@LizSpecht > Wouldn’t you rather think through challenging and upsetting implications while in your most mentally lucid state
Absolutely. However, like you, I'm an engineer by training.
I've been reminded frequently in conversations this last month that my approach is unpopular w others..
The adventure continues! 🐧🐧
This morning, Edward and Annie explored Shedd’s rotunda. They are a bonded pair of rockhopper penguins, which means they are together for nesting season. Springtime is nesting season for penguins at Shedd, and this year is no different! (1/3) 👇
More evidence about the fascinating connection between diet and cancer. It's not "starving" the cancer -- but rather finding precise vulnerabilities that makes metabolic therapies feasible https://t.co/bym4eiqkik
today I learned that elevators have phone numbers so that they can call out in case of emergencies. the elevator in my apartment building got a robocall and automatically answered it, so as I rode to my floor I listened to a robot try to convince an elevator to improve its seo.
Alcohol reduces deep sleep by 20% equivalent to aging by 20 to 30 years
6 hours of sleep per night for 1 week changes your genes by 3%
Reduced sleep increasing insulin resistance and puts someone who is exercising consistently into pre diabetes https://t.co/jMSipBb48b
important numbers:
- as least 75 different collectors (I can independently confirm, that’s correct)
- some track ~200,000,000 US-based phones
- some upload location 14,000+ times daily
- 1,000+ apps contain such code
I recommend reading in full. so wild.
https://t.co/wLPeDM8c0c
Laughing a little at #PDXSnowpocalypse2019... Never seen so many people wound up about getting maybe 4 inches of snow... We will live 🙂
Basically everyone in #pdx right now:
Looking back at old angel investment updates from portfolio companies this morning, and one powerful takeaway is that building great companies takes a long, long time -- even when internally it feels like you're moving at breakneck speed.
10/ Nonconformist people tend to come from trauma, read the bios of Lincoln, Clinton, @elonmusk , steve jobs, and there are all hints of childhood trauma and conflict. Could optimizing for a happy childhood get you to the top 10%, but not all of the way there?
I'm so glad to see in a post 9/11 world that giving up my ability to bring a water bottle through security stopped a guy from stealing a commercial plane to do barrel rolls.