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@pilcrowonpaper Invalidate all keys now. Yeah its a pita, but it is what kills the attack.

What can NPM realistically do to reduce supply chain attacks? Maybe only allow packages with pinned dependencies? I don’t think GitHub can do much either other than making Actions a little less confusing

@petersgoodman Why doesn’t Somalia try to deal with it?

I've been doing this work a long time but nothing prepared me for what I saw on a recent reporting trip in Somalia. I was there to look into rising food and fuel prices from the war in the Middle East landing atop dramatic cuts to the international humanitarian relief system.

@flowersslop A mac mini uses so little power you could keep it running forever and it would still be cheap.

Codex should be able to start my computer when Im not home and shut it down again when its done, in case I quickly need something. I dont know how this is achievable, but it would be really cool.

@noname105736 @jakluge I think they contracted with Ukraine. So yes.

@jakluge Did UAE somehow move it's country outside the range of Iranian missiles, or how is this relevant? The deterrent is obviously not just SOH but the ability to degrade oil infrastructure. Otherwise the US could try to force open SOH.

Iran can play the "Hormuz card" only this one time. Already now, it takes months to accumulate a big enough supply deficit that inflicts serious pain on the US. If bypass capacities increase by a few million barrels/day, the Strait will cease to be a life insurance for Tehran.

@sesigl You have exponential growth -> missing the right index.

You're scaling a product database. Queries that were fast at 1M rows now take 30s at 100M rows. You can add a cache layer (Redis) or denormalize into a dedicated reporting table. Which approach and why?

@realLangerDan I am in favour of harming russia, but don’t they have lots of natural resources themselves?

📣Putin is said to be terrified of a palace coup and is fearful his oligarchs are abandoning him. There’s many paths that could lead to his overthrow. But one possible one is: The EU bans the export of Alumina from Ireland. The owner, and one of the top oligarchs Deripaska is

@JonRoth @Jaytel @sama Have you ever refactored your codebase from the grocery store? You will. And the company that will bring that to you? AT&T - sorry @OpenAI

@Jaytel @sama you haven't lived until you refactor your codebase from the grocery store

.@sama please just add /remote-control for Codex and the ChatGPT app and then it’s perfect 🤝

@RpsAgainstTrump Liberate Karelia.

Putin: Finland, why did it join NATO? Did we have any territorial disputes with Finland? Everything had long been settled.

@JohnRentoul Its not this election you should worry about, its brexit.

This election is a disaster for people who want the UK to stay together independent.co.uk/voices/wales-s…

@Fstonehome @sentdefender Apparently the return of 1000 POW. Great trade.

@sentdefender That is awfully nice of him. And for what in return? More fertilizer for the fields? Come on Russians, your elites will send you untrained and unequipped to die by a $300 drone. And no one will collect your body. Who would foght for such leadership? Cowards.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that starting from 10 a.m. Kyiv time, the plotted points (below) will be excluded from Ukrainian strikes. The Russian Victory Day Parade is tomorrow and the plotted points include the entirety of the Red Square. Reports also indicate that Russia has also agreed to this nominal ceasefire.

@cruelsardaukar What made him a lord is that that rice gave you access to approximately the early work of one man per koku. The price of a koku is today 100k+

Japanese lords measured their incomes in koku, the amount of rice required to feed a man for a whole year. A feudal lord was only considered a daimyo if his income exceeded 10,000 koku. A koku was 330 lb of rice.

@WHO WHO assesses the risk to the global population from this event as low. Alright guys, we are fucked. It was nice to know you all.

#Hantavirus cluster linked to cruise ship travel:  Since 1 April when the boat set sail, of the 147 passengers and crew, 7 people have become ill, among whom 3 have died, 1 is critically ill and 3 are reporting mild symptoms.   Based on the current information, including how hantavirus spreads, WHO assesses the risk to the global population from this event as low. We are working closely with health authorities from the countries involved and the ship's operators to ensure passengers and crew get the information and support they need.   WHO will continue to monitor the situation and update the risk assessment as more information becomes available.   More information bit.ly/42Tc4J7

@brian_armstrong Never understood why you can’t just put if you are among those affected in the layoffs email.

