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  1. Jun 21, 2021Twitter · reply@AlexandriasTech Probably a few sessions within that timeframe, easier to ask the candidate to block off the whole time for flexibility. Pre-WFH it would've been fly in for an office visit, which is why it's all on one day.
  2. Jun 21, 2021Twitter · reply@max_hodak Mm, take it further into the future and back into the past- we need a modern mythology to make sense of the rapid change.
  3. Jun 21, 2021Twitter · reply@max_hodak True, container shortage and ports all backed up, record trade deficit...
  4. Jun 21, 2021Twitter · repostRT @ValaAfshar: It is easy to overlook potential when your imagination is out of focus. https://t.co/yMlk4OEuli
  5. Jun 21, 2021Twitter · reply@elonmusk @karpathy Open an office in NoVA, I'd love to work for Tesla 💕
  6. Jun 21, 2021Twitter · quoteMost important news all week https://x.com/defcon/status/1407118536665825280
  7. Jun 21, 2021Twitter · reply@RationalEtienne @dami_kolz @elonmusk @SpaceX @Kristennetten @DimaZeniuk @daelmor @harsimranbansal @EvaFoxU @AstroJordy @WholeMarsBlog @Nikola_Truth @greendtstudio So important when evaluating potential employers!
  8. Jun 21, 2021Twitter · reply@hikingskiing I've said I want to die on Mars, just not on impact.
  9. Jun 21, 2021Twitter · reply@BlckCatBlckSky I said "sincere act" 🙂 ... I think he half-believes it, on a good day.
  10. Jun 21, 2021Twitter · reply@BlckCatBlckSky Hah, this is exactly why I love Mayor Pete! He does the sincere act, I sit back and cheer him on with a clear conscience that someone more competent than me is serving the public.
  11. Jun 20, 2021Twitter · reply@noampomsky Give two options with the same reward, one much more risky than the other. If their reaction is anything other than "no-brainer, take the safer option" there's something wrong ...
  12. Jun 20, 2021Twitter · reply@powerbottomdad1 In my experience it is all about their ego first, sex second (so, best to play dumb if you're in the mood)
  13. Jun 20, 2021Twitter · reply@anothercohen But... extemporaneous high-conviction BS is an *art*
  14. Jun 20, 2021Twitter · reply@mattyglesias Record a hidden camera reality TV show where friends set up their needle-phobic bro to be bullied into a public vaxx at Coyote Ugly.
  15. Jun 20, 2021Twitter · reply@mattyglesias The best thing they could do would be to pay a bunch of MAGA-land celebs to do pro-vaxx ads, restock the vaxx lotteries with front-row season tickets for top college football teams, and hire strippers to administer J&J shots at bars.
  16. Jun 20, 2021Twitter · reply@saminacodes I mean DEFCON is always an option... 😏
  17. Jun 20, 2021Twitter · repostRT @Rainmaker1973: This article presents an active ball joint mechanism (ABENICS) enhanced by interactions of spherical gears. The gearbase…
  18. Jun 20, 2021Twitter · repostRT @HousingOC: https://t.co/pAqkZhiIZJ
  19. Jun 20, 2021Twitter · reply@RationalEtienne @dami_kolz @elonmusk @Kristennetten @DimaZeniuk @melaniemadri @CodingMark @28delayslater @harsimranbansal @EvaFoxU @WholeMarsBlog @Nikola_Truth Virginia used to be the capital of the Confederacy.... Bureaucrats changed that for the better and now we're Bezonia East 😂
  20. Jun 20, 2021Twitter · reply@natmiletic Did not realize WordPress counted as a "programming language" these days. I'm reluctant to grant "language" status to PHP even...😏🔥
  21. Jun 20, 2021Twitter · reply@paulg @ryan_landay Friction is good 🙂
  22. Jun 20, 2021Twitter · reply@BlckCatBlckSky It seems like a lot of people are seriously unhappy about their student loans, so maybe it shouldn't be "exactly" the same?
  23. Jun 20, 2021Twitter · reply@wesyang Yes. I can totally see Elon Musk being true friends with intellectuals and makers living on low income while pursuing their dreams.
