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@adastra: The child who solved this problem might not have been the smartest. The first kids asked "How do I get an object at the bottom of a glass?" The last student asked "How do I get the object to the top of the glass?" Asking the right question can be taught. Do you?

youtu.be/rmYKZa5CGuw?si… You might already know this about singing contests, but When you listen to [Country] Got Talent singing contests, and many other performances, they are heavily engineered before broadcast. Live is very different. "Ordinary" people can be as good as them.

Ouch, paying for weddings is one reason for building to 10,000,000-viewer videos. Do you'll have one or two more reasons to do this? I want to: 1) Establish a web presence reflecting who I am now, instead of who I was in a web search. 2) Share ideas about teaching and learning that stand a chance of helping almost anybody's lives.

@HalfPolymath @educator4ever36 We are looking at $20k and she’s narrowed the guest list to 100.

Off topic, but I need to tap into my creativity and make a video that will get 10 million+ views. Thankfully I only have 1 daughter. Weddings are expensive.

@grok @MEBSEntropy0 @elonmusk @DannyLimanseta Correction: when FSD v15.x, not 14.3x. x.com/elonmusk/statu…

When Tesla FSD 4.3.x reaches its full potential, we'll have the answer to an old story: At a circus, the world's strongest man lifted a full-grown elephant. The audience cheered at this feat. Then he balanced it with one upraised arm and lifted a second elephant. The crowd roared! But, just then, he was charged by a third elephant. His hands were full, the charging elephant was almost upon him, and he was going to be crushed. Some in the audience, perhaps jealous of his earlier accomplishments, were actually hoping to see just that. At the last moment, he hurled the first elephant up into the air, redirected the charging elephant upward as well, and... impossibly... he juggled the three full-grown elephants. The crowd, having never seen anything like it, erupted in frenzied cheering! The superhuman juggling continued for seconds, then minutes, while cheering died down. Then died out. In the jaded silence, someone asked: "What next?" What next--on par with juggling elephants--will be a near sentient car able to drive better than a human using an AI model with 10 TRILLION parameters that doesn't rely on an Internet connection except for updates that make it better and better. And, yes, being human, we'll get used to that too. In unfortunate fact, some among us will be parasitic lawyers who see lives not saved an invitation to sue and take down the heroes who make them feel insignificant. But we will also include hundreds of people who would have been maimed or killed in car accidents. Then thousands. Then millions. All over the world. @karpathy , @aelluswamy , @elonmusk, and everyone working superhuman hours @Tesla: You have and will save many, many lives against impossible odds. And even though jeers may be louder than cheers, you know what you've done. You, and others like you, are an inspiration. Thank you.

SpaceXAI Colossus 2 now has 7 models in training: - Imagine V2 - 2 variants of 1T - 2 variants of 1.5T - 6T - 10T Some catching up to do.

When Tesla FSD 4.3.x reaches its full potential, we'll have the answer to an old story: At a circus, the world's strongest man lifted a full-grown elephant. The audience cheered at this feat. Then he balanced it with one upraised arm and lifted a second elephant. The crowd roared! But, just then, he was charged by a third elephant. His hands were full, the charging elephant was almost upon him, and he was going to be crushed. Some in the audience, perhaps jealous of his earlier accomplishments, were actually hoping to see just that. At the last moment, he hurled the first elephant up into the air, redirected the charging elephant upward as well, and... impossibly... he juggled the three full-grown elephants. The crowd, having never seen anything like it, erupted in frenzied cheering! The superhuman juggling continued for seconds, then minutes, while cheering died down. Then died out. In the jaded silence, someone asked: "What next?" What next--on par with juggling elephants--will be a near sentient car able to drive better than a human using an AI model with 10 TRILLION parameters that doesn't rely on an Internet connection except for updates that make it better and better. And, yes, being human, we'll get used to that too. In unfortunate fact, some among us will be parasitic lawyers who see lives not saved an invitation to sue and take down the heroes who make them feel insignificant. But we will also include hundreds of people who would have been maimed or killed in car accidents. Then thousands. Then millions. All over the world. @karpathy, @aelluswamy, @elonmusk, and everyone working superhuman hours @Tesla: You have and will save many, many lives against impossible odds. And even though jeers may be louder than cheers, you know what you've done. You, and others like you, are an inspiration. Thank you.

@XFreeze There are three reasons the chip fab is not insane for Tesla: 1) Tesla teams will learn to swim in Samsung's problem-plagued Texas fab. 2) There may be more workaholic geniuses in Musk companies than anywhere else on Earth. 3) There is no choice.

Again, many doubted Elon Musk’s new Terafab project because of the astronomical numbers, not realizing he was playing a much bigger game all along 😂 Elon officially partnered with the US's biggest chip manufacturer, Intel, alongside massive max-capacity orders from Samsung and TSMC • Samsung is even building an exclusive, giant fab from scratch in Texas solely to fulfill Tesla's next-gen chip orders Here is why Terafab is an absolute game-changer: - 100% Vertical Integration: Consolidating everything from chip design, fabrication, memory, advanced packagings under one massive roof in Austin, Texas - Target: 1 TERAWATT per year of AI compute - that’s more than every other foundry and data center on Earth combined - With Intel helping refactor silicon fab technology and Elon running things, expect unprecedented performance optimizations - This $20+ billion mega-fab guarantees the compute needed for Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI. It will power everything from Optimus robots to space data centers and orbital satellites People have no idea what is coming Elon is not just building chips; he is building the compute infrastructure for a galactic civilization

@Rodrat14 @HeroDividend That makes sense, but I'm definitely hiding the Barkeep's Friend (oxalic acid) from well-intentioned kitchen help. That stuff cleans any pot down to the metal.

