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Luke Closs

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Today SR&ED is abused by zombie startups. Needs major reforms!

The budget is now 1 week(!) away. We want to see changes to SR&ED. SR&ED credits are the largest federal support for R&D, supporting almost $5 billion a year. But the application process is cumbersome, resulting in 80% of claimants using consultants to fill out the…

build_canada's tweet image. The budget is now 1 week(!) away. We want to see changes to SR&ED. 

SR&ED credits are the largest federal support for R&D, supporting almost $5 billion a year. 

But the application process is cumbersome, resulting in 80% of claimants using consultants to fill out the…


Im listening to this very interesting interview with recent Nobel prize winner about quantum physics - how our world works. youtu.be/GWOPRdN8INU?si… Every day objects like LED lights and the electronics in our phone rely on our collective understanding of how tiny quantum stuff…

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fyi

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Also she is the most difficult person to sing "Happy Birthday" to.

Tu Youyou became the first mainland Chinese scientist to be awarded a #NobelPrize in a scientific field - for discovering artemisinin, a malaria cure that’s saved millions. Today we reveal the 2025 medicine laureate. Stay tuned.

NobelPrize's tweet image. Tu Youyou became the first mainland Chinese scientist to be awarded a #NobelPrize in a scientific field - for discovering artemisinin, a malaria cure that’s saved millions. Today we reveal the 2025 medicine laureate. Stay tuned.


This still seems to be a untapped avenue for political impact by a software platform. These ideas should be built at scale...


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––Mathias Döpfner: Sam, is it actually true that your kind of favorite book is The Beginning of Infinity of Dieter Deutsch? @sama: Yeah, I think if I had to pick one favorite book, I would pick that. ––Mathias Döpfner: Why is that so fascinating? Can you explain that?…


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Beginning of Infinity by @DavidDeutschOxf

Don't just read books, re-read them. What is your favorite book to re-read?



Posted this @truewagner this morning.

lukec's tweet image. Posted this @truewagner this morning.

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New series. The Farthest Reaches. How "explanatory universality" is an idea of such depth it may have among the greatest reach of any idea. Part 1. Timestamps below.


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okay what I did here was I took a data set of ChatGPT interactions collected in the wild and reversed the "assistant" and "user" tags. fine-tuned llama 8B on some of that data and gave it the ability to message you first. try it at youaretheassistantnow.com 😊

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“Degrowthers drive me nuts. In my experience, they almost always come from energy-rich societies and yet somehow romanticize poverty, like it's some kind of spiritual awakening.”

She doesn’t hold back either.

RobertBoswall's tweet image. She doesn’t hold back either.


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Like many in my generation, I used to despise humans and feel hopeless about the future. The book “The Beginning of Infinity” single-handedly turned me into an optimist. It made me see humans and the universe in a completely different way. Here are some of the most important…

isabelleboemeke's tweet image. Like many in my generation, I used to despise humans and feel hopeless about the future.

The book “The Beginning of Infinity” single-handedly turned me into an optimist. 

It made me see humans and the universe in a completely different way.

Here are some of the most important…

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The 4 qualities of a great career:

readswithravi's tweet image. The 4 qualities of a great career:

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there’s a common thread between consciousness, agi, meaning, and mindfulness… and it’s beautiful

Now published! Possibly the first ToC predicated on exotic states in a mainstream journal. Yet computationally tight enough to inform AI. Here's an extreme compression ⤵️

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Possibly the first ToC predicated on exotic states in a mainstream journal. Yet computationally tight enough to inform AI. Here's an extreme compression ⤵️


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🚨 Routeware just hit 2 BILLION recycling reminders sent! What started in 🇨🇦 now reaches 🇺🇸 🇪🇺 🇬🇺—with 1M+ reminders going out daily. ♻️ Less confusion 📆 Fewer missed pickups ✅ Cleaner communities Link in comments. #WasteManagement #Sustainability #SmartCities


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On the flip side a *single child* born may just well change the climate markedly more than all of humanity or almost any other physical process ever has or would have otherwise. Because they’ll have figured out how and humanity will decide to do it for the good of civilisation.

Not having children to save the environment won’t work. But feel free not to anyway. “A new paper argues that reducing the size of the human population would have close to zero effect on climate change. A baby born today will have a smaller carbon footprint than one born a…



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Are we running out of resources?


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