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Hi, I'm Ibrahim Diallo. I write code and play with computers. Now let me tell you a story...
Deep dives into engineering, philosophy, and life.
Imagine being worth $2 billion. Would you give away $550 million? That's a quarter of your wealth, more money than I could spend in several lifetimes. Yet that's how much Evan Spiegel, the CEO of Snapchat, and his wife have donated to a charity in California. Specifically, they donated to Undue Medical Debt, an organization that buys Californians' medical debts and expunges them. A noble act.
Amazon has been accused several times for ripping off merchants on its platform. And every single time they denied any wrongdoing.
I've always been interested in how dating apps work. You really only have two choices if you want to get in the business.
I don't understand why this generation can't afford a home. When my grandfather was 18, he had already saved enough money from his paper route and various odd jobs to buy his first home. By the time my father turned 26, he was already married, had his first child, and was moving into his first home. We lived frugally, and our parents taught us the value of spending wisely.
The Washington Post reported that [the US government will decide who can use state-of-the-art LLMs](https://archive.ph/PCQQl). After the ban of Fable and the limitations coming to ChatGPT 5.6, what's next? My bet is Chinese models.
\- "If you talk to me, I'll punch you in the face, are you ok with talking with me?" \- "Nods in agreement." \- "Proceeds to punch the man in the face."
Remember that scene in the Matrix where Neo is strapped into the chair and Link uploads all sorts of martial arts into his mind? When Neo wakes up, he says "I know Kung-fu," then proceeds to demonstrate his skill in a battle with Morpheus. That was a pretty amazing scene. But if you suspend your disbelief for a second, it also suggests that when you have all the information at your fingertips, knowledge is just a matter of uploading it into your mind.