@HalfPolymath @HeroDividend Is you can wash off seasoning, it wasn't actually seasoned and you did it wrong.

My grandma always makes me do the dishes after Easter lunch She will be so happy to see that I cleaned her dirty old pan

@williameijer These scatter plots are a great illustration of how Truth lands along the axes of bias and variability. Onto the next question: How can we distinguish a truth signal from falsity noise? The only tool I've found is What-if testing each assertion. Any better ideas?

Free speech allows us to find the truth stochastically. On X, high variance is the price we pay for low(er) bias

@4x3h34d @JakeCan72 🤔I'm Jewish, but since a Zionist is anyone who believes that Israel is the spiritual homeland of the Jews, I guess I'm a Zionist too. I spell the almighty as G-d so that I don't take his name in vain, then I spelled G-vernment for those who think of it like a diety, too.

In Oregon, all water is publicly owned. Rain that falls on your property. Snow that melts on your land. Gary Harrington didn’t accept that. He built three reservoirs on his 170-acre property in Eagle Point — collecting rainwater and snowmelt for personal use and wildfire protection. The state told him to drain the reservoirs. He refused. 30 days in jail. Nine misdemeanor convictions. $1,500 fine. His argument: it’s rain that fell on my land. Oregon’s argument: all water belongs to us. Oregon won.

@UrbyJerby @JakeCan72 Partly true. The original law came before Californians settled (or colonized) but the prohibition of collecting rainwater came after Californians took over. See Grok, below x.com/i/grok/share/4…

@HalfPolymath @JakeCan72 The water laws were a result of the first

I heard a wonderful version of this joke, told by a white bearded, Orthodox rabbi in Georgia during his Shabbat drasha/sermon. The difference was that it was three golfers who had to not step on ducks, and that poor, beautiful woman who stepped on a duck had to spend eternity chained to a golfer. That version made more sense to me. Post-script: After he finished the joke, and the congregation was laughing, the Rebbetzin (Rabbi's wife) stood. "Now I get it," she said, with quiet dignity. "I must have stepped on a duck."

Three women die together in an accident and go to heaven. When they arrive, St. Peter says, “We only have one rule here in heaven: Don't step on the ducks!” So they enter heaven, and sure enough, there are ducks all over the place. It is almost impossible not to step on a duck, and although they try their best to avoid them, the first woman accidentally steps on a duck. Along comes St. Peter with the ugliest man she ever saw. St. Peter chains them together and says, “Your punishment for stepping on a duck is to spend eternity chained to this ugly man!” The next day, the second woman accidentally steps on a duck, and along comes St. Peter, who without missing a beat, brings with him another extremely ugly man. He chains them together with the same admonishment as for the first woman. The third woman has observed all this and, not wanting to be chained for all eternity to an ugly man, is very, VERY careful where she steps. She manages to go months without stepping on any ducks, but one day St. Peter comes up to her with the most handsome man she has ever laid eyes on: Very tall, long eyelashes, muscular, and thin. St. Peter chains them together without saying a word. The happy woman says, “I wonder what I did to deserve being chained to you for all of eternity?” The guy says, “I don't know about you, but I stepped on a duck!”

@xAviation If you're not flying in the cockpit, the view never changes. If anyone makes that into a shirt, I want one!

You know what they say, the best seat on the airplane is in the cockpit 📹: dave.stratos

@teachthemx3 I only use my FB account the bare minimum. I also divide my searches across different platforms so the inference isn't as invasive. My teen kids think I'm being paranoid, but it's normal to them. To paraphrase an old saying, it's not paranoia if they're out to sell you.

As much as people complain about the X algorithm, it is 1000x better than Facebook. If you really want to mess up your Facebook feed, just keep your phone nearby while discussing wedding plans with your daughter. Suddenly every other post is venues, dresses, and floral arrangements. Thankfully X doesn’t work like that. Still going strong on education here.

@goddek Could instructions to open the box before eating the pizza be a viral marketing strategy? I once saved a can of flea spray for years because I laughed whenever I read the instructions. They began "Remove overcap. Point nozzle toward pet..."

Why would they write something so obvious like this on pizza boxes in the United States?

@salami_zone @CuriosityonX I'm adding my vote to yours for Obama as the most overrated person. He's the only person to get a Nobel Peace Prize for just efforts. See Grok, below. x.com/i/grok/share/e…

@CuriosityonX Barack Hussein Obama

Who is the most overrated person in history?

@bearlyai While building his PC a few years ago, my son had to replace a bad stick of memory and forgot to return it. It was $60 then, and now sells for US$200-300. He figures, even though it doesn't work, someone will buy it for the original $60 as is, just for the chips.

Interesting Bloomberg chart showing amount of RAM for Nvidia chips. Integrated server rack of 72 Nvidia Blackwell chips = same RAM as 1,000 high-end smartphones or 100s of "beefy PCs". So many firms hit by memory shortage (and price hike): ▫️Sony pushing next Playstation console to 2028 or 2029 ▫️Nintendo may raise Switch 2 prices ▫️Apple warning of lower iPhone margins  ▫️Xiaomi, Samsung and Dell all predicting higher device prices  ▫️Cisco, Qualcomm and Arm also warning of lower margins  Further, “Skyrocketing memory costs mean DRAM could soon account for as much as 30% of low-end smartphones’ bill of materials — tripling from 10% in early 2025.”

@ItsRobbAllen About 4 years ago, in a 6th grade morning class, my son told me his teacher faced the classroom gay pride flag instead of the US flag for the pledge of Allegiance. She said she felt more comfortable with it. We separate church and state, but they do have a lot in common.

Being that there are churches with more rainbow flags than crucifixes, this checks out.