@gatscape

professional flâneur. search, risk/probability, adventure.

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@paulg hot take: i'd rather live under a monarchy than a test hacking culture that determines the hierarchy

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@paulg might as well say 'i believe in world peace and freedom' - zero information. everyone does.

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@AnthonyCozzie @PalmerLuckey @paulg his takes take high-d problems and map them onto low-d answers. loads of variables for 'most qualified'. its like saying 'i believe in world peace' - everyone does (pretty much), zero information.

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@nntaleb Turkish coffee

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@dhwaninanavati im 28 and get hit up by people i worked with 8-10 yrs ago, haven't spoken in years

i can say it creates opportunities randomly in the future

more importantly you have a higher opinion of yourself, no shame. life is short.

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@golchha_J @Satyaki_R @nntaleb do you have the source?

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@DanielGlejzner yeah i did a python interview which i haven't used for 5yrs. solved the problems but was weighted negatively for not being "fast enough" because my syntax typing out was too slow.

company generates all their code.

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@oxfordjessicas how many 22yr olds do you think are supported by a parent?

[andrew engler @aerockrose]

Jeff Bezos explains the Wandering Rule behind real invention:

"When I sit down to work on a problem, I know I don't know where I'm going."

"To go in a straight line, to be efficient, efficiency and invention are sort of at odds."

"Real invention, not incremental improvement... real lateral thinking... requires wandering."

"You have to give yourself permission to wander."

"A lot of people feel like wandering is inefficient."

"I don't know how long the meeting is going to take if we're trying to solve a problem."

The useful distinction:

Use efficiency when the path is known.
Use wandering when the problem is still being discovered.

Most teams kill invention by demanding a straight line too early.

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@MatjazLeonardis @pmarca did you read his first book? he defo doesn't think anything that happens is a random accident and is certainly not nihilistic

the theme was the hidden role of randomness in various domains, and how people/thinkers underestimate its role

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@bryan_johnson @nntaleb selling people all the junk pills and lifestyle obsession (e.g. end a friend gathering early to go to sleep on time) harms them

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@nntaleb Theory into Various Mediterranean airlines' Coffee options, Qualities, Terminology (sensitive)

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@nntaleb Surprised the commercial airport operates with Israeli drones flying around

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@ArcherKaeru maybe we should all stop working and invest the time researching how to rizz the government

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@AsifSuria @Airbnb I recently had a host say they would refund me in cash, then did not show up to the property and started ignoring all messages. Airbnb agreed host was liable/wrong, but only gave me a partial refund

I try to stick with hotels these days. Hosts are so entitled.

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@nntaleb Turkish Airlines

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

What's the right amount of time for resistance training?
A new study supports 90-120 minutes/week across multiple outcomes, which plateaus beyond that for lack of additional benefit
From 30-year follow-up of ~150,000 participants
https://t.co/mUy9o4HkbH

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the vibe in 60 yrs