This is an email I sent earlier today to all employees at Coinbase: Team, Today I’ve made the difficult decision to reduce the size of Coinbase by ~14%. I want to walk you through why we're doing this now, what it means for those affected, and how this positions us for the future. Why now Two forces are converging at the same time. We need to be front footed to respond to both. First, the market. Coinbase is well-capitalized, has diversified revenue streams, and is well-positioned to weather any storm. Crypto is also on the verge of the next wave of adoption, with stablecoins, prediction markets, tokenization, and more taking off. However, our business is still volatile from quarter to quarter. While we've managed through that cyclicality many times before and come out stronger on the other side, we’re currently in a down market and need to adjust our cost structure now so that we emerge from this period leaner, faster, and more efficient for our next phase of growth. Second, AI is changing how we work. Over the past year, I’ve watched engineers use AI to ship in days what used to take a team weeks. Non-technical teams are now shipping production code and many of our workflows are being automated. The pace of what's possible with a small, focused team has changed dramatically, and it's accelerating every day. All of this has led us to an inflection point, not just for Coinbase, but for every company. The biggest risk now is not taking action. We are adjusting early and deliberately to rebuild Coinbase to be lean, fast, and AI-native. We need to return to the speed and focus of our startup founding, with AI at our core. What this means To get there, we are not just reducing headcount and cutting costs, we’re fundamentally changing how we operate: rebuilding Coinbase as an intelligence, with humans around the edge aligning it. What does this mean in practice? - Fewer layers, faster decisions: We are flattening our org structure to 5 layers max below CEO/COO. Layers slow things down and create coordination tax. The future is small, high context teams that can move quickly. Leaders will own much more, with as many as 15+ direct reports. Fewer layers also means a leaner cost structure that is built to perform through all market cycles. - No pure managers: Every leader at Coinbase must also be a strong and active individual contributor. Managers should be like player-coaches, getting their hands dirty alongside their teams. - AI-native pods: We’ll be concentrating around AI-native talent who can manage fleets of agents to drive outsized impact. We’ll also be experimenting with reduced pod sizes, including “one person teams” with engineers, designers, and product managers all in one role. In short: AI is bringing a profound shift in how companies operate, and we’re reshaping Coinbase to lead in this new era. This is a new way of working, and we need to leverage AI across every facet of our jobs. To those who are affected I know there are real people behind these decisions — talented colleagues who have poured themselves into this company and our mission. To those of you who will be leaving: thank you. You’ve helped build Coinbase into what it is today, and I am sincerely grateful for everything you've done. All impacted team members will receive an email to their personal account in the next hour with more information, and an invitation to meet with an HRBP and a senior leader in your organization. Coinbase system access has been removed today. I know this feels sudden and harsh, but it is the only responsible choice given our duty to protect customer information. To those affected, we will be providing a comprehensive package to support you through this transition. US employees will receive a minimum of 16 weeks base pay (plus 2 weeks per year worked), their next equity vest, and 6 months of COBRA. Employees on a work visa will get extra transition support. Those outside of the US will receive similar support, based on local factors and subject to any consultation requirements. Coinbase prides itself on talent density. Our employees are among the most talented people in the world, and I have no doubt that your skills and experience will be highly sought after as you pursue your next chapters. How we move forward To the team that is staying, I know this is a difficult day. We’re saying goodbye to colleagues and friends you've been in the trenches with. But here’s what I want you to know as we move forward together: Over the past 13 years, we have weathered four crypto winters, gone public, and built the most trusted platform in our industry. We’ve made it this far by making hard decisions and by always staying focused on our mission. This time will be no different – nothing has changed about the long term outlook of our company or industry. And most importantly, our mission has never been more important for the world. Increasing economic freedom requires a new financial system, and we’re building it. The Coinbase that emerges from this will be more capable than ever to achieve our mission. Brian

@HormuzLetter Ah that makes sense. They are trying to push the trial further out.

BREAKING: Netanyahu has requested cancellation of his testimony tomorrow due to "a series of political and security meetings in Jerusalem that cannot be rescheduled" and due to the "political and security developments." This follows a CNN source saying that US-Israeli strikes on Iran are expected within 24 hours.

@BBCSteveR Fiber optic drone cares not about your celphone ban.

Just got this text from my Moscow mobile operator: “During preparations for and the holding of holiday events from 5-9 May temporary restrictions to mobile internet and text messaging are possible in Moscow and Moscow region. This may cause difficulties with cashless payments, use of ATMs and GPS services.”

@theo I haven't tested it, but it charges you for the agent you launch the request with, not the one that runs your subagent -> meaning you can get opus at any other prices if you make a subagent with opus.

I sent a single message on Copilot and it did over 60m tokens. It's still going. $30 of inference so far. In their current billing model, you get 1,500 messages, regardless of how expensive each is. I'm pretty sure I can do $45,000 of messaging on this plan

@josefbender_ Awesome

At this point, what is even Bun?

@thsottiaux @johnpalmer I assumed it would refuse none coding requests. If not, why have two different apps?

@johnpalmer Codex means book. Words are all just made up things. We will be fine.

“codex is for everyone, for any task done with a computer” but the name includes “Code,” and the app icon is a command line. very curious about the product / naming strategy here. can’t tell if it’s A) a deliberate separation of 2 products where the new one is for a different, more “pro” audience, AND where OpenAI specifically does not benefit from leveraging familiarity with ChatGPT’s brand. or B) there’s a desire to pull off a sneaky rename, where Codex also reaches mainstream adoption and replaces ChatGPT for everything (which would conveniently retire both the confusing “GPT” name and the “chat” anchoring, which might feel outdated in a more agentic world that goes beyond just chatting. or more realistically, C) codex started as an experiment, and then was just a more natural place for shipping these agentic features because it doesn’t simultaneously need to support 1B users, and it’s all just moving quickly, and shipping fast is what matters most. and the name just is what it is because it started as a coding tool. which is probably the most likely scenario.

@QiaochuYuan Blue is NOT more moral: you are forcing others to risk their lives to save yours.

i completely missed this discourse the first time so lemme try. i pressed blue without thinking about it, my gut reaction was "blue is prosocial and red is antisocial," on reflection this still seems right to me galaxy-brain game theory arguments in favor of red are completely missing the point. as others have pointed out, empirically blue wins, and this is a test of theory of mind more than anything else. the actual outcome is determined by what everyone else who is not you actually does, not by what game theory says they should do a certain kind of nerd thinks game theory is just the "correct" framework for reasoning about this type of situation and that is absolutely not true either and can be questioned on intellectual grounds and not just vibes. among other things game theory assumes every participant is perfectly selfish and perfectly """rational""" (and that this is common knowledge among the participants). this is just totally false as a description of the actual world! multiple parents pointed out that parents have to remember that this test includes their children. and obviously the vast majority of people have never even heard of game theory but they do know what selfishness and selflessness are funnily enough there's LW stuff around exotic decision theories that's actually relevant here. one of them i would describe roughly as "when you make a decision you are choosing to live in a world where people like you make decisions like that" and i'd rather choose to live in a world where people like me are prosocial "blue is prosocial and red is antisocial" is also a self-fulfilling prophecy, the more people who believe it the more true it becomes. so believing it is partly a bet on how much other people believe it, partly an act of hyperstition to make it true. few

@uwukko They were spending all the money on my API credits.

is github perpetually broken now