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  1. Jul 16, 2021Twitter · reply@nudrinfe @QiaochuYuan Hm.... Do you think this is most of America or just a trendy sentiment among the 1% on Twitter? In my offline life I'm pretty open about my family's money and have never felt any negativity about it.
  2. Jul 16, 2021Twitter · reply@yeetgenstein @QiaochuYuan Yeah I'm genuinely curious... Is it a particular region or subculture? While my Appalachian/Upper Midwest ancestry is opposed to making a big show of consumption/ luxury, they consider thrift, investing, and innovating to be virtuous and deserving of quietly held wealth.
  3. Jul 16, 2021Twitter · reply@QiaochuYuan Wait wait ... You're saying it is American culture to feel vaguely bad about having money?!?
  4. Jul 16, 2021Twitter · reply@RationalEtienne @etherkragg @elonmusk We're displacing all non-domesticated mammals on Earth, this does bother me (hence vegan + no kids). I like my black bear neighbors more than many humans... https://t.co/t4ex1wB5LR
  5. Jul 16, 2021Twitter · repostRT @kyzcralotSxaM: I think it'd be cool to own a restaurant with like 10 tables inside, 6 tables outside with a very beautiful garden, and…
  6. Jul 16, 2021Twitter · reply@paulg By that logic one should drop out of an Ivy CS program? All love to my dropout tribe!
  7. Jul 16, 2021Twitter · reply@QiaochuYuan But as the mailings have ramped up the last few years, I am really starting to identify as "heartless Scrooge horrible human being" but I'm like resigned to it because idk what else to do- I don't want to encourage wasting money on mailings by responding
  8. Jul 16, 2021Twitter · reply@QiaochuYuan But I didn't ask to be contacted and emotionally I can't expose myself to a stack of heartbreak each day when I get home from work... It would send me back into hopeless depression, which is not productive for anyone.
  9. Jul 16, 2021Twitter · reply@QiaochuYuan I completely relate to feeling lost wrt charitable donations. My junk mail is 80% charities asking for money, because I've donated to a lot of causes over the years. It is low-key upsetting to dump all the heartbreaking stories in the trash without reading...
  10. Jul 16, 2021Twitter · quoteFunny ending- author's theory is that the "seed scare" was actually legitimate orders people placed and forgot when they were delayed in the early days of the pandemic. https://x.com/JeffreyGoldberg/status/1415892268238659586
  11. Jul 16, 2021Twitter · reply@QiaochuYuan I think it's important to be open and clear about the privileges of family wealth... There's too much shame and secrecy around money, people can't see how their circumstances compare and then feel hopeless when a colleague mysteriously spends far beyond their salary.
  12. Jul 16, 2021Twitter · reply@QiaochuYuan Anyway, I had 250K windfall a few yrs ago because family sold off an asset and everyone received a share of the profit... But it wasn't life-changing, just slotted into existing financial plans- not much emotion except some vague gratitude and stress about tax complications.
  13. Jul 16, 2021Twitter · reply@QiaochuYuan Oh, except they did finance my house- I put 25% down from my savings, they loaned me the other 75% as a mortgage which I've been repaying on schedule, but at a better-than-market rate with zero lender fees.
  14. Jul 16, 2021Twitter · reply@QiaochuYuan They set me up for success by paying for a reliable car and college education, and by paying me for part time work in my teens... But then didn't give me any significant cash until my 30s.
  15. Jul 16, 2021Twitter · reply@QiaochuYuan I think it's interesting and appreciate the honesty- my family has some wealth but raised me quite differently with a big emphasis on hard work, starting with menial labor at family businesses and a clear message that I should support myself by 21.
  16. Jul 15, 2021Twitter · reply@Treehouseriots @the_wilderless I took it to mean the money would have a non-trivial impact on my financial decisions... So I chose the first number larger than my current cash savings, which was 500K.
  17. Jul 15, 2021Twitter · reply@redactebdarry @BlckCatBlckSky @androme_duh Thank you for pointing this out... I thought I'd done something wrong and was like blocked by him.
