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@1517fund
We back dropouts, renegade students, and deep tech scientists at the earliest stages, before anybody else. Want to chat? Reach out:πŸ‘‡
Investing across North America
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    Dec 24, 2023
    1517 is more than just vibes & techno-retrocool! We back people who want to build the future. We are the first believers & the last doubters. For startups: πŸ“œ Thesis: Sci-Fi tech (passes the Kubrick test), dropouts & renegade scientists 🌱Stage: Angel/preseed β€” seed 🌎 Geo
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    Aug 5
    .@DStrachman on the spark 1517 looks for. full episode here, linktr.ee/WildHeartsPod
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    Jul 31
    Thought experiment. If you had all the world's knowledge, used 2 different approaches & algorithms, for as many tasks as possible, would you make two similar models? All indications point to yes. As they grow larger & more capable, models converge to similar representations.
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    Jul 29
    The Hurdy-Gurdy Player with a Ribbon by Georges de La Tour c. early 1640s.
    alt-text via model β€” "An elderly man is shown in strict profile facing left, his eyes closed to signal blindness, his mouth slightly parted as if singing along to his own playing. He has a bald, deeply creased pate, wisps of grey hair, and a full grey-white beard rendered in loose, animated brushwork. He wears a pleated white ruff collar and a heavy grey-green cloak over dark clothing, with salmon-pink breeches visible at the lower edge. He plays a zanfona (hurdy-gurdy), its honey-coloured wooden body slung from a strap around his neck; his left hand grips the crank at the instrument's upper end while his right rests on the keybox, its carved rosette sound hole and tooled leather/wood ornament visible, with pale yellow ribbon streamers hanging loose at the lower bout. The figure is picked out by a single raking light source against a warm, deep-shadowed ground that pales to dusty rose in the upper right β€” characteristic of La Tour's Caravaggio-derived tenebrism."
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    Jul 28
    Build.
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