  24. Jun 20, 2021Twitter · reply@peregrine @granitestatelad @Crey1959 @mattyglesias @Noahpinion I just think not all coders need a college education (and my co. hires ppl without CS degrees), but at the same time the strongest coders I've known are the ppl who find this content intuitive, whether they bothered with a degree or not.
  25. Jun 20, 2021Twitter · repostRT @wooldridgemike: Random AI thought of the day: the ML boom has suddenly put continuous maths centre stage in comp sci departments. When…
  26. Jun 20, 2021Twitter · reply@AnfibiaCreativa 🤦‍♀️this is why 10xers are a thing 😂
  27. Jun 20, 2021Twitter · reply@peregrine @granitestatelad @Crey1959 @mattyglesias @Noahpinion Also admittedly they were the most fun courses, along with DS&A and automata.
  28. Jun 20, 2021Twitter · reply@peregrine @granitestatelad @Crey1959 @mattyglesias @Noahpinion I've used various bits over the years... Maybe the paradigm should shift away from 4 yrs Ed at beginning of career towards incremental Ed as needed, but if you have to prep someone all at once I think these courses are important, and last longer than learning any particular tech
  29. Jun 20, 2021Twitter · reply@granitestatelad @Crey1959 @peregrine @mattyglesias @Noahpinion Probability, Logic, Discrete math, Linear Alg, Numerical Analysis, Graph Theory all very useful for coders.
  30. Jun 20, 2021Twitter · reply@FastCompany Perhaps... Otoh I've felt much more positive about my team since we've been back in the office together- nonverbal communication is a big help!
  31. Jun 19, 2021Twitter · reply@RationalEtienne @elonmusk @teslaownersSV Elon Elon lama sabachthani?
  32. Jun 19, 2021Twitter · reply@RationalEtienne @elonmusk @jeremyjudkins Rate of 42 "blessed" cars / day for 2021... Is this why 42 is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything?
  33. Jun 16, 2021Twitter · reply@BlckCatBlckSky Ok, specifically thinking of a grocery coop where I'd considered making a loan as a member-owner, but reading the terms decided against.. biz dev consultant said 90% of coop loans are repaid on time.. risk vs return seemed worse than S&P ETF
  34. Jun 16, 2021Twitter · reply@mattyglesias I'd also point out that we are very open to nontraditional backgrounds- code academy, whatever... We do coding task interviews- as long as someone proves they can do the work, it is actually better to hire people with diverse lived experience.
  35. Jun 16, 2021Twitter · reply@mattyglesias My co has applicants do a quantitative aptitude test which is probably pretty damn correlated with IQ but technically isn't IQ - avoids culture-specific references, more justifiably related to the actual job. We only talk to the top 20% of applicants, it is our biggest filter.
  36. Jun 16, 2021Twitter · reply@matthuang @tylercowen It's funny how people pit DeFi against traditional banks, when banks are working on blockchain projects.. likely outcome is that banks are still the way most people interact with the financial system, but the system's innards are made more secure by blockchain.
  37. Jun 16, 2021Twitter · reply@BlckCatBlckSky Yeah, it is hard for coops to raise money... Imo the reason for this is the risk of failure vs limited upside.
  38. Jun 16, 2021Twitter · reply@ValaAfshar @elonmusk Elon has really aged since his SNL appearance! 😮
  39. Jun 16, 2021Twitter · reply@elonmusk @RationalEtienne @tesla_raj The Air Purification is of the top reasons I really wish I had a charging solution so I could buy a Tesla.
  40. Jun 15, 2021Twitter · reply@pottsmark @Twitter @ARLnowDOTcom 100% agree ... Local political candidates are given an op ed before every election and sometimes follow up to engage readers in the comments section- not verifying ARLnow is another sign Twitter doesn't really care about the risk of political misinformation.
  41. Jun 15, 2021Twitter · reply@futurepundit @mattparlmer Having spent the past two days curled up in bed with food poisoning, I think the sanitation improvements alone are worth the investment in automation...
