Or just other countries in Europe, here no taxation at all, except for day trading…
Yet, we still are the most taxed country in the world, so please let them stay away from crypto!
#Ethereum staker revenue has been on a gradual decline, with September showing total earnings of $174 million, significantly down from its March peak of $247 million
Dogecoin leading the way. As for $BTC, with over 95% of addresses in profit, that’s a strong signal of bullish sentiment.
#freecompliments #gf #bitcoin
The FTT token price is back in action with a massive overnight surge amid the crypto market recovery. With rising speculations of the FTX token ready for a price jump to $3, something seems fishy underneath
Legal representatives from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis are scheduled to appear at a New York Supreme Court hearing on Oct. 16 regarding a defamation suit brought against the firm in January of 2024.
"Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It meets a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts that is something on which to pride yourself but poverty itself is romanticized by fools." ~ J. K. Rowling
"You set a goal to be the best and then you work hard every hour of every day, striving to reach that goal. If you allow yourself to settle for anything less than number one, you are cheating yourself." ~ Don Shula
"Success is the peace of mind that comes when you know you have given everything you have to give to the opportunities that life has presented you." ~ Don Shula
"The problem with most leaders today is they don't stand for anything. Leadership implies movement toward something, and convictions provide that direction. If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything" ~ Don Shula
"As a coach, your high standards of performance, attention to detail and - above all - how hard you work set the stage for how your players perform." ~ Don Shula
"The ultimate goal is victory. And if you refuse to work as hard as you possibly can toward that aim, or if you do anything that keeps you from achieving that goal, then you are just cheating yourself." ~ Don Shula
"Some clubs want to win so much they'll do anything to get it. Our approach has been just the opposite. We've tried to do things the right way. And the right way is [abiding by] the rules and regulations ... I may not like all of them, but once they are [official], we play by them." ~ Don Shula
"I think what coaching is all about, is taking players and analyzing there ability, put them in a position where they can excel within the framework of the team winning. And I hope that I've done that in my 33 years as a head coach." ~ Don Shula
"Everything that I have done has always been predicated on doing the best that I can with the ability that God has given me, trying to reach as far as I possibly can. And if I fall a little bit short, then I'm still farther ahead than if I hadn't reached at all." ~ Don Shula
"I'm fairly confident that if I died tomorrow, Don would find a way to preserve me until the season was over and he had time for a nice funeral." ~ Don Shula
"Because, they're only thinking about one team when that game's over. Before the game, they're talking about two football teams. When the game's over, there's only one winner." ~ Don Shula
"What I learned from that loss, and also another loss that I'm going to talk about later, was that when you're there, it's not good enough to be there, when you're there, you better walk away with that ring." ~ Don Shula
"And then to end up with a total of 347 wins, averaging 10 regular season wins for 33 years and the best winning percentage, and I'm very proud of this, of any professional team from 1970 to 1996." ~ Don Shula
"You know it's only 50 miles but I've relished every moment of the longer route to get here. Thanks for letting me reflect on those great moments. Thank you." ~ Don Shula
"I always want to do the best that I can with the opportunities that God has given me. The only way that you can possibly do that is to give yourself a chance to go as high as you possibly can. If you don't have the confidence in yourself and you don't have the desire to compete and move ahead, than you start to get stagnant....If I fall a little bit short, then I'm still farther than if I hadn't reached at all." ~ Don Shula
"Peyton Manning is doing things that I think no other quarterback in the history of the league has done at the line of scrimmage... I just think they are a team right now that's got a real chance to run the table." ~ Don Shula
"I coached against Dave the last couple of years, and I was very proud to be the first time a father ever coached against his son. He beat me for 30 minutes the first time and 59 and a half minutes the second time." ~ Don Shula
"He wants to be his own man and be recognized for what he's done. He's not asking for anything because of his name. That was a tough situation to go into at Alabama, but he probably wouldn't have been given the job if the situation would have been different." ~ Don Shula
"The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves." ~ Alan Watts
"By replacing fear of the unknown with curiosity we open ourselves up to an infinite stream of possibility. We can let fear rule our lives or we can become childlike with curiosity, pushing our boundaries, leaping out of our comfort zones, and accepting what life puts before us." ~ Alan Watts
"This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play." ~ Alan Watts
"We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time, in which the so-called present moment is felt as nothing but an infinitesimal hairline between a causative past and an absorbingly important future. We have no present. Our consciousness is almost completely preoccupied with memory and expectation. We do not realize that there never was, is, nor will be any other experience than present experience. We are therefore out of touch with reality." ~ Alan Watts
"I’m a writer, and everything I write is both a confession and a struggle to understand things about myself and this world in which I live. This is what everyone’s work should be-whether you dance or paint or sing. It is a confession, a baring of your soul, your faults, those things you simply cannot or will not understand or accept. You stumble forward, confused, and you share. If you’re lucky, you learn something." ~ Arthur Miller
"Life is an endless, truly endless struggle. There's no time when we're going to arrive at a plateau where the whole thing gets sorted. It's a struggle in the way every plant has to find it's own way to stand up straight. A lot of the time it's a failure. And yet it's not a failure if some enlightenment comes from it." ~ Arthur Miller
"A character is defined by the kinds of challenges he cannot walk away from. And by those he has walked away from that cause him remorse." ~ Arthur Miller
"And yet one can't forever stand on the shore; at some point, even if filled with indecision, skepticism, reservation and doubt, you either jump in or concede that life is forever elsewhere." ~ Arthur Miller
"I would be twenty before I learned how to be fifteen, thirty before I knew what it meant to be twenty, and now at seventy-two I have to stop myself from thinking like a man of fifty who has plenty of time ahead." ~ Arthur Miller
"Whether for good or evil, it is sadly inevitable that all political leadership requires the artifices of theatrical illusion. In the politics of a democracy, the shortest distance between two points is often a crooked line." ~ Arthur Miller
"The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to see, we are doomed and challenged to seek the strength to see more, not less." ~ Arthur Miller
"My plays are always involved with society, but I'm writing about people, too, and it's clear over the years that audiences understand them and care about them. The political landscape changes, the issues change, but the people are still there. People don't really change that much." ~ Arthur Miller
"We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law!" ~ Arthur Miller
"Few of us can easily surrender our belief that society must somehow make sense. The thought that the State has lost its mind and is punishing so many innocent people is intolerable. And so the evidence has to be internally denied." ~ Arthur Miller
"When irrational terror takes to itself the fiat of moral goodness somebody has to die. ... No man lives who has not got a panic button, and when it is pressed by the clean white hand of moral duty, a certain murderous train is set in motion." ~ Arthur Miller
"The writer must be in it; he can't be to one side of it, ever. He has to be endangered by it. His own attitudes have to be tested in it. The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing himself, always." ~ Arthur Miller
"A child's spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after it; you must stand still, and, for love, it will soon itself come back." ~ Arthur Miller
"Those who formally rule take their signals and commands not from the electorate as a body, but from a small group of men. This group will be called the Establishment. It exists even though that existence is stoutly denied. It is one of the secrets of the American social order... A second secret is the fact that the existence of the Establishment - the ruling class - is not supposed to be discussed." ~ Arthur Miller
"Whoever is writing in the United States is using the American Dream as an ironical pole of his story. People elsewhere tend to accept, to a far greater degree anyway, that the conditions of life are hostile to mans pretensions." ~ Arthur Miller
"If I have any justification for having lived it's simply, I'm nothing but faults, failures and so on, but I have tried to make a good pair of shoes. There's some value in that." ~ Arthur Miller
"The job is to ask questions - it always was - and to ask them as inexorably as I can. And to face the absence of precise answers with a certain humility." ~ Arthur Miller
"I believe in work. If somebody doesn't create something, however small it may be, he gets sick. An awful lot of people feel that they're treading water -- that if they vanished in smoke, it wouldn't mean anything at all in this world. And that's a despairing and destructive feeling. It'll kill you." ~ Arthur Miller
"What is the most innocent place in any country? Is it not the insane asylum? These people drift through life truly innocent, unable to see into themselves at all." ~ Arthur Miller
"When any creativity becomes useful, it is sucked into the vortex of commercialism, and when a thing becomes commercial, it becomes the enemy of man." ~ Arthur Miller
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Arthur Asher Miller was born on October 17, 1915, in Harlem, New York City. He was the second of three children born to Augusta (née Barnett) and Isidore Miller, Jewish immigrants from Poland. His father owned a successful women's clothing manufacturingbusiness, and the family lived a comfortable middle-class life until the stock market crash of 1929.
The Great Depression hit the Miller family hard. Isidore's business failed, and they were forced to move to a small frame house in Brooklyn. This sudden change in fortune had a profound impact on young Arthur, shaping his worldview and later influencing his writing. The experience of witnessing his father's struggle and the collapse of the American Dream would become recurring themes in his work.
Despite the family's financial difficulties, Miller was an active and athletic youth. He delivered bread before school to help the family and became a footballstar at Abraham Lincoln high school. However, he was an indifferent student, more interested in athletics than academics.
After graduating from high school in 1932, Miller worked various odd jobs to save money for college. He worked as a clerk in an automobile parts warehouse and as a shipping clerk in a Manhattan automotive parts warehouse. These experiences gave him insight into the lives of working-class Americans, another theme that would feature prominently in his later works.
In 1934, Miller was finally able to attend the University of Michigan. He initially studied journalism but soon switched to English. It was during his college years that Miller discovered his passion for writing. He wrote for the Michigan Daily, the student newspaper, and won two Hopwood Awards for his plays. The first was for "No Villain" (1936), which he wrote in just six days. This early success convinced Miller that he had found his calling.
Miller graduated from the University of Michigan in 1938 with a Bachelor of arts degree. His time at the university had been transformative, not only in terms of his writing but also in shaping his political views. The Great Depression and the rise of fascism in Europe had politicized many young Americans, and Miller was no exception. He became involved with left-wing politics, a commitment that would later cause him trouble during the McCarthy era.
After graduation, Miller returned to New York City. He joined the Federal theater Project, a New Deal agency established to provide employment for theater professionals during the Great Depression. However, the project was shut down in 1939 due to congressional concerns over communist infiltration.
Miller then worked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard while continuing to write radio plays. During this time, he wrote scripts for Columbia Workshop and Cavalcade of America. These early radio plays, while not as well-known as his later stage works, helped Miller hone his craft and develop his distinctive voice.
In 1940, Miller married his college sweetheart, Mary Slattery. The couple would have two children together, Jane and Robert. That same year, Miller made his Broadwaydebut with "The Man Who Had ALL the Luck." The play was a critical and commercial failure, closing after just four performances. This setback could have deterred a less determined writer, but Miller persevered.
Miller's breakthrough came in 1947 with "All My Sons." The play, which tells the story of a successful businessman who sold defective airplane parts to the military during World ⇪ II×, was a critical and commercial success. It won the New York drama Critics' Circle Award and two Tony Awards. More importantly, it established Miller as a major voice in American theater.
The success of "All My Sons" allowed Miller to focus on writing full-time. He bought a small house in Brooklyn Heights and set to work on his next play, which would become his most famous work and a landmark of American theater.
In 1949, Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" premiered on Broadway. The play, which tells the story of Willy Loman, a failing salesman who cannot accept that he and his sons are mediocre, was an immediate sensation. It ran for 742 performances and won six Tony Awards, including Best Play, as well as the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
"Death of a Salesman" is widely considered to be Miller's masterpiece and one of the greatest American plays of the 20th century. Its exploration of the American Dream and its impact on ordinary People struck a chord with audiences and critics alike. The play's innovative structure, which blends past and present, reality and memory, was groundbreaking for its time.
The success of "Death of a Salesman" catapulted Miller to the forefront of American theater. He was nOW not just a successful playwright but a public intellectual whose views on society and politics were sought after and respected. This newfound fame and influence would soon be put to the test as America entered one of its darkest political periods.
The McCarthy Era and The Crucible
The early 1950s saw the rise of McCarthyism in the United States. Senator Joseph McCarthy led a campaign to root out alleged communist sympathizers in American society, particularly in the entertainment industry. As a prominent left-wing intellectual, Miller found himself in the crosshairs of this witch hunt.
Miller refused to name names of suspected communists, a stance that could have resulted in a prison sentence. He was cited for contempt of Congress, but the conviction was overturned on appeal in 1958. Miller's principled stand made him a hero to many and further cemented his reputation as a man of integrity.
The HUAC hearings coincided with a tumultuous period in Miller's personal life. In 1956, he divorced his first wife, Mary Slattery, and married actress Marilyn Monroe. The marriage to Monroe, one of the most famous women in the world at the time, thrust Miller into the spotlight in a way his literary fame never had.
Miller's marriage to Marilyn Monroe was a source of both personal happiness and professional inspiration. He wrote the screenplay for "The Misfits" (1961) as a valentine to Monroe, though by the time the film was produced, their marriage was falling apart. They divorced in 1961, shortly before Monroe's death in 1962.
The experience with Monroe influenced several of Miller's later works. "After the Fall" (1964) is a thinly veiled account of their relationship, while "Finishing the Picture" (2004) is based on the troubled production of "The Misfits."
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Miller continued to write prolifically, though none of his later plays achieved the same level of success as his earlier works. Notable plays from this period include "Incident at Vichy" (1964), which deals with the Holocaust, and "The Price" (1968), a family drama that was more warmly received than some of his other later works.
In 1962, Miller married photographer Inge Morath. They had two children together, Rebecca and Daniel. Their marriage lasted until Morath's death in 2002.
In his later years, Miller remained active as a playwright and public figure. He was an outspoken critic of the Vietnam War and continued to comment on American society and politics. He also wrote his autobiography, "Timebends: A Life," published in 1987.
Miller's last major play, "Broken Glass," premiered in 1994. While it didn't achieve the same level of success as his earlier works, it demonstrated that Miller was still capable of producing thought-provoking drama well into his seventies.
Arthur Miller died on February 10, 2005, at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut. He was 89 years old. His death marked the end of an era in American theater, but his influence continues to be felt to this day.
Miller's legacy is immense. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American playwrights of the 20th century, alongside Eugene O'Neill and Tennessee Williams. His plays continue to be performed around the world, and works like "Death of a Salesman" and "The Crucible" are staples of high school and college curricula.
Miller's influence extends beyond the theater. His commitment to social justice and his willingness to stand up to political persecution made him a role model for many. He showed that art could be both entertaining and socially relevant, a lesson that continues to inspire writers and artists today.
In the years since his death, Miller's reputation has only grown. Scholars continue to analyze his work, finding new depths and relevance in his exploration of family dynamics, social responsibility, and the American Dream. His plays have been adapted for film and television numerous times, introducing new generations to his work.
Arthur Miller's work is characterized by several recurring themes:
The American Dream: Many of Miller's plays explore the pursuit of the American Dream and its impact on ordinary people. He often portrays characters who are crushed by the gap between their aspirations and reality.
Social Responsibility: Miller believed strongly in the idea that people have a responsibility to each other and to society as a whole. This theme is particularly evident in plays like "All My Sons" and "The Crucible."
Family Dynamics: Miller's plays often focus on family relationships, particularly father-son conflicts. He explores how family ties can both support and constrain individuals.
Personal Integrity: Many of Miller's protagonists face moral dilemmas that test their integrity. He was interested in how people maintain their principles in the face of social pressure.
The Past's Influence on the Present: Miller frequently uses non-linear storytelling to show how past events shape present circumstances. This is most famously employed in "Death of a Salesman."
Stylistically, Miller is known for his realistic dialogue and well-crafted, multi-layered characters. He often employs a mix of realism and expressionism, using symbolic elements to represent characters' internal states. His plays typically have a strong social context, reflecting the times in which they were written while also addressing universal human concerns.
Throughout his career, Miller's work received both high praise and criticism. While plays like "Death of a Salesman" and "The Crucible" were immediate classics, some critics felt that his later works didn't live up to the standard set by his early successes.
Miller's political views and activities also influenced how his work was received. His refusal to name names during the McCarthy era earned him respect from many, but also made him enemies. Some critics accused him of being didactic or overly political in his writing.
The autobiographical nature of some of Miller's work, particularly those plays influenced by his relationship with Marilyn Monroe, has been a source of both interest and controversy. Some critics felt that Miller exploited his relationship with Monroe in his writing.
Despite these controversies, Miller's place in the canon of American literature is secure. His best works are considered masterpieces of 20th-century drama, and his influence on subsequent generations of playwrights is undeniable.
Arthur Miller's life and career spanned nearly the entire 20th century, and his work reflects the major social, political, and cultural changes of that era. From the Great Depression to the Cold War to the social upheavals of the 1960s and beyond, Miller's plays provide a window into the American experience.
More than just a chronicler of his times, however, Miller was a writer who grappled with timeless human questions. His explorations of morality, family, and the human condition continue to resonate with audiences around the world.
As a playwright, Miller revolutionized American theater, bringing a new level of social consciousness to the stage. As a public figure, he set an example of artistic integrity and social responsibility. His life and work remind us of the power of art to illuminate the human experience and to challenge us to be better.
Arthur Miller's legacy is not just in the plays he left behind, but in the generations of writers, thinkers, and activists he inspired. His voice continues to be heard in theaters around the world, in classrooms where his works are studied, and in the ongoing conversations about the nature of the American Dream and the responsibilities we have to each other.
In the end, Arthur Miller was more than just a great American playwright. He was a keen observer of the human condition, a moral voice in times of political turmoil, and an artist who believed in the power of theater to change the world. His life and work continue to challenge and inspire us, ensuring that his impact will be felt for generations to come.
No Villain (1936)
They Too Arise (1937, based on No Villain)
Honors at Dawn (1938, based on They Too Arise)
The Grass Still Grows (1938, based on They Too Arise)
The Great Disobedience (1938)
Listen My Children (1939, with Norman Rosten)
The Golden Years (1940)
The Half-Bridge (1943)
The Man Who Had All the Luck (1944)[102]
All My Sons (1947)
Death of a Salesman (1949)
An Enemy of the People (1950, adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play An Enemy of the People)
The Crucible (1953)
A View from the Bridge (1955)
A Memory of Two Mondays (1955)
After the Fall (1964)
Incident at Vichy (1964)
The Price (1968)
The Reason Why (1970)
Fame (one-act, 1970; revised for television 1978)
The Creation of the World and Other Business (1972)
Up from Paradise (1974)
The Archbishop's Ceiling (1977)
The American Clock (1980)
Playing for Time (television play, 1980)
Elegy for a Lady (short play, 1982, first part of Two Way Mirror)
Some Kind of Love Story (short play, 1982, second part of Two Way Mirror)
I Think About You a Great Deal (1986)
Playing for Time (stage version, 1985)
I Can't Remember Anything (1987, collected in Danger: Memory!)
Clara (1987, collected in Danger: Memory!)
The Ride Down Mt. Morgan (1991)
The Last Yankee (1993)
Broken Glass (1994)
Mr. Peters' Connections (1998)
Resurrection Blues (2002)
Finishing the Picture (2004)
The Pussycat and the Expert Plumber Who Was a Man (1940)
Joel Chandler Harris (1941)
The Battle of the Ovens (1942)
Thunder from the Mountains (1942)
I Was Married in Bataan (1942)
That They May Win (1943)
Listen for the Sound of Wings (1943)
Bernardine (1944)
I Love You (1944)
Grandpa and the Statue (1944)
The Philippines Never Surrendered (1944)
The Guardsman (1944, based on Ferenc Molnár's play)
The Story of Gus (1947)
Focus (novel, 1945)
"The Misfits" (short story, published in Esquire, October 1957)
I Don't Need You Anymore (short stories, 1967)
"Homely Girl: A Life" (short story, 1992, published in UK as "Plain Girl: A Life" 1995)
Presence: Stories (2007) (short stories include "The Bare Manuscript", "Beavers", "The Performance", and "Bulldog")
Situation Normal (1944) is based on his experiences researching the war correspondence of Ernie Pyle.
In Russia (1969), the first of three books created with his photographer wife Inge Morath, offers Miller's impressions of Russia and Russian society.
In the Country (1977), with photographs by Morath and text by Miller, provides insight into how Miller spent his time in Roxbury, Connecticut, and profiles of his various neighbors.
Chinese Encounters (1979) is a travel journal with photographs by Morath. It depicts the Chinese society in the state of flux which followed the end of the
Cultural Revolution. Miller discusses the hardships of many writers, professors, and artists during Mao Zedong's regime.
Salesman in Beijing (1984) details Miller's experiences with the 1983 Beijing People's Theatre production of Death of a Salesman. He describes directing a Chinese cast in an American play.
Timebends: A Life, Methuen London (1987) ISBN 0-413-41480-9. Miller's autobiography.
On Politics and the Art of Acting, Viking 2001 {ISBN 0-670-030-422} an 85-page essay about the thespian skills in American politics, comparing FDR, JFK, Reagan, Clinton.
Abbotson, Susan C. W. (ed.), Arthur Miller: Collected Essays, Penguin 2016 ISBN 978-0-14-310849-8
Kushner, Tony, ed. Arthur Miller, Collected Plays 1944–1961 (Library of America, 2006) ISBN 978-1-931082-91-4.
