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ok wfh team, what do you eat for lunch
i either 1. do not eat lunch and get very cranky 2. spend $10349 ordering four tacos or 3. eat one (1) banana
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wait a minute
The Anthropic Editorial team is hiring TWO new writers: someone to write about AI and economics/policy, and someone to write about AI and science.
This is quite an important time to be thinking and writing about the effects of AI. So please apply!
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stop teaching students to put two spaces after a period what the hell is wrong with you
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I am not a huge AA person as I am roughly as religious as a small stone, but I am going to a meeting tonight for the first time in like 1.5 years? Wish me luck.
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Trading apps: Here, have zero-cost trading and options access, go wild
Also trading apps: Woah not like *that*
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if all goes well at pickup, we get to adopt our next pup on sunday and i am so excited i could burst - here's the only pic of her that we have
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companies who ship ram-eating software that turns modern PCs into stuttering messes are my true enemy
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if nothing else, @TaylorLorenz is doing a good job exposing that the general public doesn't really know how journalism works, and expects far too much deference
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Unpopular opinion: the best thing young people can do early in their careers is to win the lottery, invest the money in index funds and retreat from public life.
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Canβt wait for the @theneedledrop Eminem album review
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I wish uber would solve the βdriver drives away from you until you cancel and then charges you $5 for the driver doing thatβ issue
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I got my first gun when I was 12. My dad hunted when I was growing up. We have a gun safe at the house in Oregon. Iβve had a lot of fun shooting guns on in the woods. Fuck it, take them all. I donβt understand ppl who wonβt give up a hobby to save kidsβ lives.
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Excited to announce that I am taking on the Editor in Chief role for @TechCrunchPlus, once again reporting to @panzer. Super hype about the project and helping it grow this year. And I am hiring, so don't be a stranger!
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good rocket day coverage
New: Amazon denied Patty Hernandez, a 23-year old warehouse worker in Tracy, California, pregnancy accommodations in October, then she miscarried at work.
I spoke to her about the nightmare Amazon put her through just to get lighter duty. vice.com/en/article/g5g8eq/aβ¦
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mark meadows is a fascist apologist and was more than willing to try to subvert the us government in opposition of the will of the people - what a sad little sack of shit
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What the fuck kansascity.com/news/politicsβ¦
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I keep being amazed at how Google is bigger than ever in terms of ppl, but search is getting worse, Gmail is stagnant, Docs is still pretty subpar (only good idea was co-authoring, which is now old), etc. What are they doing over there.
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two years not drinking as of today, if I have my calendar correct - yay!
obligatory fuck you, alcohol
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some personal news! alexwrites.substack.com/p/chβ¦
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we are threatening a nato ally (Denmark)???
Q: Can you assure the world that as you try to get control of areas like Greenland or Panama you are not gonna use military or economic coercion?
TRUMP: No. I can't assure you. I'm not going to commit to that. It might be that you'll have to do something.
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re: the startup/working hours/hustle debate, keep in mind that everyone saying you should work insane amounts are the same folks holding the equity that your labor will enrich; if you are getting a material %, work your ass off. if you own little or nothing, maybe don't.
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startup idea: build a browser that can handle having 100 tabs open on machines with 16/32 gigs of ram; charge users $10/month for it or more. I would 100% pay for something that could handle my workload.
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today is three years of not drinking for me, thanks to everyone for being so lovely along the way alexwrites.substack.com/p/thβ¦
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great now jeff use ur clout at amazon to better pay and care for drivers and warehouse workers
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doing some thinking about API-led startups β what are the companies I should look at more closely?
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Twitter, I will pay $10/month for ad-free Twitter.
Spotify, I will pay 2x to give more $ to artists at the current revenue split.
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I only have 4k left of student debt give or take, but I would gladly watch folks who havenβt paid dowin a penny get theirs 100% taken away. If you are mad that you made more progress than others who might get more help, you suck.
thanks for coming to my ted talk
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My wife heard about the GameStop thing on npr and asked me about it, which made my job relevant to our relationship for the first time in ages - kinda fun
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Due to some things we had Ada by c-section an hour ago. Baby healthy. Mom healthy. Now in recovery with her. β€οΈ
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New baby is here. Mom and kiddo healthy and happy. Will share a pic when I get one approved. Full of love rn.
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His phone is a computer this is dumb
Jack Dorsey runs two multibillion-dollar companies without using a computer bit.ly/2PraJSN
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I couldnβt think of the best way of saying that weβre having a kid in mid-December so this was it - weβre very exited β€οΈ
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Coffee is good, dogs are lovely, friends make life worth living, food is a delight and books are cheap trips out of this universe.
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love a midwest startup techcrunch.com/2022/01/17/reβ¦
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Got married to @Lizaswagner today! After a breakfast in the sun with everyone we got married at Lizaβs church, and then had a second line parade with @whatcheerb through downtown Providence to the party. Full of love. β€οΈπ₯°
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five years of not drinking alexwrites.substack.com/p/fiβ¦
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I guess what annoys me is that now that we know the M1 is possible, what the fuck was Intel doing all those years?
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just realized that @beckpeterson works for Insider, which makes the following exchange even more amazing
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bro went out and said venture capital is return-free risk, and then handed over the keys
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Is it possible to work, work out, be an active parent, have hobbies and get enough sleep? I am failing here and sleep keeps getting cut.
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sadly no one seems to think that my "a banana will fix it" approach to not starving is winsome
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I guess my question is, if we lay off tens of millions of workers and the economy is fine (per the stock market)... what the fuck does that mean
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no-code is hawt tcrn.ch/3rt9o0N
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Good thing we financed his pr while his father in law was president
Seeking Backers for New Fund, Jared Kushner Turns to Middle East nytimes.com/2021/11/26/us/poβ¦
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The @Blizzard_Ent faux apology is bad. Not watching Starcraft games until the company does better.
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ok so hubs:
Seattle: cloud
Colombus: insurtech
SF/bay: software
LA: creative-facing tech
what else?
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i never get tired of talking to founders, such a jam to talk to ppl fired up about something
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look i am a west coast kiddo living on the east coast and itβs fine but if we get spider paratroopers i am fucking *out* of here
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People who like this meme / brands trying to find a way to cash in on it / people who have found a way to mute it / your father
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symphonic metal fans alert:
I could not be more honored and prouder to perform the Dutch national anthem at this year's @F1 @f1dutchgp! π§‘
#DutchGP #Formula1 #Zandvoort
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Is there a way to disable alcohol ads on twitter - not to be the boring recovering alcoholic or whatever but Iβd love fewer whiskey ads while in recovery thx
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*takes puppy outside
*puppy plays around on lawn, nothing happens
*takes puppy inside, puts in gated space with peepee pad
*makes tea
*puppy pees on floor where there is no peepee pad
*alas
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Iβm sorry but am I reading correctly that musk is suing zuck for hiring the people he fired?
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An interview with a leading venture capitalist techcrunch.com/2021/06/23/anβ¦
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Ok but what if @LandoNorris pulls the surprise win - lfg
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