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Okay, maybe it's just Twitter, Stratechery, and Matthew Ball, but in my little filter bubble... it felt like everyone was talking about the Metaverse non-stop.

Author here, what do you think would give this kind of content more substance? Still very new to this and genuinely looking for feedback!

Hey thanks for posting this!

By "never be technically possible" do you mean: Not possible in the usual 10 year timeframe we consider for Silicon Valley type companies. Or Never in a million years, completely v…

Pricing in a small chance that the acquisition won't go through (maybe due to FTC clearance, but could be other due diligence related items).

TheMelt wasn't in Y Combinator, but it is an interesting story.

It depends on the price they paid for stock or the exercise price for stock options. If you were an early employee and your received options when the company was only worth $10m or…

Came here to comment this.

Does anyone have any theories as to how Nanite actually works? I've never heard of virtualized micropolygon geometry before and it sounds a bit buzzwordy. Do we think they are just…

Agreed, Peopleware is great. Very good for engineering leadership specifically.

Just shared a google sheet with you.

Highly recommend the Space Engine subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/spaceengine/

I wonder how long it will be for them to build a version that actually uses the screen images as opposed to all the data from the Bot API. Seems like it would be a lot harder when …

Thanks for building this! I was wondering about this a few months ago, glad it’s finally here. This is such a good example. https://twitter.com/johncoogan/status/890780575480430593…

Completely agree. Was joking in my original comment. Obviously having a healthy lifestyle will lead to increased productivity. Fetishizing workaholism is dumb and a big part of why…

You don't need to work 24/7. At most jobs, you just need to seem like you work 24/7. Batch up all your emails for the day, then space them out to be sent at odd hours like 11:30pm …