In light of recent doxxing issues, here are my recommendations:
1. Keep a clean record; avoid posting dangerous content, even criticism, and cite it diplomatically.
2. Maintain separate devices and accounts for all activities.
3. Use social media assuming someone is screenshotting everything.
4. Self-host as much as possible to control your data.
5. Avoid Reddit, as it has been mass-scraped for the past 15–16 years.
6. Only time can erase your digital "sins." Do not associate with anyone under surveillance.
1. Keep a clean record; avoid posting dangerous content, even criticism, and cite it diplomatically.
2. Maintain separate devices and accounts for all activities.
3. Use social media assuming someone is screenshotting everything.
4. Self-host as much as possible to control your data.
5. Avoid Reddit, as it has been mass-scraped for the past 15–16 years.
6. Only time can erase your digital "sins." Do not associate with anyone under surveillance.
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guys don't buy from amazon basics (or anything that mass-online retailers marked or advertise to you, it's all just clearance sale broken stocks)
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Critical Computing Theory
> release a functional model for subsidised cost > say we'll collect data for all usage, even if for a short time > amrikan govt says "no model too heckin powerful" > "guys sorry, trust us, THIS model is too powerful,, you don't know, so let us regulate it!…
I'm fairly certain with this repeated trend that big labs only benefit from having regulation on their side to keep local-LLMs far away from distilling them and getting any more innovation done in this space for the common consumer to get some faayda from this. Fuckers are probably the first universally astroturfed snake oil salesmen ever (except you can't make your own snake oil cuz consumer = retard)
> be cursor
> fine tune kimi2.5/2.6 using user steering data (basically, user tells cursor "don't do this, do that instead")
> build composer (fine tuned LLM)
> do bare minimum LLM research for coding
> build a banger UI/UX setup for cursor based on VSCode
> make shit tonnes in valuation against a teeny tiny team of engineers and sales folk
> get absorbed by SpaceX (val: 60Bn$)
Now, why did SpaceX not make anything? Cuz they suck ass at LLMs and stuck to porn with grok. But they have compute big enough to support Anthropic's workload - now extending to use rich user data with Cursor.
The only lesson here is building stuff on top of open source stuff is probably the best way to find an entry and exit in this slop market. And selling shovels ofc.
> fine tune kimi2.5/2.6 using user steering data (basically, user tells cursor "don't do this, do that instead")
> build composer (fine tuned LLM)
> do bare minimum LLM research for coding
> build a banger UI/UX setup for cursor based on VSCode
> make shit tonnes in valuation against a teeny tiny team of engineers and sales folk
> get absorbed by SpaceX (val: 60Bn$)
Now, why did SpaceX not make anything? Cuz they suck ass at LLMs and stuck to porn with grok. But they have compute big enough to support Anthropic's workload - now extending to use rich user data with Cursor.
The only lesson here is building stuff on top of open source stuff is probably the best way to find an entry and exit in this slop market. And selling shovels ofc.
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Pranesh Prakash (@pranesh)
Wow. Reliance Communications has engaged in BGP hijacking of Telegram's IP prefixes and is leaking it globally via FLAG Telecom (AS15412) and affecting traffic far beyond India. (Is this an accident?)
It is still live:
cc: @anurag_bhatia @Squeal @kingslyj…
It is still live:
cc: @anurag_bhatia @Squeal @kingslyj…
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/startup/kunal-shah-to-become-global-ceo-of-whatsapp-meta-invests-nearly-1-billion-in-cred-13955883.html
Indian data sold at cost to Meta by Kunal Shah
Indian data sold at cost to Meta by Kunal Shah
Moneycontrol
Kunal Shah to become global CEO of WhatsApp; Meta invests nearly $1 billion in Cred- Moneycontrol.com
Earlier this month, Moneycontrol exclusively reported that Meta had held discussions to invest in Cred at a $4 billion valuation, with talks also exploring a potential operating role for founder Kunal Shah within the social media giant.