derek
@derek.eth
i love eating dinner at 5 in preparation of falling asleep at 9:30
can’t wait for tomorrow
another day of making money correctly guessing what numbers the number go up factory spits out
another day conversing with machine superintelligence making sure the 1s & 0s it spits out are the ones that get my invoices paid
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a note on new year’s resolutions:
if the reclaiming of a habit is fast, the breaking of it doesn’t matter that much
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most bullish chart i’m tracking poised for massive breakout this year is my vo2 max btw
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what did you do this 1%?
https://x.com/progressbar202_/status/2007838435856232769?s=46&t=mRzgDjE3wMTCSX521XDYUA
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had a friend over, they couldn’t believe i have three different kinds of berries in my fridge
they said i shop like a 35 year old father of two
stock your fridge for the job you want not the job you have amirite
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2026 is the year of the fire horse: a time of optimism and opportunity.
it is also the year of the infinite machine. things are changing, faster than they ever have. i’ve been programming for more than 10 years, and as of a month ago, i can definitively say there is a machine intelligence more capable than i am. it’s not that expensive either, i’m paying $100/mo for a senior software engineer that can do i anything i would do, 10x faster.
it’s humbling, and terrifying. but it’s really exciting as well.
love it, hate it, be terrified of it - it’s up to you. but it’s here to stay.
ultimately it is human decision making, human attention, and human creativity that drives this infinite machine.
so i recommend keeping the faith that there are intelligent, sincerely good people all over the world who work every day to make tomorrow a more prosperous, equitable place to live. and that in the long term, grifting extractors lose to people who think constructively, and live principled, honorable lives.
it’s getting crazy out there! things are going to get stranger, and in some ways worse before they get better. but there’s never been a better time to make your mark on the world.
good luck, and remember to have fun!
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went to othership bathhouse to ring in the new year with other sober hot people wearing only bathing suits
ran into a good friend of mine (faang eng btw) i hadn’t seen in a few months and the first thing he says to me within 2 seconds of sitting next to him on the sauna bench is
DUDE CLAUDE OPUS FOUR POINT FIVE IS SO CRACKED
beating me to saying that exact same thing to him by one (1) second
accelerate
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this is the furthest in the future we’ve ever lived!
this is the furthest in the future we’ve lived *so far*
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getting good at predicting is a pre-2020 skill set
being good at reacting is the playbook from now until forever
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mfs hating on AI would’ve been like
the dewey decimal system is replacing the need for librarians >:(
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it’s beginning to look a lot like something
can’t quite put my finger on what that is
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