Midwestern-born designer, Bay Area emigre, working on native human-computer interaction, exploring AI @Google. Born at 338 ppm.
West Oakland, CA
Joined June 2012
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Will Walker retweeted
I’m scared of AGI. It's confusing how people can be so dismissive of the risks.
I’m an investor in two AGI companies and friends with dozens of researchers working at DeepMind, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Brain. Almost all of them are worried.
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When we say Kyiv is winning the information war, far too often we only mean information spaces we inhabit.
Pulling apart the most obvious RU info op to date (as we did using semantic modelling), very clear it is targeting BRICS, Africa, Asia. Not the West really at all.
Look at bridge loan / hard money. Sellers want to close quickly - then immediately refinance with your preferred lender.
Who are these absolute monsters that have $850k in cash? How am I supposed to compete with that in our house hunt?
We need to give #Ukraine everything they need - They’re standing up for our values and ideals. Amazing analysis by @AVindman nytimes.com/2022/03/01/opini…
My employer @Google has recommended donating to the @RedCrossUkraine and will be matching employee donations when international transfers are available. I'd recommend it as a safe way to quickly help. #StandWithUkraine redcross.org.ua/en/donate/
Congrats to my friends at #lightboxer for getting a great first review from @arstechnica. They'll definitely put hardware through it's paces and they came out genuinely positive about the VR launch. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022…
Nice to see a summary across technical competitors. Challenges to keep devices affordable aside, Radar is one of the first non-human senses I’ve had to design for. It’s exciting to intuit human intention via motion.
With recent regulatory and technological changes, mmWave radar is quietly becoming the sensor of choice for a lot of new products.
I wrote a comprehensive intro to mmWave radar to get you up to speed (even if you're not super techie)!
joshhorne.com/mmwave-radar-a…
Will Walker retweeted
With recent regulatory and technological changes, mmWave radar is quietly becoming the sensor of choice for a lot of new products.
I wrote a comprehensive intro to mmWave radar to get you up to speed (even if you're not super techie)!
joshhorne.com/mmwave-radar-a…
Why is ICBM engineering so boring and so compelling simultaneously?
A few neat photos of MK-5 RV
Before and after flight photos for reference . Believe the after unit was from result of testing in hypersonic wind tunnel.
Source: @NuclearAnthro
Will Walker retweeted
While 50+ #firefighters were battling yesterday’s 3 Alarm fire at the Recycling Center in W. Oakland, another 16 firefighters were saving property in #EastOakland. #youroaklandfirefighters save a business + 4 living units. An approx. value of over $1.25 million saved. #oakland – at Danville, CA
Will Walker retweeted
[Update on the 3Alarm Fire at CA Waste Solutions] The Incident was placed under control at 10:31pm. Remaining #OFD crews departed by 12AM and left the facility under the supervision of CWS. Our injured firefighter is expected to make a full recovery. Great effort by all involved! – at Oakland, CA
Will Walker retweeted
A fire at a recycling center in West Oakland injured one firefighter, pumped huge clouds of dark smoke into the air and led to temporary power failures as a large crew worked to contain the flames.
🎥 @walkerwill
Read more: trib.al/HNjyStV
Will Walker retweeted
With the long process behind a round like this, it feels anticlimactic when the money finally hits the bank. But just announcing it to the company really gives me the feeling of accomplishing something great. Congrats to everyone @formlabs that has built something so valuable!
Today, we’re excited to announce that we have raised a $150m Series E led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, doubling our valuation to $2bn
We started in 2011 with a dream & a @Kickstarter. Today, we have a team of 600+ employees & have shipped 75,000+ printers
bit.ly/3bDmRxb
Will Walker retweeted
On to the next phase of growth! We are hiring across the board careers.formlabs.com/
Will Walker retweeted
CWS has flouted basic environmental laws for years and been a scourge on the neighborhood but it took something like the massive fire today to actually (hopefully) changes. West Oakland deserves better, air quality is already miserable.
Giant fire at the #CaliforniaWasteSolutions location today in the middle of #prescott #westoakland. It looks like they weren't spraying down their garbage pile like they are supposed to.
@CalWasteSol @carroll_fife @LibbySchaaf @Kaplan4Oakland @WOEIP
ALT Large fire on a trash pile in Prescott West Oakland at the California Waste Solutions transfer plant. Garbage trucks in the foreground and city of Oakland skyline in the background.
Giant fire at the #CaliforniaWasteSolutions location today in the middle of #prescott #westoakland. It looks like they weren't spraying down their garbage pile like they are supposed to.
@CalWasteSol @carroll_fife @LibbySchaaf @Kaplan4Oakland @WOEIP
ALT Large fire on a trash pile in Prescott West Oakland at the California Waste Solutions transfer plant. Garbage trucks in the foreground and city of Oakland skyline in the background.
Hey media friends, I have 4k drone footage that I can share if you're interested. This industrial facility is long overdue to move to the West Oakland Army Base.
@sfchronicle @OakTribNews @Oaklandside @KTVU @nbcbayarea @kron4news @KQED
#prescott #westoakland has been waiting almost a decade for California Waste Solutions to move to the Gateway industrial district. Can we shutter this facility and move forward?!