Chris Williams
@clwill.com
Former MSFT VP
Lifelong student of leadership
Big fan of democracy
clwill.com
Lifelong student of leadership
Big fan of democracy
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A computer scientist’s perspective on vibe coding:
May 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
A computer scientist’s perspective on vibe coding:
The Godfather: opening scene.
“Some day, and that day may never come, I will come to you for a favor…”
That is clear corruption.
“Some day, and that day may never come, I will come to you for a favor…”
That is clear corruption.
Corruption requires explict quid pro quo. It is not corrupt to take an action that aligns with the interest of a person who gives you a gift, unless the official action was in direct response to that gift--a bribe. Terms matter. Accuracy and fairness matters. Regardless of what social media wants.
May 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The Godfather: opening scene.
“Some day, and that day may never come, I will come to you for a favor…”
That is clear corruption.
“Some day, and that day may never come, I will come to you for a favor…”
That is clear corruption.
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I hate that the thanks for donating to a Democratic candidate is having my phone number sold on a list to a hundred other campaigns, all of whom send me passive-aggressive texts asking for my donation, often weirdly attempting a guilt trip, as though I knew them. I really don’t like that.
May 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I hate that the thanks for donating to a Democratic candidate is having my phone number sold on a list to a hundred other campaigns, all of whom send me passive-aggressive texts asking for my donation, often weirdly attempting a guilt trip, as though I knew them. I really don’t like that.
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This is The Last Supper now.
May 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This is The Last Supper now.
Great line from Eddie Murphy in Trading Places:
The best way to hurt rich people is to turn them into poor people.
$TSLA
youtu.be/4SVN_Em6cEk
The best way to hurt rich people is to turn them into poor people.
$TSLA
youtu.be/4SVN_Em6cEk
Eddie Murphy - Trading Places: The Best Way To Hurt Rich People #shorts
YouTube video by Eddie Murphy Comedy
youtu.be
March 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Great line from Eddie Murphy in Trading Places:
The best way to hurt rich people is to turn them into poor people.
$TSLA
youtu.be/4SVN_Em6cEk
The best way to hurt rich people is to turn them into poor people.
$TSLA
youtu.be/4SVN_Em6cEk
The 17th amendment that allows for the direct election of senators was passed to prevent the wealthy from buying senators.
Guess we didn’t count on the richest man on the planet doing it directly. En masse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
Guess we didn’t count on the richest man on the planet doing it directly. En masse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
Musk Donates to G.O.P. Members of Congress Who Support Impeaching Judges
Amid a controversy over whether President Trump will abide by court rulings, Elon Musk gave the maximum to the campaigns of Republicans who back ousting judges who impede the administration.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The 17th amendment that allows for the direct election of senators was passed to prevent the wealthy from buying senators.
Guess we didn’t count on the richest man on the planet doing it directly. En masse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
Guess we didn’t count on the richest man on the planet doing it directly. En masse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
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The Commerce Secretary is promoting a company’s stock on live TV, and not just any company’s - the company owned by a ‘special government employee’ and the president’s biggest donor.
The corruption is the point.
The corruption is the point.
On Jesse Watters’ show, Howard Lutnick, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, tells viewers they should buy Tesla stock.
“I think if you want to learn something on this show tonight, buy Tesla. It’s unbelievable that this guy’s stock is this cheap. It’ll never be this cheap again.”
“I think if you want to learn something on this show tonight, buy Tesla. It’s unbelievable that this guy’s stock is this cheap. It’ll never be this cheap again.”
March 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The Commerce Secretary is promoting a company’s stock on live TV, and not just any company’s - the company owned by a ‘special government employee’ and the president’s biggest donor.
The corruption is the point.
The corruption is the point.
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They called him Sleepy Joe because we could sleep at night.
March 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
They called him Sleepy Joe because we could sleep at night.
Great art, like #Severance, is not for everyone, and causes people to disagree about what makes it great, what works for them, what "sucks" and what doesn't.
That's why art is so important. And why you can never "enjoy each piece of art equally".
