1. should you move to us? and why
2. what swedish ecosystem can do?
listen to the full 18 min speech of @paulg at @ycombinator visit to stockholm in apr 2026
I think I should build up from knowledge acquired, so far. Only ask AI when really stuck, learn and probably not look up same thing. It's just not that way, yet.
learning to code in age of AI: Assignment ->Build skeleton -> Stuck -> Lookup reference material -> builds a few lines -> Stuck -> ask AI for a high level design w/out code -> cleanup mess -> stuck -> surrender-> ask for entire code block -> crestfallen
My proposal for Meek Mill:
I’ll fly you to Austin (private jet + 5-star everything).
My team of instructors will train you in AI personally.
We rally with the team putting AI in classrooms for thousands with Texas Sports Academy (free in Texas w vouchers).
I’m 100% serious.
I've been building a free Java learning repository for anyone who wants to learn the language.
This is the same repo I used in my Java for Everyone sessions.
GitHub
https://t.co/Xdvo3MPhd5
Star the repo if it helps you ⭐
2/ Sudan makes 70-80% of global supply.
There is NO synthetic substitute.
Both the SAF + RSF extract $ revenue from it. Via taxes, looting, smuggling through Chad, Kenya, Egypt. It's now a conflict commodity laundered into untraceable global supply chains.
It's the blood diamond playbook. When Clinton sanctioned Sudan in the '90s, gum arabic got an explicit carve-out.
Sudan's ambassador in 2007 waved a bottle of Coca-Cola at the Bush administration as a threat.
Things I’ve Learned
What I wish I knew at 18…
1. College is mostly a scam
I’m glad I went to college, because I wanted to work on Wall Street. But today, I wouldn’t waste $300,000 on it, and I wouldn’t want to work in banking. Instead, I’d load up on college credits during high school, go to a school like the University of Texas to have fun, graduate in 3 years debt-free, and travel around the world for a year.
Raila Odinga was a true champion of democracy. A child of independence, he endured decades of struggle and sacrifice for the broader cause of freedom and self-governance in Kenya. Time and again, I personally saw him put the interests of his country ahead of his own ambitions. Like few other leaders anywhere, he was willing to choose the path of peaceful reconciliation without compromising his core values. Through his life, Raila Odinga set an example not just for Kenyans, but across Africa and around the world. I know he will be missed. Michelle and I send our deepest condolences to his family and to the people of Kenya.