I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something. —Richard Feynman

a great manager gets the best out of people. that's the value they bring and why they can justify not just their existence but good pay too needless to say, great managers are very scarce but to dismiss management outright is to misunderstand the role. it's about increasing the leverage of a firm. getting more with less.

Voltaire may have been peak France

do these box office records ever control for ticket price inflation? pretty sure we're gonna just keep breaking box office records in perpetuity

picanha is on the menu tonight fam courtesy of K&C Cattle here in Austin, TX

people are more focused on being physically fit than mentally fit but it's the latter that should be sorted first

people are going to go out and vote in november based mainly on fear of social judgment + out-of-context tiktok clips, and then proudly share an 'i voted' sticker on instagram for the likes best to mentally prepare now

the craziest thing about the placebo effect is that it still works even when you tell people that it's a placebo "The efficacy of open-label placebo was superior to that of no treatment. Relative to no treatment, the placebo, under each information condition, accounted for more than 50% of the drug effect." https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.3006175

y'all, the pool of competition for hard things is so small do the hard things. put in the effort. grit is an insane advantage.

samourai wallet left me. phoenix wallet left me. mutiny wallet left me.😢 what are y'all using for wallets these days? (especially lightning)

proof of slab i learned a lot about concrete but it's level and it's finished so it's going in the Win column

me: leave me alone gov't: "No we're gonna have MANDATES to FORCE you to do things under the threat of PENALTIES and FINES." me: ok gfy gov't: "How dare you"

In a better world, every family will learn from children. You are in such a hurry to teach them. Nobody seems to learn from them, and they have much to teach you. —Osho

is there a good argument for living in california that does not involve the weather/temperature/beach etc.? i don't know many people who live there, but the ones who do only seem to mention the weather as the thing they like

don't say you read a book if you listened to it. say you listened to a book. one is not necessarily better than the other i'm just a stickler for telling the truth

everyone seems to use vs code so i understand i'm in the minority here but it's so damn bloated and full of extra services, extensions, etc. Sublime Text for me. it's as close to the charm of a notepad txt file as i can get without sabotaging my productivity.

my favorite take on disgraced secret service director kimberly cheatle resigning: "she girlbossed too close to the sun." —@HODL

the only drill i've ever owned has been this old corded Craftsman my dad gave me when i moved out after college, which was already ancient back then. it still works but the torque is shit, i couldn't even drive wood screws into a 2x4 the other day. plus it's heavy, and i've had to run extension cords all over which is a real pain anyway i just got this bad boy and it's so much better in every way i feel like a kid on Christmas 😭 worth every sat

i know Windows vs. Mac is a thing re: desktops & laptops, but i thought Linux was the industry standard for running servers and important computing infra, not Windows am i wrong or does enterprise deals + legacy equipment + laziness explain all these Windows servers out there?

my hobby is being extra kind to people for no particular reason