Martin, Robert A. (ed.), "The theater essays of Arthur Miller", foreword by Arthur Miller. NY: Viking Press, 1978 ISBN 0-14-004903-7
"Controlled hysteria is what's required. To exist constantly in a state of controlled hysteria. It's agony. But everyone has agony. The difference is that I try to take my agony home and teach it to sing." ~ Arthur Miller
"Controlled hysteria is what's required. To exist constantly in a state of controlled hysteria. It's agony. But everyone has agony. The difference is that I try to take my agony home and teach it to sing." ~ Arthur Miller
"I think the tragic feeling is invoked in us when we are in the presence of a character who is ready to lay down his life, if need be, to secure one thing -- his sense of personal dignity." ~ Arthur Miller
"As a writer, I've always believed that while my work and I myself are embedded in whatever period I am writing about, clearly I am sensitive to the winds that are blowing in the culture. At the same time, I have always felt that the issue was not to deal with the problem in the abstract, but to deal with the people who are in that problem. The emphasis is on the people. The general problem begins to resolve itself even before the play is finished." ~ Arthur Miller
"By whatever means it is accomplished, the prime business of a play is to arouse the passions of its audience so that by the route of passion may be opened up new relationships between a man and men, and between men and Man. Drama is akin to the other inventions of man in that it ought to help us to know more, and not merely to spend our feelings." ~ Arthur Miller
"The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders of father and mother. The worst is exploiting and wallowing in the self-pity of adolescence and obsessive keyhole sexuality. The way out, as the poet says, is always through." ~ Arthur Miller
"God really does take our work seriously: It is wrong, it is a sin, to accept or remain in a position that you know is a mismatch for you. Perhaps that's a form of sin you've never considered - the sin of staying in the wrong job. But God did not place you on the earth to waste away your years in labor that does not employ his design or purpose for your life, no matter how much you may be getting paid for it." ~ Arthur Miller
"I have made more friends for American culture than the State Department. Certainly I have made fewer enemies, but that isn't very difficult." ~ Arthur Miller
"The Crucible became by far my most frequently produced play, both abroad and at home. Its meaning is somewhat different in different places and moments. I can almost tell what the political situation in a country is when the play is suddenly a hit there it is either a warning of tyranny on the way or a reminder of tyranny just past." ~ Arthur Miller
"One had the right to write because other people needed news of the inner world, and if they went too long without such news they would go mad with the chaos of their lives." ~ Arthur Miller
"Every time I am reading actors I can pretty well tell which ones have studied with Meisner. It is because they are honest and simple and don't lay on complications that aren't necessary." ~ Arthur Miller
"Well, I spent six or seven years after high school trying to work myself up. Shipping clerk, salesman, business of one kind or another. And it's a measly manner of existence. To get on that subway on the hot mornings in summer. To devote your whole life to keeping stock, or making phone calls, or selling or buying. To suffer fifty weeks of the year for the sake of a two-week vacation, when all you really desire is to be outdoors, with your shirt off. And always to have to get ahead of the next fella. And still — that's how you build a future." ~ Arthur Miller
"A play's an interpretation. It is not a report. And that is the beginning of its poetry because, in order to interpret, you have to distort toward a symbolic construction of what happened, and as that distortion takes place, you begin to leave out and overemphasize and consequently deliver up life as a unity rather than as a chaos, and any such attempt, the more intense it is, the more poetic it becomes." ~ Arthur Miller
"Great drama is great questions or it is nothing but technique. I could not imagine a theater worth my time that did not want to change the world." ~ Arthur Miller
"An idol tells people exactly what to believe, God presents them with choices they have to make for themselves. The difference is far from insignificant; before the idol men remain dependent children, before God they are burdened and at the same time liberated to participate in the decisions of endless creation." ~ Arthur Miller
"The car, the furniture, the wife, the children - everything has to be disposable. Because you see the main thing today is - shopping." ~ Arthur Miller
"Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!" ~ Arthur Miller
"A lot of my work goes to the center of where we belong--if there is any root to life -because nowadays the family is broken up, and people don't live in the same place for very long." ~ Arthur Miller
"The Greeks used to use the same stories, the same mythology, time after time, different authors. There was no premium placed upon an original story, and indeed, Shakespeare likewise. A lot of people wrote plays about great kings. They didn't expect a brand-new story. It was what that new author made of the old story. It is probably the same now. We disguise it by inventing what seem to be new stories, but they're basically the same story anyway." ~ Arthur Miller
"If a person measures his spiritual fulfillment in terms of cosmic visions, surpassing peace of mind, or ecstasy, then he is not likely to know much spiritual fulfillment. If, however, he measures it in terms of enjoying a sunrise, being warmed by a child's smile, or being able to help someone have a better day, then he is likely to know much spiritual fulfillment." ~ Arthur Miller
"Success, instead of giving freedom of choice, becomes a way of life. There's no country I've been to where people, when you come into a room and sit down with them, so often ask you, "What do you do?" And, being American, many's the time I've almost asked that question, then realized it's good for my soul not to know. For a while! Just to let the evening wear on and see what I think of this person without knowing what he does and how successful he is, or what a failure. We're ranking everybody every minute of the day." ~ Arthur Miller
"The witch-hunt was a perverse manifestation of the panic which set in among all classes when the balance began to turn toward greater individual freedom. The witch-hunt was not, however, a mere repression. It was also, and as importantly, a long overdue opportunity for everyone so inclined to express publicly his guilt and sins, under the cover of accusations against the victims." ~ Arthur Miller
"Willie was a salesman. And for a salesman, there is no rock bottom to life?. He's a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back - that's an earthquake." ~ Arthur Miller
"Chris: I don't know why it is, but every time I reach out for something I want, I have to pull back because other people will suffer." ~ Arthur Miller
"A playwright... is... the litmus paper of the arts. He's got to be, because if he isn't working on the same wave length as the audience, no one would know what in hell he was talking about." ~ Arthur Miller
"For the political world, I have come to believe, is fundamentally beyond anyone's control, yet we all go on as though it were a kind of vehicle that only needs a change of drivers in order to steer it away from its frequent hair-raising visits to the edge of the cliff." ~ Arthur Miller
"I think now that the great thing is not so much the formulation of an answer for myself, for the theatre, or the play - but rather the most accurate possible statement of the problem." ~ Arthur Miller
"He wants to live on through something - and in his case, his masterpiece is his son. All of us want that, and it gets more poignant as we get more anonymous in this world." ~ Arthur Miller
"A friend of mine once said that there were only two truly national events in the history of the United States. One was the Civil War and the other one was the Depression." ~ Arthur Miller
"I came out of a culture in which my uncle, my father - they were all salesmen of one kind or another. My father was a manufacturer. He also, in effect, had to sell that stuff. And if he didn't literally do it, his men did. So, selling was in the air through my boyhood. The whole idea of successfully selling was very important." ~ Arthur Miller
"The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism." ~ Arthur Miller
"And old Dave, he'd go up to his room, y'understand, put on his green velvet slippers - I'll never forget - and pick up his phone and call the buyers, and without leaving his room, at the age of eighty-four, he made his living. And when I saw that, I realized that selling was the greatest career a man could want." ~ Arthur Miller
"The parochial snobbery of these people was partly responsible for their failure to convert the Indians. Probably they also preferred to take land from heathens rather than from fellow Christians. At any rate, very few Indians were converted, and the Salem folk believed that the virgin forest was the Devil's last preserve, his home base and the citadel of his final stand. To the best of their knowledge the American forest was the last place on earth that was not paying homage to God." ~ Arthur Miller
"I don't say he's a great man. Willie Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the paper. He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid. He's not to be allowed to fall in his grave like an old dog. Attention, attention must finally be paid to such a person." ~ Arthur Miller
"The problem was to sustain at any cost the feeling you had in the theater that you were watching a real person, yes, but an intense condensation of his experience, not simply a realistic series of episodes." ~ Arthur Miller
"Few occasions are as joyous to small children as funerals, almost better than the big wedding blowouts that take place at night when it's hard to stay awake. A small boy will never be harshly criticized at a funeral; he is more treasured as death comes close and all his wickedness vanishes before the inescapable fact that thank God, he is healthy." ~ Arthur Miller
"Nevertheless, one learned very early that books had to be respected; they were all putative Bibles and to some small degree had a share in holiness." ~ Arthur Miller
"It may be that even if half consciously, we choose our personalities to maintain a certain saving balance in the family's little universe." ~ Arthur Miller
"Part of knowing who we are is knowing we are not someone else. And Jew is only the name we give to that stranger, the agony we cannot feel, the death we look at like a cold abstraction. Each man has his Jew; it is the other." ~ Arthur Miller
"Studies show that a trusting workplace increases employees' level of happiness, work effort, productivity, and engagement. It also provides an environment that encourages open communication and promotes people to share their ideas." ~ Arthur Miller
"It is my art. I am better at it than I ever was. And I will do it as long as I can. When you reach a certain age you can slough off what is unnecessary and concentrate on what is. And why not?" ~ Arthur Miller
"most of the time we settle for half and i like it better, even as i know how wrong he was and his death useless, i tremble for i confess that something peversley pure calls to me from his memory" ~ Arthur Miller
"He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid." ~ Arthur Miller
"If you complain of people being shot down in the streets, of the absence of communication or social responsibility, of the rise of everyday violence which people have become accustomed to, and the dehumanization of feelings, then the ultimate development on an organized social level is the concentration camp... The concentration camp is the final expression of human separateness and its ultimate consequence. It is organized abandonment." ~ Arthur Miller
"There is unquestionably a contradiction between an efficient technological machine and the flowering of human nature, of the human personality." ~ Arthur Miller
"I figure I've done what I could do, more or less, and now I'm going back to being a chemical; all we are is a lot of talking nitrogen, you know." ~ Arthur Miller
"Tragedy enlightens - and it must, in that it points the heroic finger at the enemy of man's freedom. The thrust for freedom is the quality in tragedy which exalts. The revolutionary questioning of the stable environment is what terrifies." ~ Arthur Miller
"There is a problem on the so-called commercial stage in New York. The price of a ticket is exorbitant, and there are no longer original productions possible, apparently, on the commercial stage. They are all plays that were taken from either England or smaller theaters, off-Broadway theaters, and so on. The one justification there used to be for the commercial theater was that it originated everything we had, and now it originates nothing. But the powers that be seem perfectly content to have it that way. They don't risk anything anymore, and they simply pick off the cream." ~ Arthur Miller
"They know your name, address, telephone number, credit card numbers, who ELSE is driving the car "for insurance", ... your driver's license number. In the state of Massachusetts, this is the same number as that used for Social Security, unless you object to such use. In THAT case, you are ASSIGNED a number and you reside forever more on the list of "weird people who don't give out their Social Security Number in Massachusetts."" ~ Arthur Miller
"The culture of the United States has flooded the world. It's the inevitable result of a powerful culture, art. We've got an instinctive touch when it comes to the popular mind because we've had no aristocracy. It is a democratic country. And we know without knowing it, without bothering to understand it, how to reach ordinary people, sometimes with the most vulgar, worthless junk on the face of the earth, but we know how to do it [laughter]." ~ Arthur Miller
"A genuine invention in the realm of ideas must first emerge as an abstruse and even partial concept? At first blusha new idea appearstobe verycloseto insanity because to be new it must reverse important basic beliefs and assumptions which, in turn, have been institutionalized and are administered by one or another kind of priesthood with a vested interest in an old idea." ~ Arthur Miller
"My conception of the audience is of a public each member of which is carrying about with him what he thinks is an anxiety, or a hope, or a preoccupation which is his alone and isolates him from mankind and in this respect at least the function of a play is to reveal him to himself so that he may touch others by virtue of the revelation of his mutuality with them. If only for this reason I regard the theater as a serious business, one that makes or should make man more human, which is to say, less alone." ~ Arthur Miller
"It is time that we, who are without kings, took up this bright thread of our history and followed it to the only place it can possibly lead in our time-the heart and spirit of the average man." ~ Arthur Miller
"THE PRICE grew out of a need to reconfirm the power of the past, the seedbed of current reality, and the way to possibly reaffirm cause and effect in an insane world." ~ Arthur Miller
"I'm a fatalist.... I consider I am rejected in principle. My work is and, through my work, I am. If it's accepted, it's miraculous or the result of a misunderstanding." ~ Arthur Miller
"The success of a play, especially one's first success, is somewhat like pushing against a door which is suddenly opened that was always securely shut until then. For myself, the experience was invigorating. It suddenly seemed that the audience was a mass of blood relations, and I sensed a warmth in the world that had not been there before. It made it possible to dream of daring more and risking more." ~ Arthur Miller
"Great stones they lay upon his chest until he plead aye or nay. They say he give them but two words. "More weight," he says. And died." ~ Arthur Miller
"Nobody dast blame this man. For a salesman, there is no rock bottom to the life. He don't put a bolt to a nut, he don't tell you the law or give you medicine. He's a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back -- that's an earthquake. And then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you're finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory." ~ Arthur Miller
"There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you." ~ J. K. Rowling
"Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success. I've met people who don't want to try for fear of failing." ~ J. K. Rowling
"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default." ~ J. K. Rowling
"The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity. Such knowledge is a true gift, for all that it is painfully won, and it has been worth more than any qualification I ever earned." ~ J. K. Rowling
"The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed." ~ J. K. Rowling
"No man or woman alive, magical or not, has ever escaped some form of injury, whether physical, mental, or emotional. To hurt is as human as to breathe." ~ J. K. Rowling
"Depression is the most unpleasant thing I have ever experienced. . . . It is that absence of being able to envisage that you will ever be cheerful again. The absence of hope. That very deadened feeling, which is so very different from feeling sad. Sad hurts but it's a healthy feeling. It is a necessary thing to feel. Depression is very different." ~ J. K. Rowling
"Unlike any other creature on this planet, humans can learn and understand, without having experienced. They can think themselves into other people's places. We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better." ~ J. K. Rowling
Radiant Capital paused its lending markets after a cybersecurity breach that resulted in losses of more than $50 million on both the BNB Chain and Arbitrum networks
From prediction markets offering bets on election outcome to the increasing interest in #crypto among voters in key swing states, the intersection of crypto and US elections is shaping up to be a significant factor in 2024
Venture capitalist Arthur Cheong recently indicated that the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector is experiencing a revival, largely driven by global interest rate dynamics.
A new report reveals that top U.S.-listed Bitcoin miners have increased their control over the global network’s hash rate, reaching a record 28.9% this year
The crypto space in Africa may be up for a major overhaul as crypto startup Yellow Card has increased its funding to $88 million after raising $33 million in a Series C funding round led by Blockchain Capital.
Yeah, I wish I had been a bit more patient with Steem/Hive a few years ago. Coulda been a really friendly dolphin (whale by now, maybe). Oh well, live and learn. Growing from here and that's what's important.
Bitcoin continues its rise and today crosses a new threshold by reaching $68,000. This spectacular progression followed a hesitant start to the month, confirms the bullish momentum that is driving the crypto market at the moment.
XYZVerse, a new memecoin merging sports and crypto, aims to become a cultural phenomenon by uniting fans and offering early adopters the chance to be part of its ambitious journey. #crypto
Many parachains also offer rather significant staking rewards, often above 20%, which is excellent by comparison. If you hold a micro-cap project that goes on to increase significantly in value while offering an attractive APR, you are in the pound seats. This often happens, as many of these smaller projects are still in their infancy, and as a result, still very much in obscurity. #polkadot #cent #sapphirecrypto
I sourced my first books yesterday. I went to this dudes place who sells books out of a big storage. I got 2 bananaboxes with books for 20€ containing about 50 books. I found an 800 page almanach about the 2nd world war in really good condition. There are only twoi listen on amazon that are used and both are listed for over 40€ So I guess I got a good haul.
I have to scan them now and send them to the warehouse because the books do not smell very good. Any tips on how to make em fresh again?
As of October 2024, the President of Brazil is Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, commonly known as Lula. Here's a brief biography:
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was born on October 27, 1945, in Caetés, Pernambuco, Brazil. He came from a poor family and began working at a young age, eventually becoming a metalworker and trade union leader.
Lula won the 2022 presidential election, defeating incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a close runoff.
He was inaugurated for his third term as President on January 1, 2023.
Lula's presidency focuses on social welfare, environmental protection, and repositioning Brazil on the global stage. His return to power marks a significant shift in Brazilian politics after years of conservative rule.
"Lula's presidency focuses on social welfare, environmental protection"
These two statements are correct in speech but wrong in practice. Lula is uncontrollably raising taxes on the poorest and cutting funds to combat deforestation.
Between January 1 and August 23, the country recorded more than 102,670 fire outbreaks. This is the highest number recorded in the same period in the last 14 years. Fourteen years ago, Lula was also president and 114,265 fire outbreaks were recorded.
A recisão contratual para mim seria a melhor coisa... a Enel já deu várias evidências de que simplesmente não tem capacidade ou não tem interesse em administrar a distribuição de energia em São Paulo
On October 17, 1931, gangster Al Capone is convicted of tax evasion, signaling the downfall of one of the most notorious criminals of the 1920s and 1930s. He was later sentenced to 11 years in federal prison and fined $50,000.
Bitcoin soared to around $67,400, with some metrics suggesting potential for further gains.
However, some bearish signals, such as an overvalued MVRV ratio and overbought RSI, indicate a possible price pullback
#cent #bitcoin
Here is the daily technology #threadcast for 10/17/24. We aim to educate people about this crucial area along with providing information of what is taking place.
Drop all question, comments, and articles relating to #technology and the future. The goal is make it a technology center.
They are likely correct. We can get attached to anything.
People think something has to be biological for us to do that. I disagree. We see quite often that people do this to thinks that do not move or have a personality.
While Manifest V3 makes things harder for ad blockers, it's not the death of ad blockers by any stretch. uBlock Origin already has a new version built on Manifest V3 that works almost as well as the Manifest V2 version and with added privacy and performance benefits. However, there are quite a few filtering capabilities that can't be ported to Manifest V3. There are tools in Chrome's Extensions settings that help users determine whether an extension is compatible with Manifest V3 and find alternatives for incompatible extensions.
Amazon has signed an agreement with Dominion Energy to explore the development of a small modular nuclear reactor near Dominion's existing North Anna nuclear power station. Google and Microsoft have announced similar plans. Tech companies are increasingly buying into nuclear power to fuel the growing demands of data centers. Nuclear power will also help these companies reach net-zero carbon emissions.
Uber may be exploring a potential bid for Expedia Group. The company has approached advisers about a deal. Its interest is at a very early stage. Uber's CEO was Expedia's CEO from 2005 to 2017 and remains on the company's board. Expedia declined to comment on the deal.
Scientists have created a new form of insulin that can modify its activity in response to glucose levels in the blood, reducing high blood sugar concentrations while preventing levels from dropping too low. It has been tested in pigs and rats with encouraging results. Further research to optimize the molecule is ongoing. There are several smart insulin drugs in the works - scientists aim to generate a suite of smart insulin drugs to enable doctors to individualize therapies for their patients.
Amazon has announced a new Kindle e-reader with a color display. The Kindle Colorsoft has weeks of battery life and a display that's designed to ensure colors don't appear washed out or pixelated even when users zoom in on images. It can be preordered now for $279 and will ship on October 30. Amazon also announced a refreshed Kindle Scribe with new note-taking features for $399, an updated Kindle Paperwhite for $159, and a 12th generation Kindle for $109.
Well, that's a serious lack of innovation, lol... Woohoo boys and girls, we now have a colored screen! Not like an iPad or regular tablet hasn't had them since inception, lol.
Apple has now revealed yet another addition to its family of gadgets – an updated version of the popular iPad Mini. This marks the first time the device has got a significant upgrade in the over three years. The device includes a faster A17 Pro chip, more storage, Apple Intelligence, and more.
“There is no other device in the world like iPad mini, beloved for its combination of powerful performance and versatility in our most ultraportable design. iPad mini appeals to a wide range of users and has been built for Apple Intelligence, delivering intelligent new features that are powerful, personal, and private,” Bob Borchers, Apple’s VP of Worldwide Product Marketing, commented on the matter.
“With the powerful A17 Pro chip, faster connectivity, and support for Apple Pencil Pro, the new iPad mini delivers the full iPad experience in our most portable design at an incredible value,” he added. There are new colour options as well – users can buy the latest Mini in either muted blue or purple. The front-facing camera remains in portrait mode, while the rear camera is a 12MP wide-angle lens with Smart HDR 4.
The A17 Pro chip is no stranger to Apple devices, and has been present in the company’s iPhone 15 Pro series. According to Apple, the chip brings a boost of 30% in the 6-core CPU performance, alongside an improvement of 25% in GPU performance as compared to the A15 Bionic chip. Furthermore, there is a faster Neural engine to bolster AI-focused features such as improved Siri responses.
Another feature that will be able to leverage the A17 Pro is Apple Intelligence – the company’s suite of AI-powered tools and features. This is unsurprising, given that Apple has been going all out on AI across its product lineup. The company notes that the first set of Apple Intelligence features will be made available in US English later this month, and it itself remains integrated into iPadOS 18. With the new and powerful chip, Apple Intelligence will be able to leverage generative AI models to provide improved writing tools, generate image from text-based prompts, and provide enhanced task automation.
Storage has been a point of concern for many iPad Mini users in the past, and the new iPad Mini seems to have the answer. Apple, for the new device, has doubled the base storage to 128GB, and offers 256GB and 512GB storage configurations for interested users as well. The device now supports Wi-Fi 6E, offering faster internet speeds, as well as a better USB-C port, which allows for faster data transfer speeds, reaching up to 10 Gbps. Furthermore, the new iPad Mini also comes with support for the new Apple Pencil Pro, which brings features like pressure sensitivity, gesture controls, and haptic feedback, and a magnetic charging area on the Mini’s side to charge it.
Interested users can pre-order the new iPad Mini, and deliveries will commence next week, from October 23. The device starts at $499 for the Wi-Fi-only version with 128GB of storage, while the Wi-Fi + Cellular model begins at $649.
When it comes to outages, Downdetector is the place to go to get the latest updates on the development. Downdetector – the website that tracks real-time service outages based on user reports – reported that the outage commenced sometime after 1 PM ET, and 1:40 p.m., more than 12,000 people reported issues with Facebook, while over 5,000 complaints were logged for Instagram. At its peak, there were nearly about 92,000 reports of outages for Instagram.
If you were trying to use Facebook or Instagram yesterday, then you may have run into difficulties. You are not the only one – from the looks of it, both social media platforms experienced disruptions on Monday, which left users in multiple regions unable to access the platforms. The disruptions had the most severe impact in the US – sparking frustration among users – as reports of issues started to surface in the early afternoon.
Coming to Instagram, it is noted that 68% of users reported problems with logging onto the photo-sharing platform, while 26% of them ran into issues with the Instagram app itself. The remaining 6% of users had problems with loading profiles, while several others reported unexpected logouts, and some said they were unable to log back into their accounts. Other users also faced error messages such as “something is wrong” on Instagram’s interface.
The latest string of complaints was at 9:09 AM (today, October 15) with a total of 16 reports. Currently, there are no user reports for current problems at the platform, and Instagram seems to be up and about once more. The outages also affected users from other parts of the world, including the UAE, and other Meta services, such as Threads, Meta’s newest social networking platform.
When it comes to outages, Downdetector is the place to go to get the latest updates on the development. Downdetector – the website that tracks real-time service outages based on user reports – reported that the outage commenced sometime after 1 PM ET, and 1:40 p.m., more than 12,000 people reported issues with Facebook, while over 5,000 complaints were logged for Instagram. At its peak, there were nearly about 92,000 reports of outages for Instagram.
Coming to Facebook, Meta’s flagship social media platform experienced similar issues – reports state that there were over 550,000 reports of disruptions for Facebook at the peak of the outage. The latest of the reports came at 9:31 AM (on October 15), and the service seems to be restored for now. During the outage, 71% of users reported issues with logging in, while 19% of users reported problems with Facebook’s servers. The remaining 10% of users ran into problems with loading their profiles.
Of course, the outages prompted frustrated reactions from users, many of whom predictably turned to popular micro-blogging platform X to confirm the outage. One Instagram user commented, “My Facebook and Instagram logged out on their own, and now all the posts are gone… is Meta down?” Another user joked, “Instagram crashed right when I was trying to stalk people – now I have to do my homework instead.” “I can’t post stories or comment on anything. Instagram keeps acting up.” Facebook users similarly voiced concerns, with many saying they were unable to load their profiles or post updates. One user expressed concern about losing access to a long-held account: “I thought for a second that I lost my 13-year-old Facebook account.”
Reliance Jio is India’s biggest and world’s third largest telecom company by subscriptions, with a 480 Million subscriber base. Musk has been keen to bring Starlink to India — whose satellite internet market is expected to be $1.9Bn by 2030. However, spectrum allocation has been a contentious point, with Musk and other global companies favouring a global trend of allotment, while telecoms like Jio arguing in favour of auctioning.
In another post on X, he mentions he will call and ask Mukesh Ambani “if it would not be too much trouble to allow Starlink to compete to provide Internet services to the people of India.”
India’s spectrum market, satellite spectrum in particular, is seeing a heated battle between some of the world’s biggest billionaires. The battle stemmed from a Government decision to allocate satellite internet spectrum, instead of ‘auctioning’ it the way mobile spectrum is auctioned in the country. #technology #elonmusk
Social media company Meta has now initiated yet another round of layoffs across its organization. From what we know so far, the latest round of job cuts has impacted employees across several key divisions. This includes employees who are working on Threads, recruiting, legal operations, and design, in addition to those working on core platforms like Instagram and WhatsApp. Reality Labs, Meta’s division focused on virtual and augmented reality, was also affected by this round of job cuts. #technology #meta #newsonleo
Meta is no stranger to layoffs, and the newest development simply continues a trend of workforce reductions seen over the past two years. Two years ago, the social media giant axed 11,000 people (which amounted to 13% of its workforce). Later last year, it gave job cuts to nearly 10,000 employees (as well as withdrawing 5,000 unfilled positions) as part of Mark Zuckerberg’s “year of efficiency.”
The casualties of the latest round of layoffs is unknown (for now), and comes at a time when Meta is noting slowing user growth on its social media platforms, as well as heightened competition from rival platforms like TikTok. Things are made worse by Meta’s investments in virtual and augmented reality through Reality Labs, which have been expensive and yet to yield significant returns. It is thus no surprise that Meta is now taking a step back to cut down on costs, but it is the employees who are paying the price.
Dave Arnold, a spokesperson for the company, confirmed the layoffs. “Today, a few teams at Meta are making changes to ensure resources are aligned with their long-term strategic goals and location strategy. This includes moving some teams to different locations, and moving some employees to different roles. In situations like this when a role is eliminated, we work hard to find other opportunities for impacted employees,” he commented on the matter.
For their part, Meta employees have taken to social media platforms to share their woes. For example, Jane Manchun Wong, a well-known software engineer, announced her departure from the company via Threads. Wong had joined Meta’s Threads team last year, and expressed her feelings about the layoff: “I’m still trying to process this, but I’ve been informed that my role at Meta has been impacted. Thank you to everyone, especially my Threads and Instagram teammates, for my wild journey at Meta.”
Indigo, India’s largest airline and Asia’s largest individual airline, is venturing into the investing business, with the launch of ‘Indigo Ventures’. The VC fund, which received a nod from India’s securities regulator SEBI, will focus on Series A/B investments in startups in the aviation space.
“The fund will invest in startups that have the potential to redefine the future of aviation and beyond, seeking pre–Series A, Series A, and Series B funding. These include startups working on cutting-edge technologies and solutions within the aviation sector. The fund will also look to invest in consumer startups that have a touchpoint in the passenger journey, such as travel, lifestyle, hospitality, transportation, etc,” said an Indigo press release.
Indigo has already started speaking with select startups in its focus areas for closing on some initial investment deals. The fund is expected to be fully operational by the end of FY 25. The fund has launched an online presence ‘GoIndigoVentures‘, inviting startups to submit their pitches. The website also details about the fund’s thesis, its investment committee among other pertinent details.
Neetan Chopra, Chief Digital & Information Officer, IndiGo, said, “As IndiGo embarks on this new journey with IndiGo Ventures, we are committed to fostering innovation, giving wings to aspirations, in aviation and beyond. The startups will benefit from IndiGo’s extensive technical expertise and diverse geographical imprint, leading to the development of new products and services.”
In terms of corpus size, the fund will start with an initial investment of ₹30 crore (~$3.57Mn) from Indigo. The same was approved by the company’s board on September 4 of this year.
Indigo will join a steadily growing list of Indian corporate houses, looking to create in-house venture funds for startup investments. While India has seen a meteoric rise in venture capital being raised by startups, almost all of it comes from outside of the country. A major chunk of India’s domestic investor capital still largely goes to more traditional forms of investments, such as public markets, real-estate among others. The trend however, has seen a marked shift, with startups listing on public bourses amid bumper listings.
Meta Conducts Widespread Layoffs Across Multiple Teams, Reallocation of Resources Underway
In a statement to TechCrunch, Meta confirmed that the company has undergone a significant restructuring, resulting in layoffs across multiple teams. The affected teams include Reality Labs, Instagram, and WhatsApp, with employees working on these teams being notified of the changes via video calls. The goal of this realignment is to reallocate resources to better align with Meta's long-term strategic goals and location strategy.
One of the employees affected by the layoffs is Jane Manchun Wong, a softwareengineer who was hired to join the Threads team in 2023. Wong gained recognition for revealing unannounced features coming to Meta apps, and her appointment was celebrated by Meta's CTO and the head of Instagram. Other former Meta employees also took to social media to announce their layoffs, with some having previously worked on Facebook, recruiting, legal operations, and design.
