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They learned their lesson from buying Allbirds shoes 10 years ago.

> it would only take a couple of these to really fill the context alot.

Only skill front-matter (name, description, triggers etc) are loaded within context by default, so this isn't likely to happen without 1000s of skills.


My impressions after trying it in the Apple Store was - amazing v1 hardware, beta quality software and alpha quality content.

Meta absolutely does business in China. e.g. https://www.metacareers.com/v2/locations/shenzhen/?p[offices...

https://www.metacareers.com/v2/locations/shanghai/?p[offices...

https://www.metacareers.com/v2/locations/hongkong/?p[offices...

I also assume, like most advertising platforms, they cater heavily to the China export market.


I don't think their social networks are allowed in China.

From your link it looks like they might do R&D for Oculus in China (but may not even be able to sell it there due to the data-collection tie in required).

Not sure what you mean by catering to the export market. b2b sales would be just as restricted as sales to consumers.


> b2b sales would be just as restricted as sales to consumers.

They're not. A significant part of ad spend by the likes of Temu, AliExpress, Shein and other Chinese exporters are on Meta's platforms: e.g. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/31/metas-continued-rally-could-...


> the south was one of the most economically prosperous regions in the Indian subcontinent at the time.

Still is, tbh


Does this work with ACP?


Yes


San Francisco is notoriously the most anti-new-housing city in the country.


Frisco (come at me) rent and housing prices have way more to do with the valuation of the latest startup darling than with much else.


SF (only acceptable abbreviation) is 7x7 miles square surrounded by water on three sides—the only way to grow is up, right after you knock down the 100 yro Victorian homes and historic buildings, and gut the neighborhood charms. This from someone who once paid rent 1300/mo for a two bedroom in Potrero Hill.


>right after you knock down the 100 yro Victorian homes and historic buildings

BS, there's ~400K housing units in SF, and only ~10k of those would be considered victorian. These units couldn't (And shouldn't!) be destroyed for new housing because they're protected, and that's not what NIMBY's or YIMBY's are arguing about anyway since almost everyone loves victorian homes.

More than half of the city's housing was built after 1940, mostly on the west side, and it's where NIMBYism is at its worst. There's little reason someone or even a developer shouldn't be able to build up there.


> “west side”

Build around Golden Gate Park just like NYC’s Central Park! Great idea.


Ah yes, Golden Gate Park, famously the only option for building new housing on the west side of SF!


Nah, Frisco has a long history of use

https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/rappers-poets-activists...

as does 'the City'.


hehe. Frisco seems derisive to me. And The City? All major cities can be called that when in their vicinity (NYC?). But SF? It's right there on the Giant's caps!


What are you talking about? It's clearly Cisco - the bridge is right there in the logo!

SF was founded by a joint effort between Cisco and Salesforce, that's why it's called Cisco and SF, right?


Just turn SOMA into Hong Kong


At the density of Kowloon Walled City SOMA could house 2.2 million!

And we could probably do it comfortably with what we've spent on AI datacenters.


I did that for my reading glasses, but for shortsightedness, especially as an astigmatic, I find it hard to buy glasses or frames without actually wearing them. Curious what your strategy is.


They're cheap enough on Zenni that you can just try a pair. I have astigmatism and got lucky after a couple pairs on Zenni -- now I just reorder the same frames with a new prescription knowing I'll get something that works well.


To be fair, the author does explicitly state that their blog is:

> A home for poorly researched ideas that I find myself repeating a lot anyway


I would reframe it from

> Biological optimal vs societal optimal

to

> Biological optimal vs personal optimal


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