Social Capital in Silicon Valley – alexdanco.com
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Social Capital in Silicon Valley

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>The modern mental illness is anxiety. The symptom is inability to fall asleep. The evidence is pills, meditation apps, opioids, and sleep trackers. The causes are oversocialization and overstimulation
@.naval

>If you create it for yourself, it’s art. If you create it for others, it’s business @.naval

What's Linux? 🤔

>75 years ago today, more than 7,000 prisoners of the Nazi Auschwitz concentration camp were liberated by the Soviet Army.

>In the previous 1,689 days, at least 1.1 million people were murdered there.

@.uberfacts

>One of the strange possible solutions to this paradox is that black holes are actually two-dimensional entities.

>When we say two-dimensional, they are not like our television screens. Rather, two-dimensional here is like a hologram, with information of three dimensions saved on a two-dimensional surface. Unlike a flat picture, if you turn a hologram, you can see information from all three dimensions of the object

@.forbes

R3 (R3 LLC) is an enterprise blockchain technology company. It leads an ecosystem of more than 300 firms working together to build distributed applications on top of #Corda (known as #CorDapps) for usage across industries such as financial services, insurance, healthcare, trade finance, and digital assets.

Wiki

>Henry Ford would replace gold with energy currency and stop wars. December 3, 1921 — 98 years ago
🐦 @.FloridaHodl

#bitcoin

>Valuable information is increasingly free. The focus to learn and apply it is increasingly rare.

@.TheStoicEmperor

Power button on servers, needs to be replaced with some kind of pat gesture input.

WA.

>The idea is that as a civilization progresses, its increased urbanization would make city lights detectable farther and farther away. @.forbes

>Family first
>Be honest
>Do not respond to negativity
>Be kind
>Fight against entitlement
>Be humble
>You are not your job
>Forgive first
>Keep in touch with friends
>Know when to leave
>Sleep more
>Do not brag
>Learn to learn
>Be on time
>Write more
>Drink water
>Eat less sugar
>Exercise daily

@.ValaAfshar

Yesterday #bitcoin closed above 200dma ($8904), at $9394.

>A good idea is a bad idea + a day of rethinking it.

>Good writing is bad writing + a day of revision.

>Quality is a process

@.TheStoicEmperor

Atom, size comparison;

Say, diameter of electron is 1mm (0.1 cm)

Then, diameter of,
proton 1m (1000x electron)
nucleus 10m (10x proton)
electron orbit 100km (10000x nucleus)

🤌

>"You don't smoke because you need something to do with your hands, or because you love the ritual of it, or any of the other excuses people make. You smoke because you're addicted to a powerful drug called #Nicotine.

Get it clear in your mind.

#Cigarettes don't fill a void. They create one."

- Allen Carr, "The Easy Way to Stop Smoking" (1985)

Allen Carr also says that the best, and easy way to #stopsmoking is to quit cold turkey.

>Though it feels unpleasant, and people will sometimes ridicule you for it, the more you feel like a noob, the better.

Being a Noob
http://paulgraham.com/noob.html

Being a Noob

>“I think the next four to five weeks are going to be critical. It’s either going to start peaking and go into a downturn, or it’s going to explode into a global outbreak.” - Fauci NIAID #coronavirus #2019nCoV

@.V2019N

Why do we need another #Android OS #GAFP, when we already have #AndroidGO? 🙄
Time to pack-up. 😊
Banking stack. @.A16Z
After a long time (maybe more than 2 years), YouTube algorithm shows me a Jason Silva (Shots of Awe) video.. 🤨
High-res photo of our Sun. Texas for scale.. roughly one fifth of India.
Microsoft accidentally made a great Chromebook

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Google AI Blog: Towards a Conversational Agent that Can Chat About…Anything #Meena
https://ai.googleblog.com/2020/01/towards-conversational-agent-that-can.html?m=1
Towards a Conversational Agent that Can Chat About…Anything

Posted by Daniel Adiwardana, Senior Research Engineer, and Thang Luong, Senior Research Scientist, Google Research, Brain Team Modern co...

