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  1. Jun 4, 2021Twitter · reply@Jai__Malik Issue 5- to be a true all-round cybersecurity expert you need to understand the *entire* stack of abstractions, from hardware exploits and crypto maths to network protocols to application layer to UX and human factors- not easy, you'll always have a bit of imposter syndrome
  2. Jun 4, 2021Twitter · reply@Jai__Malik Issue 4- most coders prefer to write code than read it, prefer greenfield to legacy complexity, prefer creating something new rather than protecting someone else's creation - basically, it isn't fun work for the average dev personality
  3. Jun 4, 2021Twitter · reply@Jai__Malik Issue 3- security often works against other goals (at least superficially), you will be the team scold and naysayer, with all the popularity that entails.
  4. Jun 4, 2021Twitter · reply@Jai__Malik Issue 2- it is difficult for anyone outside the field to evaluate the quality of your work; failure is sudden, public and painful; success is unseen, and tbh many people "succeed" through luck rather than skill (rather like hedge fund managers)
  5. Jun 4, 2021Twitter · reply@Jai__Malik Issue 1- as with covid, some people want absolute assurances (which don't exist, given real world constraints) ... as the "expert" you will have to mediate countless debates between the risk averse and the reckless, both sides arguing without a firm grasp of the facts
  6. Jun 4, 2021Twitter · reply@Jai__Malik Security is a thankless job - anyone smart and informed enough to realize this will avoid broadcasting their expertise lest they be saddled with the work.
  7. Jun 4, 2021Twitter · reply@FastCompany Working for / with the government would be more attractive if political leaders and pundits were not so blatantly dismissive of facts that don't suit their narrative. 1 + 1 does not equal 3 no matter how convenient it would be or how warm and fuzzy it would make someone feel.
  8. Jun 4, 2021Twitter · reply@dfee @atShruti Idk, there's a certain appeal to moving around to help with the biggest problems- analyzing the PMF, setting architectural direction, making major hires, troubleshooting a scalability crisis without being committed to a single company for years.
  9. Jun 4, 2021Twitter · repostRT @MillionGardens: This article highlights one of the many production concerns our world is facing: this time with food. Yet another reas…
  10. Jun 4, 2021Twitter · repostRT @visualizevalue: “The more you know, the less you diversify.” — @naval https://t.co/PwmAb8rQt0
  11. Jun 4, 2021Twitter · quote🙋 https://x.com/BehereBaba/status/1400760391500664833
  12. Jun 4, 2021Twitter · reply@geekethics My plan is to invest in a lifestyle that doesn't rely on the monetary system so I don't need to worry about inflation or taxes. We don't have a human capital tax so the benefits of DIY remain with the producer- hobbies all day, time bank with neighbors, life will be ok.
  13. Jun 4, 2021Twitter · reply@geekethics Yeah I'm convinced our current system is headed for a meltdown and feel helpless to influence the outcome. Regardless of how they shuffle the chairs, an economy where most people feel entitled to consume without producing is going to have issues.
  14. Jun 4, 2021Twitter · reply@pbodycoltrane @brianbeutler Boo, everyone is (rightly) angry about Trump tryin to overturn the election but then happy to suggest usurping the will of voters in other states (because if you actually left it to WV to replace Manchin you would not get a Dem replacement)
  15. Jun 3, 2021Twitter · reply@morninggloria @GreatDismal 🙋 unless they inflate / tax away the Tesla earnings in my Roth IRA...
  16. Jun 3, 2021Twitter · reply@elonmusk In my experience it is either that, or the opposite https://t.co/SR2UTnEidx
  17. Jun 3, 2021Twitter · reply@slashdot Nooooooo 😭
  18. Jun 3, 2021Twitter · reply@Thomask207 @engineers_feed Vint Cerf was my commencement speaker, I'm still a little bitter that no one outside the CS dept understood how cool this was 😎
  19. Jun 3, 2021Twitter · reply@mattyglesias (funny part being that my hobby is gardening- so, plenty of digging holes either way ... Agency matters!)
  20. Jun 3, 2021Twitter · reply@mattyglesias I mean they have a point- if I got UBI I'd immediately quit my job to spend more time on hobbies... If I had to spend the day digging and refilling holes for my check, I'd probably stick to mucking around with the internet
  21. Jun 3, 2021Twitter · reply@kcristol @NoVaTransit Fare free would be even better 🙂 good for the environment, low wage workers, and tourism; would speed up bus loading, reduce parking pressure, and save the expense of the fare collection system
  22. Jun 3, 2021Twitter · reply@TheJackForge AWS will launch code help aaS .. Only to see devs hop to other sites asking how to access CloudCorrect .. Which will be an obscure IAM permission, which by default emails your dumbest questions to your boss .. From there it will be great .. until you get your first month's bill.
