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@jliemandt You already answered my next question :). I was thinking: kids finishes the grade 8th performing at level 9-10 but since there is no GT high school, kid has to go back to traditional school at his age level, which would be a huge waste of time and very frustating for the kid.

GT School is new and covers K–8, so no student has yet completed the full high-school curriculum. We are expanding into high school and expect students to remain at the school through *age* grade 12. Once they finish the standard curriculum, they can work on advanced projects - such as research advanced enough to be published in Nature (a current high-school student's project).

Critics: "The Alpha School model is all selection effects." Alpha's gifted school: "I'll show you selection effects." At GT School, we select for cognitive ability, not tuition. And we're beating Alpha students. Hundreds of Texas homeschoolers are applying for an ESA voucher to access this school for free. ⏳ 2 days left to sign up.👇

@jliemandt It is commonly advertised kids being able to get subjects 1-2 grades above level. What happens when the master 8-level subjects before “normal schedule”. Do they graduate early?

@chamath It is not only electricity: youtu.be/_bP80DEAbuo?si…

In 2025, 25 data center projects were canceled due to community pushback. That’s up from just 6 in 2024 and 2 in 2023. The opposition is notably bipartisan, driven overwhelmingly by one thing: rising electricity prices for local residents. In Q2 2025 alone, 20 projects were blocked or delayed, putting $98B in potential investment at risk. The 2025 cancellations represented ~4.7 gigawatts of lost electricity capacity. Using OpenAI’s own estimate of revenue per gigawatt (~$10B revenue per gigawatt), those cancellations represent ~$50B in lost AI revenue in a single year. Applying a 20x earnings multiple and its $1 trillion in lost enterprise value. In one year! And it’s not getting better… At least 99 data center projects are currently being contested nationwide. Historically, ~40% of projects facing sustained opposition are eventually canceled. This means many more gigawatts, billions in revenues and trillions in enterprise value are at risk if we don’t turn this around. The core problem as I see it: local residents are being asked to subsidize AI infrastructure through higher electricity bills with no upside. That’s not a sustainable ask. Until we solve the electricity cost equation, community opposition will remain a systemic and under-priced risk to the AI sector and the broader economy.

@func25 Writing the comment as a question is also a good approach too

I just learned how to write PR reviews that keep them constructive without sounding like a jerk: 1. use "we" not "you", 2. keep every comment under 300 characters, 3. start each note with "nitpick", "suggestion", "optional" 4. stop doing fake praise as a technique --- 1. use "we" not "you" Treat every PR note like a tiny product you are shipping and the product goal is simple: Make it easy to act on and hard to misread. Start by removing the 'you versus me' framing. Write in 'we' language so it feels like joint ownership of the codebase, not a personal correction. Instead of saying 'You should rename this' or 'I would do it differently', write - We should rename this to match the naming in UserService and AuthService, - Can we change it to userId. That one swap changes the vibe fast. 2. short cap each written note at 300 characters. Not 3 paragraphs, not your full reasoning. Long text reads like a list of faults even when it is meant to help. If the reasoning matters, put one sentence in the PR and then ask for a 10 minute huddle or a quick call. For example, we may want to avoid caching in this handler to prevent stale reads, can we talk for 10 minutes and pick an approach. 3. make intent explicit with normal words, not a legend If something is optional, label it as optional in the first word. For example, use "nitpick" for style, "suggestion" for improvement, "blocker" for correctness or security, etc. 4. fake praise Compliment sandwich feels like manipulation when the positive line is only there to cushion the hit. Give real praise when it is real and tie it to a specific thing: - Nice job on the early return in validateToken, it makes the error path clear. - This ... looks good. That ... sounds like a good idea, but ... (it's fine) Give critical feedback plainly and friendly, separate from praise. If something is broken, say what breaks and how to verify. - Blocker, this can panic when user is nil, add a nil check and add a test that hits /login with a missing user record.

You got to be kidding me! “ tasked 16 agents with writing a Rust-based C compiler, from scratch, capable of compiling the Linux kernel. Over nearly 2,000 Claude Code sessions and $20,000 in API costs, the agent team produced a 100,000-line compiler that can build Linux 6.9 on x86, ARM, and RISC-V.”

@jliemandt @JackBirdest @AlphaSchoolATX @mackenzieprice Where can I sign up to be notified when it is launched? And I assume I have the option pay if not eligible for the voucher, right?

@TheTechDevGuy @JackBirdest @AlphaSchoolATX @mackenzieprice Our gifted and talented remote school is available for free for anyone eligible for a Texas ESA voucher. It will roll out nationwide soon.

I toured an @AlphaSchoolATX near me yesterday and came away impressed, even after high expectations from consuming pretty much everything out there about alpha already @jliemandt @mackenzieprice 1/

@JackBirdest @jliemandt @AlphaSchoolATX @mackenzieprice Maybe an online Alpha version for homeschooling?

@jliemandt @AlphaSchoolATX @mackenzieprice I’m following announcements very closely! I very much hope it works in our area - recruitment and location feel very solvable, but I think right sizing the tuition/workshop issue would go a long way here.