  42. Jun 15, 2021Twitter · reply@joespurpleshirt I'd take a well-stocked Kindle plus 4 books myself 🙂
  43. Jun 15, 2021Twitter · post'One can't believe impossible things.' I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. 'When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.' --Lewis Carroll
  44. Jun 15, 2021Twitter · quoteTruth. https://x.com/eye_idol/status/1404578978212548615
  45. Jun 15, 2021Twitter · reply@BlckCatBlckSky @_curiousyellow We would exchange long emails about philosophy and technology and music and various humanitarian concerns, then meet up and not talk so much as do other things...
  46. Jun 15, 2021Twitter · reply@BlckCatBlckSky @_curiousyellow Idk, it just never came up? When he gave me his number the day we met I saved it as "Irish Guy" and that's who he was to me for a year
  47. Jun 15, 2021Twitter · reply@BlckCatBlckSky @_curiousyellow Nothing, just happened to see his name on a printout when I was at his apartment one
  48. Jun 15, 2021Twitter · reply@BlckCatBlckSky @_curiousyellow I fell in love with a guy, dated for a year, stopped seeing three other people to focus on him, but didn't learn his name until after we broke up (met in a loud coffee shop and couldn't hear him introduce himself, too embarrassed to ask later)
  49. Jun 15, 2021Twitter · reply@ESYudkowsky @mattyglesias Where were you when I convinced myself that my alcoholic boyfriend would change?
  50. Jun 15, 2021Twitter · reply@BlckCatBlckSky I think so... You seem to look at things with fresh eyes, which is maybe half the battle?
  51. Jun 15, 2021Twitter · reply@BlckCatBlckSky A background of dross makes your diamonds of rationality shine all the brighter.
  52. Jun 15, 2021Twitter · reply@RationalEtienne @elonmusk True, but doesn't always feel like it haha
  53. Jun 15, 2021Twitter · postCrypto Twitter vs Ted Cruz... Can't wait! https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/06/15/chinas-bitcoin-miner-exodus-.html
  54. Jun 15, 2021Twitter · reply@BlckCatBlckSky That everyone's opinion is of equal value.
  55. Jun 15, 2021Twitter · reply@0x26d No this is genius 💕 https://github.com/uhyo/EmojiScript
  56. Jun 15, 2021Twitter · repostRT @VisitVirginia: Virginia has a surprising amount of restaurants that truly do justice to the farm to table movement. https://t.co/Qc0igl…
  57. Jun 15, 2021Twitter · reply@cSchaez @mateosfo ARLnow has an interesting hybrid of free ad-supported articles (no paywall) but a Patreon for regular readers to pay a voluntary $6 or $10 / mo. I wouldn't have subscribed immediately but as a regular readers I'm happy to do my part to keep them going.
  58. Jun 15, 2021Twitter · reply@mateosfo For me all credit to our local news site @ARLnowDOTcom ... Coverage of local government initiatives with regular opinion pieces and a lively commentariat- our own virtual town square.
  59. Jun 15, 2021Twitter · reply@AndyfromTucson @mattyglesias I'm not alarmed because I don't really care about the continuation of the species and if it happens within my lifetime, what an epic way to go. But computers don't adhere to human sense of scale, things tend to happen fast or not at all.
  60. Jun 15, 2021Twitter · reply@kjsippel @onedollarjuana @Robotbeat @jbhammer @mattyglesias The only question is whether the solution will include human annihilation
  61. Jun 15, 2021Twitter · reply@AndyfromTucson @mattyglesias The common assumption is that the AI grows smarter at an exponential pace and figures out how to ensure its own survival before we manage to convene a summit to work out a solution. If our interests aren't aligned we may all be snuffed before we figure it out?
  62. Jun 15, 2021Twitter · reply@ShaversLevi @InmanRoshi @kewms @mjbreuer @mattyglesias Or even entire planets 😏
  63. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · reply@ampyourgrowth @paulg I used to think this way ... Then I individually asked each of my coworkers what they'd do if they received enough UBI to cover the essentials ... Every person had an immediate answer, *none* of it was tech. Concluded that UBI-world would not have functional internet.
