When I spoke out against the Gaza genocide, a bunch of midwit VCs ganged up on me both in public and tried to hurt me in private too.
Many of those who stood by me were also VCs. Just the better ones. Both morally, and in return profile.
The best way to avoid sociopaths is to have them self select out of your life by standing for your beliefs.
in the end i would just say it does get better on the rewatch thank you grace and rocky for giving me memories of a lifetime with this film to everybody who helped project hail mary to be made possible for the big screens thank you for keeping cinema alive
The most satisfying downfall for me.
Salespeople from Byju's would insult kids in front of their parents by asking them questions 2-3 grades above their standard to make them feel dumb and sell their shitty course.
One of their loser manager was boasting on linkedin how he tricked a poor farmer to take a loan against his small land to purchase a course from Byju's.
Not only that, the farmer put that loser manager's photo in the little temple they have build inside their home, thinking this guy is good for their kid's future.
Sales people from Byju's would trick people into getting loans telling them what they are filling is an EMI form and not a loan. They would get their money, and the collecting agents would later on harass the family.
All this is just a tip of the iceberg of the shady shit of Byju's
They did not build a business, they built an empire of malpractices and scams. I so glad the company is bankrupt.
you’re pitching garry tan
“so what do you guys do”
you start explaining
he’s furiously typing . two keyboards. one hand on each. you’ve never seen this before
“who are your top customers”
you explain. he types. his apple watch is a strobe light of notifications
“who’s your competition and why should i invest”
you explain that there’s no competition and you are the best and only product in the space
“false!” garry jumps out of his seat
“i am the competition!”
you are speechless
“in this meeting, i vibe coded your entire company. and my gstack has already closed your top customers.”
you check your phone. your stripe graph shows 100% churn
“and look at this”
garry shows you his imessage. there’s a text from 35 seconds ago. your top enterprise prospect that you’re trying to close? garry’s AI is trading baking recipes with the CEO’s mom
“thank you for playing!”
you have no moat. you are not admitted to the YC spring 26 batch.
when a man has no real achievements like chess elo, viral tweet, niche spotify wrapped he takes pride in useless stuff like salary and career achievements
It’s going unnoticed because so much other news is happening, but the war drums are beating again in D.C. The warmongers worry this is their last chance to get the white whale they’ve been chasing for thirty years, an all-out regime change war against Iran.
A new Middle East war would be a catastrophic mistake. Our military stockpiles are depleted from three years of backing Ukraine. Our effort to reshore manufacturing has only just begun and will take years to bear fruit. War would worsen our already immense deficit and national debt. Iran is larger than Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan combined. A war would not be easy and could easily become a calamity.
Thanks to President Trump’s restraint during his first term, America has a golden opportunity to pull away from Middle East quagmires for good. We shouldn’t throw that opportunity away so that sone D.C. has-beens can feel tough by sending young Americans to die yet again.