Same sized #raspberrypi but with 4 SOCs.. maybe 4x gigabit eth. 🤔

>This is me using @.ln_strike in our Boulder store: buying a 10-cent product with the app over the Lightning Network; bitcoin instantly received in our store's Zap wallet.

>No bitcoin required on my end, just my debit card. No fees! And no cap-gains tax on the purchase. Brilliant! https://t.co/zoCIPr9bxL https://twitter.com/bitcoinmom/status/1222969746452180992
@.bitcoinmom

#Bitcoin L2 in action.. $0.1 payment demo, no custodial wallets, buyer has no btc, spend $ directly from bank account to ₿.. via, #Strike

₿rooke on Twitter

“This is me using @ln_strike in our Boulder store: buying a 10-cent product with the app over the Lightning Network; bitcoin instantly received in our store's Zap wallet. No bitcoin required on my end, just my debit card. No fees! And no cap-gains tax on the purchase. Brilliant!”

Last day @ office.

1 paper = 1 month spent with Maybank.. 8y - 2m.

Huawei CEO talks about 2nm processors, that's when we see explosive growth in the power of computing technologies.
https://youtu.be/3czZpAHS-tk
Yuval Noah Harari & Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei in Conversation - Davos 2020

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People became very good at reverse engineering anything.. be it cows, crops or religions.
https://youtu.be/DTepA-WV_oE
Dan Dennett: Responding to Pastor Rick Warren

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Rolls-Royce electric plane.. specs; 322km on single charge (London to Paris), 3 x 72 kWh batteries-450 kg each, 485 km/h, <40 mins flight time.

https://cleantechnica.com/2020/01/29/rolls-royce-claims-its-latest-electric-airplane-battery-has-the-highest-energy-density/

Rolls-Royce Claims Its Latest Electric Airplane Battery Has The World's Highest Energy Density | CleanTechnica

Rolls-Royce is working to build the fastest single seat electric airplane of all time. To get there, it has to solve an assortment of complex engineering problems

This Exolung promises 'unlimited' air supply underwater

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Power Prices Go Negative in Germany, a Positive for Energy Users

Germany has spent $200 billion over the past two decades to promote cleaner sources of electricity. That enormous investment is now having an unexpected impact.

The New York Times
Global Times @.globaltimesnews Tweeted:
Walking around without a protective face mask? Well, you can't avoid these sharp-tongued drones! Many village and cities in China are using drones equipped with speakers to patrol during the #coronavirus outbreak. https://t.co/ILbLmlkL9R https://twitter.com/globaltimesnews/status/1223218977570078721?s=20
Global Times on Twitter

“Walking around without a protective face mask? Well, you can't avoid these sharp-tongued drones! Many village and cities in China are using drones equipped with speakers to patrol during the #coronavirus outbreak. https://t.co/ILbLmlkL9R”

🎶அப்ப னென்றும் அம்மை யென்றும்
ஆணும் பெண்ணும் கொட்டிவைச்ச
குப்பையாக வந்த உடம்பு - ஞானப்பெண்ணே
குப்பையாக வந்த உடம்பு!

🎶அது புத்தனென்றும் சித்தனென்றும்
பித்தனென்றும் ஆவதென்ன
சக்கையாகப் போகும் கரும்பு! - ஞானப்பெண்ணே
சக்கையாகப் போகும் கரும்பு

🎶பந்த பாசச் சேற்றில்
வந்து விழுந்த தேகம்!
எந்த கங்கை யாற்றில்
இந்த அழுக்குப் போகும்?

>"U.S. national debt has topped $23 trillion and is racing higher, despite the ongoing economic boom" @.reason

US can't sustain this, but US defaulting on its debt.. is unthinkable. 🤔

>Total Returns, last 20 years...
S&P 500: +234%
Long-Term Bonds: +373%

@.charliebilello

#Sensex performed 8x, #Dollex about 5x during last 20y.