However, a Meta spokesperson clarified that Threads, recruiting, and legal operations were not impacted by the reorganization and that there were no layoffs in these areas. The company declined to comment on the record about the number of employees affected and the organizations they were part of.
Former Meta employees who were laid off were offered different positions under new contracts or told they could take a severance package instead. Several employees chose to take the severance package, according to a source. The source, who spoke to TechCrunch on the condition of anonymity, revealed that more than a dozen people on their team were notified that their roles were affected via video calls on Wednesday. Some employees affected received six weeks of severance pay.
This latest round of layoffs is not unprecedented for Meta. In recent years, the company has laid off a significant portion of its workforce to rightsize the company following aggressive pandemic hiring. In 2022, Meta laid off roughly 13% of its workforce, or 11,000 employees, with CEOMark Zuckerberg personally taking responsibility. In 2023, Meta laid off another 10,000 employees and withdrew 5,000 open roles it had yet to fill.
The layoffs are a sign of the company's ongoing efforts to adapt to changing market conditions and prioritize its resources. As Meta continues to navigate the challenges of the tech industry, it is likely that the company will continue to make adjustments to its workforce and operations to ensure its long-term success.
The layoffs are also a testament to the company's commitment to realigning its resources to better serve its users and stakeholders. By streamlining its operations and focusing on its core strengths, Meta aims to emerge stronger and more resilient in the face of an increasingly competitive and rapidly evolving tech landscape.
CapWay, a FinTech Startup, Shuts Down Operations Amidst Challenges in Financial Inclusion
CapWay, a Y Combinator-backed fintech company, has ceased operations, its founder Sheena Allen announced on LinkedIn. The company aimed to provide financial services to individuals in "banking deserts," or communities with limited or no access to physical bankbranches. Despite its noble mission, CapWay faced significant challenges, including a reputational hit in the fintech industry, difficulties in finding a new banking partner, and struggles with fundraising.
Founded in 2016, CapWay aimed to address the financial inclusion gap by offering online banking solutions and financial literacy programs. The company raised just under $800,000 in funding from investors, including Backstage capital, Fearless fund, and Khosla Ventures.
CapWay was part of the Summer 2020 cohort of Y Combinator, a prestigious startup accelerator. The company's mission was to provide financial services to underserved communities, offering a debit card, savings account, and financial education resources.
However, the fintech industry faced a significant reputational hit after the hacking of Evolve Bank & Trust and the collapse of Synapse, which saw hundreds of millions of dollars of consumer funds frozen. As a result, many banks required fintechs to have a certain amount of money in the bank to partner with them. CapWay struggled to meet this requirement, which led to the company's demise.
Allen pointed out that fundraising was particularly challenging for Black founders, with Crunchbase reporting that Black founders raised only 0.3% of the $79 billion that went to U.S.-based startups in the first half of the year. Allen felt like she was in competition with other Black-founded fintechs for a smaller piece of the pie, with some investors telling her that they had already invested in another Black-founded debit card fintech. This lack of diversity in funding and the limited opportunities for Black founders to access capital further exacerbated the challenges faced by CapWay.
Despite the challenges, Allen remains committed to the financial inclusion space and is already pondering her next startup idea. She is currently exploring entrepreneur-in-resident opportunities at venture firms. Allen's experience serves as a reminder that even the most well-intentioned startups can face significant challenges, but it is the resilience and determination of founders that ultimately define their success.
CapWay's shutdown serves as a reminder of the complexities and challenges faced by fintech startups, particularly those focused on financial inclusion. While the company's mission was admirable, it ultimately succumbed to the difficulties of fundraising and finding a new banking partner. However, Allen's determination to continue working in the financial inclusion space and her commitment to building companies will undoubtedly inspire others to follow in her footsteps.
Instagram Unveils Enhanced Safety Features to Combat Sextortion Scammers and Protect Teenagers
In a significant move to safeguard its users, particularly teenagers, Instagram has introduced a range of new safety features aimed at combating sextortion scammers. The company is taking a multi-faceted approach to prevent scammers from exploiting its platform, including preventing users from taking screenshots of ephemeral content, limiting who can contact teenagers, providing educational resources to help users spot and report sextortion, and partnering with crisis hotlines to offer support.
One of the most significant changes is the company's decision to no longer allow users to screenshot or screen record ephemeral images or videos sent in private messages. This means that if someone sends you a photo or video using the "view once" or "allow replay" features, the other person won't be able to save the content. Additionally, Instagram won't allow users to open "view once" or "allow replay" images or videos on the desktop, ensuring that they can't circumvent the safety measures. This feature will help prevent scammers from sharing explicit content without the user's consent.
Instagram is also limiting who can contact teenagers on its platform. Teenagers will no longer receive messages from anyone they don't follow or aren't connected to, making it harder for scammers to initiate contact. The company is also making it harder for suspicious accounts, such as those that were recently created, to request to follow teenagers. This feature will help prevent scammers from creating fake accounts to target teenagers.
Instagram is also rolling out safety notices in DMs to let teenagers know when they're talking to someone who might live in a different country. The company is doing so because sextortion scammers often lie about where they live in order to get teenagers to trust them. Additionally, Instagram is fully rolling out its nudity protection feature globally, which automatically blurs images that contain nudity in DMs. The feature will be enabled by default for teen users, helping to prevent the spread of explicit content.
Instagram is also partnering with Crisis Text Line in the U.S. to provide more support within its app. When a user reports an issue related to child safety or sextortion, they will see an option to talk to a crisis counselor. This partnership will provide teenagers with a safe and confidential way to seek help and support if they are a victim of sextortion.
To provide more educational resources to its users, Instagram is starting to show users an educational video about sextortion scammers to teens in the U.S., U.K., Australia, and Canada. The company is also partnering with influencers like Bella Poarch and Brent Rivera to create content about spotting sextortion and what to do if it happens. These educational resources will help teenagers understand the risks of sextortion and how to stay safe online.
Instagram's new safety features are a significant step forward in the company's efforts to combat sextortion scammers and protect its users, particularly teenagers. By preventing users from taking screenshots of ephemeral content, limiting who can contact teenagers, providing educational resources, and partnering with crisis hotlines, Instagram is taking a comprehensive approach to preventing sextortion on its platform. These features will help to create a safer and more secure environment for teenagers to communicate online.
The Promise and Challenges of AI World Models: A Reality Check on Current AI Capabilities
In the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence, there's a growing debate about the true capabilities of current AI models. While some AI companies tout their systems as approaching human-like intelligence, Meta's chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, offers a more sobering perspective. According to LeCun, today's AI models fall far short of true human-level cognition, but a new approach called "world models" might bridge this gap within the next decade.
Recent advancements in AI have been remarkable. OpenAI's ChatGPT now features a "memory" function, allowing it to recall previous conversations. The company's latest models also claim to exhibit "complex reasoning" capabilities. These developments have led some AI optimists, like Elon Musk and Shane Legg, to suggest that artificial general intelligence (AGI) is imminent.
However, LeCun argues that this optimism is premature. He contends that despite their impressive abilities, current AI systems lack fundamental aspects of human-level intelligence:
LeCun explains that the core limitation of today's AI lies in their fundamental architecture:
Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are essentially one-dimensional predictors, focused on predicting the next token (word or part of a word) in a sequence.
Image and video AI models are two-dimensional predictors, working to predict the next pixel.
While these models have become highly proficient in their respective domains, they lack a genuine understanding of the three-dimensional world in which we live. This limitation becomes apparent when AI systems attempt to perform simple physical tasks that most humans can easily accomplish, such as clearing a dinner table or driving a car.
To overcome these limitations, LeCun and other researchers are advocating for a new AI architecture centered around "world models." A world model is essentially an AI's mental representation of how the world behaves, allowing it to:
Perceive the three-dimensional environment
Predict the outcomes of potential actions
Plan sequences of actions to achieve specific goals
The concept of world models isn't entirely new—LeCun notes that the idea is over 60 years old. However, recent advancements in AI have reignited interest in this approach. Several prominent AI labs and startups, including World Labs (founded by Fei-Fei Li and Justin Johnson) and potentially OpenAI with its unreleased Sora video generator, are now pursuing world model research.
While world models offer exciting possibilities, LeCun cautions that significant challenges remain:
Computational Intensity: World models require processing vastly more data than current LLMs, necessitating advanced computing infrastructure.
Complex Problems: Many difficult technical hurdles must be overcome to realize functional world models.
Extended Timeline: LeCun estimates it could take "years to decades" to achieve human-level AI through this approach, with a possible timeline of 5-10 years.
Meta's Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) lab, under LeCun's guidance, has shifted its focus to long-term AI research, including the development of world models and objective-driven AI. This represents a departure from their previous work on more immediate product-focused AI applications.
As the race to develop more advanced AI systems intensifies, the concept of world models is likely to attract significant attention and investment. However, LeCun's measured outlook serves as an important reminder that true human-level AI remains a complex and distant goal, despite the impressive capabilities of today's AI systems.
Apple worked with a Chinese automaker for years to design a battery system for its now-canceled car project.
That’s according to Bloomberg, which reports that Apple was collaborating with BYD Co., a Shenzhen-based car company, to develop batteries using lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells. Apple contributed engineering expertise, specifically in areas like heat management and advanced battery packs, while BYD supplied its manufacturing resources and proprietary LFP technologies.
The battery was intended to be safer than most EV batteries at the time, per Bloomberg, as well as longer-range.
Apple canned its plans for a car back in February after reportedly spending roughly $1 billion a year on the project since 2014. While it ultimately didn’t come to fruition, the effort wasn’t a total failure; according to Bloomberg, battery insights gleaned from the car project helped other Apple teams with the development of the Vision Pro and Neural Engine chip.
SpaceX Sues California Agency Over Launch Expansion Rejection
SpaceX, the aerospace company founded by Elon Musk, has filed a lawsuit against the California Coastal Commission (CCC) following the agency's rejection of a proposal to increase SpaceX's annual launches from California's coastline. This legal action highlights the complex interplay between commercialspace activities, national security interests, and environmental regulations.
SpaceX sought to increase its launch frequency from Vandenberg space Force Base from 36 to 50 per year. Despite endorsement from the U.S. Air Force, which cited the critical nature of Starlink and Starshield launches for national security, the CCC voted 6-4 against the proposal on October 10.
Political Discrimination: The company alleges that some commissioners engaged in "naked political discrimination" by citing CEO Elon Musk's political activities as a factor in their decision.
Regulatory Overreach: SpaceX contends that the CCC is attempting to unlawfully regulate federal agency activities, arguing that their launches should be considered federal operations due to their national security implications.
A central issue in this dispute is whether SpaceX's launches constitute federal or private activities. This distinction has significant regulatory implications:
SpaceX and USAF's Stance: They argue that the launches are "federal agency activity" due to Starlink's capabilities and SpaceX's role in launching national security payloads. Under this interpretation, the USAF would only need to certify that the proposed launches align with state policy.
CCC's Position: The commission views SpaceX's launches as primarily commercial, given that the company also serves non-government clients and offers Starlink to the public. This characterization would require SpaceX to obtain a "coastal development permit" (CDP) for increased launches.
The CCC staff initially recommended approving the increase, citing the Air Force's commitment to mitigate sonic boom impacts and a lack of evidence suggesting significant environmental effects from the proposed increase.
Some commissioners explicitly mentioned Musk's political activities in their deliberations, raising concerns about the concentration of power and the intertwining of private and public interests.
This case highlights the evolving relationship between private space companies and government agencies, particularly in national security contexts. It raises questions about how to classify and regulate activities that serve both commercial and governmental purposes.
The lawsuit is filed in the Central District of California court, where SpaceX is seeking to have the commission's rejection declared unlawful. Meanwhile, there are indications that SpaceX and the USAF may soon propose a further increase to 100 launches per year, suggesting that this issue will remain contentious in the near future.
This legal battle underscores the growing complexities in space industry regulation as private companies play an increasingly crucial role in national security and space exploration.
Elias Torres, a Nicaraguan immigrant who arrived in the United States at the age of 17 without speaking a word of English, has defied the odds to achieve remarkable success in the tech industry. As a Vice President of Engineering at HubSpot and co-founder of Drift, a company that was acquired by Vista equity for $1.2 billion in 2021, Torres has proven himself to be a visionary entrepreneur. now, he is taking on a new challenge with Agency, an AI-powered startup that aims to revolutionize the customer success management space.
The journey of Agency began when Torres started consulting for OpenAi in early 2023. While working on AI solutions for OpenAI's enterprise customers, including the NBA and LiveNation, Torres realized that companies could greatly benefit from AI-powered customer success managers. This epiphany was reinforced when he met with Brian Halligan, co-founder and executive chairman of HubSpot, who encouraged him to build a startup around this concept.
With Halligan's support, Torres reached out to Sequoia partner Pat Grady, who had previously invested in Drift. Grady was immediately sold on the idea, recognizing the challenges of hiring and scaling great customer success managers. "It's hard to hire great CSMs. It's hard to scale great CSMs," Grady said. "If you have a product that can do a lot of the work on their behalf, and you can scale your company without having to hire an army of CSMs. That's pretty useful."
Agency's AI-powered solution frees up time in the customer success manager's workday by handling tasks such as scheduling, follow-ups, note-taking, customer onboarding, and meeting preparation. The AI gains a deep understanding of each customer from emails, CRM data, chat messages, and phone conversations, allowing it to anticipate customer needs at any point. This technology has been a long-term goal for Torres, who helped build Salesforce at HubSpot and Drift.
The marketopportunity for Agency is vast, with the sales and marketing organization facing disruption from dozens of AI-powered solutions targeting sales development representatives. However, Sequoia's Grady believes that Agency has a unique opportunity to establish itself in this market. "I don't know anybody else going after this market," Grady said. "Hopefully people won't discover that for a while, and they'll have a little bit of room to run."
With a $12 million seed round led by Sequoia and HubSpot Ventures, Agency is poised to make a significant impact in the customer success management space. As Torres said, "I'm not done" – and with Agency, he's just Getting Started. The company's product is currently being tested with companies, including HeyGen, and is available in an invite-only beta for customer success professionals. With its innovative AI-powered solution, Agency is well-positioned to revolutionize the way companies approach customer success management.
In conclusion, Elias Torres' journey from immigrant to entrepreneur is a testament to his determination and vision. With Agency, he is taking on a new challenge that has the potential to disrupt the customer success management space. With its AI-powered solution and strong backing from Sequoia and HubSpot Ventures, Agency is poised to make a significant impact in the industry.
Tesla’s Cybertruck is facing blowback in Europe, particularly over pedestrian safety concerns. Euro NCAP, a voluntary but influential car safety assessment program in Europe, has not in any way tested the Cybertruck, but based on a visual assessment alone, raised alarms over its sharp, angular design, saying it could pose a serious threat to pedestrians. Indeed, Matthew Avery, Euro NCAP’s strategic development director, suggests to Wired that the Cybertruck could receive a poor safety rating, which could doom sales.
Already the small number of Cybertrucks registered in the EU have prompted European transport nongovernmental organizations to call for the trucks’ removal from public roads, saying their oversized, sharp-edged design violates European safety standards and could endanger pedestrians, cyclists, and other motorists.
Some U.S. safety experts agree. In an interview with Business Insider late last year, one called the Cybertruck a “guideless missile.” The bigger question is what it means for the truck’s future in Europe, where there’s far more focus on pedestrian protection than in the U.S.
Primarily, it is Mukesh Ambani — Asia’s richest person — owned Reliance Jio that has argued, albeit privately, that the satellite rights should also be auctioned, with the highest bidder grabbing the same. As of now, Elon Musk’s Starlink and other global companies like Amazon owned Project Kuiper, Airtel-owned OneWeb back an administrative allocation, while Ambani’s Jio is arguing for an auction process.
The debate stems from the interpretation of an Indian law, that resulted in Musk and other getting allocations for the satellite spectrum. India’s telecom regulator TRAI is currently holding a public consultation but Reliance-owned Jio, in a private Oct. 10 letter, asked for the process to be started afresh as the watchdog has “pre-emptively interpreted” that allocation is the way forward, not auction.
The latest string of complaints was at 9:09 AM (today, October 15) with a total of 16 reports. Currently, there are no user reports for current problems at the platform, and Instagram seems to be up and about once more. The outages also affected users from other parts of the world, including the UAE, and other Meta services, such as Threads, Meta’s newest social networking platform.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang knows exactly how long it takes most companies to build an AI data center using Nvidia GPUs. He describes how his Nvidia team worked with xAI and Elon Musk to build a complete AI Data Center with 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs in 19 days. Elon Musk has said it took 122 days from start to finish.
Jensen said this would normally take 4 years. It would take 3 years for the planning and getting the site and permits and then it would take one year to build it and get it working and everyone trained. This means XAI took about 103 days for the planning and other non-GPU planning and other tasks.
The removal of most of the 3 year planning and preparation requires leveraging Elon’s Tesla team and processes they have worked out for factories and the prior setup of 20,000 GPUs used for Grok 2.
Debugging, optimizing, and ensuring sufficient power supply for these massive clusters can take additional time. The actual time to reach full operational capacity may be longer than the initial deployment timeframe.
The Colossus supercomputer uses at least 150 MW of power, as 100,000 H100 GPUs use 70 Megawatts. They have been using 14 diesel generators to power ithe Memphis supercomputer. The power will need to be increased to feed all 100,000 H100 GPUs.
Jensen Huang on Elon Musk and xAI building the fastest supercomputer on the planet in 19 days
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Joe Justice describes that Tesla has a stack of scripts that run multiple times a second. Changes can be imagined, designed, produced and tested and put into production in the same day.
Everything is optimized for Pace of Innovation. Tesla has built instant testing into its cars even as they are being built.
One of the first things installed is the computer and monitor in the car. When other parts are added, the software runs tests to verify that it has been installed correctly and is meeting standards.
This has likely been added to the xAI AI data center installation, build and testing processes.
The insurance giant says an unknown threat actor has stolen data including SSNs and health information
Insurance giant Globe Life, which provides life and health insurance policies to millions of Americans, says it is being extorted by a hacker that has stolen customers’ sensitive data.
In a regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, the Texas-based conglomerate said it has “recently received communications” from an unknown threat actor who is seeking to extort money from the company in exchange for not disclosing data stolen from its systems.
The compromised data, which Globe Life has traced back to its American Income Life Insurance Company subsidiary (AIL), includes personally identifiable information, such as customer names, postal addresses, and phone numbers. In “some cases,” the data also includes Social Security numbers, health-related data and other policy information, according to the company’s filing.
Globe Life says that approximately 5,000 individuals are known to be affected by the data breach so far, but concedes that the “total number of potentially impacted persons or the full scope of information possessed by the threat actor has not been fully verified,” suggesting that the number of affected individuals is likely to be far higher. Globe Life says it has more than 17 million policies in force, while AIL has at least two million policyholders at its last public count.
According to Globe Life’s filing, the hacker responsible for the breach “claims to possess additional categories of information, which claims remain under investigation and have not been verified,” but states that the compromised information does not appear to contain financial information such as credit card data or banking information.
The cybersecurity incident appears to be an extortion-only attack, with Globe Life saying the incident did not involve the use of file-encrypting ransomware.
In the case of Globe Life, the organization notes that the threat actor has also shared “information about a limited number of individuals to short sellers and plaintiffs’ attorneys,” likely in a bid to pressure the company into paying its extortion demands.
Abel creates AI that uses body cam footage and other data to fill out consuming police reports. For research, founder Daniel Francis shadowed the police.
Earlier this year, Abel founder Daniel Francis was in a car going 135 miles per hour down a highway in Oakland, California. The driver, a police officer, had a gun in his lap.
Francis has made a habit of riding shotgun with policemen in the name of research for his company, which creates AI to fill out police reports. Usually, the rides are fairly uneventful. But that day, the officer had pulled over a man to search his car. The man freaked out and pressed the gas pedal, almost hitting someone. Francis and the officer took off chasing him. “I was so excited,” Francis recalled. “I was like, finally, it’s happening! Finally, not just a stolen car call where we go and fill out a report.”
After 40 minutes — and a dicey last act through the narrow Oakland Hills streets — the man’s car sputtered to a stop, out of gas. The officer was visibly sweating; Francis’s heart was pounding. But between near-missing parked cars and swerving down the highway, Francis had time to think about AI. Specifically, how would AI write up a police report for a car chase? “That’s one of the hardest reports to write,” he said. “When you write a pursuit report, you have to list out every side street that you went by and every turn you took. Those reports are massive.”
In his 20 police ride-alongs, Francis has spent a lot of time thinking about how AI can help cut down on police paperwork. His company, Abel, creates AI that uses body cam footage and dispatch call data to fill out normally time-consuming police reports. On Thursday, he announced that Abel has raised a $5 million seed round led by Day One Ventures with participation from Long Journey Ventures and backing from Y Combinator as part of the summer 2024 class. Francis will use the funding to hire engineers and continue improving Abel’s AI.
You might recognize Francis’ name: When Elon Musk was laying off thousands of Twitteremployees in 2023, Francis playfully pretended online to be a disgruntled Twitter engineer — which led to him actually getting hired as a Twitter engineer. (By the way, Francis said it’s way more stressful working for Musk than sitting shotgun in a car chase. “If Elon yells at you, it’s terrifying,” he laughed.)
Francis’ pivot from social media into police tech was prompted by a series of unfortunate events. In 2022, Francis helped a close friend escape an abusive marriage, secretly relocating her and her child to a new home in the dead of night. “It was the most heart-pounding thing I’ve done, maybe in years,” Francis recalled. “Under the cover of darkness, help my friend escape and drive away.”
But then her husband found her new address. “He would come over, banging on the door, yelling threats,” he said. “This happened a few times, and each time, it took about 45 minutes for the Oakland Police Department to get there.”
Francis was struck by how long it took the Police to arrive. He interviewed police officers, many of whom told him how catastrophically understaffed their departments were. He also learned that a police report can take 45 minutes to write, causing police to spend about one third of their time writing reports or other documentation. “This number changed my life,” Francis said. “That’s an insane use of time.”
He became obsessed with how new AI models could cut down the time spent writing reports. He made the initial Abel demo with homemade body cam footage, roleplaying petty crimes like littering with his friends. “I’ve made enough demo videos nOW that I know every petty crime that won’t involve bystanders,” he said.
Now Abel is being used by the Police department in Richmond, California (and Francis has access to real body cam footage). He said police officers there have changed their work schedules around Abel: instead of pulling to the side of the road to spend 40 minutes on a report, they can save them until the end of the day and simply edit the first draft that Abel has already prepared.
Abel is not the only one working on AI police reports. Competitors range from Axon (makers of tasers and body cams) with its Draft One product to tiny startups like Policereports.ai.
Francis hopes that Abel will ease paperwork chores for cops. “It’s much better for everyone if the cops are not overworked, if the cops are not burning out,” he said. “If they can actually show up and do the job that they signed up to do.”
Wu predicts the emergence of unicorn startups focused on combating loneliness.
These companies, including Manifest, will need to navigate complex ethical considerations carefully.
Conclusion:
Manifest represents a new wave of tech startups using AI to address mental health concerns, specifically targeting Gen Z's loneliness epidemic. While innovative, these approaches raise important questions about the role of technology in mental health support and the ethical responsibilities of such platforms.
Google Announces Leadership Changes Amidst AI Ambitions and Antitrust Scrutiny
In a significant shake-up, GoogleCEO Sundar Pichai announced on Thursday that Prabhakar Raghavan, the executive in charge of the company's search engine and ads products, is leaving his role after a 12-year tenure.
Raghavan will be replaced by longtime Google executive Nick Fox, who will take on the role of leading the search engine and ads products. Meanwhile, Raghavan will assume the role of Chief Technologist, partnering closely with Pichai and other Google leaders to provide technical direction and leadership.
Raghavan's departure marks the end of a remarkable 12-year tenure at Google, during which he has played a crucial role in shaping the company's AI products. Under his leadership, the Gmail team launched Smart Reply and Smart Compose, the company's first AI-powered emailfeatures.
Since then, Raghavan has overseen the launch of AI Overviews and circle to Search, as well as AI features in Maps and Shopping, such as Immersive View and virtual try-on. His contributions to Google's AI efforts have been instrumental in driving innovation and growth in the company's product portfolio.
Fox, who has been instrumental in shaping Google's AI product roadmap, has a strong track record of launching successful products, including Google Fi and RCs messaging. His appointment as the new leader of search engine and ads products is seen as a vote of confidence in his ability to drive innovation and growth in these critical areas. Fox's leadership is expected to focus on leveraging AI and machine learning to improve the search engine and ads products, enhancing the user experience and driving revenue growth.
In addition to the leadership changes, Pichai announced that the Gemini app team, led by Sissie Hsiao, will join Google DeepMind under Demis Hassabis. This move is designed to improve feedback loops, enable faster deployment of new models in the Gemini app, and streamline post-training work. The Google Assistant team will also become part of the platforms and devices team, allowing them to be closer to the products they're building for. These changes are aimed at promoting collaboration and innovation across Google's product portfolio, while also addressing concerns about the company's dominance in the tech industry.
The leadership changes come as Google is working to establish itself as a leader in AI, a field that is increasingly critical to the company's future success. The company has been investing heavily in AI research and development, and has made significant strides in areas such as natural language processing, computer vision, and machine learning. However, the changes also come as Google is facing several antitrust lawsuits, which have raised concerns about the company's dominance in the tech industry.
