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Using a manual espresso machine is one of the hardest culinary preparations. It takes much more skill than one would assume!

These aren't stolen credit cards. This hack works by maxing out subscription limits of the Anthropic/OpenAI plans, so you never pay additional API fees. It's fraud but not theft.

Business books are 99% slop.

Mamdani is going to destroy the entire pre-1974 multifamily housing stock of the 5 boroughs. It will happen really quickly (values already down 40%, 11% of owners are behind on the…

Just don't step-up cost basis at death and you solve the problem. Elon's fine, we can wait until he dies and his heirs sell their shares.

100%. I don't understand how anyone defends the "death loophole" for capital gains. If you get rid of it you could actually get rid of estate taxes, which are a kludge to capture s…

I left last month. $250 a year or something crazy like that. Obsidian has a free web clipper, I'm planning on using that since I was just bookmarking stuff.

Stocks for the Long Run makes the pretty compelling case that over longer holding periods stocks are less risky than bonds.

Yes, for indie developers and small startups. Large corps won't want their code /email/etc data being looked at by the Chinese government.

I think the Malm has the highest body count of any individual piece of furniture on the planet.

This is an amazing frame /reframe.

Gilfoyle? Is that you?

Defining your identity to other humans is incredibly useful. It's one of the essential tasks a human faces, and it makes all other tasks easier if done effectively.

The expectation that artists be "good people" always baffles me. Anyone who becomes a great artist has: 1)High levels of narcissism required to think the world needs to hear "your …

After a decade, "founder of X that I no longer work at" is considered a lame answer. People want to know what you are doing now, not your highest claim to status of your entire lif…

I wouldn't be surprised if 80% of Stanford students are anxious or depressed. Isn't everybody, especially young kids who have spent the last decade going through the meat grinder o…

Fascinating. I wonder what drives the male aggression towards unicyclists. Is it a response to perceived competition (another male doing something attention-getting: must put them …

Remade was snappy but Fall went on forever.

Why does he sweat so much? I prefer my technoligarcs to have a matte finish, not a glossy finish.

Environmentalists are just against progress. A few desert species going extinct is not a big deal. It's an arid wasteland. When we eventually terraform it (with desalinated water f…

He needs uber. He needs google maps. Mostly it's not just about looking up information, it's about functionality.

Most people earn money over time. Putting these savings 100% into the stock market as you earn them is pretty reasonable. It’s only a sudden cash windfall that presents problems. T…

They certainly solve the stated problem of concentration in a few tech companies. But I agree, non-tech companies are overvalued. Bonds are terrifying, they’re a bet against inflat…

Just buy $RSP or a similar equal-weightage ETF.

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