Jonathan Abrams

Entrepreneur and investor, co-founder of @8bitcapital

[Justine Moore @venturetwins]

Sydney Sweeney reveals in an interview that she doesn’t care about the PHP vulnerability because she moved everything to Rust in 2024.

“They said the rewrite would take six months. We’re on month 30. We haven’t shipped a feature since, but I’m having a very normal Wednesday.”

[Sheel Mohnot @pitdesi]

Economists estimate that Prop 40 (California billionaire tax) would COST Californians $39B!

It raises $30B one time. But billionaires who move away stop paying state income tax, and that adds up to ~$70B in lost revenue.

[Farhan Thawar @fnthawar]

You can just do things

[Old School 80s @OldSchool80s]

Oct 19, 1985: "Take On Me" by a-ha hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. #80s

[New York Post @nypost]

Most California kids can't read well or do basic math, damning new test scores show https://t.co/hoJaC8U2Ny

[Bite-Sized Nostalgia @landofthe80s]

On this date in 1982, Gottlieb released "Q*bert" in arcades.

BITE-SIZED FACT | The orange, nose-first character had to change the colors of a pyramid's cubes while avoiding Coily the snake and other quirky enemies. That distinctive arcade cabinet became an '80s gaming favorite. #80s

[Cyan Banister @cyantist]

Banger

[Brett Berson @brettberson]

More than any time in my career, VCs seem to be underwriting other investors’ interest rather than the company itself.

[Rachael Horwitz @RachaelRad]

There is a throwaway line in a WSJ story about the Seattle mayor’s failures about how reps from her admin traveled to SF to learn how Lurie was leading such a successful turnaround and were stunned by how it seemed to be connected to hiring competent people who know what they’re doing.

[memoryunlocked @corememunlocked]

Remember These Water Ring Toss Games? 💦🎯 How Many Hours Did You Spend Trying to Land Every Ring?!

#WaterRingToss #WonderfulWaterfuls #Tomy #RetroToys #80sToys #VintageToys

[Old School 80s @OldSchool80s]

Oct 10, 1980: Midway released Pac-Man arcade game in the U.S. #80s

[Jonathan Abrams @abrams]

🤔

[Tom Osman 🐦‍⬛ @tomosman]

Everyone. is. building. the. same. thing.

[Josh Pigford @Shpigford]

@rosschapman All handled through @AgreeHQ!

[Andy McLoughlin @Bandrew]

Annual re-share:

[Emm | scenario.com @emmanuel_2m]

I'm not sending my deck anymore 😂

[Commodore Computer Museum 🕹 @MuseumCommodore]

Did you watch Whiz Kids?

On this day in 1983 (5 October 1983), CBS premiered Whiz Kids—four teens (Richie, Ham, Jeremy, and Alice) who used a computer called Ralf, to crack cases with reporter Llewellen Farley. This show was FUN!

This is the TV series that made me want to be a hacker on my Commodore 64... but that's a story for another day 😁

Who else loved watching the Whiz Kids adventures on TV?

[Lia Cromwell @lmcromwell]

lol. Jokes aside here though, if you’re an early stage founder you should seriously consider the rounding error point when talking to multistage funds about leading your seed round. Do you really thing a $5B fund cares about the dinky $10M check they gave you? It is actually in their best interest *not* to spend meaningful time helping you because you can’t be a fund returner for them. The opportunity cost of hours focused on you vs the company they put $200M in is just too great.

Sure, maybe they will lead your A or B later on and have more skin in the game, but for now you’re basically giving them a free option call.

…and if they decide not to lead those subsequent rounds? The negative signaling leaves you dead in the water. You’re probably better off having funds specialized in seed lead your first round.

[Web Design Museum @WebDesignMuseum]

On October 4, 1997, The Netscape Communications Corporation released the web browser Netscape Navigator 3.04 Gold. This version featured also a WYSIWYG HTML editor.

[Granite Mtn. @gran1te_mtn]

“Your child’s assignment is in ParentVue. Have you checked Canvas? The homework is in EduSpot. The grades are available on Teacherly. I mentioned this in the WhatsApp group. It was literally sent to your comcast dot net email address. Canvas has it for you. It’s in Canvas.”