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LGTM
@valemiento
Ex-GS Head of Janitorial desk. engineering at monopolies




Are people really panic selling $META here? This stock will be $2500 by 2035



Subtext: how Zuck’s obsession with VR lost him AI leadership and “the greatest deal Google ever made.” “if Facebook didn’t buy DeepMind, they would end up in the arms of Google. Hassabis came out to the West Coast to have lunch with Larry Page, still the strongest suitor. Zuckerberg got wind of his visit and invited him to dinner. Arriving at Zuckerberg’s Palo Alto home, Hassabis administered a subtle test on him. The two men discussed the potential of AI, and Zuckerberg expressed appropriate excitement. But then, as the dinner continued, Hassabis brought up other hot technologies: virtual reality, augmented reality, 3-D printing. Zuckerberg sounded equally excited about all of them. ‘That told me what I needed to know,’ Hassabis said. ‘Facebook offered more money, but I wanted somebody who really understood why AI would be bigger than all these other things.’ After the dinner, Hassabis got back to Larry Page. ‘Let’s go further,’ he told him.” — book excerpt from today’s WSJ: wsj.com/tech/ai/deepmi… Zuck’s misplaced devotion to VR and the metaverse hurt the company much more than the $80 billion of wasted spend. It’s the reputational hit. @DemisHassabis divined it in his final test, and Zuck didn’t even know that he blew the opportunity. Eight years later, he renamed the company Meta, doubling down on what anyone with tech savvy knew was DOA. Then, in a 2025 attempt to play catchup, Zuck spent $14 billion on a data labelling company with a salesy leader and upended his AI team. Once again, anyone with tech savvy rolled their eyes on the acquisition and management changes, further evidence that the tech leadership at Meta was seriously lacking. TLDR; beware the metaverse. It is a dystopian vision at best, and luckily for humanity, headsets are still nowhere near readiness for mass adoption.


"I've been in many trenches in my life and can say this was by far one of the most intense warzones." you're a SWE, this is why people make fun of you mfs



Tesla’s TeraFab has launched a talent war in Taiwan via job postings seeking senior chip experts (Process Integration Engineers) with over 10-years of experience, media report, adding its 2nm fab plan aims directly at TSMC. Chip engineers are already in short supply in Taiwan – like nearly everything chip related – and industry insiders worry the ‘Musk Halo Effect’ will draw local talent. More: Deep expertise in FinFET, GAA, BSPDN, and across all stages of chip building: FEOL, MOL and BEOL. $TSLA $TSM $UMC $ASX #semiconductors #semiconductor money.udn.com/money/story/56…


Tesla Model Y L Body Arrives at Giga Texas, Sales Launch in Thailand driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-mod…



A fleet of R2 Robotaxis is coming exclusively to @Uber. ⚡🌿 Today, we announced a partnership to help both companies accelerate their autonomous vehicle plans across 25 cities in the US, Canada and Europe by the end of 2031. rivn.co/uber


JUST IN 🚨: Elon Musk says $134 BILLION will go to charity. He says if he wins against OpenAI, he won’t keep the money. Every dollar → charity. The case is set to go to jury trial on April 28, 2026. If it happens, this could be one of the biggest charitable outcomes in tech history.

My friend moved to San Francisco to work as a Staff Engineer at OpenAI His salary? $30,000 a month A lot of money right? Well, the reality was different: $12,000 - rent, studio with no windows $7,000 - tip for the landlord $5,000 - subscription to gay sauna $4,000 - rehab after fentanyl addiction $2,000 - Asian prostitutes $1,000 - Tesla lease payment Soon he found himself in immense debt and nearly took his own life Please, think twice before chasing the “American Dream”

Many talented people over the past few years were declined an offer or even an interview @xAI. My apologies. @BarisAkis and I are going through the company interview history and reaching back out to promising candidates.











