y=ab^x

Software engineer, former investment analyst. Interested in Decision making + Tools for Thought.

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@dyson_spear Hahaha

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@HarveyMultani Very cool. Might have to buy one of these at some point…

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@HarveyMultani Awesome, thanks!

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@HarveyMultani Very curious… how closely do the readings of your two aranets line up when in the same room? Are the numbers close or how much difference is there?

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@orthonormalist Haha yeah, absolutely. Have met plenty of people that don’t see value in salespeople, too…

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Pretty surprised by how many people are bashing Product Managers. Maybe I’ve only been exposed to good people, but it is very clearly a different job that most engineers are not positioned for

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As a non-homeowner, this is the most depressing chart i’ve ever seen

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Crypto is great because there are so many innovative ways you can lose all of your money

[Michael E. Driscoll @medriscoll]

"Then arabic numerals came along, with their nice place values, and we discovered that even seven-year-olds can handle multiplication just fine. There was nothing difficult about the concept of multiplication — the problem was that numbers, at the time, had a bad user interface."

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@generativist Hahaha

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@generativist Hope i’m safe at a 2… always been paranoid about the thing for this exact reason lol

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@tjrwriting For punks specifically leading up to the real price ramp, i think they took off in part bc gary v called a bunch of influencers behind the scenes and told them all to buy them hahaha. Now seen as blue chip and have other good prestige dynamics etc

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8k gaming has the simulation hypothesis looking pretty good…

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@DiamonDie Interesting! I’m excited to try the comparison

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Apparently cheap cinnamon (cassia cinnamon) is associated with bad health outcomes like liver damage and even cancer

You want to make sure to get Ceylon cinnamon (true cinnamon) just to be safe

The coumarin in cassia cinnamon is toxic in large amounts.

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Exceptionally cool. What a curriculum!

[Joe Norman @normonics]

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@tthew_1 That looks so good

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I am begging the reddit supplements community to simply get foodpilled