Mark

Enthusiastic about learning, learners, cultures and technology.

Currently teaching devs Elixir @AlchemistCamp, studying math and keeping an eye on the horizon.

[Mark @logicmason]

Generative AI makes a pretty decent young Tyler Cowen! (thanks to @web3d3v, who also does the thumbs for @techzing)

Why don't more podcast thumbnails use Midjourney or similar tools?

[web3dΞv.eth 🏴‍☠️ sonsOfCrypto.com @web3d3v]

Stranded Technologies Podcast. @niklasanzinger in wide ranging conversation with @tylercowen.

A chunk of time spent on special economic zones and #networkState & #crypto

#cryptoCurrency #web3 #bitcoin #ethereum
https://t.co/bKJVvaRcN7

[Mark @logicmason]

@SquishyCoder @Noahpinion I happened to buy a lifetime subscription to Math Academy myself early on and am super impressed with it.

I've been too busy with my startup job to do much studying except what I need to for work, but MA uses a spaced repetition system that maximizes what I get for my time.

[Mark @logicmason]

@Noahpinion And then what? What should I have by 45?

[Mark @logicmason]

Just when I thought I’d seen a success story with every weird diet imaginable, this one shows up on HN… https://t.co/3WWDZgJYae

[Mark @logicmason]

@adamwathan ASUS RoG series.

[Mark @logicmason]

@adamwathan In general, I think newer languages tend to have this advantage. Less intrinsically motivated dev will never learn anything but the most popular older languages.

Choosing tools like Rust, Elixir or newer languages like Pony acts as a filter for serious learners of their craft.

[Adam Wathan @adamwathan]

Underrated benefit of using Rust in your business — you attract a hell of a lot of really smart people who would love to be able to write Rust at work. As a small bootstrapped company, giving really smart people a reason to want to work for you is worth a lot.

[Garry Tan @garrytan]

Research shows:

When lower-achieving kids are taught in classrooms with a narrower range of the achievement, it does them no harm. They do as well as in classrooms that didn’t involve any form of ability grouping.

But when higher-achieving kids are grouped, they do better.

[Alchemist Camp @AlchemistCamp]

This is literally the best deal I’ve ever seen on Elixir-learning books. If you’ve ever wanted to give the language a try, get this humble bundle:

https://t.co/qejrcC0i7p

[Mark @logicmason]

Congratulations to Garry Tan! This is fantastic and I’m sure he’ll do some great things with YC.

[Garry Tan @garrytan]

Next year, I'll be going back to Y Combinator as President and CEO.

It's a one in ten billion lifetimes kind of opportunity— YC gave me my start, and I'm deeply grateful to the community.

https://t.co/EVO6QY0jnm

[Mark @logicmason]

@adamwathan Phoenix LiveView!

[Mark @logicmason]

@GergelyOrosz @smsunarto The Sarbanes–Oxley Act was a disaster that resulted in a crash in public company creation, delaying IPOs and hurting employees and investors.

In effect, it allowed those rich enough to be considered "accredited investors" access to superior returns while shutting out the masses.

[Mark @logicmason]

@GergelyOrosz @ankurtulsian This seems like a pretty ignorant take. The term "web3" came from the name of the related Ethereum libraries and was coined by a core contributor. (see: https://t.co/ZcQwu6t2Cf)

It's unrelated to VCs and nobody hijacked the term, though in 2006 there was a failed "Web 3.0" idea.

[Mark @logicmason]

It's like a scene from a fantasy movie!

[Earth & Wonder @earthandwonder]

Skogafoss Waterfall Iceland

📸 ALoBoi_Music on Reddit

[Garry Tan @garrytan]

Unpopular opinion, but one I hold dearly close to my heart:

The public markets are basically noise compared to the ongoing drumbeat of human knowledge and ingenuity

[Mark @logicmason]

@garrytan @omni_eth Was the old PG advice of setting a target between 5-10% a week only for super early stage while in the 3 months of YC "proper" before demo day?

[Mark @logicmason]

@sinosplice Ah, the old school schedule rearranging to make up for holidays. I remember that as a teacher back in the day and don't miss it.

[Mark @logicmason]

@levelsio You mean urinals? There aren't any toilets in your pic.

[Mark @logicmason]

@benedictevans @JadeForData It's not one way, of course. But non-Americans using US software and watching Hollywood movies are absorbing US culture and practices far faster than Americans are absorbing culture or practices from other major powers like Japan, China or India.

[Mark @logicmason]

@benedictevans @JadeForData It’s been happening for many decades. Having spent most my adult life in East Asia, seeing the long and growing reach of US media, commerce and academia has been remarkable.

Legal frameworks also tend to gradually spread from dominant powers to whoever wants to engage with them.