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{"id":497239860067848200,"conversation_id":"497239860067848192","created_at":1407386195000,"date":"2014-08-07","time":"04:36:35","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1605,"username":"sama","name":"Sam Altman","place":"","tweet":"it's always a sad day at a startup when the last line of code written by the founder gets ripped out of production","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":11,"retweets_count":32,"likes_count":102,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/sama/status/497239860067848192","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1605","username":"sama"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":497137073439010800,"conversation_id":"497137073439010817","created_at":1407361689000,"date":"2014-08-06","time":"21:48:09","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1605,"username":"sama","name":"Sam Altman","place":"","tweet":"one of the weird/good/bad things about twitter is that you perceive everyone at the same volume","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":18,"retweets_count":45,"likes_count":71,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/sama/status/497137073439010817","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1605","username":"sama"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":497075766853505000,"conversation_id":"497075766853505024","created_at":1407347072000,"date":"2014-08-06","time":"17:44:32","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1605,"username":"sama","name":"Sam Altman","place":"","tweet":"people decry current AI tech for being a bunch of \"cheap tricks\", but it's possible human intelligence is the sum of a bunch of cheap tricks","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":18,"retweets_count":62,"likes_count":89,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/sama/status/497075766853505024","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1605","username":"sama"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":496806505438801900,"conversation_id":"496806505438801920","created_at":1407282875000,"date":"2014-08-05","time":"23:54:35","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1605,"username":"sama","name":"Sam Altman","place":"","tweet":"the corporation is one of the most interesting nontechnical inventions of the last 2000 years. ability to align a lot of people is valuable.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":7,"retweets_count":31,"likes_count":60,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/sama/status/496806505438801920","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1605","username":"sama"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":496377861029122050,"conversation_id":"496377861029122048","created_at":1407180678000,"date":"2014-08-04","time":"19:31:18","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1605,"username":"sama","name":"Sam Altman","place":"","tweet":"(2/2) looking for bargains is good for public stocks (sometimes) but the wrong way to invest in startups. focus on cos that could be huge.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":20,"likes_count":37,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/sama/status/496377861029122048","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1605","username":"sama"}],"retweet_date":""}