  18. Jul 14, 2021Twitter · quoteRust job, hmm 🤔 https://x.com/TKINAKRON/status/1412859485115146244
  19. Jul 14, 2021Twitter · repostRT @kulpability: @elonmusk @Kristennetten @Adamklotz_ @AaronS5_ @crheller @SpaceX Virginia please and thanks 😊😄 https://t.co/EAU48CTQdp
  20. Jul 14, 2021Twitter · reply@kulpability @elonmusk @Kristennetten @Adamklotz_ @AaronS5_ @crheller @SpaceX Seconded!!!! How can I work in the center of the internet but have *zero* phone / cable / fiber options at my nearby cabin?
  21. Jul 14, 2021Twitter · reply@elonmusk @Adamklotz_ @AaronS5_ @crheller @SpaceX "less foolish packet routing" ... Is Starlink hiring? 👋
  22. Jul 14, 2021Twitter · repostRT @HeatherEHeying: "Be barefoot as often as possible. Calluses are nature’s shoes, and they do a far better job of transmitting tactile in…
  23. Jul 14, 2021Twitter · reply@diachronist Having a soul is good, whining every time something doesn't go your way is bad.
  24. Jul 14, 2021Twitter · reply@PooterSmoker @flcnhvy @elonmusk Yep it is a local favorite... Still trying to convince our boss to rent it out for a happy hour.
  25. Jul 14, 2021Twitter · reply@flcnhvy @elonmusk (ideally on Thanksgiving Day so I'll see you during my family's yearly pilgrimage to the Air & Space)
  26. Jul 14, 2021Twitter · reply@flcnhvy @elonmusk And the Smithsonian Air & Space Annex 💕 https://t.co/be37x4aTXa
  27. Jul 14, 2021Twitter · reply@isosteph So... found a startup with your friends? Why work with people you dislike?
  28. Jul 14, 2021Twitter · reply@matt2791117270 @teslaownersSV @elonmusk Ummm.. I'd probably feel the same way if I wasn't female, but the thought of 6 times through the pregnancy / nursing cycle, with all the pressure to retain a thin-fit youthful appearance, and also keep my career on track.... A data center isn't a child-friendly employer.
  29. Jul 14, 2021Twitter · repostRT @engineers_feed: “Science is not meant to cure us of mystery, but to reinvent and reinvigorate it.” – Robert Sapolsky https://t.co/MjHN…
  30. Jul 14, 2021Twitter · reply@RationalEtienne @dami_kolz @elonmusk @Kristennetten @DimaZeniuk @_Alex_d_t @unclerico2006 @WholeMarsBlog @daelmor @chicago_glenn @coskier61 @Nikola_Truth Yes, I love his book recommendations! Somehow when I dream of him we're usually in a workshop building furniture while talking about the future of tech and the highs and lows of entrepreneurship / leadi…
  31. Jul 14, 2021Twitter · reply@rmc031 The Cult of the Early Bird.
  32. Jul 14, 2021Twitter · repostRT @doitwithalambda: @DRMacIver @memmove_s @moyix the reverse action, wherein one writes C and calls it Python, is surprisingly common
  33. Jul 14, 2021Twitter · reply@chatbot2048 @saintburns @Ilana_Who_ @RookTheBird I learned you had to set expectations low with a few deliberate wrong answers so you could slowly turn over a new leaf and by the end of the class be the teacher's favorite because they foolishly believed their teaching had improved your performance. 😏
  34. Jul 14, 2021Twitter · reply@lucian_phoenix @Ilana_Who_ Yes 💯 but subtly adversarial teacher relations were a good practical intro to social engineering... So career skills in the end?
  35. Jul 14, 2021Twitter · reply@Jezzer_UK @warrenhwdsb @Ilana_Who_ Otoh, once I caught on I calibrated my troublemaking so the teacher would call on me to embarrass me, only I always had the right answer so she never got the satisfaction. Also did my homework immediately so the rest of the class could copy my answers before the next session.
  36. Jul 14, 2021Twitter · reply@Ilana_Who_ I was banished to sit in the hallway during math sessions after filling out the whole workbook in the first month of school. Naively I thought we were *supposed* to learn the contents of the books, rather than learn to play dumb to prop up teacher's ego. Silly ASD.
