Philbert Lin

[Y Combinator @ycombinator]

Paul Graham (@paulg) whether founders should move to Silicon Valley, and what it takes to build a startup hub anywhere else.

Live from our YC | Stockholm event on April 29, 2026.

01:01 – Why the Big Center Matters
02:45 – The Power of Serendipitous Meetings
04:36 – Investors Move Faster in the Valley
06:03 – Respect Follows the Move
07:59 – The Dropbox Story
09:10 – Measuring Yourself Against Big Fish
12:21 – Silicon Valley's Pay-It-Forward Culture
15:36 – How to Help Stockholm Thrive
17:24 – YC as the Optimal Path
19:54 – Could Stockholm Become The Silicon Valley of Europe?

[Philbert Lin @philbertlin]

@ColoradoDOT From breck should we take 70 or 9 and 285?

[Philbert Lin @philbertlin]

https://t.co/UGzOFjoVnJ

> Because of Earth’s slowing spin, Agnew argues that the UTC will need to receive a negative leap second – ie. a minute with just 59 seconds – some time around 2029.

Weird

[Philbert Lin @philbertlin]

https://t.co/OGSl7OihZ6

> Going straight from Reddit to focused work is very hard, but doing nothing is much easier, and eventually your brain calms down and it doesn’t feel nearly as hard to start writing some code.

[Philbert Lin @philbertlin]

@NeelNanda5 @ch402 @JacobSteinhardt @davidbau @ghandeharioun I hope it’ll be recorded and shared!

[Philbert Lin @philbertlin]

@jlee4219 Todo or done?

[Philbert Lin @philbertlin]

@SamRNolen Oh damn. Wish you the best

[Ben Tossell @bentossell]

All the best examples of ChatGPT, from OpenAI:

[saharan / さはら @shr_id]

https://t.co/3IY20Ye5co
Released Bubbles, an interactive soap-bubble simulator!
Runs on your PCs and smartphones 🌬️🫧
公開しました！シャボン玉をくっつけて遊べます
#indiedevs

[Philbert Lin @philbertlin]

@seanabraham__ Maybe associating the fun things you’ll do with what you’re bringing now? But having packing pouches for clothes / tech makes it easier to break down the problem. Better bags help too.

[Dion Lim @DionLimTV]

I was asked to give some final thoughts on all the attacks & couldn’t keep it together. So many of you are hurting too

To those who say the hate isn’t real or crime is ⬇️ storytelling doesn’t lie

For every detractor there are 100x’s more fighting for truth
#stopaapihate #apihm

[Balaji @balajis]

If you’ve been fortunate enough to do well this year, consider joining me and @VitalikButerin by donating at the addresses below.

But if all you have is Twitter, help spread the word. For every RT, I’ll donate another $50 to fight COVID in India, up to $100k. #cryptovscovid

[Philbert Lin @philbertlin]

@jlee4219 Don’t forget to block all of the PagerDuty numbers

[Chris Marsicano @ChrisMarsicano]

Well, it finally happened. This #ICE International #StudentBan got me back into the “organizing effective lobbying action via twitter” game.

Want to make sure our lovely international students can keep their visas? Here’s how to do it:

THREAD.

https://t.co/k8xmv5dNyE

1/14

[Tom Hollands @tdoggyholhol]

This @paulg essay is only 4 paragraphs but fucking gets me every time

https://t.co/SOZCJyUsMi

[Philbert Lin @philbertlin]

@prim__us Hope its more than 98% effective

[Philbert Lin @philbertlin]

@jlee4219 Does look like saucy sauce

[Philbert Lin @philbertlin]

Don’t fly #UnitedAirlines

[Ethan J. Weiss @ethanjweiss]

I guess @united is relaxing their social distancing policy these days? Every seat full on this 737

[DHH @dhh]

The trick I use on my iMac is to use the mic in the computer for input, but use the AirPods (or other Bluetooth headphones) for output. Sounds great. Just have to remember to always do the setup in System Prefs > Sound before starting the call 👍