The leadership changes may be seen as an effort to address these concerns by promoting internal innovation and competition, rather than relying on external acquisitions or partnerships. By promoting internal innovation and competition, Google aims to demonstrate its commitment to technical excellence and innovation, while also addressing concerns about its dominance in the tech industry.
In his announcement, Pichai emphasized the importance of technical excellence and innovation at Google, and praised Raghavan's contributions to the company's AI efforts. He also highlighted Fox's strengths as a leader and his ability to drive growth and innovation in the search engine and ads products. Overall, the leadership changes at Google reflect the company's ongoing efforts to adapt to a rapidly changing tech landscape, while also addressing concerns about its dominance and promoting internal innovation and competition. As the company continues to navigate these challenges, it will be interesting to see how these changes play out and what impact they have on Google's future success.
On Wednesday (16), the Italian Prada and Axiom Space, a North American space flight services company, revealed at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan (Italy) the space suits that astronauts will wear when they are on the Moon during the mission Artemis III. The launch of the project is scheduled for September 2026.
The partnership for the development of the suits was announced last year, and Axiom Space had already revealed the prototype of the “Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit” (AxEMU) suit. Now, the duo showed the result of the outer layer of the spacesuit that the crew will use during Artemis III. This will be the first mission of NASA's Artemis program, which will take new humans to the lunar surface.
Like those worn during the Apollo program, the outer portion of the suits is white and is designed to reflect heat. The version developed for the Artemis program will have some details in gray and red stripes, which are similar to those used by the Luna Rossa team, which represented the Circolo della Vela Sicilia yacht club with sponsorship from Prada.
The upper part of the suits, where the helmet and the life support system “backpack” will be located, has special places for the installation of national flags and emblems of the mission in question — during the announcement, the suits had the emblem of the AxEMU.
Another objective of the devices is to ensure the greatest possible comfort for astronauts without neglecting protection against radiation and the supply of energy and oxygen necessary for activities on the lunar soil. As the Artemis program will land the first woman on the Moon, the suits can be worn on both female and male bodies and can be adapted as needed.
Air leakage in the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) continues. NASA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos, one of the partners in the orbital laboratory program, identified what were described as “50 areas of concern” related to the escape that has occurred since 2019.
The incident was discussed in a NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG) report published in September. Both space agencies are analyzing the leak, which is considered one of the biggest risks to astronauts in the orbiting laboratory.
Therefore, NASA officials continue to monitor four cracks and 50 other areas of concern on the ISS. According to them, the cracks have all been covered with a combination of sealant and Roscosmos patches, while repairs continue.
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free noted that the severity of the leak has been highlighted several times, including when he was in Russia. As the sources of the leaks are close to a hatch, NASA suggested to Roscosmos to close it as much as possible. “We reached an agreement for them to close it at night,” he added.
If there is an emergency and it is necessary to evacuate the astronauts, there are space vehicles available to the ISS crew. On the other hand, NASA has been reinforcing that, despite the risks related to the leak, what happened does not represent an immediate threat to astronauts.
“There is no impact at this time on crew safety or vehicle operations, but it is something everyone should be aware of,” ISS program manager Joel Montalbano said at a briefing in February 2024 as the leak escalated. temporarily to 2.4 pounds per day; the average was 0.2 pounds per day.
The Hubble telescope captured spectacular images of a far from peaceful star. We're talking about R Aquarii, a binary star system found about 700 light years from Earth. There, violent eruptions occur that shoot large gaseous filaments into space.
It was in 1990 that Hubble turned its “eyes” to R Aquarii for the first time, revealing that there were two stars separated by billions of kilometers. Now, members of the European Space Agency and NASA, who operate the space telescope together, have produced a timelapse video showing the star's behavior.
R Aquarii is a symbiotic star, a class of binary stars. The binary star there is a red giant 400 times larger than the Sun, which pulsates, changes temperature and brightness over periods of 390 days. When it is at its maximum luminosity, the star shines 5 thousand times brighter than our star.
O ator Dan Dewhirst, visto em filmes como Prometheus e O Cristal Encantado, revelou que sua imagem foi usada indevidamente em um vídeo de propaganda do governo venezuelano, gerado por inteligência artificial. Em comunicado divulgado pelo sindicato britânico Equity, Dewhirst alertou outros profissionais sobre os riscos de contratos de avatares de IA.
Em 2021, Dewhirst assinou um contrato com a empresa de tecnologia Synthesia, que criaria um avatar digital baseado em sua aparência. Segundo ele, apesar de ter expressado preocupações quanto às cláusulas amplas do contrato, a empresa garantiu que o avatar não seria usado para fins ilegais.
No entanto, dois anos depois, ele descobriu que seu avatar foi usado em um falso noticiário de TV, no qual seu rosto aparecia transmitindo informações errôneas sobre a situação econômica da Venezuela.
O ator afirmou que ficou chocado ao ver seu rosto vinculado a notícias falsas. O vídeo mostrava seu avatar como âncora de um noticiário defendendo a economia venezuelana sob o governo de Nicolás Maduro. Dewhirst destacou o impacto negativo que esse uso inadequado teve em sua imagem e carreira.
A Synthesia, em resposta às acusações, afirmou que tem aprimorado suas políticas de moderação e implementado mudanças para evitar o uso indevido de avatares em conteúdos políticos. A empresa também disse ao Deadline que seus processos de revisão de conteúdo foram fortalecidos, e que mais moderadores foram contratados para impedir a criação de vídeos que disseminem desinformação.
Dewhirst decidiu compartilhar sua experiência para alertar outros atores sobre os riscos de contratos envolvendo IA e deepfake. O sindicato Equity, do qual Dewhirst faz parte, tem defendido proteções para artistas no uso de IA, assim como seus equivalentes nos Estados Unidos, especialmente em relação aos direitos de imagem e propriedade intelectual.
If you've ever browsed Street View, you may have noticed some blurry houses on Google Maps. The navigation service automatically blurs faces and license plates, but also has an option to hide homes there.
Google Maps may blur homes for reasons of privacy, security, or poor image quality. In addition to coverage with Google cars with 360º photos for Street View, the community itself can send videos to complement street records, but not all of them may be in the best resolution — in this case, it is possible to report a problem to the company.
Furthermore, anyone can ask Maps to blur a house, car, person or object: just fill out a form and wait for the company's approval to notice the change. This is a common measure to reinforce privacy on the app, as many facades on Google Street View can expose details about the residence, such as entry points and the people who live there, so some users try to hide the location.
A popular example of a blurred location on Google Maps is the mansion where the crime in the Richthofen case occurred, in the city of São Paulo — it is not possible to see the residence in any version of Street View, which has a history of records from 2016. However, it is not possible to confirm whether the measure was taken by Google at the request of the property owners.
According to an article in The Economist, companies like Sonos, which have faced crises with problematic products, are investing in AI bots to handle customer service, with surprisingly positive results. Sonos, for example, was able to use AI to resolve technical issues and alleviate pressure on its human responders during an app meltdown.
The use of AI in customer service is growing rapidly. Gartner data shows that nearly half of industry executives believe AI virtual assistants will have a significant impact on their operations by 2025.
Startups like Sierra, valued at US$4 billion, are at the forefront of this revolution, along with giants like Amazon, Google and Microsoft. Instead of replacing customer service, AI is providing a new form of interaction, more efficient and available 24 hours a day, something impossible for large-scale human teams.
In Brazil, this trend is also gaining strength. According to the IBM Global AI Adoption Index 2023, 41% of Brazilian companies have already implemented AI solutions, while 98% are experimenting with the technology in their marketing channels, according to Twilio Segment's Growth Report.
This movement reflects the search for automation to reduce costs and increase efficiency, especially in large customer service operations, where demand is continuous and the pressure for quick responses is high.
Consumers are still afraid of interacting exclusively with machines. A Gartner survey found that 64% of customers prefer human contact, especially on more complex or emotional issues. This shows that, although AI is improving the speed and efficiency of service, the human touch continues to be valued in more delicate situations.
The real impact of AI is on traditional call centers, especially those located in countries like India and the Philippines, where employment in the sector is a driver of social mobility. The prediction is that AI could reduce up to 30% of job openings in call centers in the coming years, according to Gartner, radically changing the structure of these companies. For those that survive, the focus will be less on volume and more on quality, with humans working on more complex and creative tasks.
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Got the msg from the AlphaLeo himself that #designfreedom in threads is not desired, they want web2 uniformity! Allegedly for technical reasons, which I think is a cheap excuse in 2024, to replace a lively, creative and visually unusual feed with boring, stiff uniformity, as we already know from all the other feeds out there! Most of you probably don't give a shit anyway, because you're already so used to your content being treated this way everywhere. As a visual guy, I'm disappointed and for me, inleo and being "premium" has lost a lot of value and I wouldn't be surprised if even more formatting options will be removed soon™️ with the prevailing mindset in the #inleo team. But hey, who cares about the opinion of a visually oriented owner/stakeholder!
Switch my Wensoonshow backgrounds for this one that reflects the visual inleo mindset much better! 😏
they should focus on getting the basics fully finished … reading a thread with all comments it‘s still a pita for example, lists, bookmarks aren‘t fully ready yet, shorts don‘t have views and votes on them on profiles, etc etc etc
The beauty of this space is that if you don't like it, you can build your own. So instead of complaining about what another developer is doing or isn't doing that doesn't suite your fancy, then figure out how to build what you want yourself.
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Recorded this Family of Baul Musicians Recently In the Studio .
Wrote a short Blog about Baul Music and The recording session .
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They were so fun to record too . Very Talented and humble musicians .
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Italy's raising capital gains tax on crypto to 42% 🤌🇮🇹
PREDICTION 1: People are going to try to hide their Bitcoin and just not pay the tax.
PREDICTION 2: People will quickly find out that blockchains are public, and they will get caught 😬 This will lead to a boom in privacy tech.
PREDICTION 3: Capital flight to more friendly jurisdictions like Dubai.
or everything at the same time
Yes.
the capital flight will be real.
Absolutely. And it's so easy with crypto.
yes it is.
Do you think that's likely to spread to other countries in Europe?
Tax hikes like that? Yes. Unfortunately.
Yea.. looks like the norm all over thw world
Damn good predictions ;)
Well let's see how it turns out.
Most likely, all of the above.
That's crazy high!
Yeah doesnt sound like the smartest move 😅
Tell @scottcbusiness that you're here on #inleo
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Or just other countries in Europe, here no taxation at all, except for day trading…
Yet, we still are the most taxed country in the world, so please let them stay away from crypto!
2 freshly oiled in beauties of the day… Enjoy #photography #bbh #dailydook
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#Ethereum staker revenue has been on a gradual decline, with September showing total earnings of $174 million, significantly down from its March peak of $247 million
#staking #crypto
the meme coin space, led by Dogecoin has been heating up in the recent past, signaling the emergence of more speculative traders.
more than 95% of Bitcoin addresses are in profit, indicating bullish sentiment
#cent
#market
#crypto
Dogecoin leading the way. As for $BTC, with over 95% of addresses in profit, that’s a strong signal of bullish sentiment.
#freecompliments #gf #bitcoin
good day my beloved one's. How are you all doing today? #mydiary #cent #cleanplanet
SAND price could hit its potential high of $0.61 in 2024.
Sandbox price with a potential surge could go as high as $3.58 by 2030.
#sand #crypto #cent
We will have to wait and see if Sand can turn around :)
I know ppl complain that the game isnt fun.
if a game is not fun all the other stuff does not matter
100% agree. Games are meant to be fun
The FTT token price is back in action with a massive overnight surge amid the crypto market recovery. With rising speculations of the FTX token ready for a price jump to $3, something seems fishy underneath
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Legal representatives from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis are scheduled to appear at a New York Supreme Court hearing on Oct. 16 regarding a defamation suit brought against the firm in January of 2024.
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Ethereum To Reduce Transaction Confirmation Time To Seconds With Series of Upgrades
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#gmfrens! Here is the Motivation, Inspiration, Success #threadcast for 10/17/2024.
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"Abundance is the quality of life you live and quality of life you give to others." ~ J. K. Rowling
"Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It meets a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts that is something on which to pride yourself but poverty itself is romanticized by fools." ~ J. K. Rowling
"Strive for perfection, but settle for excellence." ~ Don Shula
"You set a goal to be the best and then you work hard every hour of every day, striving to reach that goal. If you allow yourself to settle for anything less than number one, you are cheating yourself." ~ Don Shula
"The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others." ~ Don Shula
"It's the start that stops most people." ~ Don Shula
"Success is the peace of mind that comes when you know you have given everything you have to give to the opportunities that life has presented you." ~ Don Shula
"There's nothing wrong with setting goals, but it doesn't mean a thing if you don't pay attention to the day-to-day details." ~ Don Shula
"My responsibility is leadership, and the minute I get negative, that is going to have an influence on my team." ~ Don Shula
"Learn from everyone, copy no one." ~ Don Shula
"To be successful, all you have to do is work half-days; you can work the first twelve hours or the second twelve hours." ~ Don Shula
"Success is not forever, and failure is never final." ~ Don Shula
"I have no magic formula. The only way I know to win is through hard work." ~ Don Shula
"The problem with most leaders today is they don't stand for anything. Leadership implies movement toward something, and convictions provide that direction. If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything" ~ Don Shula
"As a coach, your high standards of performance, attention to detail and - above all - how hard you work set the stage for how your players perform." ~ Don Shula
"I don't know any other way to lead but by example." ~ Don Shula
"Lots of leaders want to be popular. I never cared about that. I want to be respected." ~ Don Shula
"The ultimate goal is victory. And if you refuse to work as hard as you possibly can toward that aim, or if you do anything that keeps you from achieving that goal, then you are just cheating yourself." ~ Don Shula
"Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck." ~ Don Shula
"The whole idea is to get an edge. Sometimes it takes just a little extra something to get that edge, but you have to have it." ~ Don Shula
"The start is what stops most people." ~ Don Shula
"My coaching philosophy? Determine your players talents and give them every weapon to get the most from those talents." ~ Don Shula
"Some clubs want to win so much they'll do anything to get it. Our approach has been just the opposite. We've tried to do things the right way. And the right way is [abiding by] the rules and regulations ... I may not like all of them, but once they are [official], we play by them." ~ Don Shula
"Failure isn't fatal, and success isn't final." ~ Don Shula
"I think what coaching is all about, is taking players and analyzing there ability, put them in a position where they can excel within the framework of the team winning. And I hope that I've done that in my 33 years as a head coach." ~ Don Shula
"One thing I never want to be accused of is not working." ~ Don Shula
"The one man team is a complete and total myth." ~ Don Shula
"Leadership implies movement toward something and convictions provide that direction." ~ Don Shula
"If you're going to take gambles, you must have one thing: self-confidence." ~ Don Shula
"When you're there, it's not good enough to be there." ~ Don Shula
"Everything that I have done has always been predicated on doing the best that I can with the ability that God has given me, trying to reach as far as I possibly can. And if I fall a little bit short, then I'm still farther ahead than if I hadn't reached at all." ~ Don Shula
"You know it's only 50 miles from Grand River to Canton, but it took me 67 years to travel that distance." ~ Don Shula
"I'm fairly confident that if I died tomorrow, Don would find a way to preserve me until the season was over and he had time for a nice funeral." ~ Don Shula
"And I coached against Mike when he was an assistant with the Bears and they won that football game." ~ Don Shula
"I'm just a guy who rolls up his sleeves and goes to work!" ~ Don Shula
"I don't know how to lead but by example." ~ Don Shula
"Because, they're only thinking about one team when that game's over. Before the game, they're talking about two football teams. When the game's over, there's only one winner." ~ Don Shula
"What I learned from that loss, and also another loss that I'm going to talk about later, was that when you're there, it's not good enough to be there, when you're there, you better walk away with that ring." ~ Don Shula
"And then to end up with a total of 347 wins, averaging 10 regular season wins for 33 years and the best winning percentage, and I'm very proud of this, of any professional team from 1970 to 1996." ~ Don Shula
"Anybody that's a Dolphins fan feels they're headed in the right direction." ~ Don Shula
"And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000." ~ Don Shula
"You know it's only 50 miles but I've relished every moment of the longer route to get here. Thanks for letting me reflect on those great moments. Thank you." ~ Don Shula
"I always want to do the best that I can with the opportunities that God has given me. The only way that you can possibly do that is to give yourself a chance to go as high as you possibly can. If you don't have the confidence in yourself and you don't have the desire to compete and move ahead, than you start to get stagnant....If I fall a little bit short, then I'm still farther than if I hadn't reached at all." ~ Don Shula
"Peyton Manning is doing things that I think no other quarterback in the history of the league has done at the line of scrimmage... I just think they are a team right now that's got a real chance to run the table." ~ Don Shula
"I coached against Dave the last couple of years, and I was very proud to be the first time a father ever coached against his son. He beat me for 30 minutes the first time and 59 and a half minutes the second time." ~ Don Shula
"And this year is going to be the 25th anniversary of the 17-0 team, the only undefeated season." ~ Don Shula
"He wants to be his own man and be recognized for what he's done. He's not asking for anything because of his name. That was a tough situation to go into at Alabama, but he probably wouldn't have been given the job if the situation would have been different." ~ Don Shula
"No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen." ~ Alan Watts
"Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be" ~ Alan Watts
"The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves." ~ Alan Watts
"By replacing fear of the unknown with curiosity we open ourselves up to an infinite stream of possibility. We can let fear rule our lives or we can become childlike with curiosity, pushing our boundaries, leaping out of our comfort zones, and accepting what life puts before us." ~ Alan Watts
"This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play." ~ Alan Watts
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but an experience to be had." ~ Alan Watts
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but an experience to be had." ~ Alan Watts
"Stop measuring days by degree of productivity and start experiencing them by degree of presence." ~ Alan Watts
"We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time, in which the so-called present moment is felt as nothing but an infinitesimal hairline between a causative past and an absorbingly important future. We have no present. Our consciousness is almost completely preoccupied with memory and expectation. We do not realize that there never was, is, nor will be any other experience than present experience. We are therefore out of touch with reality." ~ Alan Watts
"You are the universe experiencing itself." ~ Alan Watts
"You are the universe experiencing itself." ~ Alan Watts
"You are the universe experiencing itself." ~ Alan Watts
"You are the universe experiencing itself." ~ Alan Watts
"You are the universe experiencing itself." ~ Alan Watts
"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." ~ Alan Watts
"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." ~ Alan Watts
"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." ~ Alan Watts
"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." ~ Alan Watts
"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." ~ Alan Watts
"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." ~ Alan Watts
"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." ~ Alan Watts
"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." ~ Alan Watts
"Everyone has love, but it can only come out when he is convinced of the impossibility and the frustration of trying to love himself." ~ Alan Watts
"Everyone has love, but it can only come out when he is convinced of the impossibility and the frustration of trying to love himself." ~ Alan Watts
"Insecurity is the result of trying to be secure." ~ Alan Watts
"No one wants the truth if it is inconvenient." ~ Arthur Miller
"No one wants the truth if it is inconvenient." ~ Arthur Miller
"I’m a writer, and everything I write is both a confession and a struggle to understand things about myself and this world in which I live. This is what everyone’s work should be-whether you dance or paint or sing. It is a confession, a baring of your soul, your faults, those things you simply cannot or will not understand or accept. You stumble forward, confused, and you share. If you’re lucky, you learn something." ~ Arthur Miller
"Life is an endless, truly endless struggle. There's no time when we're going to arrive at a plateau where the whole thing gets sorted. It's a struggle in the way every plant has to find it's own way to stand up straight. A lot of the time it's a failure. And yet it's not a failure if some enlightenment comes from it." ~ Arthur Miller
"A character is defined by the kinds of challenges he cannot walk away from. And by those he has walked away from that cause him remorse." ~ Arthur Miller
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets." ~ Arthur Miller
"I think the job of the artist is to remind people of what they have chosen to forget." ~ Arthur Miller
"Don't be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value." ~ Arthur Miller
"An era can be said to end when its basic illusions are exhausted." ~ Arthur Miller
"And yet one can't forever stand on the shore; at some point, even if filled with indecision, skepticism, reservation and doubt, you either jump in or concede that life is forever elsewhere." ~ Arthur Miller
"...When the government goes into the business of destroying trust, it goes into the business of destroying itself." ~ Arthur Miller
"Everything we are is at every moment alive in us." ~ Arthur Miller
"Work a lifetime to pay off a house You finally own it and there's nobody to live in it." ~ Arthur Miller
"Self-realization and self-fulfilment are the sine qua non for human existence." ~ Arthur Miller
"I would be twenty before I learned how to be fifteen, thirty before I knew what it meant to be twenty, and now at seventy-two I have to stop myself from thinking like a man of fifty who has plenty of time ahead." ~ Arthur Miller
"I think it's a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one's self." ~ Arthur Miller
"Whether for good or evil, it is sadly inevitable that all political leadership requires the artifices of theatrical illusion. In the politics of a democracy, the shortest distance between two points is often a crooked line." ~ Arthur Miller
"Betrayal is the only truth that sticks." ~ Arthur Miller
"A little man makes a mistake and they hang him by the thumbs; the big ones become ambassadors." ~ Arthur Miller
"Until an hour before the Devil fell, God thought him beautiful in Heaven." ~ Arthur Miller
"Memory inevitably romanticizes, pressing reality to recede like pain." ~ Arthur Miller
"The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home to roost." ~ Arthur Miller
"The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to see, we are doomed and challenged to seek the strength to see more, not less." ~ Arthur Miller
"When today fails to offer the justification for hope, tomorrow becomes the only grail worth pursuing." ~ Arthur Miller
"Man must shape his tools lest they shape him." ~ Arthur Miller
"My plays are always involved with society, but I'm writing about people, too, and it's clear over the years that audiences understand them and care about them. The political landscape changes, the issues change, but the people are still there. People don't really change that much." ~ Arthur Miller
"The task of the real intellectual consists of analyzing illusions in order to discover their causes." ~ Arthur Miller
"The arts can do more to sustain the peace than all the wars, the armaments, and the threats and warnings of politicians." ~ Arthur Miller
"We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law!" ~ Arthur Miller
"Few of us can easily surrender our belief that society must somehow make sense. The thought that the State has lost its mind and is punishing so many innocent people is intolerable. And so the evidence has to be internally denied." ~ Arthur Miller
"Immortality is like trying to carve your initials in a block of ice in the middle of July." ~ Arthur Miller
"The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing him, always." ~ Arthur Miller
"If I have to be alone I want to be by myself." ~ Arthur Miller
"When irrational terror takes to itself the fiat of moral goodness somebody has to die. ... No man lives who has not got a panic button, and when it is pressed by the clean white hand of moral duty, a certain murderous train is set in motion." ~ Arthur Miller
"The brain heals the past like an injury." ~ Arthur Miller
"The writer must be in it; he can't be to one side of it, ever. He has to be endangered by it. His own attitudes have to be tested in it. The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing himself, always." ~ Arthur Miller
"A child's spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after it; you must stand still, and, for love, it will soon itself come back." ~ Arthur Miller
"Those who formally rule take their signals and commands not from the electorate as a body, but from a small group of men. This group will be called the Establishment. It exists even though that existence is stoutly denied. It is one of the secrets of the American social order... A second secret is the fact that the existence of the Establishment - the ruling class - is not supposed to be discussed." ~ Arthur Miller
"I speak my own sins; I cannot judge another. I have no tongue for it." ~ Arthur Miller
"Whoever is writing in the United States is using the American Dream as an ironical pole of his story. People elsewhere tend to accept, to a far greater degree anyway, that the conditions of life are hostile to mans pretensions." ~ Arthur Miller
"If I have any justification for having lived it's simply, I'm nothing but faults, failures and so on, but I have tried to make a good pair of shoes. There's some value in that." ~ Arthur Miller
"The job is to ask questions - it always was - and to ask them as inexorably as I can. And to face the absence of precise answers with a certain humility." ~ Arthur Miller
"I believe in work. If somebody doesn't create something, however small it may be, he gets sick. An awful lot of people feel that they're treading water -- that if they vanished in smoke, it wouldn't mean anything at all in this world. And that's a despairing and destructive feeling. It'll kill you." ~ Arthur Miller
"Sometimes...it's better for a man just to walk away. But if you can't walk away? I guess that's when it's tough." ~ Arthur Miller
"The two greatest plays ever written were Hamlet and Oedipus Rex, and they're both about father-son relationships." ~ Arthur Miller
"What is the most innocent place in any country? Is it not the insane asylum? These people drift through life truly innocent, unable to see into themselves at all." ~ Arthur Miller
"I'm sure there are writers who are great businessmen, but I
never met any." ~ Arthur Miller
"When any creativity becomes useful, it is sucked into the vortex of commercialism, and when a thing becomes commercial, it becomes the enemy of man." ~ Arthur Miller
"Playwriting is an oral art; it's not an art of a writer expecting to be read but a writer expecting to be heard." ~ Arthur Miller
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Who is Arthur Miller?
I'd be happy to provide an in-depth biography of Arthur Miller for you. Given the length you've requested, I'll need to break this up into multiple parts. I'll start with the first section and then we can continue from there. Let me know when you're ready for me to proceed with additional sections.
Arthur Miller: A Comprehensive Biography
Early Life and Education
Arthur Asher Miller was born on October 17, 1915, in Harlem, New York City. He was the second of three children born to Augusta (née Barnett) and Isidore Miller, Jewish immigrants from Poland. His father owned a successful women's clothing manufacturing business, and the family lived a comfortable middle-class life until the stock market crash of 1929.