That's why art is so important. And why you can never "enjoy each piece of art equally".
March 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Great art, like #Severance, is not for everyone, and causes people to disagree about what makes it great, what works for them, what "sucks" and what doesn't.
That's why art is so important. And why you can never "enjoy each piece of art equally".
That's why art is so important. And why you can never "enjoy each piece of art equally".
Note that Clara Shih leans fully into her diverse heritage to explain herself. Is it BS? Sure.
But I thought Meta fully disavowed DEI?
You mean that having people with a range of life experiences can be helpful? Huh. 🤷♂️
But I thought Meta fully disavowed DEI?
You mean that having people with a range of life experiences can be helpful? Huh. 🤷♂️
CNBC (@cnbc) on Threads
Meta’s head of business AI, Clara Shih, shares her thoughts on Mark Zuckerberg’s comment that companies need more “masculine energy" on the latest CNBCChangemakers Spotlight Interview with CNBC's Juli...
www.threads.net
March 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Note that Clara Shih leans fully into her diverse heritage to explain herself. Is it BS? Sure.
But I thought Meta fully disavowed DEI?
You mean that having people with a range of life experiences can be helpful? Huh. 🤷♂️
But I thought Meta fully disavowed DEI?
You mean that having people with a range of life experiences can be helpful? Huh. 🤷♂️
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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“I won’t forget” ?
March 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“I won’t forget” ?
If Democrats want to beat back this threat, we need the best communicators out on the field.
We need Pete, and Jasmine, and AOC out there -- all day every day.
Hakeem is a nice, smart guy. But can't do this. Neither can Chuck Schumer or any of the other octogenarians in Dem leadership.
We need Pete, and Jasmine, and AOC out there -- all day every day.
Hakeem is a nice, smart guy. But can't do this. Neither can Chuck Schumer or any of the other octogenarians in Dem leadership.
Starting this week, we’ll all pay more at the store because of the Trump tariffs, even while he’s finalizing a multi-trillion-dollar tax cut for the wealthy.
All the bluster is meant to get us talking about literally anything else.
All the bluster is meant to get us talking about literally anything else.
March 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
If Democrats want to beat back this threat, we need the best communicators out on the field.
We need Pete, and Jasmine, and AOC out there -- all day every day.
Hakeem is a nice, smart guy. But can't do this. Neither can Chuck Schumer or any of the other octogenarians in Dem leadership.
We need Pete, and Jasmine, and AOC out there -- all day every day.
Hakeem is a nice, smart guy. But can't do this. Neither can Chuck Schumer or any of the other octogenarians in Dem leadership.
Destroying US govt ✅
Disinformation pipeline ✅
Trade war with our allies ✅
Stock market freefall ✅
Deserting Ukraine ✅
Putin apologists in govt ✅
Sell off US to elites ✅
Abandoning NATO ✅
At each other’s throats ✅
Just getting started ✅
Champagne is flowing in Moscow.
Disinformation pipeline ✅
Trade war with our allies ✅
Stock market freefall ✅
Deserting Ukraine ✅
Putin apologists in govt ✅
Sell off US to elites ✅
Abandoning NATO ✅
At each other’s throats ✅
Just getting started ✅
Champagne is flowing in Moscow.
March 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Destroying US govt ✅
Disinformation pipeline ✅
Trade war with our allies ✅
Stock market freefall ✅
Deserting Ukraine ✅
Putin apologists in govt ✅
Sell off US to elites ✅
Abandoning NATO ✅
At each other’s throats ✅
Just getting started ✅
Champagne is flowing in Moscow.
Disinformation pipeline ✅
Trade war with our allies ✅
Stock market freefall ✅
Deserting Ukraine ✅
Putin apologists in govt ✅
Sell off US to elites ✅
Abandoning NATO ✅
At each other’s throats ✅
Just getting started ✅
Champagne is flowing in Moscow.
The fundamental weakness of western civilization is empathy.
— Elon, on Joe Rogan’s podcast
Nothing sums up him, Trump, the GOP, and the entire right wing today better than that.