  23. Jun 3, 2021Twitter · quote💃 yay I had read some research about these systems, been wondering when we'd see them used... https://x.com/slashdot/status/1400553472416653314
  24. Jun 3, 2021Twitter · reply@engineers_feed You mean Al Gore *didn't* invent the internet? 😯
  25. Jun 3, 2021Twitter · reply@SmithInAmerica The scary part is how cryptocurrency has enabled ransomers to get away with the loot- we are at risk if terrorists can use the same financial network - I hope the Biden admin has defenses against this?
  26. Jun 3, 2021Twitter · reply@mattyglesias Idk, I find it quixotically hopeful that so many people *care* so deeply about things have nothing to do with their day-to-day
  27. Jun 3, 2021Twitter · reply@mattschaar @Jai__Malik One surprising lesson learned- 11pm calls with my India dev team went *much* better when I was so drunk the room was spinning. Objectively more forward momentum and fewer miscommunications uncovered in subsequent days. What's the consulting version of the Ballmer Peak?
  28. Jun 3, 2021Twitter · reply@mattyglesias Inflationary pressure yes, "dangerous" ... Idk? Let's go full MMT- abolish the IRS, the inflation *is* the tax.
  29. Jun 3, 2021Twitter · reply@SirEviscerate False morels
  30. Jun 3, 2021Twitter · reply@chrismanfrank No, really don't- if you teach kids what it means to "know about" something, they will be perpetually disappointed by "experts" for the rest of their lives. Low expectations are the key to happiness!
  31. Jun 3, 2021Twitter · reply@elonmusk @28delayslater @eamokeane The organic curves and gentle sway of suspended hammock seats will be much more comfy for the sleeper-car long-distance taxis
  32. Jun 3, 2021Twitter · reply@KommandoCraft @elonmusk @28delayslater @eamokeane C'mon we all know the CyberTug is already under development at Neuralink, and it has no relation to boating 😏
  33. Jun 3, 2021Twitter · reply@elonmusk @28delayslater @eamokeane Or replace the alien dreadnought with silkworm labor? Less big hard steel, more gossamer strands... Grown not manufactured... https://www.stirworld.com/see-features-neri-oxman-s-material-ecology-at-moma-new-york-marries-design-biology-and-nature
  34. Jun 3, 2021Twitter · reply@elonmusk @28delayslater @eamokeane 🙏🙏🙏 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emK-qIbuJ-k
  35. Jun 3, 2021Twitter · reply@Schummie @natacoops Unplug the tier 1 carriers for 3 days in 7? I guess you could do this the legal way, or the fun way...
  36. Jun 3, 2021Twitter · reply@Schummie @Mat_Sherman Ooooo I'm not a big podcast person but I would totally subscribe to this!!!
  37. Jun 3, 2021Twitter · reply@handleym99 @JimDMiller @mattyglesias Thanks for reminding me of this... 🤣 All the talk of "sparkly people with special powers" - clearly someone had just watched Twilight 😂
  38. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · reply@mattschaar @Jai__Malik At worst you will learn to pull yourself together for 8am meetings despite 12 hr workdays followed by an hour on the hotel treadmill and then 6 hrs drinking on the company credit card with "handsy" bosses.
  39. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · reply@XpogchampX @Supermantibody @teslavibes Gahhhh! My fed taxes the last five years were $35K, $77K, $30K, $46K, and $20K ... How do people get away with paying so little, what am I doing wrong?!?
  40. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · reply@driftlesstony @teslavibes No, that's a tax deduction... A tax credit is dollars off the balance due.
  41. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · reply@elonmusk @28delayslater @eamokeane But w old school flatbed behind the peacab for hauling produce, finished in a warm antique brass for steampunk cred. https://t.co/In8wKz2OnW
  42. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · reply@elonmusk @28delayslater @eamokeane Can I haz, plz? https://t.co/FIihrrQb1U
  43. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · repostRT @neiltyson: Apparently, I part ways with many people in my view that just because you disagree strenuously with someone’s opinion, doesn…
  44. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · reply@donaldball @adamkotsko Take PA, cut the link between NY and CA...
