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| Salutations, Olio aficionados! 👋 | | Midweek greetings to all, as we unveil the 113rd chapter of Weekly Olio—a delightful concoction of laughter, insight, and a sprinkle of mystery. Within these pages, you'll discover a handpicked selection of fascinating finds from the vast realms of the internet. | Keep your eyes peeled for this week's Publisher's Parmesan, arriving this Sunday! | | This edition of Weekly Olio is brought to you by Artisan. | Hire Ava, the AI SDR & Get Meetings on Autopilot | | Ava automates your entire outbound demand generation process, including: | | Free up your sales team to focus on high-value interactions and closing deals, while Ava handles the time-consuming tasks. | Book a demo to see how Ava can 10x your outbound. | | The Quote 💭 | "For reasons I have never understood, people like to hear that the world is going to hell." | | | | ― Deirdre McCloskey, Economist-historian |
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I read Google's paper about their quantum computer so you don't have to. They claim to have ran a quantum computation in 5 minutes that would take a normal computer 10^25 years. But what was that computation? Does it live up to the hype? I will break it down.🧵 | | | 7:36 AM • Dec 11, 2024 | | | | | | 13K Likes 1.49K Retweets | 263 Replies |
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| A few weeks ago, Google's breakthrough in quantum computing grabbed all the headlines in the world of tech. Google claimed that its quantum computing chip called Willow ran a quantum computation in 5 minutes that would take a normal computer 10^25 or 10 septillion years. This thread unpacks the paper in more detail - while the breakthrough is commendable, there is still a long way to go before quantum computing becomes a part of daily life. | | The Infographic 💹 | | China is moving from technological imitation to technological innovation. A long history of investment in education and R&D seems to be paying off with the number of patents from China threatening to outpace the US in key sectors. Growth in China has been accompanied by a drop in the number of patents being published out of the USA. | | Learn AI in 5 Minutes a Day | | AI Tool Report is one of the fastest-growing and most respected newsletters in the world, with over 550,000 readers from companies like OpenAI, Nvidia, Meta, Microsoft, and more. | Our research team spends hundreds of hours a week summarizing the latest news, and finding you the best opportunities to save time and earn more using AI. | Sign up with 1-Click | | The Short Read 📝 | | Since Mao's time, China has used a system called 'hukou' to regulate migration form rural areas to large cities. In China's first tier cities, a hukou grants citizens access to about 20 privileges including access to the nation's best schools that are often clustered around the Shanghai-Beijing area and offer superior preparation for attending top universities. A hukou from Beijing, for example, allows students to write the gaokao (China's university entrance exam) from Beijing and universities often allow higher entrance quotas for students from these cities. | | Usually, the hukou is granted by birth or by marriage rules. A Beijing or a Shanghai hukou is so coveted that employers have started offering it as part of pay packages. Beyond the top cities, this system does not add much value. Often times, people living in rural areas have declined a hukou from a larger city since it would mean giving up land holdings. But over time, getting a hukou from a top city like Beijing or Shanghai has become increasingly difficult. A system like this throttles growth imposing higher costs on people from lower tier cities. Of late, in the midst of an economic slowdown, calls to scrap this system have been growing across China. Read more… | | The Long Read 📜 | | James Hawkins is the co-founder and CEO of PostHog. PostHog offers and integrated open source platform with tools for developers building products. Till date they have raised over $39M in venture capital with the last round being a $15M series B raised in 2021. They have a very active blog with tonnes of content for builders, founders and developers. Read more… | | In this post, James talks about Product Market Fit - the elusive magic that every founder is hunting for. In his mind, finding product market fit is akin to playing an iterative game with five levels - each with increasing complexity. As a founder, you need to go through these levels sequentially to build a product that is valuable. In case you are not able to cross a level, you'll need to pivot your entire company and re-start at level 1. For anyone building or thinking of building a company, this is a great mental model. The article also talks about what defines success/failure at each stage and what are common pitfalls for most players. Must read! | | | | Learn how to make AI work for you | AI won't take your job, but a person using AI might. That's why 800,000+ professionals read The Rundown AI – the free newsletter that keeps you updated on the latest AI news and teaches you how to use it in just 5 minutes a day. | Sign up to start learning. | | That's all for this week. If you enjoyed this edition, we'd really appreciate if you shared it with a friend, family member or colleague. | We'll be back in your inbox 2 PM IST next Wednesday. Till then, have a productive week! | Peeyush and Mohit | Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the text belong solely to the author, and not necessarily to the author's employer, organization, committee or other group or individual. |
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