Pierre Godret

New to cybersecurity. Cofounder ex-Salesforce/Front

[Patrick Collison @patrickc]

What’s the best thing written about why the remarkably vigorous and inventive France of the 70s and 80s (TGV, Minitel, Ariane, Rafale, Concorde, the world’s preeminent nuclear grid…) has not been nearly as visible in the 21st century? What went wrong?

[Pierre Godret @PierreGodret]

@bookingcom I have been targeted by an advanced phishing attempt from https://t.co/9xQw5cZqHV with the hotel i am going to this week as the sender
Impossible to contact you Endless loops of automated chats and knowledge base
This feels so wrong, do you even care about security ?

[Kevin Naughton Jr. @KevinNaughtonJr]

the one software engineer at your company who actually understands the legacy code

[Wolf of X @WolfofX]

This thread will brighten up your day.

1. A big brother helping his father give skin to skin contact to his premature twin siblings

[Pierre Godret @PierreGodret]

@ReserveComcyber Impossible de postuler... les adresses emails de recrutement renvoi des messages d'erreurs. Depuis 5 mois...

[Jason Helmes @anymanfitness]

Just finished this book - Bad Therapy by @AbigailShrier

This is one of the most eye-opening books I've ever read. It's a must read for any parent, any teacher, and should be required reading for any school administrator as well.

The book dives into trying to figure out why kids are having so many mental health problems, when there are so many resources devoted to improving mental health outcomes.

Anxiety, depression, suicide, etc are all higher than they've ever been with kids, even though their lives are arguably better than ever before. It just doesn't make sense.

A few key takeaways from the book:

A constant attention on how kids are "feeling" or "thinking" is causing negative outcomes.

Constantly ruminating on your emotions and how you feel negatively impacts your mental health. If all you do is focus on your emotions, you are destined to be anxious or depressed.

We incessantly ask kids how they're feeling, if they're happy, how their mental health is, etc, and this is creating kids who think they're fragile instead of resilient.

Trying to solve every problem for kids has caused a generation who can't do anything for themselves.

We (Gen X) were told to "suck it up" or "you'll live" or "rub some dirt on it" all the time. Many of us came to the conclusion this is "bad parenting" because our feelings were neglected, and we vowed not to do this to our own children.

Because of that, kids immediately over-dramatize everything that happens to them, making mountains out of molehills, and thinking the world must revolve around their emotions and feelings.

You develop confidence and strong mental health by doing things, not by thinking or via therapy.

You can't think your way out of anxiety. You don't gain confidence by analysis of your thoughts or mental health issues.

You gain confidence and eliminate anxiety by doing gradually more difficult tasks, excelling at them, and realizing you are a competent, capable person.

The non-stop attention therapy gives to these small, common emotions we all feel blows them out of proportion to their seriousness (not talking about genuine disorders here, just normal anxieties that millions of people go to therapy to try to avoid).

One of the best ways to decrease your happiness is to chase it.

Our society constantly tells kids they should be "happy" and asks them if they are.

Happiness isn't a state you should be in 24/7. That's not realistic. Joy and bliss aren't permanent states - they are fleeting.

Contentment, stillness, and being even-keeled are much better goals to aim for mentally.

The happiest, most well adjusted kids come from families with loving parents that have strict rules for the household.

This one really set off the confirmation bias in me... I feel really blessed we have 2 well adjusted middle school kids who do great in school, are very respectful and well mannered, and we barely even need to parent them.

But for years, we were very strict with them. Bedtimes, family rules, how we do things, etc. The in-laws and lots of friends thought we were totalitarian.

In reality, we just had high standards. And it's really paying off right now. I found it really interesting that strict rules equals happy kids. Makes sense, though, as kids need to know what their boundaries are.

Constantly surveying school-age kids about their mental health causes more issues than it solves.

Mental health resources is big money. Districts need to validate all the resources allocated towards mental health, and they often do that via surveys.

Asking kids non-stop questions like:

- Have you thought about self harm?
- Have you thought about suicide?
- Have you been so anxious you can't get out of bed?

Etc, etc puts into their heads the idea that themselves, or many of their peers are broken and cannot function properly in the real world.

It normalizes situations that would be incredibly rare at any other time in history.

There's a lot of other takeaways, too, but I'll stop there.

It's a fantastic book. Go pick it up and read it. This isn't an affiliate thing or a promotion thing at all. I just really enjoyed it, and it will further shape the way I parent moving forward.

[Alvaro Cintas @dr_cintas]

Every great technological product brings the best memes and strange use cases.

These are the 10 best ones about the new Apple’s Vision Pro:

1. Not a phone in sight (but at what cost)

[Fabien_V31 @Fabien_v31]

Bon allez, chose promise chose due, go vous parler des Noëls dans la famille de ma femme en Suède parce que là faut que je crève l'abcès sur ce peuple de dégénérés....C'est le 25, allumez la cheminée, c'est l'heure du conte de Noël ! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

[George Mack @george__mack]

What is ignored or neglected by the media -- but will be studied by historians?

Here's the full list of 25 examples:

[Bojan Tunguz @tunguz]

“Remote work was a mistake, we need to return to the office.”

[Aleksandr Volodarsky @volodarik]

Sunday read.

This is hilarious. Engineers are competing who creates the worst UI on Reddit.

I think the winners are:

1/ Enter your phone number

[Pierre Godret @PierreGodret]

@jacksonfall @Jbronssin brillant

[Pierre Godret @PierreGodret]

J'ai eu l'Oracle de Delphes vitaif au tel. Connexion passable mais le message c'est: 100% de probabilité qu'il y aura un sujet d'assurance télétravail/accident du travail dans votre entreprise dans les prochaines années.

Plus sérieusement. Depuis qu'on a…https://t.co/rGFksyXJYc

[Jon Moore @TheJMoore]

Figma Life Planning! Super excited to release this into the wild ☺️

[Nathan Benaich @nathanbenaich]

It has begun.

[Pierre Godret @PierreGodret]

@alxberman Omni

[Chris Bakke @ChrisJBakke]

RIP using ChatGPT to do your homework.

December 2022 - December 2022.

[Pierre Godret @PierreGodret]

KABOOM !

Tellement fier de vous présenter notre réponse à un sujet éminemment compliqué:

- l'assurance des collaborateurs et de leurs proches en télétravail.
Depuis 18 mois, Audrey, Bruno et moi, on discute avec des centaines de DRH. Clairement, le suj…https://t.co/cY6DMJIOZ3

[Pierre Godret @PierreGodret]

@karrisaarinen @0zne planets aligning with your release of https://t.co/iTcY33OUjt today !

[Enzo Avigo @0zne]

there is a new golden rule on Product Hunt that no one talks about

it changes drastically how you should launch

without knowing it, no chance of becoming product of the day