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DOGE was the most inspiring government effort in my lifetime. It made working in government high-status for my smartest friends. It is disappointing to see how hard the bureaucracy fought to prevent them from succeeding.

The U.S. will begin revoking visas of Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields.

TIL there’s only 300 Waymo’s operating in SF, which is insane because it feels like I see a Waymo every 30 seconds when driving around the city. (this is written while sitting in a Waymo.)

Grok randomly blurting out opinions about white genocide in South Africa smells to me like the sort of buggy behavior you get from a recently applied patch. I sure hope it isn't. It would be really bad if widely used AIs got editorialized on the fly by those who controlled them.

has anyone stopped to ask WHY students cheat? would a buddhist monk "cheat" at meditation? would an artist "cheat" at painting? no. when process and outcomes are aligned, there's no incentive to cheat. so what's happening differently at colleges? the answer is in the article:

Here’s how vibe coding plays out. There are only 30 million developers globally. This number is artificially low because it’s hard to get started. This will multiply as any curious higher schooler, IT person, PM, designer, entrepreneur, and more discovers they can build stuff.

New consumer sentiment data just out for April: Americans’ expectations for how the economy will fare over the next year are now at their worst in 45 years. Consumer confidence is down 40% since Trump’s inauguration, including a 20% drop among Republicans.