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As the gulf between rich and poor widens across America, here's the why, the how and the who. Coming April 25, 2023.
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The 2.2 million people of Wyoming, South Dakota and North Dakota get their own 6 Senators.
The 4 million people of Los Angeles have to share 2 Senators with another 35 million Californians.
This is the “democracy crisis.”
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Dorsey says taking Twitter private "is the correct first step" and Musk's goal of creating a "maximally trusted and broadly inclusive" platform is the right one (@jack)
teapaw.org/jack/status/1518772753…
techmeme.com/220425/p27#a220…
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Folks in Australia celebrating Christmas in the sunshine and on the beach don't realize how much more convenient Christmas is in the Northeast and Midwest of the US, where we never need to worry about fridge space, because we can just put stuff on the back patio to stay frozen.
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You cannot get educated by this self-propagating system in which people study to pass exams, and teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything.
You learn something by doing it yourself, by asking questions, by thinking, and by experimenting. 🧠
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Republicans promised that if I vote for Biden there'd be a taco truck on every corner and yet here we are, 55 days with no taco truck in sight. This is bullshit.
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As video of Capitol riot played, some GOP senators turned away:
Rand Paul looked down at the pad in his lap, where he had already begun doodling. Rick Scott studied papers in his lap. Tom Cotton focused on papers in front of him. Marco Rubio did the same. wapo.st/3jyjLNz
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I hate when people use my story - from growing up next to an Idaho dump to millionaire CEO - as proof of the American dream.
No. For every one one of me there are thousands of people who worked harder and failed.
Stories like mine are dangerous because they sell a false dream.
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My favorite thing about software is how much we underestimate even the largest markets. The first 2-3X is all the people in need of a solution that just haven’t adopted one yet. But the next 10X is everyone that’ll be in the market as you lower the barriers or the world changes.
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.@pmarca Prediction: we are close to new patterns of banning, blocking, and censoring that take place at the web browser and email level, and maybe even the OS level. Also already happening at DNS and CDN level, and may eventually happen at ISP level.
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“I was never taught how to play the guitar. I don’t know what the chords to ‘Everlong’ are. I only know what happens when I put the fingers there.” - the great Dave Grohl, born today in 1969 🎸
“Everlong” (1997)
teapaw.org/ChuckBerry50s/status/1…
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How to get rich without getting lucky.
Find a company that has:
1. A lot of profit
2. A fax machine
Go compete with them.
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A no-bullshit piece of advice by @profgalloway
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Airbnb to be valued at over $100B today. Here are 5 rejection emails they got when raising at a $1.5M valuation. Amazing: medium.com/@bchesky/7-reject…
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“Information wants to be free.”
No it doesn’t. Information doesn’t want anything.
“Information should be free.”
Who said? Certainly not the people creating and compiling the content.
I wish people would stop saying this stuff as though it’s fact.
Who’s with me? – at Austin, TX
