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interesting that a company w/ no public repositories has 1.1k github followers https://github.com/extropic-ai https://github.com/extropic-ai

ozr 3y ago
The founder ('Beff Jezos') has a large twitter presence.
echelon 3y ago
It's led by the e/acc [1] founder, BasedBeffJezos [2]. He has a huge cult following. It's turned into a lot of Twitter memes and shitposting [3]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_accelerationism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_accelerationism [2] https://twitter.com/BasedBeffJezos https://twitter.com/BasedBeffJezos [3] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cultures/eacc-effective-accelerationism https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cultures/eacc-effective-accel...
- Bjorkbat 3y ago
  Honestly, as interesting as the the chip sounds, I'm admittedly kind of biased against the company's probability of success simply because the founder is basically the #1 e/acc meme account/shitposter on Twitter. Like, it's hard to take someone seriously when they spend tons of time shitposting on Twitter, it's even harder when it's revealed that they're behind one of the most popular shitposting accounts within a niche, almost cult-like community.
  - arduanika 3y ago
    Back in the day, there was a saying that went something like: Steve Jobs was really good at what he did, and also an asshole to people. The former is really hard to replicate, so instead you'll find a lot of people going around and imitating the latter. Today, it's a very different situation. Now we have Elon Musk, who is really good at what he does, and also tweets a lot...
    - hwinh 3y ago
      Yeah, but Elon is one of one.
delichon 3y ago
To be fair it isn't very common to detail proprietary hardware in github repos. And any code for such novel processors would be fascinating but useful only for theory rather than practice at the moment. The lack of open code is a missing merit badge rather than a demerit.

ozr 3y ago

The founder ('Beff Jezos') has a large twitter presence.

echelon 3y ago

It's led by the e/acc [1] founder, BasedBeffJezos [2]. He has a huge cult following. It's turned into a lot of Twitter memes and shitposting [3]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_accelerationism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_accelerationism [2] https://twitter.com/BasedBeffJezos https://twitter.com/BasedBeffJezos [3] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cultures/eacc-effective-accelerationism https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cultures/eacc-effective-accel...

Bjorkbat 3y ago
Honestly, as interesting as the the chip sounds, I'm admittedly kind of biased against the company's probability of success simply because the founder is basically the #1 e/acc meme account/shitposter on Twitter. Like, it's hard to take someone seriously when they spend tons of time shitposting on Twitter, it's even harder when it's revealed that they're behind one of the most popular shitposting accounts within a niche, almost cult-like community.
- arduanika 3y ago
  Back in the day, there was a saying that went something like: Steve Jobs was really good at what he did, and also an asshole to people. The former is really hard to replicate, so instead you'll find a lot of people going around and imitating the latter. Today, it's a very different situation. Now we have Elon Musk, who is really good at what he does, and also tweets a lot...
  - hwinh 3y ago
    Yeah, but Elon is one of one.

delichon 3y ago

To be fair it isn't very common to detail proprietary hardware in github repos. And any code for such novel processors would be fascinating but useful only for theory rather than practice at the moment. The lack of open code is a missing merit badge rather than a demerit.