The Great Depression hit the Miller family hard. Isidore's business failed, and they were forced to move to a small frame house in Brooklyn. This sudden change in fortune had a profound impact on young Arthur, shaping his worldview and later influencing his writing. The experience of witnessing his father's struggle and the collapse of the American Dream would become recurring themes in his work.
Despite the family's financial difficulties, Miller was an active and athletic youth. He delivered bread before school to help the family and became a football star at Abraham Lincoln high school. However, he was an indifferent student, more interested in athletics than academics.
After graduating from high school in 1932, Miller worked various odd jobs to save money for college. He worked as a clerk in an automobile parts warehouse and as a shipping clerk in a Manhattan automotive parts warehouse. These experiences gave him insight into the lives of working-class Americans, another theme that would feature prominently in his later works.
In 1934, Miller was finally able to attend the University of Michigan. He initially studied journalism but soon switched to English. It was during his college years that Miller discovered his passion for writing. He wrote for the Michigan Daily, the student newspaper, and won two Hopwood Awards for his plays. The first was for "No Villain" (1936), which he wrote in just six days. This early success convinced Miller that he had found his calling.
Miller graduated from the University of Michigan in 1938 with a Bachelor of arts degree. His time at the university had been transformative, not only in terms of his writing but also in shaping his political views. The Great Depression and the rise of fascism in Europe had politicized many young Americans, and Miller was no exception. He became involved with left-wing politics, a commitment that would later cause him trouble during the McCarthy era.
Early Career and First Success
After graduation, Miller returned to New York City. He joined the Federal theater Project, a New Deal agency established to provide employment for theater professionals during the Great Depression. However, the project was shut down in 1939 due to congressional concerns over communist infiltration.
Miller then worked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard while continuing to write radio plays. During this time, he wrote scripts for Columbia Workshop and Cavalcade of America. These early radio plays, while not as well-known as his later stage works, helped Miller hone his craft and develop his distinctive voice.
In 1940, Miller married his college sweetheart, Mary Slattery. The couple would have two children together, Jane and Robert. That same year, Miller made his Broadway debut with "The Man Who Had ALL the Luck." The play was a critical and commercial failure, closing after just four performances. This setback could have deterred a less determined writer, but Miller persevered.
Miller's breakthrough came in 1947 with "All My Sons." The play, which tells the story of a successful businessman who sold defective airplane parts to the military during World ⇪ II×, was a critical and commercial success. It won the New York drama Critics' Circle Award and two Tony Awards. More importantly, it established Miller as a major voice in American theater.
The success of "All My Sons" allowed Miller to focus on writing full-time. He bought a small house in Brooklyn Heights and set to work on his next play, which would become his most famous work and a landmark of American theater.
Death of a Salesman and the Height of Success
In 1949, Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" premiered on Broadway. The play, which tells the story of Willy Loman, a failing salesman who cannot accept that he and his sons are mediocre, was an immediate sensation. It ran for 742 performances and won six Tony Awards, including Best Play, as well as the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
"Death of a Salesman" is widely considered to be Miller's masterpiece and one of the greatest American plays of the 20th century. Its exploration of the American Dream and its impact on ordinary People struck a chord with audiences and critics alike. The play's innovative structure, which blends past and present, reality and memory, was groundbreaking for its time.
The success of "Death of a Salesman" catapulted Miller to the forefront of American theater. He was nOW not just a successful playwright but a public intellectual whose views on society and politics were sought after and respected. This newfound fame and influence would soon be put to the test as America entered one of its darkest political periods.
The McCarthy Era and The Crucible
The early 1950s saw the rise of McCarthyism in the United States. Senator Joseph McCarthy led a campaign to root out alleged communist sympathizers in American society, particularly in the entertainment industry. As a prominent left-wing intellectual, Miller found himself in the crosshairs of this witch hunt.
Miller refused to name names of suspected communists, a stance that could have resulted in a prison sentence. He was cited for contempt of Congress, but the conviction was overturned on appeal in 1958. Miller's principled stand made him a hero to many and further cemented his reputation as a man of integrity.
The HUAC hearings coincided with a tumultuous period in Miller's personal life. In 1956, he divorced his first wife, Mary Slattery, and married actress Marilyn Monroe. The marriage to Monroe, one of the most famous women in the world at the time, thrust Miller into the spotlight in a way his literary fame never had.
Marilyn Monroe and Later Works
Miller's marriage to Marilyn Monroe was a source of both personal happiness and professional inspiration. He wrote the screenplay for "The Misfits" (1961) as a valentine to Monroe, though by the time the film was produced, their marriage was falling apart. They divorced in 1961, shortly before Monroe's death in 1962.
The experience with Monroe influenced several of Miller's later works. "After the Fall" (1964) is a thinly veiled account of their relationship, while "Finishing the Picture" (2004) is based on the troubled production of "The Misfits."
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Miller continued to write prolifically, though none of his later plays achieved the same level of success as his earlier works. Notable plays from this period include "Incident at Vichy" (1964), which deals with the Holocaust, and "The Price" (1968), a family drama that was more warmly received than some of his other later works.
In 1962, Miller married photographer Inge Morath. They had two children together, Rebecca and Daniel. Their marriage lasted until Morath's death in 2002.
Later Years and Legacy
In his later years, Miller remained active as a playwright and public figure. He was an outspoken critic of the Vietnam War and continued to comment on American society and politics. He also wrote his autobiography, "Timebends: A Life," published in 1987.
Miller's last major play, "Broken Glass," premiered in 1994. While it didn't achieve the same level of success as his earlier works, it demonstrated that Miller was still capable of producing thought-provoking drama well into his seventies.
Arthur Miller died on February 10, 2005, at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut. He was 89 years old. His death marked the end of an era in American theater, but his influence continues to be felt to this day.
Miller's legacy is immense. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American playwrights of the 20th century, alongside Eugene O'Neill and Tennessee Williams. His plays continue to be performed around the world, and works like "Death of a Salesman" and "The Crucible" are staples of high school and college curricula.
Miller's influence extends beyond the theater. His commitment to social justice and his willingness to stand up to political persecution made him a role model for many. He showed that art could be both entertaining and socially relevant, a lesson that continues to inspire writers and artists today.
In the years since his death, Miller's reputation has only grown. Scholars continue to analyze his work, finding new depths and relevance in his exploration of family dynamics, social responsibility, and the American Dream. His plays have been adapted for film and television numerous times, introducing new generations to his work.
Themes and Style
Arthur Miller's work is characterized by several recurring themes:
The American Dream: Many of Miller's plays explore the pursuit of the American Dream and its impact on ordinary people. He often portrays characters who are crushed by the gap between their aspirations and reality.
Social Responsibility: Miller believed strongly in the idea that people have a responsibility to each other and to society as a whole. This theme is particularly evident in plays like "All My Sons" and "The Crucible."
Family Dynamics: Miller's plays often focus on family relationships, particularly father-son conflicts. He explores how family ties can both support and constrain individuals.
Personal Integrity: Many of Miller's protagonists face moral dilemmas that test their integrity. He was interested in how people maintain their principles in the face of social pressure.
Stylistically, Miller is known for his realistic dialogue and well-crafted, multi-layered characters. He often employs a mix of realism and expressionism, using symbolic elements to represent characters' internal states. His plays typically have a strong social context, reflecting the times in which they were written while also addressing universal human concerns.
Critical Reception and Controversies
Throughout his career, Miller's work received both high praise and criticism. While plays like "Death of a Salesman" and "The Crucible" were immediate classics, some critics felt that his later works didn't live up to the standard set by his early successes.
Miller's political views and activities also influenced how his work was received. His refusal to name names during the McCarthy era earned him respect from many, but also made him enemies. Some critics accused him of being didactic or overly political in his writing.
The autobiographical nature of some of Miller's work, particularly those plays influenced by his relationship with Marilyn Monroe, has been a source of both interest and controversy. Some critics felt that Miller exploited his relationship with Monroe in his writing.
Despite these controversies, Miller's place in the canon of American literature is secure. His best works are considered masterpieces of 20th-century drama, and his influence on subsequent generations of playwrights is undeniable.
Conclusion
Arthur Miller's life and career spanned nearly the entire 20th century, and his work reflects the major social, political, and cultural changes of that era. From the Great Depression to the Cold War to the social upheavals of the 1960s and beyond, Miller's plays provide a window into the American experience.
More than just a chronicler of his times, however, Miller was a writer who grappled with timeless human questions. His explorations of morality, family, and the human condition continue to resonate with audiences around the world.
As a playwright, Miller revolutionized American theater, bringing a new level of social consciousness to the stage. As a public figure, he set an example of artistic integrity and social responsibility. His life and work remind us of the power of art to illuminate the human experience and to challenge us to be better.
Arthur Miller's legacy is not just in the plays he left behind, but in the generations of writers, thinkers, and activists he inspired. His voice continues to be heard in theaters around the world, in classrooms where his works are studied, and in the ongoing conversations about the nature of the American Dream and the responsibilities we have to each other.
In the end, Arthur Miller was more than just a great American playwright. He was a keen observer of the human condition, a moral voice in times of political turmoil, and an artist who believed in the power of theater to change the world. His life and work continue to challenge and inspire us, ensuring that his impact will be felt for generations to come.
Arthur Miller Plays:
Stage:
No Villain (1936)
They Too Arise (1937, based on No Villain)
Honors at Dawn (1938, based on They Too Arise)
The Grass Still Grows (1938, based on They Too Arise)
The Great Disobedience (1938)
Listen My Children (1939, with Norman Rosten)
The Golden Years (1940)
The Half-Bridge (1943)
The Man Who Had All the Luck (1944)[102]
All My Sons (1947)
Death of a Salesman (1949)
An Enemy of the People (1950, adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play An Enemy of the People)
The Crucible (1953)
A View from the Bridge (1955)
A Memory of Two Mondays (1955)
After the Fall (1964)
Incident at Vichy (1964)
The Price (1968)
The Reason Why (1970)
Fame (one-act, 1970; revised for television 1978)
The Creation of the World and Other Business (1972)
Up from Paradise (1974)
The Archbishop's Ceiling (1977)
The American Clock (1980)
Playing for Time (television play, 1980)
Elegy for a Lady (short play, 1982, first part of Two Way Mirror)
Some Kind of Love Story (short play, 1982, second part of Two Way Mirror)
I Think About You a Great Deal (1986)
Playing for Time (stage version, 1985)
I Can't Remember Anything (1987, collected in Danger: Memory!)
Clara (1987, collected in Danger: Memory!)
The Ride Down Mt. Morgan (1991)
The Last Yankee (1993)
Broken Glass (1994)
Mr. Peters' Connections (1998)
Resurrection Blues (2002)
Finishing the Picture (2004)
Radio:
The Pussycat and the Expert Plumber Who Was a Man (1940)
Joel Chandler Harris (1941)
The Battle of the Ovens (1942)
Thunder from the Mountains (1942)
I Was Married in Bataan (1942)
That They May Win (1943)
Listen for the Sound of Wings (1943)
Bernardine (1944)
I Love You (1944)
Grandpa and the Statue (1944)
The Philippines Never Surrendered (1944)
The Guardsman (1944, based on Ferenc Molnár's play)
The Story of Gus (1947)
Screenplays:
The Hook (1947)
All My Sons (1948)
Let's Make Love (1960)
The Misfits (1961)
Death of a Salesman (1985)
Everybody Wins (1990)
The Crucible (1996)
Fictional Works:
Focus (novel, 1945)
"The Misfits" (short story, published in Esquire, October 1957)
I Don't Need You Anymore (short stories, 1967)
"Homely Girl: A Life" (short story, 1992, published in UK as "Plain Girl: A Life" 1995)
Presence: Stories (2007) (short stories include "The Bare Manuscript", "Beavers", "The Performance", and "Bulldog")
Non fictional works:
Situation Normal (1944) is based on his experiences researching the war correspondence of Ernie Pyle.
In Russia (1969), the first of three books created with his photographer wife Inge Morath, offers Miller's impressions of Russia and Russian society.
In the Country (1977), with photographs by Morath and text by Miller, provides insight into how Miller spent his time in Roxbury, Connecticut, and profiles of his various neighbors.
Chinese Encounters (1979) is a travel journal with photographs by Morath. It depicts the Chinese society in the state of flux which followed the end of the
Cultural Revolution. Miller discusses the hardships of many writers, professors, and artists during Mao Zedong's regime.
Salesman in Beijing (1984) details Miller's experiences with the 1983 Beijing People's Theatre production of Death of a Salesman. He describes directing a Chinese cast in an American play.
Timebends: A Life, Methuen London (1987) ISBN 0-413-41480-9. Miller's autobiography.
On Politics and the Art of Acting, Viking 2001 {ISBN 0-670-030-422} an 85-page essay about the thespian skills in American politics, comparing FDR, JFK, Reagan, Clinton.
Collections:
Abbotson, Susan C. W. (ed.), Arthur Miller: Collected Essays, Penguin 2016 ISBN 978-0-14-310849-8
Kushner, Tony, ed. Arthur Miller, Collected Plays 1944–1961 (Library of America, 2006) ISBN 978-1-931082-91-4.
Martin, Robert A. (ed.), "The theater essays of Arthur Miller", foreword by Arthur Miller. NY: Viking Press, 1978 ISBN 0-14-004903-7
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"A political policy is equated with moral right, and opposition to it with diabolical malevolence." ~ Arthur Miller
"Controlled hysteria is what's required. To exist constantly in a state of controlled hysteria. It's agony. But everyone has agony. The difference is that I try to take my agony home and teach it to sing." ~ Arthur Miller
"Controlled hysteria is what's required. To exist constantly in a state of controlled hysteria. It's agony. But everyone has agony. The difference is that I try to take my agony home and teach it to sing." ~ Arthur Miller
"I think the tragic feeling is invoked in us when we are in the presence of a character who is ready to lay down his life, if need be, to secure one thing -- his sense of personal dignity." ~ Arthur Miller
"As a writer, I've always believed that while my work and I myself are embedded in whatever period I am writing about, clearly I am sensitive to the winds that are blowing in the culture. At the same time, I have always felt that the issue was not to deal with the problem in the abstract, but to deal with the people who are in that problem. The emphasis is on the people. The general problem begins to resolve itself even before the play is finished." ~ Arthur Miller
"... if you love your country why is it necessary to hate other countries?" ~ Arthur Miller
"Without alienation, there can be no politics." ~ Arthur Miller
"By whatever means it is accomplished, the prime business of a play is to arouse the passions of its audience so that by the route of passion may be opened up new relationships between a man and men, and between men and Man. Drama is akin to the other inventions of man in that it ought to help us to know more, and not merely to spend our feelings." ~ Arthur Miller
"Never fight fair with a stranger, boy. You'll never get out of the jungle that way." ~ Arthur Miller
"The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders of father and mother. The worst is exploiting and wallowing in the self-pity of adolescence and obsessive keyhole sexuality. The way out, as the poet says, is always through." ~ Arthur Miller
"God really does take our work seriously: It is wrong, it is a sin, to accept or remain in a position that you know is a mismatch for you. Perhaps that's a form of sin you've never considered - the sin of staying in the wrong job. But God did not place you on the earth to waste away your years in labor that does not employ his design or purpose for your life, no matter how much you may be getting paid for it." ~ Arthur Miller
"If I see an ending, I can work backward." ~ Arthur Miller
"I have made more friends for American culture than the State Department. Certainly I have made fewer enemies, but that isn't very difficult." ~ Arthur Miller
"The Crucible became by far my most frequently produced play, both abroad and at home. Its meaning is somewhat different in different places and moments. I can almost tell what the political situation in a country is when the play is suddenly a hit there it is either a warning of tyranny on the way or a reminder of tyranny just past." ~ Arthur Miller
"One had the right to write because other people needed news of the inner world, and if they went too long without such news they would go mad with the chaos of their lives." ~ Arthur Miller
"Can anyone remember love? It's like trying to summon up the smell of roses in a cellar. You might see a rose, but never the perfume." ~ Arthur Miller
"Every time I am reading actors I can pretty well tell which ones have studied with Meisner. It is because they are honest and simple and don't lay on complications that aren't necessary." ~ Arthur Miller
"A play is made by sensing how the forces in life simulate ignorance-you set free the concealed irony, the deadly joke." ~ Arthur Miller
"Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money." ~ Arthur Miller
"Why am I trying to become what I don’t want to be … when all I want is out there, waiting for me the minute I say I know who I am." ~ Arthur Miller
"The mission of the theatre, after all, is to change, to raise the consciousness of people to their human possibilities." ~ Arthur Miller
"The very impulse to write springs from an inner chaos crying for order - for meaning." ~ Arthur Miller
"I'm the end of the line; absurd and appalling as it may seem, serious New York theater has died in my lifetime." ~ Arthur Miller
"It was not really possible to understand oneself, let alone another human being." ~ Arthur Miller
"Well, I spent six or seven years after high school trying to work myself up. Shipping clerk, salesman, business of one kind or another. And it's a measly manner of existence. To get on that subway on the hot mornings in summer. To devote your whole life to keeping stock, or making phone calls, or selling or buying. To suffer fifty weeks of the year for the sake of a two-week vacation, when all you really desire is to be outdoors, with your shirt off. And always to have to get ahead of the next fella. And still — that's how you build a future." ~ Arthur Miller
"A play's an interpretation. It is not a report. And that is the beginning of its poetry because, in order to interpret, you have to distort toward a symbolic construction of what happened, and as that distortion takes place, you begin to leave out and overemphasize and consequently deliver up life as a unity rather than as a chaos, and any such attempt, the more intense it is, the more poetic it becomes." ~ Arthur Miller
"It is rare for people to be asked the question which puts them squarely in front of themselves" ~ Arthur Miller
"Great drama is great questions or it is nothing but technique. I could not imagine a theater worth my time that did not want to change the world." ~ Arthur Miller
"The camera has its own kind of consciousness; in the lens the Garden of Eden itself would become ever so slightly too perfect." ~ Arthur Miller
"A playwright lives in an occupied country. And if you can't live that way you don't stay." ~ Arthur Miller
"An idol tells people exactly what to believe, God presents them with choices they have to make for themselves. The difference is far from insignificant; before the idol men remain dependent children, before God they are burdened and at the same time liberated to participate in the decisions of endless creation." ~ Arthur Miller
"The car, the furniture, the wife, the children - everything has to be disposable. Because you see the main thing today is - shopping." ~ Arthur Miller
"Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!" ~ Arthur Miller
"In America, any man who is not a reactionary in his views is open to the charge of alliance with the Red hell." ~ Arthur Miller
"A lot of my work goes to the center of where we belong--if there is any root to life -because nowadays the family is broken up, and people don't live in the same place for very long." ~ Arthur Miller
"I regard the theatre as a serious business, one that makes or should make man more human, which is to say, less alone." ~ Arthur Miller
"The Greeks used to use the same stories, the same mythology, time after time, different authors. There was no premium placed upon an original story, and indeed, Shakespeare likewise. A lot of people wrote plays about great kings. They didn't expect a brand-new story. It was what that new author made of the old story. It is probably the same now. We disguise it by inventing what seem to be new stories, but they're basically the same story anyway." ~ Arthur Miller
"I still feel-kind of temporary about myself." ~ Arthur Miller
"The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life." ~ Arthur Miller
"If a person measures his spiritual fulfillment in terms of cosmic visions, surpassing peace of mind, or ecstasy, then he is not likely to know much spiritual fulfillment. If, however, he measures it in terms of enjoying a sunrise, being warmed by a child's smile, or being able to help someone have a better day, then he is likely to know much spiritual fulfillment." ~ Arthur Miller
"Success, instead of giving freedom of choice, becomes a way of life. There's no country I've been to where people, when you come into a room and sit down with them, so often ask you, "What do you do?" And, being American, many's the time I've almost asked that question, then realized it's good for my soul not to know. For a while! Just to let the evening wear on and see what I think of this person without knowing what he does and how successful he is, or what a failure. We're ranking everybody every minute of the day." ~ Arthur Miller
"The witch-hunt was a perverse manifestation of the panic which set in among all classes when the balance began to turn toward greater individual freedom. The witch-hunt was not, however, a mere repression. It was also, and as importantly, a long overdue opportunity for everyone so inclined to express publicly his guilt and sins, under the cover of accusations against the victims." ~ Arthur Miller
"You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away - a man is not a piece of fruit." ~ Arthur Miller
"The American Dream is the largely unacknowledged screen in front of which all American writing plays itself out." ~ Arthur Miller
"Willie was a salesman. And for a salesman, there is no rock bottom to life?. He's a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back - that's an earthquake." ~ Arthur Miller
"A small man can be just as exhausted as a great man." ~ Arthur Miller
"Don't take it on yourself. Forget now. Live." ~ Arthur Miller
"Chris: I don't know why it is, but every time I reach out for something I want, I have to pull back because other people will suffer." ~ Arthur Miller
"I am bewildered by the death of love. And my responsibility for it." ~ Arthur Miller
"...an everlasting funeral marches round your heart." ~ Arthur Miller
"Success, instead of giving freedom ofchoice, becomes a way of life." ~ Arthur Miller
"I realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been." ~ Arthur Miller
"But we are mostly what we are, and the turtle stretching toward delicious buds on high does not lighten his carapace by his resolve." ~ Arthur Miller
"A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself." ~ Arthur Miller
"A playwright... is... the litmus paper of the arts. He's got to be, because if he isn't working on the same wave length as the audience, no one would know what in hell he was talking about." ~ Arthur Miller
"The word "now" is like a bomb through the window, and it ticks." ~ Arthur Miller
"Where choice begins, Paradise ends, innocence ends, for what is Paradise but the absence of any need to choose this action?" ~ Arthur Miller
"For the political world, I have come to believe, is fundamentally beyond anyone's control, yet we all go on as though it were a kind of vehicle that only needs a change of drivers in order to steer it away from its frequent hair-raising visits to the edge of the cliff." ~ Arthur Miller
"I think now that the great thing is not so much the formulation of an answer for myself, for the theatre, or the play - but rather the most accurate possible statement of the problem." ~ Arthur Miller
"How to live had started out as an analytical problem of how to place himself so as to intercept the flow of money in the society." ~ Arthur Miller
"A suicide kills two people, that's what it's for!" ~ Arthur Miller
"The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are definite as stone." ~ Arthur Miller
"Like every writer, I am asked where my work originates, and if I knew I would go there more often to find more." ~ Arthur Miller
"He wants to live on through something - and in his case, his masterpiece is his son. All of us want that, and it gets more poignant as we get more anonymous in this world." ~ Arthur Miller
"Just remember, kid, you can quicker get back a million dollars that was stole than a word that you gave away." ~ Arthur Miller
"A friend of mine once said that there were only two truly national events in the history of the United States. One was the Civil War and the other one was the Depression." ~ Arthur Miller
"I came out of a culture in which my uncle, my father - they were all salesmen of one kind or another. My father was a manufacturer. He also, in effect, had to sell that stuff. And if he didn't literally do it, his men did. So, selling was in the air through my boyhood. The whole idea of successfully selling was very important." ~ Arthur Miller
"The jungle is dark but full of diamonds, Willy." ~ Arthur Miller
"The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism." ~ Arthur Miller
"Poor brain! How helplessly it dissolves when willing eyes meet and the nose warms to those old jungle scents." ~ Arthur Miller
"And old Dave, he'd go up to his room, y'understand, put on his green velvet slippers - I'll never forget - and pick up his phone and call the buyers, and without leaving his room, at the age of eighty-four, he made his living. And when I saw that, I realized that selling was the greatest career a man could want." ~ Arthur Miller
"You cant get very far in this world without your dossier being there first." ~ Arthur Miller
"Willy Loman: I don't want change, I want Swiss cheese!" ~ Arthur Miller
"The parochial snobbery of these people was partly responsible for their failure to convert the Indians. Probably they also preferred to take land from heathens rather than from fellow Christians. At any rate, very few Indians were converted, and the Salem folk believed that the virgin forest was the Devil's last preserve, his home base and the citadel of his final stand. To the best of their knowledge the American forest was the last place on earth that was not paying homage to God." ~ Arthur Miller
"I don't say he's a great man. Willie Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the paper. He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid. He's not to be allowed to fall in his grave like an old dog. Attention, attention must finally be paid to such a person." ~ Arthur Miller
"The problem was to sustain at any cost the feeling you had in the theater that you were watching a real person, yes, but an intense condensation of his experience, not simply a realistic series of episodes." ~ Arthur Miller
"After all the highways, and the trains, and the appointments, and the years, you end up worth more dead than alive." ~ Arthur Miller
"Few occasions are as joyous to small children as funerals, almost better than the big wedding blowouts that take place at night when it's hard to stay awake. A small boy will never be harshly criticized at a funeral; he is more treasured as death comes close and all his wickedness vanishes before the inescapable fact that thank God, he is healthy." ~ Arthur Miller
