Nicholas Chan

investing @insightpartners

[Showtime Luka @showtimeluka]

Thank God I don’t have to see whatever the fuck this is in the finals.

[Nicholas Chan @mildlytechnical]

@justoutquan is this growth hacking

[Hurley @Johnsjawn]

Or go to the Presidio, jump in the ocean, get a coffee at The Mill, watch sunset at Twin Peaks, ride a bike anywhere, see live music, eat a burrito, take a grass nap in GG Park, have beer at The Page, watch the Bay Bridge lights, wander Chinatown, wander Ferry building, run across GG Bridge, walk Fort Funston, eat the best meal of your life with friends…drive any direction for 2hrs. And be deeply grateful for the heavenscape you live in.

[andi (twocents.com) @Nexuist]

“Non-technical teams are now shipping production code”

[Nicholas Chan @mildlytechnical]

@EmmaQian_ @nova_ai @chemistry @Accel @conviction Congrats!!!

[Samay @Samaytwt]

Unpopular opinion: "AI makes everyone a developer" is true the same way "cameras makes everyone a photographer"

[Dean W. Ball @deanwball]

Think about the power Hegseth is asserting here. He is claiming that the DoD can force all contractors to stop doing business of any kind with arbitrary other companies.

In other words, every operating system vendor, every manufacturer of hardware, every hyperscaler, every type of firm the DoD contracts with—all their services and products can be denied to any economic actor at will by the Secretary of War.

This is obviously a psychotic power grab. It is almost surely illegal, but the message it sends is that the United States Government is a completely unreliable partner for any kind of business. The damage done to our business environment is profound. No amount of deregulatory vibes sent by this administration matters compared to this arson.

[Samuel Bickett @SamuelBickett]

A sentence carefully selected to ensure Jimmy dies in prison and is made an example of locally while avoiding international headlines of a life sentence. Petty, insecure dictatorships have to have their bogeyman.

[B/R Gridiron @brgridiron]

49ers are 12-4 and potentially playing for the #1 seed despite...

- Fred Warner (ankle, out for regular season,*could return for playoffs)
- Nick Bosa (Torn ACL)
- Brock Purdy missed 6 weeks with turf toe
- Ricky Pearsall missed 7 games (PCL)
- George Kittle was out for 4 weeks and tonight
- Brandon Aiyuk not taking a snap all year

[Seth Bannon @sethbannon]

It speaks volumes about the state of tech that prominent voices mocked the Pope for suggesting entrepreneurs ought to be "honest and courageous", "care for the common good", and ask "how are we making the world a better place?"

How is any of this controversial?

[Alexis Ohanian 🗽 @alexisohanian]

As the son of an undocumented immigrant (my mom overstayed an au pair visa for years before marrying my dad, a U.S. citizen), it’s deeply personal: Reddit wouldn’t exist if ICE had come for her.

I do think border security matters. But it shouldn’t come at the cost of crushing lives. A sensible amnesty / legalization policy (like what Reagan offered in 1986!!) could strike a better balance:

Path to citizenship for law-abiding, hard-working undocumented immigrants <<after background checks, waiting periods, and meeting clear standards>>.

Order and accountability; those who don’t step forward for the pathway should face enforcement under due process.

This isn’t open borders, it’s smart borders + humane immigration reform.

The guys up at the crack of dawn in the Home Depot parking lot <<looking for work>> or the women hustling their home-made food on the corner are <<exactly>> the men & women we want contributing to this great nation. We shouldn't be rounding them up at gunpoint.

[JerryRigEverything @ZacksJerryRig]

Why is 'the most transparent administration in history' stopping all the reports?

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

This aged well.

[J. @stephenist]

IM CRYIN 😭😭

[Hiruni Liyanage @the_liyanage]

US data scientists are so cooked right now. they can't import pandas anymore

[Armand Domalewski @ArmandDoma]

Imagine telling a Vietnam vet flying on the last chopper out of Saigon that one day the Communist General Secretary of Vietnam would be trying to persuade an American President to embrace free markets

[John Mihaljevic @mihaljevic]

Palantir CTO with some *very* stark comments. Highly significant when you consider the kind of data to which he is privy.

[Luke Metro @luke_metro]

I really don’t understand how Deepseek made R1 without doing a single podcast appearance

[Jeremiah Johnson 🌐 @JeremiahDJohns]

Fun fact: After viewing classified material about the CCP's influence on TikTok, the bill to ban TikTok passed committee with a 50-0 vote. Fifty to zero, MAGA + centrists + DSA members were unanimous.

All the accounts bemoaning this seem totally incurious why that might be.