Paul Tilley

Father. Son. Friend. Problem solver by trade and passion. Lover of ideas and things done really well. Aspiring fitness enthusiast. Maker of decent cocktails.

[Paul Tilley @ptiddy]

@Noirchick1 3 or 6. I prefer the aisle seat.

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@fesshole Not weird at all. same dynamic in our household. We just flip it back and forth and make fun of each other for preferring it the "wrong" way.

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Go-kart: $5K
F1 seat: $10M
Entire team: $3B

Watching your kid line up on the grid: Priceless.

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@NFLonCBS @CoachBrianKelly Why is there not a thumbs down here?

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@levie @paulg @tylercowen ID’d and has been asking guests this for years. And nearly without exception they give the same “this is bad but not for me” answer. It took you both this long?

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@chriswithans The only thing worse than having a fixed income is to have a variable one. Then you’re “income insecure”.

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I'd add that typically, larger bills come higher levels of service and attention. Which comes with more staffing. Which comes with a higher % of the tip getting split out to bussers, somms, food runners, etc.

Guy Savoy is not better food with the front-of-house staffing of Denny's. And your tip pays all of them.

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@LasVegasLocally Lack of desire to do so?

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Can @AppleTV and/or @F1 please give a detailed set of expectations around what is included in the new package and how to access it? I'm not seeing any archives at all, and none of the rumor on @Reddit appears to be correct. Give us a timeline, please or you will lose all these US subscribers you paid good money for.

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@jpodhoretz Shouldn't it be "Muslimx"?

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Dumb Q, but does AI make API's more important (I don't need a UI anymore, but the API must be amazing) or less important (AI agents are so cheap I'll let it jump through hoops)?

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I could not agree more. We recently renovated a 1970's home and intentionally brought it back to the 70's. And not just natural materials and shag carpet, but simple, focused, intuitive interfaces for any tech. I even wired up a traditional brass-chime doorbell. I smile every time someone rings it.

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@axs And after this 'correction' I got another email today saying the correction was incorrect and the show is still cancelled.

At this point it is just a joke. Changing my name to Yossarian.

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@CSMFHT

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Unpopular opinion, and not a knock of IKEA specifically, but 1992 was the height of “neo-farmhouse” or whatever it was called. And it was awful. Until the mid-80s “revival” architecture and decor was progressing to new and interesting combinations. And then we decided “naw, let’s do a shitty version of something our grandparents moved on from”

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@DavidDeutschOxf What's the saying about academia? The fights are so intense because the stakes are so small?

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@TrungTPhan @Kellblog History rhymes…..

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@lanheechen @jbarro Channeling my inner libertarian, “the Jones Act!”

[StripMallGuy @realEstateTrent]

When I was 16, I was hired as an usher at a sports arena.

Not knowing any better, I took the job as seriously as a surgeon or pilot would.

I read every word of the job manual, memorized every rule, shined my shoes before every shift, and showed up way too early each time.

I took things way way too seriously, because I naively thought everyone did it this way.

Looking back, I was perhaps the most serious usher of all time! 😅

Unbeknownst to me, management started to take notice.

Turned out doing things like showing up early and shining my shoes, which took zero talent, made me stand out.

I was soon invited to help with job fairs, and was conducting 5 first round interviews a day with people decades older than me.

A couple years in, the then president of the arena (Jim Goddard) got wind of this nerdy college freshman that was taking things way too seriously, and asked if I’d help him with some projects.

At 18, Jim and I would spend a few hours working together each week.

It took people weeks to get on his calendar (he’s a LEGEND in the arena operations management world), but he told me I can walk into his office any time.

I didn’t realize it then, but the confidence I gained working with Jim at such an early age would change the way I looked at the world.

It gave me that “anything is possible” outlook you have to have.

And it happened because I was naive enough to show up early, take the job seriously, and keep my shoes shined.

Wild what a life hack doing small things that take no special talent is.