“F*** you, I got mine.”
— Elon, on Joe Rogan’s podcast
Nothing sums up him, Trump, the GOP, and the entire right wing today better than that.
“F*** you, I got mine.”
March 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The fundamental weakness of western civilization is empathy.
— Elon, on Joe Rogan’s podcast
Nothing sums up him, Trump, the GOP, and the entire right wing today better than that.
“F*** you, I got mine.”
— Elon, on Joe Rogan’s podcast
Nothing sums up him, Trump, the GOP, and the entire right wing today better than that.
“F*** you, I got mine.”
We didn’t have all this airline drama when the gay man was in charge.
Just sayin… 🤷♂️
Just sayin… 🤷♂️
February 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
We didn’t have all this airline drama when the gay man was in charge.
Just sayin… 🤷♂️
Just sayin… 🤷♂️
The most "Trump" things happened today:
-- Hawking personal merchandise from the Oval Office
-- while selling US admission to the ultra-wealthy
-- while actively kicking out hardworking poor immigrants
-- and holding an ally hostage for their mineral rights
All in one day, the Trump Superfecta.
-- Hawking personal merchandise from the Oval Office
-- while selling US admission to the ultra-wealthy
-- while actively kicking out hardworking poor immigrants
-- and holding an ally hostage for their mineral rights
All in one day, the Trump Superfecta.
February 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The most "Trump" things happened today:
-- Hawking personal merchandise from the Oval Office
-- while selling US admission to the ultra-wealthy
-- while actively kicking out hardworking poor immigrants
-- and holding an ally hostage for their mineral rights
All in one day, the Trump Superfecta.
-- Hawking personal merchandise from the Oval Office
-- while selling US admission to the ultra-wealthy
-- while actively kicking out hardworking poor immigrants
-- and holding an ally hostage for their mineral rights
All in one day, the Trump Superfecta.
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For those that disagree with me on AI, this article does a good job explaining your position and why he thinks you are right
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
Grok 3 Beta in Shambles
Maximal Truth still seems far away
open.substack.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:01 AM
For those that disagree with me on AI, this article does a good job explaining your position and why he thinks you are right
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
Made me spit out my coffee.
February 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Made me spit out my coffee.
JPMorgan’s portfolio is heavily invested in city centers.
Major office complexes (like their $3b HQ), shopping centers, transit bonds, etc. are key, for JPM and their clients.
Follow the money: Jamie Dimon’s concern isn’t his company’s culture, or even its effectiveness.
It’s his wallet.
Major office complexes (like their $3b HQ), shopping centers, transit bonds, etc. are key, for JPM and their clients.
Follow the money: Jamie Dimon’s concern isn’t his company’s culture, or even its effectiveness.
It’s his wallet.
February 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
JPMorgan’s portfolio is heavily invested in city centers.
Major office complexes (like their $3b HQ), shopping centers, transit bonds, etc. are key, for JPM and their clients.
Follow the money: Jamie Dimon’s concern isn’t his company’s culture, or even its effectiveness.
It’s his wallet.
Major office complexes (like their $3b HQ), shopping centers, transit bonds, etc. are key, for JPM and their clients.
Follow the money: Jamie Dimon’s concern isn’t his company’s culture, or even its effectiveness.
It’s his wallet.
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Maybe I wasn’t clear about this. I wanted more egg and no plane crash, not many plane crash and no egg.
February 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Maybe I wasn’t clear about this. I wanted more egg and no plane crash, not many plane crash and no egg.
Leon and DOGE have just fired most of the staff cleaning up Hanford, the second most toxic nuclear site on the planet (after Chernobyl).
a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .
ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .
media.tenor.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Leon and DOGE have just fired most of the staff cleaning up Hanford, the second most toxic nuclear site on the planet (after Chernobyl).
Ransaking the government as if it was a college prank.
February 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Ransaking the government as if it was a college prank.
Google went from "do no evil" to "bend the knee" pretty seamlessly.
February 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Google went from "do no evil" to "bend the knee" pretty seamlessly.