Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Science of Biomechanics, Muscle Building & Recovery


The Science of Biomechanics, Muscle Building & Recovery with Dr Jordan Shallow
February 2023


Dr. Jordan Shallow is a multifaceted expert in the field of chiropractic, strength and conditioning, and performance consulting. Not only is he the founder and CEO of Prescript, but he's also the Medical Director for House of Athlete and a co-host of his own radio show.


With a background that includes being the former chiropractor at Apple world headquarters and the head strength and conditioning coach for the Stanford University Rugby team, Dr. Shallow is a force to be reckoned with. He consults with professional sports teams to integrate training and rehab models and works as a clinician and strength coach with top athletes in the NFL, NHL, and UFC.


Take a look at his Instagram, and you'll see just how incredible this man truly is. So buckle up and get ready for an enlightening conversation with one of the most intelligent performance coaches in the game.



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Balaji Srinivasan Launches The Network State Podcast With First Guest Vitalik Buterin


The Network State Podcast
Balaji Srinivasan and Vitalik Buterin
Episode 1 | February 2023


A discussion between Vitalik Buterin and Balaji Srinivasan on starting new countries, improving yourself, and upgrading Ethereum.

OUTLINE
00:00 - Introduction 01:27 - A brief history of Ethereum 16:54 - The DAO hack 20:32 - The Devcon 2 attack 33:24 - The Merge 35:52 - Ethereum Roadmap 47:41 - The de-OFACization of Ethereum? 1:06:18 - Starting new countries 1:22:20 - Svalbard 1:27:29 - Network effects 1:33:12 - Regulation as a bounding box 1:35:42 - What new country would Vitalik start? 1:39:39 - Network states and social networks 1:43:19 - Advice on leveling up 1:51:17 - How Vitalik learned Chinese 1:55:14 - Learning by doing LINKS
1) Ethereum Average Block Time: https://ycharts.com/indicators/ethere... 2) What is EIP-1559: https://consensys.net/blog/quorum/wha... 3) Quadratic Hash problem: https://bitcoinclassic.com/devel/Quad... 4) The merge: https://ethereum.org/en/upgrades/merge 5) MEV watch: https://www.mevwatch.info/ 6) Sousveillance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sousvei... 7) Best weather cities to live in the US: https://wired.com/2014/02/see-u-s-cit... 8) Global passport ranking: https://passportindex.org/byRank.php?... 9) Longyearbyen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longyea... 10) Demography of the Roman Empire: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demogra... AUDIO


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Friday, February 10, 2023

State of Apps and New Wave of Social


State of Apps
with Olivia Moore
a16z Podcast
February 2023


Apple says they have paid developers over $320B since launching the App Store.

For many startups, the App Store is key to success.

Olivia Moore of a16z takes this deep dive into the current state of apps.


Timestamps:
00:00 Top apps in 2022 03:23 A new era of social? 06:55 Hitting #1 08:57 Staying on top 10:43 Building a sticky product 13:29 Growing an app in 2023 14:57 User-generated growth 17:07 2022 category winners 20:00 Anonymous social 21:37 Early monetization 25:45 Monetization trends 30:27 Leveraging platform shifts 34:58 Surprising hits 37:21 Looking toward 2023 39:09 Invisible AI products 41:19 Limiting virality 44:43 Vertical social networks 48:16 When digital goes physical 51:19 TikTok growth 53:01 Geographic trends 55:33 A decade old app 59:58 App challenge Resources:

* Follow Olivia on Twitter: https://twitter.com/omooretweets * Olivia's 2022 analysis: https://twitter.com/omooretweets/stat... * Olivia's 2021 analysis: https://twitter.com/omooretweets/stat... * Justine’s Boating app commentary: https://twitter.com/venturetwins/stat... * Olivia’s Tinder subscription commentary: https://twitter.com/omooretweets/stat... * Find a16z on Twitter: https://twitter.com/a16z * Find a16z on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/a16z * Find a16z on Simplecast: https://a16z.simplecast.com/ * Follow host Steph Smith: https://twitter.com/stephsmithio



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ChatGPT and Beyond | Natural Language Understanding


ChatGPT and Beyond
Natural Language Understanding
Professor Chris Potts
Stanford University
January 2023



Chapters:
00:00 Opening 00:09 Introduction for Chris Potts 01:09 Chris Potts - Welcome to the webinar 03:43 Quick Demo of GPT-3 06:41 GLUE benchmark 10:26 How can you contribute to NLU in this era of these gargantuan models? 11:44 The last mile problem 13:35 GPT example 14:50 Contrast In-Context learning with the standard paradigm of standard supervision 16:47 What are the mechanisms behind this? 18:18 Why does this work so well? 18:35 Self-Supervision 21:08 The role of human feedback 21:32 Chat GPT Diagram 23:42 Step-by-step reasoning 28:13 LLMs for everything approach 41:29 AI Courses at Stanford 46:28 Predictions about the future


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One More Thing | Steve Jobs Vision and Design of Apple Park


Before Apple co-founder Steve Jobs passed away, there was one more thing he presented to the public.

Not a product and not an Apple keynote.

Instead, it was at the Cupertino City Council and the vision for Apple Park, often referred to as the Spaceship, the iconic 21st century HQ for Apple.

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Explains How Bing Will Include OpenAI's ChatGPT


Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella explains how Bing will include OpenAI's ChatGPT into search.

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