"... so many tremendous decisions in life are made because it is five o'clock." ~ Arthur Miller
"Nevertheless, one learned very early that books had to be respected; they were all putative Bibles and to some small degree had a share in holiness." ~ Arthur Miller
"The world is always ending; the exact date depends on when you came into it." ~ Arthur Miller
"It may be that even if half consciously, we choose our personalities to maintain a certain saving balance in the family's little universe." ~ Arthur Miller
"Part of knowing who we are is knowing we are not someone else. And Jew is only the name we give to that stranger, the agony we cannot feel, the death we look at like a cold abstraction. Each man has his Jew; it is the other." ~ Arthur Miller
"It occurs to me that with all the television people watch, most of their acquaintances are actors." ~ Arthur Miller
"Life, woman, life is God's most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it." ~ Arthur Miller
"Studies show that a trusting workplace increases employees' level of happiness, work effort, productivity, and engagement. It also provides an environment that encourages open communication and promotes people to share their ideas." ~ Arthur Miller
"It is my art. I am better at it than I ever was. And I will do it as long as I can. When you reach a certain age you can slough off what is unnecessary and concentrate on what is. And why not?" ~ Arthur Miller
"The world is an oyster but you don't crack it open on a mattress" ~ Arthur Miller
"A doctor could make a million dollars if he could figure out a way to bring a boy into the world without a trigger finger." ~ Arthur Miller
"I love her too, but our neuroses just don't match." ~ Arthur Miller
"most of the time we settle for half and i like it better, even as i know how wrong he was and his death useless, i tremble for i confess that something peversley pure calls to me from his memory" ~ Arthur Miller
"I've always made a point of not wasting my life, and every time I come back here I know that all I've done is to waste my life." ~ Arthur Miller
"I cannot sleep for dreaming; I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the house as though I'd find you coming through some door." ~ Arthur Miller
"He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid." ~ Arthur Miller
"I know you're no worse than most men but I thought you were better. I never saw you as a man. I saw you as my father." ~ Arthur Miller
"If you complain of people being shot down in the streets, of the absence of communication or social responsibility, of the rise of everyday violence which people have become accustomed to, and the dehumanization of feelings, then the ultimate development on an organized social level is the concentration camp... The concentration camp is the final expression of human separateness and its ultimate consequence. It is organized abandonment." ~ Arthur Miller
"There is unquestionably a contradiction between an efficient technological machine and the flowering of human nature, of the human personality." ~ Arthur Miller
"I figure I've done what I could do, more or less, and now I'm going back to being a chemical; all we are is a lot of talking nitrogen, you know." ~ Arthur Miller
"People do look to others for some leadership, and it's not bad for them to supply it when they feel that way." ~ Arthur Miller
"I know that my works are a credit to this nation and I dare say they will endure longer than the McCarran Act." ~ Arthur Miller
"There are many who stay away from church these days because you hardly ever mention God any more." ~ Arthur Miller
"Tragedy enlightens - and it must, in that it points the heroic finger at the enemy of man's freedom. The thrust for freedom is the quality in tragedy which exalts. The revolutionary questioning of the stable environment is what terrifies." ~ Arthur Miller
"I don't know a critic who penetrates the center of anything." ~ Arthur Miller
"There is a problem on the so-called commercial stage in New York. The price of a ticket is exorbitant, and there are no longer original productions possible, apparently, on the commercial stage. They are all plays that were taken from either England or smaller theaters, off-Broadway theaters, and so on. The one justification there used to be for the commercial theater was that it originated everything we had, and now it originates nothing. But the powers that be seem perfectly content to have it that way. They don't risk anything anymore, and they simply pick off the cream." ~ Arthur Miller
"The famous are balloons far up in the sky, to be envied for their quiet freedom or shot down as enemies." ~ Arthur Miller
"They know your name, address, telephone number, credit card numbers, who ELSE is driving the car "for insurance", ... your driver's license number. In the state of Massachusetts, this is the same number as that used for Social Security, unless you object to such use. In THAT case, you are ASSIGNED a number and you reside forever more on the list of "weird people who don't give out their Social Security Number in Massachusetts."" ~ Arthur Miller
"The need of man to wholly realize himself is the only fixed star." ~ Arthur Miller
"The culture of the United States has flooded the world. It's the inevitable result of a powerful culture, art. We've got an instinctive touch when it comes to the popular mind because we've had no aristocracy. It is a democratic country. And we know without knowing it, without bothering to understand it, how to reach ordinary people, sometimes with the most vulgar, worthless junk on the face of the earth, but we know how to do it [laughter]." ~ Arthur Miller
"A genuine invention in the realm of ideas must first emerge as an abstruse and even partial concept? At first blusha new idea appearstobe verycloseto insanity because to be new it must reverse important basic beliefs and assumptions which, in turn, have been institutionalized and are administered by one or another kind of priesthood with a vested interest in an old idea." ~ Arthur Miller
"... vulgarity has no nation." ~ Arthur Miller
"There might be a dragon with five legs in my house, but no one has ever seen it." ~ Arthur Miller
"My conception of the audience is of a public each member of which is carrying about with him what he thinks is an anxiety, or a hope, or a preoccupation which is his alone and isolates him from mankind and in this respect at least the function of a play is to reveal him to himself so that he may touch others by virtue of the revelation of his mutuality with them. If only for this reason I regard the theater as a serious business, one that makes or should make man more human, which is to say, less alone." ~ Arthur Miller
"Charley: He won't starve. None a them starve. Forget about him. Willy: Then what have I got to remember?" ~ Arthur Miller
"It is time that we, who are without kings, took up this bright thread of our history and followed it to the only place it can possibly lead in our time-the heart and spirit of the average man." ~ Arthur Miller
"THE PRICE grew out of a need to reconfirm the power of the past, the seedbed of current reality, and the way to possibly reaffirm cause and effect in an insane world." ~ Arthur Miller
"The concentration camp is the final expression of human separateness and its ultimate consequence. It is organized abandonment." ~ Arthur Miller
"I'm a fatalist.... I consider I am rejected in principle. My work is and, through my work, I am. If it's accepted, it's miraculous or the result of a misunderstanding." ~ Arthur Miller
"Pop, I'm nothing! I'm nothing, Pop. Can't you understand that? There's no spite in it any more. I'm just what I am, that's all." ~ Arthur Miller
"The success of a play, especially one's first success, is somewhat like pushing against a door which is suddenly opened that was always securely shut until then. For myself, the experience was invigorating. It suddenly seemed that the audience was a mass of blood relations, and I sensed a warmth in the world that had not been there before. It made it possible to dream of daring more and risking more." ~ Arthur Miller
"Great stones they lay upon his chest until he plead aye or nay. They say he give them but two words. "More weight," he says. And died." ~ Arthur Miller
"A man is not a bird, to come and go with the springtime." ~ Arthur Miller
"Oh,Elizabeth, your justice would freeze beer." ~ Arthur Miller
"They tried to escape technology, to stay away from that and still have relationships with their fellow humans. Very difficult." ~ Arthur Miller
"Peace. It is a providence, and no great change; we are only what we always were, but naked now." ~ Arthur Miller
"He's liked, but he's not well liked." ~ Arthur Miller
"That is a very good question. I don't know the answer. But can you tell me the name of a classical Greek shoemaker?" ~ Arthur Miller
"Nobody dast blame this man. For a salesman, there is no rock bottom to the life. He don't put a bolt to a nut, he don't tell you the law or give you medicine. He's a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back -- that's an earthquake. And then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you're finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory." ~ Arthur Miller
"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." ~ J. K. Rowling
"We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already." ~ J. K. Rowling
"Failure is not fun. It can be awful. But living so cautiously that you never fail is worse." ~ J. K. Rowling
"We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are." ~ J. K. Rowling
"Read as much as you possibly can. Nothing will help you as much as reading." ~ J. K. Rowling
"The world is full of wonderful things you haven't seen yet. Don't ever give up on the chance of seeing them." ~ J. K. Rowling
"We have to choose between what is right, and what is easy." ~ J. K. Rowling
"If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals." ~ J. K. Rowling
"It is important to remember that we all have magic inside us." ~ J. K. Rowling
"It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." ~ J. K. Rowling
"There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you." ~ J. K. Rowling
"Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success. I've met people who don't want to try for fear of failing." ~ J. K. Rowling
"Don't let the muggles get you down." ~ J. K. Rowling
"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends." ~ J. K. Rowling
"What's most important in a friendship? Tolerance and loyalty." ~ J. K. Rowling
"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default." ~ J. K. Rowling
"What’s comin’ will come, an’ we’ll meet it when it does." ~ J. K. Rowling
"Achievable goals are the first step to self improvement." ~ J. K. Rowling
"I believe in hard work and luck, and that the first often leads to the second" ~ J. K. Rowling
"Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young." ~ J. K. Rowling
"Wherever I am, if I've got a book with me, I have a place I can go and be happy" ~ J. K. Rowling
"Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery." ~ J. K. Rowling
"The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity. Such knowledge is a true gift, for all that it is painfully won, and it has been worth more than any qualification I ever earned." ~ J. K. Rowling
"We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided." ~ J. K. Rowling
"Imagination is ... the foundation of all invention and innovation." ~ J. K. Rowling
"Life is too short. I only want to do things that I enjoy, or that I think are good or worth doing." ~ J. K. Rowling
"It's our choices, more than anything, that show who we really are." ~ J. K. Rowling
"I definitely know that love is the most powerful thing of all." ~ J. K. Rowling
"To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever." ~ J. K. Rowling
"It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be." ~ J. K. Rowling
"There will always be a easy path and a right path." ~ J. K. Rowling
"Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike." ~ J. K. Rowling
"Secretly we're all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be." ~ J. K. Rowling
"The stories we love best do live in us forever." ~ J. K. Rowling
"Always have a vivid imagination, for you never know when you might need it." ~ J. K. Rowling
"Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it." ~ J. K. Rowling
"The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed." ~ J. K. Rowling
"I think it’s the books that you read when you’re young that live with you forever." ~ J. K. Rowling
"We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving." ~ J. K. Rowling
"No man or woman alive, magical or not, has ever escaped some form of injury, whether physical, mental, or emotional. To hurt is as human as to breathe." ~ J. K. Rowling
"I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had." ~ J. K. Rowling
"Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect." ~ J. K. Rowling
"Depression is the most unpleasant thing I have ever experienced. . . . It is that absence of being able to envisage that you will ever be cheerful again. The absence of hope. That very deadened feeling, which is so very different from feeling sad. Sad hurts but it's a healthy feeling. It is a necessary thing to feel. Depression is very different." ~ J. K. Rowling
"Unlike any other creature on this planet, humans can learn and understand, without having experienced. They can think themselves into other people's places. We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better." ~ J. K. Rowling
"Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it." ~ J. K. Rowling
Radiant Capital paused its lending markets after a cybersecurity breach that resulted in losses of more than $50 million on both the BNB Chain and Arbitrum networks
#cybersecurity #cent
#lending #crypto
From prediction markets offering bets on election outcome to the increasing interest in #crypto among voters in key swing states, the intersection of crypto and US elections is shaping up to be a significant factor in 2024
#cent #crypto
To be honest it looks good for now but in Politics the Politicians do anything for win. This may be just a agenda till election.
#freecompliments #gf
Tether USDT hits 330M on-chain wallets in Q3 2024, with 36.25M new users, marking a major growth milestone in digital finance
#usdt #tether #cent #crypto
Altcoin is best for making purchase because of the stable price and that make them special.
To be honest I like the $HBD more.
#freecompliments #gf
A statement by the former president regarding violent games being the reason for rising crime hinted at the possible ban
#gaming #blog #cent
A hint of who created bitcoin
#bitcoin #crypto
#cent
What?
that was too good.
lol
#freecompliments #gf
Gomble Games — the web3 game developer behind EggDrop — announced its Launchpool #2 social play-to-earn (P2E) gaming platform.
#p2e #cent #gaming #launchpool
INJ Price Surges by 11% Following Upbit Listing Announcement
#inj #crypto #cent
Venture capitalist Arthur Cheong recently indicated that the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector is experiencing a revival, largely driven by global interest rate dynamics.
#finance #cent
A new report reveals that top U.S.-listed Bitcoin miners have increased their control over the global network’s hash rate, reaching a record 28.9% this year
#bitcoin #crypto #mining #cent
Coinbase's Layer 2 Network Surpasses Arbitrum With $2.49 billion TVL
#news crypto
#cent
The crypto space in Africa may be up for a major overhaul as crypto startup Yellow Card has increased its funding to $88 million after raising $33 million in a Series C funding round led by Blockchain Capital.
#news #cent #blockchain
Nice to see a 100% vote from me is now worth $.01! Upwards and onwards!
Awesome :)
Great friend, little by little that vote will increase and in this way support more people.
Yeah, I wish I had been a bit more patient with Steem/Hive a few years ago. Coulda been a really friendly dolphin (whale by now, maybe). Oh well, live and learn. Growing from here and that's what's important.
All that remains is to continue and do our best.
Your influence grow :)
and it feels damn good!
Bitcoin continues its rise and today crosses a new threshold by reaching $68,000. This spectacular progression followed a hesitant start to the month, confirms the bullish momentum that is driving the crypto market at the moment.
#cent
Fall is so utterly beautiful in Eifel Region, Germany! #photography #photographers #photocast #leotravel #nature #landscape
My word! I wouldn't mind just sitting there and watching those trees sway in the breeze.
I love walking over there, for miles and miles, so rewarding!
What do you have done to me, I can see a naked women standing in that field.
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XYZVerse, a new memecoin merging sports and crypto, aims to become a cultural phenomenon by uniting fans and offering early adopters the chance to be part of its ambitious journey. #crypto
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Many parachains also offer rather significant staking rewards, often above 20%, which is excellent by comparison. If you hold a micro-cap project that goes on to increase significantly in value while offering an attractive APR, you are in the pound seats. This often happens, as many of these smaller projects are still in their infancy, and as a result, still very much in obscurity. #polkadot #cent #sapphirecrypto
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I sourced my first books yesterday. I went to this dudes place who sells books out of a big storage. I got 2 bananaboxes with books for 20€ containing about 50 books. I found an 800 page almanach about the 2nd world war in really good condition. There are only twoi listen on amazon that are used and both are listed for over 40€ So I guess I got a good haul.
I have to scan them now and send them to the warehouse because the books do not smell very good. Any tips on how to make em fresh again?
don't forget to check ebay sold
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awesome! Sounds like a sweet deal. For that, I'd say use disinfectant wipes and dryer sheets can also help remove that smell
Bom dia galera! Quase chegando o fim de semana! Bora com mais um #threadcast
This from Claude, biography:
As of October 2024, the President of Brazil is Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, commonly known as Lula. Here's a brief biography:
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was born on October 27, 1945, in Caetés, Pernambuco, Brazil. He came from a poor family and began working at a young age, eventually becoming a metalworker and trade union leader.
Key points in his life and career:
In the 1970s and 1980s, Lula emerged as a prominent union leader, organizing major strikes against Brazil's military dictatorship.
In 1980, he co-founded the Workers' Party (PT), a left-wing political party.
Lula ran for president unsuccessfully three times before winning in 2002.
He served as President of Brazil for two terms, from 2003 to 2010, implementing social programs that lifted millions out of poverty.
After leaving office, Lula faced corruption charges and was imprisoned in 2018.
In 2021, his convictions were annulled by the Supreme court, allowing him to run for office again.
Lula won the 2022 presidential election, defeating incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a close runoff.
He was inaugurated for his third term as President on January 1, 2023.
Lula's presidency focuses on social welfare, environmental protection, and repositioning Brazil on the global stage. His return to power marks a significant shift in Brazilian politics after years of conservative rule.
"Lula's presidency focuses on social welfare, environmental protection"
These two statements are correct in speech but wrong in practice. Lula is uncontrollably raising taxes on the poorest and cutting funds to combat deforestation.
Between January 1 and August 23, the country recorded more than 102,670 fire outbreaks. This is the highest number recorded in the same period in the last 14 years. Fourteen years ago, Lula was also president and 114,265 fire outbreaks were recorded.
Números atualizados sobre o caso "Abandono ENEL":
E vem mais um temporal por aí...
Eita... Tá vindo outra tempestade daquelas?
Só imagino o trabalho que eles tiveram para colocar de volta energia em alguns bairros e ter que fazer tudo de novo.
A previsão indica que sim... espero que errem
Também espero.
Mas bem, espero que não aconteça nada de mais sério
Alguém aqui acha que o Corinthians escapa do rebaixamento?
Eu acho que Fluminense ou Corinthians caem... Seria bem louco os dois caírem, mas acho que um entre eles irá pra B.
te lançar aqui a tabela
Nesse momento ele está escapando hahaha... Vamos ver até o final.
Vou ter esperança até o fim para o timão, mas a situação está bem complicada
Se eu pudesse escolher, entre os dois, preferiria o Fluminense pois eles precisam pagar a B.
Sim, é verdade!
Nunca esqueceremos o tapetão
Nunca kkkkkkk...
No Chile a população tocou fogo no prédio da Enel algum tempo atrás...
Isso quer dizer que muita gente corre o risco de "emendar" os apagões
O pior é que dessa vez nem estou tão empolgado com a sexta...
Isso porque está previsto um novo temporal em São Paulo
A previsão é de ventos de 80 km/h e 200 mm de echuva
Ou seja.... altas chances de um novo apagão
Já faz quase 1 semana do temporal e o lixo da Enel ainda não conseguiu religar todas as casas
Imagina ficar 1 semana sem luz, cair outro temporal e por conta disso ficar mais 1 semana
A justiça impôs o prazo de 24 horas para a Enel religar todas as casas sem energia com multa de 100 mil por hora sem limite de valor
Já é alguma coisa, mas multas não são punições para empresas desse porte, que lucram bilhões
É preciso fazer alguma coisa mais efetiva
A recisão contratual para mim seria a melhor coisa... a Enel já deu várias evidências de que simplesmente não tem capacidade ou não tem interesse em administrar a distribuição de energia em São Paulo
Acho que aqui no Brasil não chegaria a isso, mas imagino se aconteceria alguma forma de protesto se um novo apagão realmente acontecer amanhã
depende do Governo, se fizerem o necessário, nada dessa natureza vai acontecer.
Esse é que é o problema... o governo é péssimo
Eles são muito terríveis e reservados.
Dito isso, preciso trabalhar um pouco... voltarei aqui nas brecha que tiver ao longo do dia
"Mais de 95% das carteiras de Bitcoin estão no lucro"
Dado interessante.
Mas eu não tenho nenhum Bitcoin 😊😊😊😊..
Nunca é tarde para começar!
Como posso começar 😊😊
Compre $BTC !
Acabei de ouvir uma frase engraçada:
"Jesus é o caminho, mas eu sou o pedágio"
É uma crítica aos "falsos profetas" que exploram a fé das pessoas pra ganhar dinheiro
Bom, pelo visto me tornei indiretamente um investidor do projeto Chia. Bora aprender o básico sobre eles
Boa tarde pessoal! Que todos tenham um dia abençoado.
Dia com chuva, bom demais.
Hoje tem Mengão!
Today in #historyonleo
On October 17, 1931, gangster Al Capone is convicted of tax evasion, signaling the downfall of one of the most notorious criminals of the 1920s and 1930s. He was later sentenced to 11 years in federal prison and fined $50,000.
#crime
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#gmfrens #freecompliments
Hello INLEO. Happy thursday.
#thoughtoftheday #quotes
With good morning, worlds
cordial greetings and I hope you have a great day today, Thursday the 17th.
The sun rises for all, I send you my sunshine.
#threadcast #gmfrens #freecompliments #cent #bbh #photography #dailydook #motivational #sunrise
Bitcoin soared to around $67,400, with some metrics suggesting potential for further gains.
However, some bearish signals, such as an overvalued MVRV ratio and overbought RSI, indicate a possible price pullback
#cent #bitcoin
Here is the daily technology #threadcast for 10/17/24. We aim to educate people about this crucial area along with providing information of what is taking place.
Drop all question, comments, and articles relating to #technology and the future. The goal is make it a technology center.
Casio thinks an AI-powered furball can replace your pet
Moflin is a hypoallergenic, robotic AI-powered pet that will be released in Japan on November 7 - a video of the hamster-like device is available.
#technology #ai #robotics #casio
They are likely correct. We can get attached to anything.
People think something has to be biological for us to do that. I disagree. We see quite often that people do this to thinks that do not move or have a personality.
That's true. Some people in Japan are marrying dolls
Yeah. People judge things based upon the view (which is usually generational). That is a mistake. Different generations look at things differently.
Look at the GenZ...they look at entertainment a lot different than the Boomers.
Google Chrome is switching to Manifest V3, but what does that mean for ad blockers?
While Manifest V3 makes things harder for ad blockers, it's not the death of ad blockers by any stretch. uBlock Origin already has a new version built on Manifest V3 that works almost as well as the Manifest V2 version and with added privacy and performance benefits. However, there are quite a few filtering capabilities that can't be ported to Manifest V3. There are tools in Chrome's Extensions settings that help users determine whether an extension is compatible with Manifest V3 and find alternatives for incompatible extensions.
#google #manifest #ublock #adblocker
Amazon goes nuclear, to invest more than $500 million to develop small modular reactors
Amazon has signed an agreement with Dominion Energy to explore the development of a small modular nuclear reactor near Dominion's existing North Anna nuclear power station. Google and Microsoft have announced similar plans. Tech companies are increasingly buying into nuclear power to fuel the growing demands of data centers. Nuclear power will also help these companies reach net-zero carbon emissions.
#technology #nuclearpower #nuclear #ai #amazon
I wrote an article about this last night. It was a big step forward.
This followed Google committing to get nuclear energy.
Yet another big tech investing in nuclear power. We may see a spike in that sector in the coming years
Report: Uber considered potential acquisition of Seattle travel giant Expedia
Uber may be exploring a potential bid for Expedia Group. The company has approached advisers about a deal. Its interest is at a very early stage. Uber's CEO was Expedia's CEO from 2005 to 2017 and remains on the company's board. Expedia declined to comment on the deal.
#technology #uber #expedia
I just saw a video that the CEO of Uber also said it is trying to partner with Tesla on its Cybercab.
That is very interesting.
Interesting !INDEED. They can certainly compliment each other.
The question is whether Tesla ultimately needs Uber.
Why partner with that company when, for $5 billion, it can buy Lyft?
Right, buying Lyft seems the kind of Elon play too.
Yea, that will be a game changer for the transportation industry
It will likely happen across the board in the next 36 months.
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‘Smart’ insulin prevents diabetic highs — and deadly lows
Scientists have created a new form of insulin that can modify its activity in response to glucose levels in the blood, reducing high blood sugar concentrations while preventing levels from dropping too low. It has been tested in pigs and rats with encouraging results. Further research to optimize the molecule is ongoing. There are several smart insulin drugs in the works - scientists aim to generate a suite of smart insulin drugs to enable doctors to individualize therapies for their patients.
#technology #insulin #health #diabetes
Amazon announces first Kindle ever with color screen, retailing for $279
Amazon has announced a new Kindle e-reader with a color display. The Kindle Colorsoft has weeks of battery life and a display that's designed to ensure colors don't appear washed out or pixelated even when users zoom in on images. It can be preordered now for $279 and will ship on October 30. Amazon also announced a refreshed Kindle Scribe with new note-taking features for $399, an updated Kindle Paperwhite for $159, and a 12th generation Kindle for $109.
#technology #amazon #kindle #reading
Well, that's a serious lack of innovation, lol... Woohoo boys and girls, we now have a colored screen! Not like an iPad or regular tablet hasn't had them since inception, lol.
lol only took them 20 years
I know... LOL. Well to be fair, the only people I see with Kindles are grandparents anyway, lol.
Which I shouldn't talk shit, my kids are 25 and 20, so I could be a grandpa... Def not trying to jinx myself yet, lol.
Apple unveils new iPad Mini with the powerful A17 Pro chip
Apple has now revealed yet another addition to its family of gadgets – an updated version of the popular iPad Mini. This marks the first time the device has got a significant upgrade in the over three years. The device includes a faster A17 Pro chip, more storage, Apple Intelligence, and more.
#technology
“There is no other device in the world like iPad mini, beloved for its combination of powerful performance and versatility in our most ultraportable design. iPad mini appeals to a wide range of users and has been built for Apple Intelligence, delivering intelligent new features that are powerful, personal, and private,” Bob Borchers, Apple’s VP of Worldwide Product Marketing, commented on the matter.
“With the powerful A17 Pro chip, faster connectivity, and support for Apple Pencil Pro, the new iPad mini delivers the full iPad experience in our most portable design at an incredible value,” he added. There are new colour options as well – users can buy the latest Mini in either muted blue or purple. The front-facing camera remains in portrait mode, while the rear camera is a 12MP wide-angle lens with Smart HDR 4.
The A17 Pro chip is no stranger to Apple devices, and has been present in the company’s iPhone 15 Pro series. According to Apple, the chip brings a boost of 30% in the 6-core CPU performance, alongside an improvement of 25% in GPU performance as compared to the A15 Bionic chip. Furthermore, there is a faster Neural engine to bolster AI-focused features such as improved Siri responses.
Another feature that will be able to leverage the A17 Pro is Apple Intelligence – the company’s suite of AI-powered tools and features. This is unsurprising, given that Apple has been going all out on AI across its product lineup. The company notes that the first set of Apple Intelligence features will be made available in US English later this month, and it itself remains integrated into iPadOS 18. With the new and powerful chip, Apple Intelligence will be able to leverage generative AI models to provide improved writing tools, generate image from text-based prompts, and provide enhanced task automation.
