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This has to slow stock market growth, right? Less young people buying, more older people selling.

"The speed of light in a vacuum used to be about 35 mph. Then Jeff Dean spent a weekend optimizing physics."

How can we collectively fix apps/websites that are so poorly built that they take 10 minutes and 100 taps on your smartphone just to do something that could have been done in a min…

I noticed this when comparing my experience in open offices with lots of airflow to the cramped spaces of our WeWork co-working space. I could feel the difference. Also one time I …

The model is 756B parameters, open weights.

I've come to realize this: we are all raising money more than we admit. Whether it's from venture capital or donations to fund non-profits, money is more political than I realized …

Cyber defense and offense are the same security research skillset. Not sure anybody could really untangle that.

The Bitwarden chrome extension just randomly stopped working for me the other day. This is after years of working flawlessly. I had to remove the extension and add it back to get i…

Acquired did a fantastic podcast about the history of Costco. https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/costco

I've been with eBay since 2006 and have been consistently disappointed with their consistent failure to innovate. They need some inspired leadership.

Chuck Norris died? I didn't think that was possible...

yes. I think EdTech can be helpful for learning; but having immediate access to the rest of the internet at the same time negated whatever benefit EdTech would have had. I think th…

To clarify: Talk of going from iPads to Chromebooks. Because kids view the iPads as a toy to play games on.

Repairability and cost are key for the education market. Apple sold iPads into this space for awhile but there's been pushback and talk of going to chromebooks. Seems like they are…

"know the role and place your software fits in" yes! Probably one of the most important lessons of my career. As a junior dev starting out, I had no idea how my software fit into t…

Substack has been a welcome alternative in this space as well. It reminds me of my experience on web blogs back in the 2000s. A real sense of community and substance.

what comes after facebook?

Most parents I've met understand the internet can be a dangerous place for children but aren't sure what to do about it. Some avoid it altogether, but most give up and resign thems…

if only he had stayed long enough to take PHIL S-18 -- Human Ethics: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy

Hang in there. Yes it is possible; I do it every day. I also do iOS and my current setup is: Cursor + Claude Opus 4.5. You still need to think about how you would solve the problem…

The basis of community is sacrifice. It must be. If it is all about me and only what I want, then I am alone. In any coming together, giving up some personal desires or preferences…

This is a good question. Many of us work out of blind habit or to support a lifestyle we didn't consciously choose. Asking this question can lead to freedom, no matter how much mon…

Agree. Seems to me that if you need something like this to automate your workflow; it's your workflow that needs to change.

Is anybody out there actually being more productive in their office work by using AI like this? AI for writing code has been amazing but this office stuff is a really hard sell for…