Telescope pacman tries to eat moon..

WA.

Watched #SilluKarupatti.. good movie. 😊

The song not about squirrels.

https://youtu.be/-jyRVt5npy0

Darby O'Gill - The Rattlin' Bog

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F*ck it all.. funny version of "let it go" song

https://youtu.be/thR473oQZtA

ADULT - Let It Go - Adult Version

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You aren't at the mercy of your emotions -- your brain creates them.

https://youtu.be/0gks6ceq4eQ

You aren't at the mercy of your emotions -- your brain creates them | Lisa Feldman Barrett

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Chinese zodiac report card 2020.

DDCC.. 😭😭😭😭

Twitter introduced #bitcoin tag emoji. 👍👍

>This is the crankshaft for a Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C engine, the largest reciprocating engine in the world, used in large container ships.

>It's a 1810-liter engine that generates 108,920 horsepower at 102 RPM. This crankshaft weighs 300 tons.

@.Rainmaker1973

New #coronovirus cases slowed down.
File:GlaciationsinEarthExistancelicenced annotated.jpg - Wikipedia

Wuhan, Huoshenshan hospital built within 10 days, to handle #coronavirus cases.. construction time lapse video.

https://twitter.com/PDChina/status/1223892561791578113

People's Daily, China on Twitter

“Mission complete! 110s time-lapse video shows the construction of Wuhan’s Huoshenshan Hospital from Jan 23 to Feb 2. https://t.co/cIw7SjxqHx”

Twitter
"Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now." #procrastination
2019 Material Design Award Winners - Library - Google Design
https://design.google/library/material-design-awards-2019/
2019 Material Design Award Winners - Library - Google Design

Recognizing best-in-class designs from around the community

>saraswati sindhu civilization

ovop

You mind is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.
https://youtu.be/OsAd4HGJS4o
Your Mind is an Excellent Servant, but a Terrible Master - David Foster Wallace

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@.elonmusk #tesla

>Physics Needs Philosophy / Philosophy Needs Physics
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/physics-needs-philosophy-philosophy-needs-physics/

What about maths? 🤨

Physics Needs Philosophy / Philosophy Needs Physics

Philosophy has always played an essential role in the development of science, physics in particular, and is likely to continue to do so

US upping pressure on Switzerland to drop Huawei technology - SWI swissinfo.ch
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/5g-espionage_us-upping-pressure-on-switzerland-to-drop-huawei-technology/45533552

How does US do this.. upping pressure on Switzerland.. thing? Sanctions? 🙄

US upping pressure on Switzerland to drop Huawei technology

US authorities have contacted the Swiss foreign ministry several times in recent weeks to raise concerns about espionage and the Chinese technology.

arcbtc/Quickening

<$8 Lightning Network PoS using a TFT and ESP32. Contribute to arcbtc/Quickening development by creating an account on GitHub.

#Tesla, from sub-$200 to $800 in last 8 months..

>naqqal (नक़्क़ाल or نقّال, meaning mimic or copycat)

நக்கல்? 🤨

Watching #Titanic. Don't remember when I watched it last time, or dialogues.. feels as if it's a new movie.. :)
"I can see the Statue of Liberty already! Very small, of course"

>Mastercard’s CEO, Ajay Banga, says that nationalism could influence consumer payment systems.

Nationalism, and regulations.. ban other forex, gold and #bitcoin holdings. 🤦‍♂️

@vjy that's just a new day...
@vjy Wait. How do you know which is which?

@Vishsai you know your zodiac sign? https://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/social_customs/zodiac/

A is good, D is bad..

Chinese Zodiac: 2025 Year of Snake, 12 Animal Signs, Calculator

Chinese zodiac, also called Shengxiao in Chinese, is a 12-year circle starting from rat to pig with a symbolic zodiac sign in each year. 2025 is the year of the snake.

@vjy I didn't. And it didn't improve things knowing also. 😭😭😭😂😂😂😂

Am a tiger.

@Vishsai positive side, it can't get any worse. :)