  45. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · reply@Mexicoguy @bartzumbari @adamkotsko I mean, good luck with the agriculture without water imports
  46. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · reply@djbocce @NateSilver538 Team Vawvohmi here too! ♥️
  47. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · reply@now_citizen @NateSilver538 Are we assuming that VA & WV are reunited? I'm good with that
  48. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · reply@slim_goodbody_ @NateSilver538 Not to mention the best hackers and internet backbone...
  49. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · reply@yoli55 @PreetBharara More like I ain't afeard of nothin, at least where I come from
  50. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · reply@RogueWPA @mattyglesias Under an "all-essay" admissions regime I never would have been admitted to college... Same with most techies I know... ASD FTW 😛
  51. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · reply@adamkotsko VA + WV + OH + MI
  52. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · reply@mattyglesias I love that Twitter offers to translate this tweet 🤣
  53. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · reply@MillionGardens Yes... Sadly my community garden stretches along a busy bike path with no shade, so there's not good place for socializing- I hadn't considered talking to folks at the farmers market instead!
  54. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · reply@scottreuwho @ezraklein Yes fair enough, I'm just wondering who's going to grow the food if everyone can take benefits indefinitely? Not saying existing private corps are the answer, but what is? I grow some of my own food but not yet 100%
  55. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · quote🤣 that's my state! https://x.com/thehill/status/1400119546078433284
  56. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · reply@mattyglesias Sounds like a fun DIY project in your future 😉
  57. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · reply@scottreuwho @ezraklein I was thinking of the defense production act- people expect the government to ensure supply of certain goods, and those goods require labor to produce... So to an extent I DO expect the government to incentivize working over not working.
  58. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · reply@NickGalluzzo2 @ezraklein I mean, I assume the answer is to raise prices... Either demand will support the increase or you have to conclude that the market doesn't want what you're selling and it's time to close up shop.
  59. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · quoteGood idea, we need to make gardening a more social community experience https://x.com/MillionGardens/status/1400138734578933764
  60. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · reply@scottreuwho @ezraklein I never said anyone should be "forced" to take a job, or that any particular person doesn't have good reasons for making a choice not to , or that employers shouldn't raise wages. I'm just saying, if our economy is producing less goods, there are less goods to go around.
  61. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · postFeels like a good time to quote @elonmusk "If you don't make stuff, there is no stuff" ... "This notion that you can just sort of send checks out to everybody and things will be fine is not true.”
  62. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · reply@ezraklein @scottreuwho This is fine, but I don't want to hear whining about inflation when there are more dollars and yet less goods & services available to buy.
  63. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · reply@mattyglesias You've been President, but someone took away your Twitter access...
  64. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · reply@mattyglesias What do you think drives subscription sales?
  65. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · reply@dylanmatt I think it happened Sept 11 2001 actually
  66. Jun 2, 2021Twitter · reply@Aetius77 @JTCharles01 @DeathCult45 @NateSilver538 It is about avoiding an unpleasant confrontation when you just want your chocolate fix.
  67. Jun 1, 2021Twitter · reply@mattyglesias Well a Trump reinstatement in Aug would guarantee a McAuliffe win in Nov.... Sounds like a good trade to me!
  68. Jun 1, 2021Twitter · reply@NateSilver538 @mattyglesias @jbarro An "intermediate amount of friction" is desirable in many domains 😉
  69. Jun 1, 2021Twitter · reply@elonmusk @Ryanth3nerd @Tesla I just hope your AI doesn't take the same approach of eliminating corner cases 😏
  70. Jun 1, 2021Twitter · reply@RationalEtienne @elonmusk That, or a hedge fund shorting TSLA is looking for an exit before congress passes the $10K tax credit
  71. Jun 1, 2021Twitter · reply@WR4NYGov @RationalEtienne @FredHassen Overblown fear, most CEOs can't take the heat of that much "earned media" and the looming ICE phaseouts vs Tesla EV brand will generate more ad dollars than ever
  72. Jun 1, 2021Twitter · reply@RationalEtienne @elonmusk http://69420.com which I hear is for sale
  73. Jun 1, 2021Twitter · reply@soyismurder @NateSilver538 Appalachia! ♥️
  74. Jun 1, 2021Twitter · reply@TheJaunxPatrol @NateSilver538 I mean, horse estates, rusted out cars in the front lawn, pretty much the same right?
  75. Jun 1, 2021Twitter · quoteBrilliant application of the 5g vaccine chip program! https://x.com/BillGates/status/1399860637698727936
  76. Jun 1, 2021Twitter · reply@willgadea @mattyglesias Do you really think the NSA couldn't execute a 51% attack? Probably already has, now that I think about it...
