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@aj “ How Tony made his rival, Malcolm Turnbull, the Communications Minister, and then forced Malcolm to go along with it”
I pass Malcolm-Trees every day. Y shaped where the “underslung” cable dictates the growth of trees because the upwards growth but can’t interfere with cable 🤪😕
“This account of Altman’s time at #YCombinator is based on discussions with several Y.C. founders and partners, in addition to contemporaneous materials, all of which indicate that the parting was not entirely mutual. On one occasion, Graham told Y.C. colleagues that, prior to his removal, “Sam had been lying to us all the time.”
YC founders deceived …
““Guys, I’ve had enough,” Musk replied. “Either go do something on your own or continue with OpenAI as a nonprofit”—otherwise “I’m just being a fool who is essentially providing free funding for you to create a startup.” He quit, acrimoniously, five months later.”
Mini Oligarchs ripping off Oligarchs …
“Carroll Wainwright, another researcher, said that they were part of a “continual slide toward emphasizing #products over #safety.” After the release of #GPT-4, Leike e-mailed members of the board. “OpenAI has been going off the rails on its mission,” he wrote. “We are prioritizing the product and #revenue above all else, followed by AI capabilities, research and scaling, with alignment and safety coming third.” He continued, “Other companies like Google are learning that they should deploy faster and ignore safety problems.”
Profit over safety …
This “ #Altman / #OpenAI / #AI meets #Startups and AI Engineers” story by #RonanFarrow and #AndrewMarantz in the #NewYorker is everything you expect from USA tech and #SiliconValley these days.
#AI / #finance / #pathology <https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/sam-altman-may-control-our-future-can-he-be-trusted > (paywall) / <https://archive.md/a2vqW> / <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47659135>
@slevelt back for #RecordStoreDay in 2014 I located a nearby store (Gold Mine in Fitzroy <https://www.goldminerecords.com.au/>) and checked their RSD supply at their site. Most stores have that list, usually as a PDF, sometimes listed. So I’d suggest find a few close stores that have that artist or style and check their site prior, the rock up.
Agree it’s a pain, just like the old days when that one album wasn’t in-store.
<https://flickr.com/photos/bootload/albums/72157624191108461/with/22151115923>
“Hunched over a #SewingMachine, Kil Bae is #hemming a dress inside his Manhattan tailor shop when a new #customer
stops by with a vintage Tommy Hilfiger jacket he wants taken in.
The modeling agent paid $20 at a thrift store for his reversible bomber style that’s plaid on one side and red on the other. He’s willing to spend $280 to have it slimmed down. #Alteration requests with such a price disparity would have seemed odd a few years ago, the #tailor says, but are helping to keep the #bobbins bobbing at his one-man shop, 85 Custom Tailor.“
#Skills / #Trades <https://apnews.com/article/tailors-alterations-skilled-trades-shortage-aging-199faf6ecfc3f30b324e9b778a2000c6>
The ranks of tailors, dressmakers and custom sewers are shrinking in the U.S. even as their skills and services are finding fresh demand. Fashion industry experts say younger shoppers are enlisting tailors and seamstresses to give off-the-rack purchases a custom fit, to revive secondhand finds or to extend the lives of their wardrobes. A veteran tailor in New York says weight-loss drugs like Zepbound and Wegovy have more Americans wanting their clothes resized. But there are fewer professionals doing alternations as skilled sewers age out of the workforce. The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York has teamed with Nordstrom to launch a training program to help address the growing labor shortage.
Steve Carter
Jerry 🦙💝🦙
