Rami's Readings #28

Welcome to Rami’s Readings #28 - a weekly digest of interesting articles, videos, Twitter threads from my various sources across the Internet. Expect a list of reads covering technology, business, culture, fashion, travel and more. Learn about what I do at ramisayar.com/about.

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Threads! Facebook’s Twitter competitor launched earlier this week. I am on Threads with a public profile - feel free to follow me. You will notice no”tweets” because I haven’t decided what to do with my profile yet. Currently, the platform seems to prioritize existing celebrities, influencers, and popular accounts from Instagram. My Instagram has been private for a few years. I will wait and see how the algorithm evolves before investing time and energy. One exciting signal is how quickly my tech-inclined social network adopted threads. Reads to catch up on Threads: John Gruber from Daring Fireball, Alex Heath from The Verge, and Max Tani from Semafor.

🤖 AI Reads

hegelai/prompttools

Notes: Open-source tools for testing and experimenting with prompts.

Introducing NSQL: Open-source SQL Copilot Foundation Models

Notes: Not a Microsoft company or product despite the Copilot name. This company also recently raised venture funding from Madrona (Seattle-based VC firm).

How elite schools like Stanford became fixated on the AI apocalypse

Notes: Paywalled.

💼 Business Reads

France set to allow police to spy through phones

Notes: Good luck with that… I don’t see how they will be able to get Apple or any other Tech company to comply. Either way, it is a troubling development.

Harvard Legacy Admissions Targeted After Supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action

Notes: More lawsuits after SCOTUS’s affirmative action ruling. MIT is already on the right side:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology has had a longstanding policy against legacy admissions, only a handful of other selective colleges have adopted such practices, including Amherst College and Johns Hopkins University.

Summer 2023 Recommended Reading from MIT

Notes: A great extensive selection.

Boss such a tyrant you need a job quitting agent? It works in Japan

Notes: Japanese business culture is fascinating.

Also, Japan read:

The Ultimate Bubble The Japanese stock market has been getting great press this year. CNN proclaims, “Japan’s long-suffering stock market is back.” The Financial Times says, “Tide turns finally for Japanese stocks”. People from around the world are joining in the latest irrational exuberance. Even the Oracle of Omaha himself, Warren Buffe… Econ Soapbox · 3 years ago · 3 likes · 4 comments · Patrick Gourley The Ultimate Bubble

✈️ Travel Reads

The Top Dim Sum in Hong Kong, Picked by Star Chefs

Notes: I love Dim Sum and these picks look and sound amazing!

India Street Lettering

Notes: Beautiful collection of Indian street signs. I can not wait to go back to India.

🔀 Other Reads

It’s Canada’s worst fire season in modern history, as smoke fills skies

Notes: Very bad.

That is all for this week. Signing off from Redmond.

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