Storage has been a point of concern for many iPad Mini users in the past, and the new iPad Mini seems to have the answer. Apple, for the new device, has doubled the base storage to 128GB, and offers 256GB and 512GB storage configurations for interested users as well. The device now supports Wi-Fi 6E, offering faster internet speeds, as well as a better USB-C port, which allows for faster data transfer speeds, reaching up to 10 Gbps. Furthermore, the new iPad Mini also comes with support for the new Apple Pencil Pro, which brings features like pressure sensitivity, gesture controls, and haptic feedback, and a magnetic charging area on the Mini’s side to charge it.
Interested users can pre-order the new iPad Mini, and deliveries will commence next week, from October 23. The device starts at $499 for the Wi-Fi-only version with 128GB of storage, while the Wi-Fi + Cellular model begins at $649.
Reuters: Schneider Electric to buy data centre cooling firm Motivair for $850 million
https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/schneider-electric-buy-data-centre-cooling-firm-motivair-850-million-2024-10-17/
Reuters: Meta lays off employees at WhatsApp and Instagram, the Verge reports
https://www.reuters.com/technology/meta-lays-off-employees-whatsapp-instagram-verge-reports-2024-10-17/
Reuters: South Korea vows to prevent technology leaks with heavier penalties
https://www.reuters.com/markets/asia/south-korea-vows-prevent-technology-leaks-with-heavier-penalties-2024-10-17/
When it comes to outages, Downdetector is the place to go to get the latest updates on the development. Downdetector – the website that tracks real-time service outages based on user reports – reported that the outage commenced sometime after 1 PM ET, and 1:40 p.m., more than 12,000 people reported issues with Facebook, while over 5,000 complaints were logged for Instagram. At its peak, there were nearly about 92,000 reports of outages for Instagram.
Facebook and Instagram are back up after an extended downtime
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If you were trying to use Facebook or Instagram yesterday, then you may have run into difficulties. You are not the only one – from the looks of it, both social media platforms experienced disruptions on Monday, which left users in multiple regions unable to access the platforms. The disruptions had the most severe impact in the US – sparking frustration among users – as reports of issues started to surface in the early afternoon.
Coming to Instagram, it is noted that 68% of users reported problems with logging onto the photo-sharing platform, while 26% of them ran into issues with the Instagram app itself. The remaining 6% of users had problems with loading profiles, while several others reported unexpected logouts, and some said they were unable to log back into their accounts. Other users also faced error messages such as “something is wrong” on Instagram’s interface.
The latest string of complaints was at 9:09 AM (today, October 15) with a total of 16 reports. Currently, there are no user reports for current problems at the platform, and Instagram seems to be up and about once more. The outages also affected users from other parts of the world, including the UAE, and other Meta services, such as Threads, Meta’s newest social networking platform.
When it comes to outages, Downdetector is the place to go to get the latest updates on the development. Downdetector – the website that tracks real-time service outages based on user reports – reported that the outage commenced sometime after 1 PM ET, and 1:40 p.m., more than 12,000 people reported issues with Facebook, while over 5,000 complaints were logged for Instagram. At its peak, there were nearly about 92,000 reports of outages for Instagram.
Coming to Facebook, Meta’s flagship social media platform experienced similar issues – reports state that there were over 550,000 reports of disruptions for Facebook at the peak of the outage. The latest of the reports came at 9:31 AM (on October 15), and the service seems to be restored for now. During the outage, 71% of users reported issues with logging in, while 19% of users reported problems with Facebook’s servers. The remaining 10% of users ran into problems with loading their profiles.
Of course, the outages prompted frustrated reactions from users, many of whom predictably turned to popular micro-blogging platform X to confirm the outage. One Instagram user commented, “My Facebook and Instagram logged out on their own, and now all the posts are gone… is Meta down?” Another user joked, “Instagram crashed right when I was trying to stalk people – now I have to do my homework instead.” “I can’t post stories or comment on anything. Instagram keeps acting up.” Facebook users similarly voiced concerns, with many saying they were unable to load their profiles or post updates. One user expressed concern about losing access to a long-held account: “I thought for a second that I lost my 13-year-old Facebook account.”
Reliance Jio is India’s biggest and world’s third largest telecom company by subscriptions, with a 480 Million subscriber base. Musk has been keen to bring Starlink to India — whose satellite internet market is expected to be $1.9Bn by 2030. However, spectrum allocation has been a contentious point, with Musk and other global companies favouring a global trend of allotment, while telecoms like Jio arguing in favour of auctioning.
In another post on X, he mentions he will call and ask Mukesh Ambani “if it would not be too much trouble to allow Starlink to compete to provide Internet services to the people of India.”
Elon Musk argues against Reliance Jio’s demand for auctioning India’s lucrative satellite spectrum
India’s spectrum market, satellite spectrum in particular, is seeing a heated battle between some of the world’s biggest billionaires. The battle stemmed from a Government decision to allocate satellite internet spectrum, instead of ‘auctioning’ it the way mobile spectrum is auctioned in the country. #technology #elonmusk
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Meta announces fresh job cuts across several divisions
Social media company Meta has now initiated yet another round of layoffs across its organization. From what we know so far, the latest round of job cuts has impacted employees across several key divisions. This includes employees who are working on Threads, recruiting, legal operations, and design, in addition to those working on core platforms like Instagram and WhatsApp. Reality Labs, Meta’s division focused on virtual and augmented reality, was also affected by this round of job cuts. #technology #meta #newsonleo
Meta is no stranger to layoffs, and the newest development simply continues a trend of workforce reductions seen over the past two years. Two years ago, the social media giant axed 11,000 people (which amounted to 13% of its workforce). Later last year, it gave job cuts to nearly 10,000 employees (as well as withdrawing 5,000 unfilled positions) as part of Mark Zuckerberg’s “year of efficiency.”
The casualties of the latest round of layoffs is unknown (for now), and comes at a time when Meta is noting slowing user growth on its social media platforms, as well as heightened competition from rival platforms like TikTok. Things are made worse by Meta’s investments in virtual and augmented reality through Reality Labs, which have been expensive and yet to yield significant returns. It is thus no surprise that Meta is now taking a step back to cut down on costs, but it is the employees who are paying the price.
Dave Arnold, a spokesperson for the company, confirmed the layoffs. “Today, a few teams at Meta are making changes to ensure resources are aligned with their long-term strategic goals and location strategy. This includes moving some teams to different locations, and moving some employees to different roles. In situations like this when a role is eliminated, we work hard to find other opportunities for impacted employees,” he commented on the matter.
For their part, Meta employees have taken to social media platforms to share their woes. For example, Jane Manchun Wong, a well-known software engineer, announced her departure from the company via Threads. Wong had joined Meta’s Threads team last year, and expressed her feelings about the layoff: “I’m still trying to process this, but I’ve been informed that my role at Meta has been impacted. Thank you to everyone, especially my Threads and Instagram teammates, for my wild journey at Meta.”
Indigo, India’s largest airline, launches its own VC fund for Series A/B investment in aviation startups
Indigo, India’s largest airline and Asia’s largest individual airline, is venturing into the investing business, with the launch of ‘Indigo Ventures’. The VC fund, which received a nod from India’s securities regulator SEBI, will focus on Series A/B investments in startups in the aviation space.
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“The fund will invest in startups that have the potential to redefine the future of aviation and beyond, seeking pre–Series A, Series A, and Series B funding. These include startups working on cutting-edge technologies and solutions within the aviation sector. The fund will also look to invest in consumer startups that have a touchpoint in the passenger journey, such as travel, lifestyle, hospitality, transportation, etc,” said an Indigo press release.
Indigo has already started speaking with select startups in its focus areas for closing on some initial investment deals. The fund is expected to be fully operational by the end of FY 25. The fund has launched an online presence ‘GoIndigoVentures‘, inviting startups to submit their pitches. The website also details about the fund’s thesis, its investment committee among other pertinent details.
Neetan Chopra, Chief Digital & Information Officer, IndiGo, said, “As IndiGo embarks on this new journey with IndiGo Ventures, we are committed to fostering innovation, giving wings to aspirations, in aviation and beyond. The startups will benefit from IndiGo’s extensive technical expertise and diverse geographical imprint, leading to the development of new products and services.”
In terms of corpus size, the fund will start with an initial investment of ₹30 crore (~$3.57Mn) from Indigo. The same was approved by the company’s board on September 4 of this year.
Indigo will join a steadily growing list of Indian corporate houses, looking to create in-house venture funds for startup investments. While India has seen a meteoric rise in venture capital being raised by startups, almost all of it comes from outside of the country. A major chunk of India’s domestic investor capital still largely goes to more traditional forms of investments, such as public markets, real-estate among others. The trend however, has seen a marked shift, with startups listing on public bourses amid bumper listings.
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Meta lays off employees across multiple teams
Multiple teams at Meta were hit by layoffs on Wednesday, the company confirmed in a statement to TechCrunch
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Meta Conducts Widespread Layoffs Across Multiple Teams, Reallocation of Resources Underway
In a statement to TechCrunch, Meta confirmed that the company has undergone a significant restructuring, resulting in layoffs across multiple teams. The affected teams include Reality Labs, Instagram, and WhatsApp, with employees working on these teams being notified of the changes via video calls. The goal of this realignment is to reallocate resources to better align with Meta's long-term strategic goals and location strategy.
One of the employees affected by the layoffs is Jane Manchun Wong, a software engineer who was hired to join the Threads team in 2023. Wong gained recognition for revealing unannounced features coming to Meta apps, and her appointment was celebrated by Meta's CTO and the head of Instagram. Other former Meta employees also took to social media to announce their layoffs, with some having previously worked on Facebook, recruiting, legal operations, and design.
However, a Meta spokesperson clarified that Threads, recruiting, and legal operations were not impacted by the reorganization and that there were no layoffs in these areas. The company declined to comment on the record about the number of employees affected and the organizations they were part of.
Former Meta employees who were laid off were offered different positions under new contracts or told they could take a severance package instead. Several employees chose to take the severance package, according to a source. The source, who spoke to TechCrunch on the condition of anonymity, revealed that more than a dozen people on their team were notified that their roles were affected via video calls on Wednesday. Some employees affected received six weeks of severance pay.
This latest round of layoffs is not unprecedented for Meta. In recent years, the company has laid off a significant portion of its workforce to rightsize the company following aggressive pandemic hiring. In 2022, Meta laid off roughly 13% of its workforce, or 11,000 employees, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally taking responsibility. In 2023, Meta laid off another 10,000 employees and withdrew 5,000 open roles it had yet to fill.
The layoffs are a sign of the company's ongoing efforts to adapt to changing market conditions and prioritize its resources. As Meta continues to navigate the challenges of the tech industry, it is likely that the company will continue to make adjustments to its workforce and operations to ensure its long-term success.
The layoffs are also a testament to the company's commitment to realigning its resources to better serve its users and stakeholders. By streamlining its operations and focusing on its core strengths, Meta aims to emerge stronger and more resilient in the face of an increasingly competitive and rapidly evolving tech landscape.
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Y Combinator-backed fintech CapWay has shut down
Sheena Allen, the company's founder, told TechCrunch that CapWay had to close after it couldn't raise another round.
#technology #newsonleo #ycombinator #capway
CapWay, a FinTech Startup, Shuts Down Operations Amidst Challenges in Financial Inclusion
CapWay, a Y Combinator-backed fintech company, has ceased operations, its founder Sheena Allen announced on LinkedIn. The company aimed to provide financial services to individuals in "banking deserts," or communities with limited or no access to physical bank branches. Despite its noble mission, CapWay faced significant challenges, including a reputational hit in the fintech industry, difficulties in finding a new banking partner, and struggles with fundraising.
The Rise and Fall of CapWay
Founded in 2016, CapWay aimed to address the financial inclusion gap by offering online banking solutions and financial literacy programs. The company raised just under $800,000 in funding from investors, including Backstage capital, Fearless fund, and Khosla Ventures.
CapWay was part of the Summer 2020 cohort of Y Combinator, a prestigious startup accelerator. The company's mission was to provide financial services to underserved communities, offering a debit card, savings account, and financial education resources.
However, the fintech industry faced a significant reputational hit after the hacking of Evolve Bank & Trust and the collapse of Synapse, which saw hundreds of millions of dollars of consumer funds frozen. As a result, many banks required fintechs to have a certain amount of money in the bank to partner with them. CapWay struggled to meet this requirement, which led to the company's demise.
Challenges Faced by Black Founders
Allen pointed out that fundraising was particularly challenging for Black founders, with Crunchbase reporting that Black founders raised only 0.3% of the $79 billion that went to U.S.-based startups in the first half of the year. Allen felt like she was in competition with other Black-founded fintechs for a smaller piece of the pie, with some investors telling her that they had already invested in another Black-founded debit card fintech. This lack of diversity in funding and the limited opportunities for Black founders to access capital further exacerbated the challenges faced by CapWay.
Lessons Learned and Future Plans
Despite the challenges, Allen remains committed to the financial inclusion space and is already pondering her next startup idea. She is currently exploring entrepreneur-in-resident opportunities at venture firms. Allen's experience serves as a reminder that even the most well-intentioned startups can face significant challenges, but it is the resilience and determination of founders that ultimately define their success.
Conclusion
CapWay's shutdown serves as a reminder of the complexities and challenges faced by fintech startups, particularly those focused on financial inclusion. While the company's mission was admirable, it ultimately succumbed to the difficulties of fundraising and finding a new banking partner. However, Allen's determination to continue working in the financial inclusion space and her commitment to building companies will undoubtedly inspire others to follow in her footsteps.
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Instagram rolls out new safety features to protect teens from sextortion
Instagram is introducing a series of new safety features to protect users from sextortion, the company announced on Thursday.
#instagram #technology #socialmedia #sextortion #newsonleo
Instagram Unveils Enhanced Safety Features to Combat Sextortion Scammers and Protect Teenagers
In a significant move to safeguard its users, particularly teenagers, Instagram has introduced a range of new safety features aimed at combating sextortion scammers. The company is taking a multi-faceted approach to prevent scammers from exploiting its platform, including preventing users from taking screenshots of ephemeral content, limiting who can contact teenagers, providing educational resources to help users spot and report sextortion, and partnering with crisis hotlines to offer support.
Preventing Screenshotting of Ephemeral Content
One of the most significant changes is the company's decision to no longer allow users to screenshot or screen record ephemeral images or videos sent in private messages. This means that if someone sends you a photo or video using the "view once" or "allow replay" features, the other person won't be able to save the content. Additionally, Instagram won't allow users to open "view once" or "allow replay" images or videos on the desktop, ensuring that they can't circumvent the safety measures. This feature will help prevent scammers from sharing explicit content without the user's consent.
Limiting Who Can Contact Teenagers
Instagram is also limiting who can contact teenagers on its platform. Teenagers will no longer receive messages from anyone they don't follow or aren't connected to, making it harder for scammers to initiate contact. The company is also making it harder for suspicious accounts, such as those that were recently created, to request to follow teenagers. This feature will help prevent scammers from creating fake accounts to target teenagers.
Safety Notices and Nudity Protection
Instagram is also rolling out safety notices in DMs to let teenagers know when they're talking to someone who might live in a different country. The company is doing so because sextortion scammers often lie about where they live in order to get teenagers to trust them. Additionally, Instagram is fully rolling out its nudity protection feature globally, which automatically blurs images that contain nudity in DMs. The feature will be enabled by default for teen users, helping to prevent the spread of explicit content.
Partnership with Crisis Text Line
Instagram is also partnering with Crisis Text Line in the U.S. to provide more support within its app. When a user reports an issue related to child safety or sextortion, they will see an option to talk to a crisis counselor. This partnership will provide teenagers with a safe and confidential way to seek help and support if they are a victim of sextortion.
Educational Resources*
To provide more educational resources to its users, Instagram is starting to show users an educational video about sextortion scammers to teens in the U.S., U.K., Australia, and Canada. The company is also partnering with influencers like Bella Poarch and Brent Rivera to create content about spotting sextortion and what to do if it happens. These educational resources will help teenagers understand the risks of sextortion and how to stay safe online.
Conclusion
Instagram's new safety features are a significant step forward in the company's efforts to combat sextortion scammers and protect its users, particularly teenagers. By preventing users from taking screenshots of ephemeral content, limiting who can contact teenagers, providing educational resources, and partnering with crisis hotlines, Instagram is taking a comprehensive approach to preventing sextortion on its platform. These features will help to create a safer and more secure environment for teenagers to communicate online.
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Meta's AI chief says world models are key to 'human-level AI' — but it might be 10 years out
Are today's AI models truly remembering, thinking, planning, and reasoning, just like a human brain would?
#ai #technology #yannlecun
The Promise and Challenges of AI World Models: A Reality Check on Current AI Capabilities
In the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence, there's a growing debate about the true capabilities of current AI models. While some AI companies tout their systems as approaching human-like intelligence, Meta's chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, offers a more sobering perspective. According to LeCun, today's AI models fall far short of true human-level cognition, but a new approach called "world models" might bridge this gap within the next decade.
The Current State of AI: Impressive, but Limited
Recent advancements in AI have been remarkable. OpenAI's ChatGPT now features a "memory" function, allowing it to recall previous conversations. The company's latest models also claim to exhibit "complex reasoning" capabilities. These developments have led some AI optimists, like Elon Musk and Shane Legg, to suggest that artificial general intelligence (AGI) is imminent.
However, LeCun argues that this optimism is premature. He contends that despite their impressive abilities, current AI systems lack fundamental aspects of human-level intelligence:
The Limitations of Current AI Architectures
LeCun explains that the core limitation of today's AI lies in their fundamental architecture:
While these models have become highly proficient in their respective domains, they lack a genuine understanding of the three-dimensional world in which we live. This limitation becomes apparent when AI systems attempt to perform simple physical tasks that most humans can easily accomplish, such as clearing a dinner table or driving a car.
The Promise of World Models
To overcome these limitations, LeCun and other researchers are advocating for a new AI architecture centered around "world models." A world model is essentially an AI's mental representation of how the world behaves, allowing it to:
The concept of world models isn't entirely new—LeCun notes that the idea is over 60 years old. However, recent advancements in AI have reignited interest in this approach. Several prominent AI labs and startups, including World Labs (founded by Fei-Fei Li and Justin Johnson) and potentially OpenAI with its unreleased Sora video generator, are now pursuing world model research.
How World Models Could Work
LeCun outlines a potential framework for human-level AI based on world models:
Challenges and Timeline
While world models offer exciting possibilities, LeCun cautions that significant challenges remain:
The Road Ahead
Meta's Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) lab, under LeCun's guidance, has shifted its focus to long-term AI research, including the development of world models and objective-driven AI. This represents a departure from their previous work on more immediate product-focused AI applications.
As the race to develop more advanced AI systems intensifies, the concept of world models is likely to attract significant attention and investment. However, LeCun's measured outlook serves as an important reminder that true human-level AI remains a complex and distant goal, despite the impressive capabilities of today's AI systems.
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Apple reportedly worked with a Chinese automaker to develop a battery for its now-canceled car
Apple reportedly teamed up with a Chinese automaker to develop a battery for its car, which ultimately never saw the light of day.
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Apple reportedly worked with a Chinese automaker to develop a battery for its now-canceled car
Apple reportedly teamed up with a Chinese automaker to develop a battery for its car, which ultimately never saw the light of day.
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Apple worked with a Chinese automaker for years to design a battery system for its now-canceled car project.
That’s according to Bloomberg, which reports that Apple was collaborating with BYD Co., a Shenzhen-based car company, to develop batteries using lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells. Apple contributed engineering expertise, specifically in areas like heat management and advanced battery packs, while BYD supplied its manufacturing resources and proprietary LFP technologies.
The battery was intended to be safer than most EV batteries at the time, per Bloomberg, as well as longer-range.
Apple canned its plans for a car back in February after reportedly spending roughly $1 billion a year on the project since 2014. While it ultimately didn’t come to fruition, the effort wasn’t a total failure; according to Bloomberg, battery insights gleaned from the car project helped other Apple teams with the development of the Vision Pro and Neural Engine chip.
SpaceX sues California agency, alleging political bias against Musk and regulatory overreach
SpaceX has filed a lawsuit against a California agency this week after the body rejected a proposal to increase the company's launches
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SpaceX Sues California Agency Over Launch Expansion Rejection
SpaceX, the aerospace company founded by Elon Musk, has filed a lawsuit against the California Coastal Commission (CCC) following the agency's rejection of a proposal to increase SpaceX's annual launches from California's coastline. This legal action highlights the complex interplay between commercial space activities, national security interests, and environmental regulations.
The Proposal and Rejection
SpaceX sought to increase its launch frequency from Vandenberg space Force Base from 36 to 50 per year. Despite endorsement from the U.S. Air Force, which cited the critical nature of Starlink and Starshield launches for national security, the CCC voted 6-4 against the proposal on October 10.
Key Arguments in the Lawsuit
SpaceX's lawsuit presents two main arguments:
Political Discrimination: The company alleges that some commissioners engaged in "naked political discrimination" by citing CEO Elon Musk's political activities as a factor in their decision.
Regulatory Overreach: SpaceX contends that the CCC is attempting to unlawfully regulate federal agency activities, arguing that their launches should be considered federal operations due to their national security implications.
The Federal vs. Private Activity Debate
A central issue in this dispute is whether SpaceX's launches constitute federal or private activities. This distinction has significant regulatory implications:
Environmental and Political Considerations
Broader Implications
This case highlights the evolving relationship between private space companies and government agencies, particularly in national security contexts. It raises questions about how to classify and regulate activities that serve both commercial and governmental purposes.
Looking Ahead
The lawsuit is filed in the Central District of California court, where SpaceX is seeking to have the commission's rejection declared unlawful. Meanwhile, there are indications that SpaceX and the USAF may soon propose a further increase to 100 launches per year, suggesting that this issue will remain contentious in the near future.
This legal battle underscores the growing complexities in space industry regulation as private companies play an increasingly crucial role in national security and space exploration.
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After selling Drift, ex-HubSpot exec launches AI for customer success managers
Elias Torres has achieved a lot for somebody who immigrated to the US from Nicaragua at 17 without knowing any English.
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Elias Torres, a Nicaraguan immigrant who arrived in the United States at the age of 17 without speaking a word of English, has defied the odds to achieve remarkable success in the tech industry. As a Vice President of Engineering at HubSpot and co-founder of Drift, a company that was acquired by Vista equity for $1.2 billion in 2021, Torres has proven himself to be a visionary entrepreneur. now, he is taking on a new challenge with Agency, an AI-powered startup that aims to revolutionize the customer success management space.
The journey of Agency began when Torres started consulting for OpenAi in early 2023. While working on AI solutions for OpenAI's enterprise customers, including the NBA and LiveNation, Torres realized that companies could greatly benefit from AI-powered customer success managers. This epiphany was reinforced when he met with Brian Halligan, co-founder and executive chairman of HubSpot, who encouraged him to build a startup around this concept.
With Halligan's support, Torres reached out to Sequoia partner Pat Grady, who had previously invested in Drift. Grady was immediately sold on the idea, recognizing the challenges of hiring and scaling great customer success managers. "It's hard to hire great CSMs. It's hard to scale great CSMs," Grady said. "If you have a product that can do a lot of the work on their behalf, and you can scale your company without having to hire an army of CSMs. That's pretty useful."
Agency's AI-powered solution frees up time in the customer success manager's workday by handling tasks such as scheduling, follow-ups, note-taking, customer onboarding, and meeting preparation. The AI gains a deep understanding of each customer from emails, CRM data, chat messages, and phone conversations, allowing it to anticipate customer needs at any point. This technology has been a long-term goal for Torres, who helped build Salesforce at HubSpot and Drift.
The market opportunity for Agency is vast, with the sales and marketing organization facing disruption from dozens of AI-powered solutions targeting sales development representatives. However, Sequoia's Grady believes that Agency has a unique opportunity to establish itself in this market. "I don't know anybody else going after this market," Grady said. "Hopefully people won't discover that for a while, and they'll have a little bit of room to run."
With a $12 million seed round led by Sequoia and HubSpot Ventures, Agency is poised to make a significant impact in the customer success management space. As Torres said, "I'm not done" – and with Agency, he's just Getting Started. The company's product is currently being tested with companies, including HeyGen, and is available in an invite-only beta for customer success professionals. With its innovative AI-powered solution, Agency is well-positioned to revolutionize the way companies approach customer success management.
In conclusion, Elias Torres' journey from immigrant to entrepreneur is a testament to his determination and vision. With Agency, he is taking on a new challenge that has the potential to disrupt the customer success management space. With its AI-powered solution and strong backing from Sequoia and HubSpot Ventures, Agency is poised to make a significant impact in the industry.
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Are Cybertrucks too angular for Europe?
Tesla's Cybertruck is facing blowback in Europe, particularly over pedestrian safety concerns. Euro NCAP, a voluntary but influential car safety
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Tesla’s Cybertruck is facing blowback in Europe, particularly over pedestrian safety concerns. Euro NCAP, a voluntary but influential car safety assessment program in Europe, has not in any way tested the Cybertruck, but based on a visual assessment alone, raised alarms over its sharp, angular design, saying it could pose a serious threat to pedestrians. Indeed, Matthew Avery, Euro NCAP’s strategic development director, suggests to Wired that the Cybertruck could receive a poor safety rating, which could doom sales.
Already the small number of Cybertrucks registered in the EU have prompted European transport nongovernmental organizations to call for the trucks’ removal from public roads, saying their oversized, sharp-edged design violates European safety standards and could endanger pedestrians, cyclists, and other motorists.