  77. Jun 1, 2021Twitter · reply@mattyglesias Junk it only after quietly tracing the criminal association recorded in its ledgers and coordinating arrest warrants for all within reach. Luckily there's capacity in the prison system after the covid early releases. Ban the rest from visas and banking.
  78. Jun 1, 2021Twitter · quote🤣 https://x.com/noampomsky/status/1399469912377135116
  79. May 30, 2021Twitter · reply@NateSilver538 "after years of arguing with people on the Internet" ... 🤦
  80. May 30, 2021Twitter · reply@NateSilver538 I think you're giving them too much credit to call it "political" - they just don't want their conference junkets limited out of concern that a lab leak could take out too many of the people needed to fight the ensuing pandemic.
  81. May 30, 2021Twitter · reply@blockfolio If only the Ashburn DCs would install tropical greenhouses on top to benefit from the heat... Replace the acolytes' Mtn Dew with fresh green juice and send them topside for an occasional walk in the sun, maybe they will remember their human origin.
  82. May 30, 2021Twitter · repostRT @nicberardi: If you're an angel/VC and don't genuinely want each & every founder you meet to win, your heart is in the wrong biz
  83. May 30, 2021Twitter · reply@HarrenGWarding @mattyglesias I think it is considered being Slow Boring... on brand, but not controversial enough for earned media coverage? Turn the outrage up to 11!
  84. May 30, 2021Twitter · quoteOtoh if your CEO has itchy Twitter thumbs that get him into trouble... You might be working at the next Tesla https://x.com/aquariusacquah/status/1398687540350263300
  85. May 30, 2021Twitter · reply@elonmusk @UniverCurious @TechInsider But is 2,000x the whole of human history... Didn't realize you were so optimistic about passing the great filter!
  86. May 30, 2021Twitter · reply@elonmusk @RationalEtienne @kimbal 🤣 recently shifted my team from Kanban to Scrum and recused myself from estimation to improve our time accuracy...
  87. May 28, 2021Twitter · reply@mario_anchor @Rxjoy @mattyglesias What ARE these 20% of men doing if not in the workforce? Most FIRE people work at least into their 30s...
  88. May 28, 2021Twitter · reply@mattyglesias I'll spin up some extra EC2 instances on AWS
  89. May 28, 2021Twitter · reply@mattyglesias After the last 5 years, maybe China was right all along- humans evolved to seek patterns in an information-poor environment, not filter out BS all day every day.
  90. May 28, 2021Twitter · reply@mattyglesias I mean you could say the same thing about cigarettes...
  91. May 27, 2021Twitter · reply@NateSilver538 60% and increasing as months pass without a stronger alternative explanation for the chain from bat to human
  92. May 26, 2021Twitter · reply@jdcmedlock @mattyglesias Yes please! I have a personal rule of not buying alcohol in stores- the painful cost of drinks at nice restaurants keeps me one or two max... Add another $6 per drink and I'll have zero to one, with corresponding health benefits.
  93. May 26, 2021Twitter · reply@NotoriousRBF @mattyglesias I hesitate to ask... But, which part and which animal?
  94. May 26, 2021Twitter · reply@mattyglesias Growing up near Reston, my first reference is The Hot Zone and so I assumed lab snafu. Has been interesting to discover this makes me a self-hating Virginian.
  95. May 20, 2021Twitter · reply@ZaidJilani My dad was born in DC- it is just not right that AOC and Ted Cruz are displacing those of us born here.
  96. May 20, 2021Twitter · reply@BrentScher To everyone who thinks this no parking zone in front of the whole foods is somehow kinda sorta a parking spot, or it's ok that she parks illegally in DC because she's from NYC- you are part of the problem!!
  97. May 18, 2021Twitter · reply@ScubaShneve @lexfridman My tech company doesn't require a degree- we've hired people from code academy, Starbucks Arizona U program, self-taught liberal arts majors...
  98. May 17, 2021Twitter · repostRT @GammaCounter: Being fully vaccinated but pretending to not be, in order to avoid being harassed for "still wearing a mask" in Cosco, by…
  99. May 17, 2021Twitter · repostRT @AlecStapp: Not The Onion: “EU proposing to regulate the use of Bayesian estimation” https://t.co/plL142ziJj
  100. May 16, 2021Twitter · quote🤣 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1393995872413888518