WhatsMyFace

[Corey Quinn @QuinnyPig]

This is the most expensive thing you can type into a computer since telling CloudFormation to spin up a Managed NAT Gateway.

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

Food trucks need to go back to being cheaper than dine in restaurants. Paying restaurant prices to eat on a sidewalk was never part of the deal.

[Morgan @simplymorgn]

a good middle manager looks like a guy who just drinks coffee and forwards emails, but his actual job is secretly absorbing insane executive requests so the team can just do their work

[Morgan @simplymorgn]

The promotion path for many jobs is:

- Become good at the work
- Stop doing the work
- Attend meetings about the work

[BuccoCapital Bloke @buccocapital]

CEO: Why is our stock down 70%? Why are we down 2% every single day?

Investors: Ah, unfortunately you have been labeled “outside the token path.” You need to be “in the token path.” Get it?

CEO: What the fuck are you talking about?

Investors: ngmi

[wes⚙️ @wesactual]

Chrome

[Ramin Nasibov @RaminNasibov]

Anyone who used a computer between 1985-2010. What’s the one game you still think about?

[Forrest Cardamenis @FCardamenis]

Baby has gotten good at identifying “dada” but still struggling with surrealism, cubism, even baroque.

[Rajvi @rajvishah30]

today someone in office said that “worrying is the worst way to use your imagination” and that’s easily the best thing Ive heard all week

[CONSEQUENCE @consequence]

Conan O'Brien used his Harvard University commencement speech to argue that humility and the human connection matter far more than any diploma.

"I always recognize the enormous role of luck in my life. Refusing to see how luck has played a role in anyone's success is simply ignorant. Many people are happy to mistake a lucky poker hand for their own brilliance, and fighting that human instinct has kept me sane.

"I honestly believe that community, spontaneity, and a real commitment to humility has helped me build a rich life that means much more to me than any diploma. And believe me, I'm not saying the goal is to renounce accomplishments, but rather to metabolize them. If you carry your victories lightly, other qualities –- kindness, originality, courage, humor, and humanity –- have room to emerge.

"Maybe the greatest lessons I've learned along these lines have been through my 24 travel shows. I have degraded myself in Cuba, Ghana, Korea, Armenia, half of Europe, Argentina, Thailand, Mexico, and Greenland, where I visited a real estate office and tried to buy the country. When I travel to another land, every quality I have discussed -- community, adaptation, and a sincerely humble approach -- are all necessary. When you don't speak the language, no one truly cares where you went to college, and you have no choice but to make friends.

"It's on these travels that I learned a great lesson: let yourself be bad at things. I have been a bad dancer in every country I have visited. But the people laugh because it turns out everyone everywhere is related to at least one terrible dancer. For me, humility on these trips can easily lead to humiliation, which is also a useful tool.

"Three weeks ago, I visited Amsterdam, dressed up as Van Gogh, and forced my way into the Van Gogh Museum, where I started loudly demanding a cut of the merchandising because I made no money during my lifetime. Guards forcibly ejected me. I was roundly mocked by patrons for my pathetic display. But I did see a lot of smiles. And not one person said, now that's a Harvard grad.

"In Tokyo, I met with a teacher of Japanese etiquette who volunteered I wasn't her type. And when I asked her why, she just said, 'face.' In Ghana, after accepting a royal invitation, I was kicked out of the Ashanti Palace by the Queen Mother, because her favorite soap opera was starting.

"I understand that I am preaching modesty and connection at a time when this is not in style. We are living through a period of extreme narcissism. Our current leadership in Washington believes that empathy is a weakness and that our nation stands supreme and alone. Add to that, everyone here today has a phone in their pocket that is algorithmically programmed to celebrate you and you alone by making you the protein-maxing hero of your own special journey.

"Much has been written about how isolated and siloed we've become, but for me, the antidote is quite simple. By de-emphasizing what makes us special — in your case, a prized degree — we can really find one another, not as an exercise in virtue, but as a path towards greater laughter, love, and real growth."

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Michelle Phillips reacting to seeing her acquaintance Harrison Ford suddenly become a movie star in Star Wars is still surreal to think about.

[Matt Warder @mfwarder]

Ol’ Dirty Hedge brings up a really great topic for baseball nerds.

I’m gonna take the other side on this one.

Batting average sucks largely because teams focus on OBP now, and that has stayed between .310-.325 for a decade plus. Meanwhile, whiff rate on fastballs has also largely stayed the same despite the increase in velocity…feel free to look that up and challenge me here as I’m working from memory.

On the other hand, tech has pretty much solved breaking pitches at this point. Giving those pitches an extra 6 inches to move would result in even higher swing-and-miss rates, and make averages worse (though walk rates go up and OBP again probably stays the same).

I guarantee the hitting meta game will catch up, but it takes time…let ‘em cook.

[Vivian @suchnerve]

Society right now feels like a scaled-up version of when you know you’re gonna vomit but your body is still building up to it

[🇦🇺Craig Tindale @ctindale]

Maybe your eyes deceive you.

One of the oldest warnings in human thought is the danger of becoming attached to our own certainty. The ancients understood that people suffer not just from events, but from mistaking their interpretation of reality for reality itself. Once identity fuses with belief, rigidity follows.

That’s why the strongest thinkers stay fluid. They pressure-test their own assumptions constantly. They understand that thought is a tool, not a homeland. “Don’t believe everything you think” is less a self-help phrase than a warning against intellectual possession.

I’m not asking you to accept my conclusions or inherit my worldview. I’m asking you to look through the lens and decide for yourself whether it clarifies anything you were already sensing but couldn’t yet articulate. If it doesn’t hold up, discard it. If it reveals patterns you can independently verify, then follow the thread wherever it leads.

Start with my lens, not my conclusions.

Take care

[Timothy Gowers @wtgowers @wtgowers]

If you are a mathematician, then you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.

[Dr. Julie Gurner @drgurner]

“Your job, throughout your entire life, is to disappoint as many people as it takes to avoid disappointing yourself.” - G. Doyle

[Math Lady Hazel 🇦🇷 @mathladyhazel]

Differential equations.

[Evan LaPointe @evanlapointe]

One of the more foolish things leaders do is optimize the macro (org design, process, metrics) thinking that it is a forcing function that optimizes the micro (decision making, alignment, engagement, action).

This is entirely backwards. The macro doesn't (and hasn't ever) force the micro into place. The exact opposite is the truth: the micro makes the macro work.

The evidence of this truth is everywhere, and it's almost universally ignored.

[Big League Digest @BigLeagueDigest]

1000 IQ play from the best shortstop in MLB 👏

[Corey Quinn @QuinnyPig]

@GergelyOrosz The hubris of assuming people will care to read something you couldn’t bother to write.