Derek Stanek

Husband. Recovered alcoholic. Helping independent CPA firms grow through frontier tech + human transformation.

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JUST IN: Gen Z reportedly increasingly turning to cigarettes as a "plant-based alternative" to vapes.

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@thesamparr I used to work in the eyewear industry. JMM are top-tier quality. Not worth the price, but worth more than most other brands.

FYI, for those who don’t know, eyewear gross margins are typically 80-90%. The markups are insane. And Japan made is typically > Chinese made.

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@quotesdaily100 Daily Stoic downgraded to a toilet stain. Ryan is a fraud

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For 99% of investors and entrepreneurs, the exit is the ultimate milestone. You can continue to work, post-exit, with financial freedom secured. It can also mean capturing value before the risk of declining, as Anthropic is doing right now.

So no, cashing out does not mean giving up.

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@MatznerJon You need more height on that turtleneck, Matzner.

Aspire for Chamath-level turtlery.

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@investandcreate -$20M + several self help books

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@MTSlive *yawn

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AGI is here.

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@theo RIP affording the frontier.

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@MiclauMarius @gregisenberg You already know the answer

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@adocomplete A fable reset isn’t a reset, dingus.

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@ClaudeDevs You guys are a fucking joke. What a shameful fall from grace.

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@tatertotsconor @whitebrahmin Congrats on 3 years! Huge deal!

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@paulswaney3 It means she’s an idiot, Paul.

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@SVcrazycatlady lol yeah fucking Paela Kiakona (who nobody has heard of until today) has a single chance of leading the dem ticket to victory in 2028. Ossoff might not be perfect, but nothing will matter if we lose 2028 because we put up another losing candidate.

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@Lensar_dawn @tonjkb Holy shit is this real?

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Most “anti AI” sentiment is really anti pain, suffering, and loss. The fart-mouthed lab leaders spewing job-loss rhetoric, combined with the observable behavior of Anthropic (swallowing up almost every job function it can and shipping them as features) has caused this.

Us PRO AI folks need to address the root cause of the “anti AI” push or else they (and China) will win. And the solution must provide prosperty for all, including average, non-technical folks who work to live (versus living to work). Those people are critical to win because they are most people.

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Straw man. Most “anti AI” sentiment is really anti pain, suffering, and loss. The fart-mouthed lab leaders spewing job-loss rhetoric, combined with the observable behavior of Anthropic (swallowing up almost every job function it can and shipping them as features) has caused this.

Us PRO AI folks need to address the root cause of the “anti AI” push or else they (and China) will win. And the solution must provide prosperty for all, including average, non-technical folks who work to live (versus living to work). Those people are critical to win because they are most people.