skmurphy

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by skmurphy 6d ago
Some jobs were not possible without the tool. Two examples: Water filtration / sewage management in a city Electric illumination transformed everyday life, improved working conditions, etc.. I think you are ignoring technology as infra
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by skmurphy 6d ago
No: here are a few examples fire suppression: alarms, sprinklers, halon, fireproof and fire resistant materials agricultural breakthroughs (e.g. Green Revolution) life support (e.g. oxygen, anesthetic, NICU, insulin) low cost clothing (comp
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by skmurphy 8d ago
Microsoft and Jane Street are paying for AI out of profits, so that cash flow looks more sustainable than investor dollars flowing to frontier labs via VC-backed startups. But it's a good point that some of Microsoft's spend may a
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by skmurphy 8d ago
I agree, the headline lacks the nuance of what Zitron includes in the footnotes. What is your estimate of concentration risk of AI use in VC-backed startups? Do you think there is more enterprise use that is not captured and it's more
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by skmurphy 8d ago
Key points Concentration risk is any single exposure or group of exposures with the potential to produce losses large enough (relative to capital, total assets, or overall risk level) to threaten a financial institution’s health or ability
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by skmurphy 14d ago
“If Something Cannot Go on Forever, It Will Stop.“ Stein's Law
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by skmurphy 14d ago
Conclusion: "There is plenty of international talent that can and should be leveraged in the appropriate places and the proper ways. There are many instances where you’re going to want to hire a leading expert in a technical field. But
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The American Worker vs. the Most Qualified(marginallycompelling.com)
74 points by skmurphy 14d ago|114 comments
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by skmurphy 19d ago
This September 2026 roundup lists online events for bootstrappers including Bootstrappers Breakfast and Lean Culture. There are also in-person Bootstrapper Breakfast meetings in Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley. These events are
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Roundup of September 2026 Bootstrapper Events(bootstrappersbreakfast.com)
2 points by skmurphy 19d ago|1 comments
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by skmurphy 20d ago
Key comments reported in article: Gupta, a distinguished computer scientist from Harvard, is a serial entrepreneur and currently a partner of Y Combinator. Before joining YC, he was the co-founder and CTO of Reveries Labs. The controversy t
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US officials slam Indian-origin entrepreneur Ankit Gupta over H-1B comments(timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
14 points by skmurphy 20d ago|1 comments
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by skmurphy 21d ago
Key takeaways: Founders should treat meetings as crucibles for getting facts, perspectives, and potential courses of action on the table for a full and frank discussion that results in a working consensus. Some advice bootstrapping founders
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Treat Meetings as Crucibles(skmurphy.com)
3 points by skmurphy 21d ago|1 comments
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by skmurphy 2mo ago
I can accept the author's premise that LLMs double coding productivity today. Semiconductors following Moore's Law increased their density, which is a reasonable metric for effectiveness, by 40% a year for several decades. Leaving
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by skmurphy 2mo ago
This August 2026 roundup lists online events for bootstrappers including Bootstrappers Breakfast and Lean Culture. There are also in-person Bootstrapper Breakfast meetings in Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley. These events are fo
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Roundup of August 2026 Bootstrapper Events(bootstrappersbreakfast.com)
2 points by skmurphy 2mo ago|1 comments
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by skmurphy 2mo ago
tl;dr: Google DeepMind's AlphaEvolve improved the speed of Substrate's computational lithography stack by 680% and reduced compute costs by 97%, enabling the simulation and printing of the most demanding layers in advanced semicon
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Information to Atoms: DeepEvolve Substrate's lithography speed by 6.8X(substrate.com)
2 points by skmurphy 2mo ago|1 comments
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Alternate Explanation for the Dark Forest(markatwood.substack.com)
1 points by skmurphy 2mo ago|1 comments
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by skmurphy 2mo ago
Key take-away: "Domain knowledge makes you better at using LLMs. [...] Human expertise will continue to be useful even as models get stronger. The human is the bottleneck for many tasks,not the model: the difficult part is communicatin
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by skmurphy 2mo ago
tldr; Here are five signs your startup may still be a hobby: 1. You are not making real offers that include a price, delivery date, and a promised result. 2. You rely on a spouse, significant other, inheritance, savings, or a tolerable day
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Five Signs Your Startup May Be a Hobby(skmurphy.com)
4 points by skmurphy 2mo ago|1 comments
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by skmurphy 2mo ago
"While reviewing a list titled “Retractions by Nobel Prize winners” ( https://retractionwatch.com/retractions-by-nobel-prize-winne... ) compiled by the industry watchdog Retraction Watch, historian Yves Gingras found tha
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A Physics Giant (Max Planck) Had Two Papers Retracted Decades After His Death(gizmodo.com)
2 points by skmurphy 2mo ago|1 comments
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by skmurphy 3mo ago
Interesting analysis of the consequences for Scientific American breaking with tradition and endorsing Joe Biden in 2020 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientific-americ... and Kamala Harris in 2024 https:
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The Enemy You Declared (Consequences of SciAm Endorsing Joe Biden)(markatwood.substack.com)
2 points by skmurphy 3mo ago|2 comments
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by skmurphy 3mo ago
This July 2026 roundup lists online events for bootstrappers including Bootstrappers Breakfast and Lean Culture. There are also in-person Bootstrapper Breakfast meetings in Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley. These events are for
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Roundup of July 2026 Bootstrapper Events(bootstrappersbreakfast.com)
1 points by skmurphy 3mo ago|1 comments
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by skmurphy 3mo ago
I don't care if it's trivial to implement and impossible to bypass: it's an effort to eliminate anonymous Internet browsing/commenting because everyone over 16 has to submit ID as well. Its the end of free speech on the

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