Some U.S. safety experts agree. In an interview with Business Insider late last year, one called the Cybertruck a “guideless missile.” The bigger question is what it means for the truck’s future in Europe, where there’s far more focus on pedestrian protection than in the U.S.
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Primarily, it is Mukesh Ambani — Asia’s richest person — owned Reliance Jio that has argued, albeit privately, that the satellite rights should also be auctioned, with the highest bidder grabbing the same. As of now, Elon Musk’s Starlink and other global companies like Amazon owned Project Kuiper, Airtel-owned OneWeb back an administrative allocation, while Ambani’s Jio is arguing for an auction process.
The debate stems from the interpretation of an Indian law, that resulted in Musk and other getting allocations for the satellite spectrum. India’s telecom regulator TRAI is currently holding a public consultation but Reliance-owned Jio, in a private Oct. 10 letter, asked for the process to be started afresh as the watchdog has “pre-emptively interpreted” that allocation is the way forward, not auction.
Musk has reacted sharply to the development, calling Jio’s request as “unprecedented” and something that will not align with ITU laws.
The latest string of complaints was at 9:09 AM (today, October 15) with a total of 16 reports. Currently, there are no user reports for current problems at the platform, and Instagram seems to be up and about once more. The outages also affected users from other parts of the world, including the UAE, and other Meta services, such as Threads, Meta’s newest social networking platform.
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Will the XAI 19 Day Data Center Miracle Win the Future of AI?
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang knows exactly how long it takes most companies to build an AI data center using Nvidia GPUs.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang knows exactly how long it takes most companies to build an AI data center using Nvidia GPUs. He describes how his Nvidia team worked with xAI and Elon Musk to build a complete AI Data Center with 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs in 19 days. Elon Musk has said it took 122 days from start to finish.
Jensen said this would normally take 4 years. It would take 3 years for the planning and getting the site and permits and then it would take one year to build it and get it working and everyone trained. This means XAI took about 103 days for the planning and other non-GPU planning and other tasks.
The removal of most of the 3 year planning and preparation requires leveraging Elon’s Tesla team and processes they have worked out for factories and the prior setup of 20,000 GPUs used for Grok 2.
Debugging, optimizing, and ensuring sufficient power supply for these massive clusters can take additional time. The actual time to reach full operational capacity may be longer than the initial deployment timeframe.
The Colossus supercomputer uses at least 150 MW of power, as 100,000 H100 GPUs use 70 Megawatts. They have been using 14 diesel generators to power ithe Memphis supercomputer. The power will need to be increased to feed all 100,000 H100 GPUs.
Jensen Huang on Elon Musk and xAI building the fastest supercomputer on the planet in 19 days
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Tesla, SpaceX AI for Testing and Processes Have Been Used at xAI and Tesla AI Data Centers
Joe Justice describes that Tesla has a stack of scripts that run multiple times a second. Changes can be imagined, designed, produced and tested and put into production in the same day.
Everything is optimized for Pace of Innovation. Tesla has built instant testing into its cars even as they are being built.
One of the first things installed is the computer and monitor in the car. When other parts are added, the software runs tests to verify that it has been installed correctly and is meeting standards.
This has likely been added to the xAI AI data center installation, build and testing processes.
Faster xAI and Tesla AI Data Center Construction Could Be A Decisive Advantage
xAI will be making an expansion that will double the size of the Colossus data center in next 4-5 months.
xAI will build another even larger 300k B200 system in the summer. This will be about 12X the compute of the current system.
So three iterations of data center builds in the roughly 120 day timeframes. If no other company can match this then xAI would build a 2+ year lead.
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Hackers are extorting Globe Life with stolen customer data
The insurance giant says an unknown threat actor has stolen data including SSNs and health information
Insurance giant Globe Life, which provides life and health insurance policies to millions of Americans, says it is being extorted by a hacker that has stolen customers’ sensitive data.
#newsonleo #technology #globelife #data #hackers
In a regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, the Texas-based conglomerate said it has “recently received communications” from an unknown threat actor who is seeking to extort money from the company in exchange for not disclosing data stolen from its systems.
The compromised data, which Globe Life has traced back to its American Income Life Insurance Company subsidiary (AIL), includes personally identifiable information, such as customer names, postal addresses, and phone numbers. In “some cases,” the data also includes Social Security numbers, health-related data and other policy information, according to the company’s filing.
Globe Life says that approximately 5,000 individuals are known to be affected by the data breach so far, but concedes that the “total number of potentially impacted persons or the full scope of information possessed by the threat actor has not been fully verified,” suggesting that the number of affected individuals is likely to be far higher. Globe Life says it has more than 17 million policies in force, while AIL has at least two million policyholders at its last public count.
According to Globe Life’s filing, the hacker responsible for the breach “claims to possess additional categories of information, which claims remain under investigation and have not been verified,” but states that the compromised information does not appear to contain financial information such as credit card data or banking information.
The cybersecurity incident appears to be an extortion-only attack, with Globe Life saying the incident did not involve the use of file-encrypting ransomware.
In the case of Globe Life, the organization notes that the threat actor has also shared “information about a limited number of individuals to short sellers and plaintiffs’ attorneys,” likely in a bid to pressure the company into paying its extortion demands.
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From Elon Musk to cop car chases, how a software engineer launched a police AI startup
Abel creates AI that uses body cam footage and other data to fill out consuming police reports. For research, founder Daniel Francis shadowed the police.
Earlier this year, Abel founder Daniel Francis was in a car going 135 miles per hour down a highway in Oakland, California. The driver, a police officer, had a gun in his lap.
#elonmusk #police #software #danielfrancis
Francis has made a habit of riding shotgun with policemen in the name of research for his company, which creates AI to fill out police reports. Usually, the rides are fairly uneventful. But that day, the officer had pulled over a man to search his car. The man freaked out and pressed the gas pedal, almost hitting someone. Francis and the officer took off chasing him. “I was so excited,” Francis recalled. “I was like, finally, it’s happening! Finally, not just a stolen car call where we go and fill out a report.”
After 40 minutes — and a dicey last act through the narrow Oakland Hills streets — the man’s car sputtered to a stop, out of gas. The officer was visibly sweating; Francis’s heart was pounding. But between near-missing parked cars and swerving down the highway, Francis had time to think about AI. Specifically, how would AI write up a police report for a car chase? “That’s one of the hardest reports to write,” he said. “When you write a pursuit report, you have to list out every side street that you went by and every turn you took. Those reports are massive.”
In his 20 police ride-alongs, Francis has spent a lot of time thinking about how AI can help cut down on police paperwork. His company, Abel, creates AI that uses body cam footage and dispatch call data to fill out normally time-consuming police reports. On Thursday, he announced that Abel has raised a $5 million seed round led by Day One Ventures with participation from Long Journey Ventures and backing from Y Combinator as part of the summer 2024 class. Francis will use the funding to hire engineers and continue improving Abel’s AI.
You might recognize Francis’ name: When Elon Musk was laying off thousands of Twitter employees in 2023, Francis playfully pretended online to be a disgruntled Twitter engineer — which led to him actually getting hired as a Twitter engineer. (By the way, Francis said it’s way more stressful working for Musk than sitting shotgun in a car chase. “If Elon yells at you, it’s terrifying,” he laughed.)
Francis’ pivot from social media into police tech was prompted by a series of unfortunate events. In 2022, Francis helped a close friend escape an abusive marriage, secretly relocating her and her child to a new home in the dead of night. “It was the most heart-pounding thing I’ve done, maybe in years,” Francis recalled. “Under the cover of darkness, help my friend escape and drive away.”
But then her husband found her new address. “He would come over, banging on the door, yelling threats,” he said. “This happened a few times, and each time, it took about 45 minutes for the Oakland Police Department to get there.”
Francis was struck by how long it took the Police to arrive. He interviewed police officers, many of whom told him how catastrophically understaffed their departments were. He also learned that a police report can take 45 minutes to write, causing police to spend about one third of their time writing reports or other documentation. “This number changed my life,” Francis said. “That’s an insane use of time.”
He became obsessed with how new AI models could cut down the time spent writing reports. He made the initial Abel demo with homemade body cam footage, roleplaying petty crimes like littering with his friends. “I’ve made enough demo videos nOW that I know every petty crime that won’t involve bystanders,” he said.
Now Abel is being used by the Police department in Richmond, California (and Francis has access to real body cam footage). He said police officers there have changed their work schedules around Abel: instead of pulling to the side of the road to spend 40 minutes on a report, they can save them until the end of the day and simply edit the first draft that Abel has already prepared.
Abel is not the only one working on AI police reports. Competitors range from Axon (makers of tasers and body cams) with its Draft One product to tiny startups like Policereports.ai.
Francis hopes that Abel will ease paperwork chores for cops. “It’s much better for everyone if the cops are not overworked, if the cops are not burning out,” he said. “If they can actually show up and do the job that they signed up to do.”
Can AI make us feel less alone? The founder of Manifest thinks so
Amy Wu, founder of the AI-based mental health app Manifest, has a bold prediction for the next wave of tech.
#ai #technology #manifest #newsonleo
Manifest: AI-Based Mental Health App Addressing Gen Z Loneliness
Key Points:
The Loneliness Epidemic:
Manifest App Overview:
App Functionality:
Technology and Mental Health:
Ethical Considerations:
Contrasting Approaches:
Conclusion:
Manifest represents a new wave of tech startups using AI to address mental health concerns, specifically targeting Gen Z's loneliness epidemic. While innovative, these approaches raise important questions about the role of technology in mental health support and the ethical responsibilities of such platforms.
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Google replaces executive in charge of Search and advertising
Sundar Pichai announced that Prabhakar Raghavan, the executive in charge of the company's search engine and ads products
#google #newsonleo #technology #search
Google Announces Leadership Changes Amidst AI Ambitions and Antitrust Scrutiny
In a significant shake-up, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced on Thursday that Prabhakar Raghavan, the executive in charge of the company's search engine and ads products, is leaving his role after a 12-year tenure.
Raghavan will be replaced by longtime Google executive Nick Fox, who will take on the role of leading the search engine and ads products. Meanwhile, Raghavan will assume the role of Chief Technologist, partnering closely with Pichai and other Google leaders to provide technical direction and leadership.
Raghavan's departure marks the end of a remarkable 12-year tenure at Google, during which he has played a crucial role in shaping the company's AI products. Under his leadership, the Gmail team launched Smart Reply and Smart Compose, the company's first AI-powered email features.
Since then, Raghavan has overseen the launch of AI Overviews and circle to Search, as well as AI features in Maps and Shopping, such as Immersive View and virtual try-on. His contributions to Google's AI efforts have been instrumental in driving innovation and growth in the company's product portfolio.
Fox, who has been instrumental in shaping Google's AI product roadmap, has a strong track record of launching successful products, including Google Fi and RCs messaging. His appointment as the new leader of search engine and ads products is seen as a vote of confidence in his ability to drive innovation and growth in these critical areas. Fox's leadership is expected to focus on leveraging AI and machine learning to improve the search engine and ads products, enhancing the user experience and driving revenue growth.
In addition to the leadership changes, Pichai announced that the Gemini app team, led by Sissie Hsiao, will join Google DeepMind under Demis Hassabis. This move is designed to improve feedback loops, enable faster deployment of new models in the Gemini app, and streamline post-training work. The Google Assistant team will also become part of the platforms and devices team, allowing them to be closer to the products they're building for. These changes are aimed at promoting collaboration and innovation across Google's product portfolio, while also addressing concerns about the company's dominance in the tech industry.
The leadership changes come as Google is working to establish itself as a leader in AI, a field that is increasingly critical to the company's future success. The company has been investing heavily in AI research and development, and has made significant strides in areas such as natural language processing, computer vision, and machine learning. However, the changes also come as Google is facing several antitrust lawsuits, which have raised concerns about the company's dominance in the tech industry.
The leadership changes may be seen as an effort to address these concerns by promoting internal innovation and competition, rather than relying on external acquisitions or partnerships. By promoting internal innovation and competition, Google aims to demonstrate its commitment to technical excellence and innovation, while also addressing concerns about its dominance in the tech industry.
In his announcement, Pichai emphasized the importance of technical excellence and innovation at Google, and praised Raghavan's contributions to the company's AI efforts. He also highlighted Fox's strengths as a leader and his ability to drive growth and innovation in the search engine and ads products. Overall, the leadership changes at Google reflect the company's ongoing efforts to adapt to a rapidly changing tech landscape, while also addressing concerns about its dominance and promoting internal innovation and competition. As the company continues to navigate these challenges, it will be interesting to see how these changes play out and what impact they have on Google's future success.
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Prada and Axiom Space reveal costumes that astronauts will wear on the Moon
On Wednesday (16), the Italian Prada and Axiom Space, a North American space flight services company, revealed at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan (Italy) the space suits that astronauts will wear when they are on the Moon during the mission Artemis III. The launch of the project is scheduled for September 2026.
#newsonleo #space
The partnership for the development of the suits was announced last year, and Axiom Space had already revealed the prototype of the “Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit” (AxEMU) suit. Now, the duo showed the result of the outer layer of the spacesuit that the crew will use during Artemis III. This will be the first mission of NASA's Artemis program, which will take new humans to the lunar surface.
Like those worn during the Apollo program, the outer portion of the suits is white and is designed to reflect heat. The version developed for the Artemis program will have some details in gray and red stripes, which are similar to those used by the Luna Rossa team, which represented the Circolo della Vela Sicilia yacht club with sponsorship from Prada.
The upper part of the suits, where the helmet and the life support system “backpack” will be located, has special places for the installation of national flags and emblems of the mission in question — during the announcement, the suits had the emblem of the AxEMU.
Another objective of the devices is to ensure the greatest possible comfort for astronauts without neglecting protection against radiation and the supply of energy and oxygen necessary for activities on the lunar soil. As the Artemis program will land the first woman on the Moon, the suits can be worn on both female and male bodies and can be adapted as needed.
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NASA and Russia still haven't fixed leaks on the ISS
Air leakage in the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) continues. NASA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos, one of the partners in the orbital laboratory program, identified what were described as “50 areas of concern” related to the escape that has occurred since 2019.
#newsonleo #space #nasa
The incident was discussed in a NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG) report published in September. Both space agencies are analyzing the leak, which is considered one of the biggest risks to astronauts in the orbiting laboratory.
Therefore, NASA officials continue to monitor four cracks and 50 other areas of concern on the ISS. According to them, the cracks have all been covered with a combination of sealant and Roscosmos patches, while repairs continue.
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free noted that the severity of the leak has been highlighted several times, including when he was in Russia. As the sources of the leaks are close to a hatch, NASA suggested to Roscosmos to close it as much as possible. “We reached an agreement for them to close it at night,” he added.
If there is an emergency and it is necessary to evacuate the astronauts, there are space vehicles available to the ISS crew. On the other hand, NASA has been reinforcing that, despite the risks related to the leak, what happened does not represent an immediate threat to astronauts.
“There is no impact at this time on crew safety or vehicle operations, but it is something everyone should be aware of,” ISS program manager Joel Montalbano said at a briefing in February 2024 as the leak escalated. temporarily to 2.4 pounds per day; the average was 0.2 pounds per day.
Space
Hubble detects "stellar volcano" that expels jets into space
The Hubble telescope captured spectacular images of a far from peaceful star. We're talking about R Aquarii, a binary star system found about 700 light years from Earth. There, violent eruptions occur that shoot large gaseous filaments into space.
#newsonleo #space
It was in 1990 that Hubble turned its “eyes” to R Aquarii for the first time, revealing that there were two stars separated by billions of kilometers. Now, members of the European Space Agency and NASA, who operate the space telescope together, have produced a timelapse video showing the star's behavior.
R Aquarii is a symbiotic star, a class of binary stars. The binary star there is a red giant 400 times larger than the Sun, which pulsates, changes temperature and brightness over periods of 390 days. When it is at its maximum luminosity, the star shines 5 thousand times brighter than our star.
Inteligência Artificial
Ator alerta sobre IA após aparecer em deepfake do governo da Venezuela
O ator Dan Dewhirst, visto em filmes como Prometheus e O Cristal Encantado, revelou que sua imagem foi usada indevidamente em um vídeo de propaganda do governo venezuelano, gerado por inteligência artificial. Em comunicado divulgado pelo sindicato britânico Equity, Dewhirst alertou outros profissionais sobre os riscos de contratos de avatares de IA.
#newsonleo #ai #technology #films #hivebr #pt
Em 2021, Dewhirst assinou um contrato com a empresa de tecnologia Synthesia, que criaria um avatar digital baseado em sua aparência. Segundo ele, apesar de ter expressado preocupações quanto às cláusulas amplas do contrato, a empresa garantiu que o avatar não seria usado para fins ilegais.
No entanto, dois anos depois, ele descobriu que seu avatar foi usado em um falso noticiário de TV, no qual seu rosto aparecia transmitindo informações errôneas sobre a situação econômica da Venezuela.
O ator afirmou que ficou chocado ao ver seu rosto vinculado a notícias falsas. O vídeo mostrava seu avatar como âncora de um noticiário defendendo a economia venezuelana sob o governo de Nicolás Maduro. Dewhirst destacou o impacto negativo que esse uso inadequado teve em sua imagem e carreira.
A Synthesia, em resposta às acusações, afirmou que tem aprimorado suas políticas de moderação e implementado mudanças para evitar o uso indevido de avatares em conteúdos políticos. A empresa também disse ao Deadline que seus processos de revisão de conteúdo foram fortalecidos, e que mais moderadores foram contratados para impedir a criação de vídeos que disseminem desinformação.
Dewhirst decidiu compartilhar sua experiência para alertar outros atores sobre os riscos de contratos envolvendo IA e deepfake. O sindicato Equity, do qual Dewhirst faz parte, tem defendido proteções para artistas no uso de IA, assim como seus equivalentes nos Estados Unidos, especialmente em relação aos direitos de imagem e propriedade intelectual.
Google
Why do some houses appear blurry on Google Maps?
If you've ever browsed Street View, you may have noticed some blurry houses on Google Maps. The navigation service automatically blurs faces and license plates, but also has an option to hide homes there.
#newsonleo #google #internet
Google Maps may blur homes for reasons of privacy, security, or poor image quality. In addition to coverage with Google cars with 360º photos for Street View, the community itself can send videos to complement street records, but not all of them may be in the best resolution — in this case, it is possible to report a problem to the company.
Furthermore, anyone can ask Maps to blur a house, car, person or object: just fill out a form and wait for the company's approval to notice the change. This is a common measure to reinforce privacy on the app, as many facades on Google Street View can expose details about the residence, such as entry points and the people who live there, so some users try to hide the location.
A popular example of a blurred location on Google Maps is the mansion where the crime in the Richthofen case occurred, in the city of São Paulo — it is not possible to see the residence in any version of Street View, which has a history of records from 2016. However, it is not possible to confirm whether the measure was taken by Google at the request of the property owners.
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Artificial Intelligence threatens traditional call centers
According to an article in The Economist, companies like Sonos, which have faced crises with problematic products, are investing in AI bots to handle customer service, with surprisingly positive results. Sonos, for example, was able to use AI to resolve technical issues and alleviate pressure on its human responders during an app meltdown.
#newsonleo #technology #ai
The use of AI in customer service is growing rapidly. Gartner data shows that nearly half of industry executives believe AI virtual assistants will have a significant impact on their operations by 2025.
Startups like Sierra, valued at US$4 billion, are at the forefront of this revolution, along with giants like Amazon, Google and Microsoft. Instead of replacing customer service, AI is providing a new form of interaction, more efficient and available 24 hours a day, something impossible for large-scale human teams.
In Brazil, this trend is also gaining strength. According to the IBM Global AI Adoption Index 2023, 41% of Brazilian companies have already implemented AI solutions, while 98% are experimenting with the technology in their marketing channels, according to Twilio Segment's Growth Report.
This movement reflects the search for automation to reduce costs and increase efficiency, especially in large customer service operations, where demand is continuous and the pressure for quick responses is high.
Consumers are still afraid of interacting exclusively with machines. A Gartner survey found that 64% of customers prefer human contact, especially on more complex or emotional issues. This shows that, although AI is improving the speed and efficiency of service, the human touch continues to be valued in more delicate situations.
The real impact of AI is on traditional call centers, especially those located in countries like India and the Philippines, where employment in the sector is a driver of social mobility. The prediction is that AI could reduce up to 30% of job openings in call centers in the coming years, according to Gartner, radically changing the structure of these companies. For those that survive, the focus will be less on volume and more on quality, with humans working on more complex and creative tasks.
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#cent
BTC now trades above the 50-day and 200-day Simple Moving Averages (SMAs), supporting the general upward trend
#btc #cent #crypto
#market
The data shows we are moving towards a good crypto season #freecompliments #gf
I'm just at my lowest point right now.
I'm happy that there are people around me that I can rely on but you know, it's always the pressure and moment that you can't bring back.
Glad that people have your back
I hope whatever you're going through gets sorted out
Take care of yourself. Glad to hear you have ppl around you :)
We keep accumulating cards in #risingstar. I'd like to make a crafted card soon, that's the only thing I have left to do. #freecompliments
#hivenftgamelatino
Uniformity?! 👀🤮
Got the msg from the AlphaLeo himself that #designfreedom in threads is not desired, they want web2 uniformity! Allegedly for technical reasons, which I think is a cheap excuse in 2024, to replace a lively, creative and visually unusual feed with boring, stiff uniformity, as we already know from all the other feeds out there! Most of you probably don't give a shit anyway, because you're already so used to your content being treated this way everywhere. As a visual guy, I'm disappointed and for me, inleo and being "premium" has lost a lot of value and I wouldn't be surprised if even more formatting options will be removed soon™️ with the prevailing mindset in the #inleo team. But hey, who cares about the opinion of a visually oriented owner/stakeholder!
Switch my Wensoonshow backgrounds for this one that reflects the visual inleo mindset much better! 😏
Think they mentioned that people used it to break stuff on the site as well. So I understand that they wanna focus on other stuff for now.
that was before they sandboxed it to certain commands!
Okay didnt know that. But maybe there is another UI on Hive that allowes it?
I just think they priorities stability over anything else now.
not that i know of
stability is an excuse imo!
You arw entitled to that opinion. I'm quite happy with what they have achieved so far :)
me too, that‘s not the point!
they should focus on getting the basics fully finished … reading a thread with all comments it‘s still a pita for example, lists, bookmarks aren‘t fully ready yet, shorts don‘t have views and votes on them on profiles, etc etc etc
I think they are improving every week. But there is a lot of moving parts and at the same time they wanna move forward.
he directly said it on a meeting, it is not desired, they want UNIFORMITY! 🤮 and they won‘t go back.
Ah on the private talk yesterday?
Is there any other place that gives you creative freedom?
no and exactly that is the point! that is what made inleo THE place for me! it was the unique selling point for me!
stability trumps everything
cheap excuse imo! It‘s 2024 not 90ies Netscape times anymore!
your view.
You don’t build for the 5% you build for the masses.
Not an excuse.
If I built a game only for the top players. No one else would play it.
You are welcome to build something and prove your point.
yes, my view and i don‘t need to build something to proove that our feeds will look like every other feed when they also strip markup completely.
who says they are going to strip markup? You are being hysterical right now.
I wrote in the top thread “I wouldn‘t be surprised if …“, and that‘s because of an answer i got from one of the devs a few days ago:
https://inleo.io/threads/view/yanbolludeniz/re-moretea-2iqi89evq?referral=yanbolludeniz
oh i forgot to laugh hysterically 👉🏽🤪👈🏽
The beauty of this space is that if you don't like it, you can build your own. So instead of complaining about what another developer is doing or isn't doing that doesn't suite your fancy, then figure out how to build what you want yourself.
In the end my favorite Halloween skin is Uraeus. It would be great to see skins for Rebellion #splinterlands
#hivenftgamelatino
Yeah, only three skins. My favorite is the Venari Marksrat mummy.
The post discusses the topic of organ donation and whether it should be made compulsory by the government. I highlighted the potential benefits of such a policy, including saving lives, reducing waiting times for transplants, and lowering the cost of surgery.
#outreach #threadstorm #organtransplant #life
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Ultimately, I believe that the benefits outweigh the drawbacks, emphasizing the potential for such a policy to help those in need of organ transplants
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If this post interests you, kindly follow the link below to read through
https://inleo.io/@nkemakonam89/organ-donation-a-lifesaving-policy-or-ethical-dilemma-6xt
#gosh
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Shortage of Organ donors indeed is matter of concern and more awareness is required in my opinion.
#freecompliments #gf
People who continue to increase that voting power 🚀
https://inleo.io/threads/view/robsteady/re-leothreads-s4rspy6j
Damn, why is Service Now so slow?
what Service?
Service Now is a project management system hehe
My main client uses it, which means I'm forced to use it. Nad I hate it
OH :(
People are used to automate tasks with AI and have now become lazy when they actually need to do something by themselves
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
#1440munites #motivationsonleo #dailydook #freecompliments
Aww, this is one of my favorite quotes! Thanks for the morning motivational smile 😊!
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I just read a report saying that if you live in Japan you have to save 94% of your income if you want to have a comfortable retirement.
damn, I'd be cooked lol
😂 But to be fair they retire at 60 and live to 100.
I've walked by this street a few times now, and it's at this moment that I feel the view of the city looks nice. #photography
The threads become more interesting and interactive when you got the reply and it ignite a conversation.
#freecompliments #gf
Yes, thats always fun :)