  37. Jul 14, 2021Twitter · reply@Ilana_Who_ Yep... math profs grew to rely on my interruptions to correct mistakes before they propagated across the whiteboard. One day I came to class woozy from cold + benadryl, prof kept looking at me with growing concern because I wasn't nodding along as per usual.
  38. Jul 14, 2021Twitter · reply@forrestbrazeal 💯 for the "Managed Blockchain" entry alone 😂
  39. Jul 14, 2021Twitter · quoteLiving in "America's Fittest City" ... I gotta ramp up my workouts, lose the pandemic pounds 🙂 https://x.com/ARLnowDOTcom/status/1414939158217433096
  40. Jul 14, 2021Twitter · repostRT @mattparlmer: The polity with the most open doors wins this century
  41. Jul 14, 2021Twitter · reply@dirtylib666 @PreetBharara Yeah, I think it evolved from "words that perform an action" to "words that substitute for action in the eyes of a high-prestige target audience"
  42. Jul 13, 2021Twitter · repostRT @nickcammarata: Although I’m also immensely grateful for basically anyone doing anything new. It’s really hard to tell what will work an…
  43. Jul 13, 2021Twitter · reply@mightyllama89 @zebulgar Yeah, priorities, I do think the benefit outweighs the cost.
  44. Jul 13, 2021Twitter · reply@M_Millerman A surprising percentage of historical leaders and creative geniuses seem to have been bipolar... Are we losing something as a society by pushing mood stabilizers as the first line of treatment for mostly-functional adults with mild hypomania?
  45. Jul 13, 2021Twitter · reply@zebulgar If Starlink fulfills its promise of providing high speed internet to anyone anywhere in the world for under $100 / mo, I have to think the connectivity is even more valuable than the STEM human capital spawned from SpaceX directly.
  46. Jul 13, 2021Twitter · repostRT @nickcammarata: Grateful we invented MDMA. Many problems are secretly a lack of affection, we can radically change affection Nearly all…
  47. Jul 13, 2021Twitter · reply@JeffLadish Riding horses bareback, when you build a strong connection and feel like your thoughts flow magically into powerful graceful movement and their joy in movement flows right back to your brain.
  48. Jul 13, 2021Twitter · reply@M_Millerman Parental attitudes wrt sports vs academics- insisting on travel teams and expensive private coaching for sports while opposing tracking and acceleration for STEM because it is "unfair" and "kids need to learn how to get along with less capable peers"
  49. Jul 13, 2021Twitter · reply@M_Millerman The fact that there are some positive effects of climate change... Vastly outweighed by the negatives on a global basis, but for example farm yields in some places are projected to increase due to the longer growing season...
  50. Jul 13, 2021Twitter · reply@M_Millerman Negative respiratory effects of fireworks smoke. Assisted suicide for terminal patients. Inadequate vegetable consumption causing widespread sub-clinical chronic gastrointestinal complaints. That poor parenting can't be fully reversed by even the best teachers.
  51. Jul 13, 2021Twitter · reply@TaylorLorenz Yes, though I'm back to in-person and so much happier. Meetings are *so* much shorter when I can use a whiteboard and read nonverbal communication, and when everyone isn't distracted with pets and kids and doorbells and lawn mowers.
  52. Jul 13, 2021Twitter · repostRT @jakevdp: finally a way to combine my love of trail running with my passion for unix commands https://t.co/VL035EDWFM
  53. Jul 13, 2021Twitter · quote😂 though tbh I've been the drunk partner and have been told it made me far more patient and humorous while still contributing the necessary insights... I felt guilty that sober me is no fun. https://x.com/chrisalbon/status/1414606886855315457
  54. Jul 13, 2021Twitter · reply@ProductHunt Your plants won't die
  55. Jul 13, 2021Twitter · repostRT @MaxCRoser: “I for one am looking forward to telling stories about how we used to kill animals for food to my incredulously wide eyed gr…
  56. Jul 13, 2021Twitter · reply@lil_schmutzy @cdw2468 @elonmusk Within my lifetime I think the blue planet lifestyle > the red planet lifestyle... It's like cheering on Olympians from my couch- vicariously enjoy the spectacle without having to go through all the hardship to get there myself.
