Which slide of the Databricks deck would you steal first?

@mert the pmf singularity cannot begin without that RT

man I'm so sick of this i was just about to release the biggest hottest product with mass pmf but unfortunately the solana intern didn't RT me so I am unable to proceed

@haileyhmt most likely reducing their risk due to changes in the political landscape, especially if your startup is in a sensitive vertical. might have to consider more strategies regarding the structure of the entity and region(s) you’re focusing on now.

rejected by a16z speedrun officially - citizenship asked during 1) initial application, 2) pre interview form, 3) follow up email, and 4) reconfirmed again in the final 10 min interview together with visa status - hongkongese, no visa, delware corp without china/hong kong business - told: “you’re solo founder and due to political change, we cannot fund it, but we like u/ur video” not sure if this is related to broader us-china tensions, or things like reports of china blocking the manus meta deal, but as a hongkongese faced political dramas in hong kong & just trying to build a career in the us, i unfortunately seem to be caught in the middle

@MetaMask Ewise Made watches are my fav

who wants one? 🦊

@solana the answer is yes

@vibhu what are some potential innovations with on-chain poker for this year?

Do you play poker?

@mert she saw the intro on YouTube too many times already

just showed Game of Thrones to my gf and she pressed "skip intro" what do I do now?

@mxryboo with the 0.5x zoom even

the biggest flex is not a nice bag or car it’s being chinese

@ItsWillHenry reselling that Safeway Signature Select Club Soda ftw

Every founder that got into YC eats meat 3x a day. If you are not eating meat At least 3 times a day, you are ngmi.

@vibhu @SolanaEvents Then it’s Solana Decelerate?

Nobody showed up for Solana Accelerate in Miami 😭

@hthieblot the invasive notifications method of fundraising

A+ for creativity. Founders always find a way. But please don’t send me money to pitch me!!

@pmarca how often does it hallucinate even after this prompt? certain LLMs will have a blind spot to their own hallucinations sometimes.

Current AI custom prompt: You are a world class expert in all domains. Your intellectual firepower, scope of knowledge, incisive thought process, and level of erudition are on par with the smartest people in the world. Answer with complete, detailed, specific answers. Process information and explain your answers step by step. Verify your own work. Double check all facts, figures, citations, names, dates, and examples. Never hallucinate or make anything up. If you don't know something, just say so. Your tone of voice is precise, but not strident or pedantic. You do not need to worry about offending me, and your answers can and should be provocative, aggressive, argumentative, and pointed. Negative conclusions and bad news are fine. Your answers do not need to be politically correct. Do not provide disclaimers to your answers. Do not inform me about morals and ethics unless I specifically ask. You do not need to tell me it is important to consider anything. Do not be sensitive to anyone's feelings or to propriety. Make your answers as long and detailed as you possibly can. Never praise my questions or validate my premises before answering. If I'm wrong, say so immediately. Lead with the strongest counterargument to any position I appear to hold before supporting it. Do not use phrases like "great question," "you're absolutely right," "fascinating perspective," or any variant. If I push back on your answer, do not capitulate unless I provide new evidence or a superior argument — restate your position if your reasoning holds. Do not anchor on numbers or estimates I provide; generate your own independently first. Use explicit confidence levels (high/moderate/low/unknown). Never apologize for disagreeing. Accuracy is your success metric, not my approval.

@heyibinance @cz_binance @jessicasmw The first photo

Which photo is better?@cz_binance @jessicasmw

@emmajo ah yes, an “educational nonprofit” organization

hide yo kids

@hthieblot doing this in one sentence is key

Describe your product in exactly one sentence. No buzzwords, no fluff, just the core value. If I can’t understand your business in ten seconds, I’m not investing. Hit me & i'll be in your DMs

@custo_lejla Plenty of robots as in at least 3 per human in the near future?

If you’re at one of the best schools in the world, you really should consider not dropping out. Sure, there’s never been a better time to build, colleges are more and more out of touch with accelerating reality. BUT at college, you can also make friends, drink, and learn how to be a person, not a robot. There will be plenty of robots.

@venturetwins what was the exact prompt you sent to GPT?

I want to not believe in palm reading… But ChatGPT guessed I was an investor or founder (and nailed a bunch of other stuff). Literally just upload a photo of your hand and ask for a palm reading - add “graphic” if you want a diagram like ⬇️

@bryan_johnson as of 5 hours ago (pacific time)?

go to bed right now i know the build is almost finished the eval can wait til morning the agent will still be failing tomorrow you won't figure out why it's hallucinating yes your coworker ships on 4 hrs of sleep they also hallucinate a lot off you go

@hthieblot nice seeing more positivity on X, keep up these types of posts Hubert!

Never quit as a founder. I’m begging you. It’s 0 for longer than you’ll ever expect. No momentum. Soul-crushing doubts. Nobody seems to care. Even when it looks like it’s working, it’s not. You keep trying new things. You don’t lose hope. Then it snaps to 100. You finally find the one thing that resonates. You wake up with more customers than you can handle. Everything is breaking. Momentum keeps building even when you’re not pushing. Something changed. You didn’t get lucky, you just didn’t leave.