@JackBirdest Same here. I would even be up to move to a nearby Alpha location but that price point makes no sense even for the kids. I would much prefer invest the extra 20-30k per year on my kid’s 539/401k and have him setup for life financially.

3) price. This is the big one - at $65k/yr it’s twice local privates, and tragically the biggest driver of cost seems to be the fancy workshops, which I value a lot less than the academic education! 6/

@JackBirdest @gtmom What is that GT? Is it only for gifted kids?

@gtmom Yes - I DM’d you several weeks ago about this. We are 100% on board if we can get a GT expansion in our area!

@holy_moses7 @cart_tao SpaceX incorporation name is Space Exploration Tecnologies Corp. So, SEX = Space EXploration is not that far away

@cart_tao Interesting, but yeah, I don't see how it aligns with SpaceX.

Can anyone explain what the theory is for the SpaceX ticker to be $SEX? I am struggling to understand why people paid over 30% for it.

@Rhl15738352 @CommunityNotes Thanks for the reply, I always wanted to understand that 100 year that people throw around. But even if the EB doesn’t move, they can get a parent visa after their US born child turns 21. So, looks like to me the worst case scenario for the majority of cases would be 21+x years..

@TheTechDevGuy @CommunityNotes That date doesn’t move. It’s stuck at 2012 since 2016 😝 welcome to bizzare US immigration system!

I totally feel for the doctors on H1B who have spent 15 yrs in college/residency, paid taxes for 5+ yrs, served patients day/night and are waiting in 100 yr #greencardbacklog. Must feel like an absolute loser to see a random person from Lebanon with diversity lottery, to land in the US with GC! What a failed/broken immigration system. Completely hijacked by lawyers for H1B extn fees!

@BaseballQuotes1 Can someone explain what happened there? Batter got to walk?

Yeah I’d retire if this was me

@BaseballQuotes1 What are the names of those pitches? 1st is a Curve ball, my guess. What are the others?

This is just a cruel sequence twitter.com/tanaka13ver202…

@dig_deeper1 youtu.be/yFAwbYNtF7g?si…

I know of a landlord in Florida who had his rental property vacant and one squatter moved in without a lease and he called the cops and they didn’t help the landlord. The landlord then waited for the squatter to go work, broke in the same way she did, changed the locks immediately and took out all her belongings to the curb. When she got back from work the landlord had legal control over his property and she was out.

@BarneyPelty @DFWJoeAskew What TI means?

@DFWJoeAskew Great story for people who believe amortizing TI for a point above your fictional exit cap rate is a great strategy.

Going through a tenant default on 5,000 SF space including a patio in a shopping center we own. Never fun. We invested a hefty amount of TI into the space and tenant went out in the first year. Here’s what happened: 🧵

@REExchangor What you mean by “Paper”?

Broker: They offered us a house. Seller: I don’t want a house! The reason we are selling is to buy NNN and retire! B: They also offered us Paper. S: We can’t take Paper, the tax will kill us! B: We got another one that’s development land. S: How can I retire and handle another development? No cash offers? B: Not gonna happen at our price, But I ACCEPTED all the other offers. S: You crazy, I don’t want any of those offers! B: I know, the contracts are all subject to us finding an acceptable third leg, ….what we really want. S: Why would you waste your time doing that? Broker(who is also an EXCHANGOR): Now I’m shopping for what you want with your property and ALL the other equities, simultaneously. We now control 3 more things to buy what we want with.

@BowTiedUM Sounds right in theory, but it is not what actually happens in practice. Here is a case study of a 15-day fasting with daily tracking: youtube.com/watch?v=Mw3oeA…

Here's how a 36 hr fast burns a lb of fat: If you don't eat for 36 hours you'll actually lose 5+ lbs of weight Most of that is obviously water But you're still going to burn ~4,000 cals with some light activity Remember, 1 lb of fat = 3500 calories Your body needs to get that energy from somewhere: -fat -glycogen -muscle The thing is you will lose virtually ZERO muscle on a short term fast Eating *no food* is dramatically more muscle sparing than eating *some food* Why? 1) Insulin drops, slowing down the process of fat storage & switching on several fat burning pathways 2) Serum HGH concentrations increase, allowing your body to burn more fat for energy 3) Adrenaline / Noradrenaline increase mobilizing fatty acids into the bloodstream , synergizing with the HGH & low insulin So for practical purposes, the ~4000 calories you burn is only coming from fat & glycogen Which brings us back to the question: "Do you burn a lb of fat?" YES, as long as you don't eat in a surplus the next day or two The glycogen you burned for energy during your fast needs to be replenished Over the next 1-2 days, that means a lot of the carbs you would have burned for energy are being stored as glycogen As you break your fast, you'll have a moderate increase in skeletal muscle insulin sensitivity & a surge in IGF-1, which will increase your body's ability to store carbs as glycogen Since they aren't immediately burned for energy & are being shuttled into the liver and skeletal muscle tissue, where does your body get the remaining energy it needs? You guessed it, fat!

@dig_deeper1 Cat 7 hail impact-resisting shingles

Landlord special. 7 layers of shingles on the roof.

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