  57. Jul 13, 2021Twitter · reply@waitbutwhy When you say "blue pill" you mean Viagra, right?
  58. Jul 13, 2021Twitter · reply@cdw2468 @BitcoinBRog @elonmusk Yes, but at *significantly* greater risk with *significantly* less creature comforts than if you invested the same amount of money to build a private island fortress on Earth.
  59. Jul 13, 2021Twitter · reply@cdw2468 @elonmusk So Bezos and Branson are the brave few? Hopefully someday it is as safe and comfy as you describe, but that isn't the reality facing current billionaire adventurers, so I highly doubt their personal goal is to avoid the discomfort of climate change.
  60. Jul 13, 2021Twitter · reply@NelNelNellie @cdw2468 @elonmusk Sure, I'm more interested in Mars... But a diverse space economy will be more resilient than the dysfunctional process of congressional appropriations.
  61. Jul 12, 2021Twitter · reply@cdw2468 @elonmusk "getting out of dodge" is a ridiculous take, if you think about it for 5 seconds ... Space / Mars is a far more hostile environment than anthropocene Earth, and taking a ride on the first human flight of a new system is not exactly a life-prolonging choice.
  62. Jul 12, 2021Twitter · reply@cdw2468 @elonmusk Everything doesn't have to be about my personal benefit, I'm happy to cheer on humanity going where we haven't gone before
  63. Jul 12, 2021Twitter · reply@jamesfacts @elonmusk Hah, if you really want to criticize read up on money being put into longevity research.... I'm hoping something pans out within my lifetime 🙂
  64. Jul 12, 2021Twitter · repostRT @50x2030: Lower-income countries invest an average total of $957 billion in agriculture annually. Why aren’t we seeing more returns on t…
  65. Jul 12, 2021Twitter · reply@RationalEtienne @elonmusk Yes! Tho I think self-replicating sophistication starts within the solar system- Mars colonized by families of rover-AIs evolving to become the first real Martians.
  66. Jul 12, 2021Twitter · reply@RationalEtienne @elonmusk I do like the Breakthrough Starshot project too.... nanotech and lasers to explore exoplanets 💕
  67. Jul 12, 2021Twitter · reply@elonmusk Sigh, this. Had a discussion at the office, older gens were excited... Gen Z was cynical and "but, but, billionaires..."
  68. Jul 12, 2021Twitter · postSigh, typical humans ... Occupy movements need sustainable sanitation plans. https://www.newsweek.com/images-may-show-catastrophic-levels-human-waste-chinese-vessels-south-china-sea-1608917
  69. Jul 12, 2021Twitter · reply@WholeMarsBlog @elonmusk Love the royal "we" in this quote 😂
  70. Jul 12, 2021Twitter · postReminder to self... https://t.co/vzIX9w71Wd
  71. Jul 12, 2021Twitter · reply@NeerajKA If it was structured as insurance to pay for any resulting PR disasters from following your advice, I'm sure brands would sign up fast. Not sure how the math would work...
  72. Jul 12, 2021Twitter · reply@kfc First person who wants it- not healthy for humans or friendly to chickens ☹️
  73. Jul 12, 2021Twitter · post@RationalEtienne I wonder which flight he'll be on, and if there's any way to reserve a seat on the same flight? https://www.cnet.com/news/elon-musk-purchases-virgin-galactic-ticket-for-trip-to-space-report-says/
  74. Jul 12, 2021Twitter · quote💕 please let it be commercialized soon 🙏 https://x.com/physorg_com/status/1414593644552720393
  75. Jul 12, 2021Twitter · quoteRT @chbooksdc: Consider buying some books this week—papa needs a new AC. https://x.com/chbooksdc/status/1414644767678423040
  76. Jul 12, 2021Twitter · reply@bryan_caplan I somehow still have zero experience of covid within my offline social network, my concern is 100% based on information from the internet... If the internet was lying to me, how would I know? We all got vaxxed anyway, but it is interesting to consider.