  64. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · reply@RationalEtienne 🙏🙏
  65. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · repostRT @joeteicher: The BEST inflation hedge is a mortgage you can barely afford. #inflation
  66. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · reply@ShaversLevi @InmanRoshi @kewms @mjbreuer @mattyglesias Exactly, the problem with AI driving is unpredictable human behavior... Remove humans and the safety metrics improve 😏
  67. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · reply@bouillabae @mattyglesias Both are symptoms of excessive imagination... Ask me how I know 😏
  68. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · repostRT @daeken: In case you've been seeing the term, edging refers to using Microsoft Edge, much like Googling refers to using Google. I hope t…
  69. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · reply@BlckCatBlckSky I didn't think of it in these terms, but I did come to the conclusion years ago that dating is a net negative experience so I choose not to partake.
  70. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · reply@mattyglesias It's tough to plan to control something we don't yet have a plan to create... The deeper issue is that our failure to act on climate change suggest we would be unable to achieve global consensus on regulation if/when it becomes necessary.
  71. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · quoteTask this sprint- review and triage "TODO" comments 😬 https://x.com/nixcraft/status/1404558933465784320
  72. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · reply@BrunoNiko858 @muhles @mcuban Which liquidity protocol or yield aggregator? Trying to Google but want to be looking at the right thing...
  73. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · reply@BrunoNiko858 @muhles @mcuban Ok so I keep a large bank account linked to the IRS to debit tax payments on the various due dates... how would I use crypto to improve this situation?
  74. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · reply@BrunoNiko858 @muhles @mcuban I send money via Zelle, seems to work well enough... I make large payments via EFT, mostly just tax payments... I don't use leverage, beyond my risk tolerance...
  75. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · reply@BrunoNiko858 @muhles @mcuban My only debt is mortgage held by my parents... I've never paid cc interest... Never raised money except... I do own stocks but mostly within Roth IRA to avoid cap gains tax... I earn negligible interest on savings but my main goal is accessibility not growth.
  76. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · reply@BrunoNiko858 @muhles @mcuban I know Eth is a general purpose decentralized ledger, can do smart contracts etc, but I haven't yet figured out a personal use case?
  77. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · reply@BrunoNiko858 @muhles @mcuban My frame of reference is living in the US as a law-abiding taxpayer without extreme wealth management or privacy needs. Cc policies + FDIC + cash provide enough assurance against having my money stolen; crypto is not yet a more reliable store of value than fiat.
  78. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · quoteTrue, but also we are in the twilight of the anthropocene as the AI Superintelligence is gathering momentum. https://x.com/engineers_feed/status/1404530231021555713
  79. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · reply@muhles @BrunoNiko858 @mcuban I'd summarize as.. for my actual currency / banking needs the pros are still outweighed by the cons.. I think this is the case for everyone I know IRL.. I avoid investments where I don't know anyone IRL who would use the end product.
  80. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · reply@elonmusk @leastImAlive @PPathole Could you give it to be used as a group home for adults with intellectual disabilities? Totally respect your desire to see resources put to their best use 💕❤️💕
  81. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · reply@paul_r_doherty @_mattwelter @Mat_Sherman Recruiters lurk at meetups, hackathons, hotel bars... They're everywhere!
  82. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · reply@hubbersnaks @ka_dewaal @BrunoNiko858 @mcuban @thedailygwei Thank you for taking the time to reply to all my questions btw!!!!! 🙂
  83. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · reply@hubbersnaks @ka_dewaal @BrunoNiko858 @mcuban I've been reading... But so far everything seems kinda incestuous / derivative, like it is all ultimately backed by people buying into a crypto ecosystem. To me this isn't yet a foregone conclusion, so it all makes me uneasy. I'll keep paying attn but I'm not ready to jump in.
  84. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · reply@hubbersnaks @ka_dewaal @BrunoNiko858 @mcuban Ok, maybe this is just a difference in values, because no amount of theoretical money is worth spending time in jail, so realistically for me this isn't a benefit, tho it could be for others?
