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No, the distinction is that he had the option to remain at YC if he chose to. He could have simply turned down the offer from OpenAI. It's similar to receiving a job offer from another company... you’re not being dismissed from your current job. You get to decide whether you want to stay or move on.


I was thinking about this just the other day. If infinity isn't actually a thing in our universe, then maybe we're taking some risks by using math with all these infinite limits and integers. Maybe if we look at theorems without using infinity, we'd stumble upon new or different equations.


You'd probably enjoy looking into negative infinities, which has been vigorously debated throughout history.


Hands down the best book I've read to level up my UI game. Highly recommended to developers who want to get better at UI design with no bullshit and a lot of practical examples.


Run the Alpaca chat and ask it :)


Personally, I used to be very passionate about coding. but over time I've realized that I'm more excited about products/design and working with great people. I know that going into management is often frowned upon among engineers, but I personally love it because I can continue to work on products without constantly banging my head about compiler errors or annoying bugs. Basically, what I'm trying to say is that it's possible to be passionate about building products without having to sit and code all day.


Very cool! I have such fond memories of The Little Schemer


That landing page is really amazing


I love this. How does it work copyright-wise?


Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum --> Great book to learn about quantum mechanics and as a side effect math


Not that I care, but you could even copy the current twitter usernames to your new twitter, alongside all their public tweets and followers. So, when switching, a user wouldn't even need to add back their data or find back their previous followers.


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