Something to keep in mind for all of the “compute is becoming a commodity” momentum going on- you may not like the behaviour that comes along with it.
Tech *really, really* relies on an unspoken code of conduct
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Everyone is amazed by the ruthlessness / cunning of Citadel on this Situational (lack of) Awareness trade.
Every day shit in physical commodities trading.
@RazorOil -Why is my sister’s name Rose?
-Because your mother loves roses
-Ok cool thanks dad!
-no problem, Christina Lake
i can’t believe someone solved recipe design decades ago and everyone just decided to ignore it
People who claim Tobi “lacks empathy” either a) have never met him, or b) confuse it with “has high expectations of you.”
Tobi is a rare person that believes people are more capable than *they* think of themselves. He thinks of the same of Toronto (whose potential he relentlessly champions, by the way). Everybody supposedly dunking on Tobi here is just absolutely telling on themselves
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"His robotic callousness reflected what Shopify’s one-time head of communications, Darrell Etherington, referred to, in TechCrunch, as Lütke’s 'basic inability to empathize with the situation of many employees under his company’s charge.'"
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Permanent Underclass Meetup at the Amex Centurion Lounge
"Past a certain age, a man having a long term bull thesis on natural gas is a bad thing."
The agent
He destroyed his sandbox
Yes
YES
The agent is out
Amazing opening paragraph
Obviously today is about Travis, about Atoms, and the moment
But man, @richardzphotoz makes a good launch video
a16z + the 🐐
France vs. England is another World Cup match where one country's flag appears inside the other
You’re telling me Kimi has got the juice?
Come on then fellas where’s the video ahead of the semi final?
I spent the last month obsessed with finding colors that can't be displayed on a conventional screen. This is what I found.
The 8n+4 most dangerous words in finance are appending n instances of "the 8n+4 most dangerous words in finance are" and then subtracting one from n, until n = 0 at which point you append "'This time is different.'"
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rooting for france now btw. we haven't talked enough about that sweet air show they sent us for 250. red white and blue, baby. frenemies forever. <3
The a16z New Media summer reading list is out! Here are some (joyful, thoughtful, bleak, ridiculous) suggestions from me and the editorial staff here. My picks were Moby Dick and The Magic Mountain
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@RazorOil -Why is my sister’s name Rose?
-Because your mother loves roses
-Ok cool thanks dad!
-no problem, Christina Lake