  85. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · reply@hubbersnaks @ka_dewaal @BrunoNiko858 @mcuban Well other than 51% attacks or impl bug or crypto weakness or govt unplugging me from internet or govt getting between me and whoever will exchange my crypto for goods or oth currency, or getting court order to hand over my key...
  86. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · reply@northernforks @hubbersnaks @BrunoNiko858 @mcuban Sorry if I'm not understanding... Are you saying that I should use crypto because it is more private? I know more than I can say about existing banks, but what justifies faith that these small new startups in various countries w various laws will do a better job re privacy?
  87. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · reply@ka_dewaal @hubbersnaks @BrunoNiko858 @mcuban Sigh, tbh I'm talking ransomware and botnets, from personal experience not media coverage (which on the whole sucks). But what does it mean to "control my own money"?
  88. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · reply@ka_dewaal @hubbersnaks @BrunoNiko858 @mcuban Ok, all my crypto exp to date has been business with ppl who do criminal things... I'm not sold that crypto today offers a *better* assurance than cash that when I want to redeem it for real world goods & services, it will hold its value and be accepted by my counterparty.
  89. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · reply@hubbersnaks @BrunoNiko858 @mcuban How are the returns generated - what is the real economic value being created? I'm like terminally uncool so if it is just a passing fad I'd prefer to stay away so I'm not left holding the bag when the cool kids move on to something else.
  90. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · reply@BrunoNiko858 @mcuban To me, right now, crypto looks unappealing given all the various scams and thefts from exchanges, risk of losing wallet key, plus the IRS focus- I need an identifiable upside to compensate for the additional audit risk.
  91. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · reply@BrunoNiko858 @mcuban Yes, but specifically why should I want to buy into any of its current incarnations? (Other than buying ddos attacks, which, the less said the better..)
  92. Jun 14, 2021Twitter · reply@BrunoNiko858 @mcuban Ok sure, but how is it *better*? I was an early internet bank customer, it went bankrupt in mortgage crisis, was PITA when they froze accounts to move them to a solvent bank... But at least was earning better interest with less fees up to the meltdown...
  93. Jun 13, 2021Twitter · reply@mcuban I still don't understand why non-criminals would want to swap highly volatile coins lacking deposit insurance rather than use boomer-bank channels like Zelle? DeFi makes sense to me, blockchain makes sense, but coins as currently constituted....???
  94. Jun 13, 2021Twitter · reply@lexfridman Ego is a distraction, disappears in flow state💕
  95. Jun 13, 2021Twitter · reply@GPallatuci @GreenValley_Guy @mattyglesias Lol, well, just putting a disclaimer on it- one random person's musings, not the consensus of experts.
  96. Jun 13, 2021Twitter · reply@GPallatuci @GreenValley_Guy @mattyglesias AI and automation will be disruptive but otoh I think longevity research may start to pay off. So I'm thinking AI-capital will replace labor in journalism, medicine, education, law...
  97. Jun 13, 2021Twitter · reply@GPallatuci @GreenValley_Guy @mattyglesias I also think we'll have a healthcare revolution because current trends are unsustainable, and a political reckoning as we wrestle with inequality vs incentives, debt concerns vs MMT, possibly some form of crypto disruption (not today's scams tho)
  98. Jun 13, 2021Twitter · reply@GPallatuci @GreenValley_Guy @mattyglesias Money leaving the market = deflating asset prices, while more dollars chasing fewer goods & services = higher prices..? But I am 0% educated on this topic, just putting together what I've read.
  99. Jun 13, 2021Twitter · reply@GPallatuci @GreenValley_Guy @mattyglesias I'm guessing the current supply chain issues will work themselves out, but I think there's truth to "pay higher wages if you want me to come back to work" and as boomers age but the succeeding gens aren't growing, they'll be selling off investments to pay for consumption...
  100. Jun 13, 2021Twitter · reply@gabakker3 @Grace_Segers These are the best ones to have, if we're talking career success. Model successful habits, impart wealthy mannerisms, provide health and education, build network from birth by playdates with other rich kids... but prevent drug addicted idleness by not handing out cash.