  77. Jul 11, 2021Twitter · repostRT @FastCompany: A startup is hoping sleeper cabins and quaint bars persuade travelers to choose a longer, and less polluting, journey. ht…
  78. Jul 11, 2021Twitter · quote🙋‍♀️proud dropout here... Boebert seems like a fool, but no reason to denigrate all of us HS rebels. https://x.com/4a_of/status/1414189267874717697
  79. Jul 11, 2021Twitter · reply@ATabarrok Thanks for the reply... Tho I am still so confused- this Tucker guy is like the Colbert Report right? Too many layers of sarcasm for my ASD brain 🙂
  80. Jul 11, 2021Twitter · reply@drunkandcoding @GreatDismal "One" 🙄 ... Unsolicited pics are *never* a good idea.
  81. Jul 10, 2021Twitter · reply@ATabarrok Isn't the main point to stop using them as "growth promoters" in chicken feed and the like?
  82. Jul 10, 2021Twitter · reply@McDonalds Abused unhealthy chickens polluting our water and undermining our antibiotics.
  83. Jul 10, 2021Twitter · reply@RationalEtienne Sweet dreams of the Starlink constellation orbiting overhead and the prospect of high speed internet in West Virginia... ✨🌙✨
  84. Jul 10, 2021Twitter · postLong story short, eat legumes and nuts, they may help prevent MS... (there are so many reasons to eat a plant-based diet and microbiome research is very promising!!!) https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/diet-rich-in-beans-legumes-study/amp
  85. Jul 8, 2021Twitter · reply@RationalEtienne I see a common factor here- Crypto + ads... Crypto + hostility... Crypto + incomprehensible emoji-babble... Crypto + taking things too seriously... Crypto + delusions of grandeur...
  86. Jul 8, 2021Twitter · reply@elonmusk @flcnhvy I'm 8 days caffeine free... Slept 12 hrs / night the first three days and still not feeling like I'm at full strength. Yawn
  87. Jul 7, 2021Twitter · reply@RationalEtienne @elonmusk AI/men 💋
  88. Jul 7, 2021Twitter · quoteVery very true from what I hear https://x.com/SamRo/status/1412945907214163968
  89. Jul 7, 2021Twitter · repostRT @AstroKatie: I can't believe we STILL have to remind people of this after A YEAR AND A HALF but: If your pet appears on the Zoom, you…
  90. Jul 7, 2021Twitter · quote❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕❤️ https://x.com/engineers_feed/status/1412773399575752707
  91. Jul 7, 2021Twitter · reply@WholeMarsBlog Yeah but there's a valid point there if you want to exceed human ability not just mimic it ... Whiteout conditions, overdriving your headlights / deer jumping into the road... Particularly for semis where the stopping distance sucks and may be carrying hazardous materials.
  92. Jul 7, 2021Twitter · reply@AltromK @garyblack00 Do you really believe that the govt can't take your Bitcoin if it wants it? I'm sure the pipeline ransomers didn't willingly give it back to the FBI... The rumors of FBI action is actually what started the crypto downturn as criminals pulled out funds.
  93. Jul 7, 2021Twitter · reply@BlckCatBlckSky Sigh, who knows... with luck I'll find out a week before Apr 15 when all the forms finally arrive (if not, extension time and more wild-guess estimated payments 😭 )
  94. Jul 7, 2021Twitter · reply@BlckCatBlckSky Sigh, will pay in about $70K between all the various income-related taxes... Hoping to get a small refund if I don't realize any extra cap gains this yr (but then I've said this past 4 yrs, always owed in the end)😭
  95. Jul 7, 2021Twitter · reply@sadalsvvd What, like Romanesco broccoli? https://t.co/KQ7IPVggTP
  96. Jul 7, 2021Twitter · repostRT @djbaskin: @jongold It took me a while to learn that "postrat" meant post-rationalist! For a long while, I thought it meant people who s…
  97. Jul 7, 2021Twitter · reply@BlckCatBlckSky So far this year I've spent more on tax payments than any other category, not even counting withholding which more than doubles the slice... Take pity on my stupidity??? 😭 https://t.co/63YlYUaqu8
  98. Jul 7, 2021Twitter · quote💯 https://x.com/WiseExecutor/status/1412546772199636992
  99. Jul 7, 2021Twitter · reply@downdetector 🙈🙉 busy day at the office...
  100. Jul 6, 2021Twitter · repostRT @RationalEtienne: @elonmusk The Internet is Dark and full of Errors.