david927

The definition of a death rattle

I think I would have been happier if I hadn't read that. Nevertheless, Chile remains a beautiful country, its people, beautiful, and his poetry is no different and remains as beautiful.

UpWork But caveat emptor. The reason people have technical co-founders isn't because they hate having equity in their soon-to-be-unicorn startup; it's because if you're not technical t…

That's really the best way to put it.

I don't know if I have a lot of advice. It's really hard. Consider looking into public sector work: governmentjobs.com The pay is usually lower but the bar can be lower as well, and what yo…

What this means though, is that a financial apocalypse is looming in commercial real estate and it will be followed by contagion in residential.

Taleb had a nice quote for this -- something like, "Thanksgiving is a black swan for the turkey, but not for the farmer."

I like it! It works really well. <bookmarked>

I always thought it would be around 86 but now I have no idea. I mean, both WW3 and AGI are breathing down our necks. We're gazing into an abyss where we all might have a few years left -- or fo…

It's getting to the point, with everything, where the corruption of the corruption is corrupted.

I can only speak from my experience but blitz worked for me. I would make occasional, furtive attempts to learn but nothing ever worked. Then one day I started playing a single five minute lichess g…

Yeah, that's making a lot of similar companies look pretty bad. Especially considering that Twitter's functionality is fairly crisp and works well. I can't say that about say, Faceboo…

Dissolves, like so many other touches, were spot on. He didn't just set it in the 1970's but made it feel like a film from that time. And it works. My daughter saw it at her college and w…

Not long ago, Xi said, "Right now there are changes, the likes of which we haven't seen for 100 years..." I think he's referring to the establishment of BRICS and neutral settlemen…

You should be able to edit the title... The essay is fascinating , by the way! Thanks for posting that!

But it's more fun than that because it's also used as a verb, as in to "rizz up," meaning to attract.

No, but they care about their company and their stock price. And the collapse of commercial real estate, especially in large cities, is an economic tsunami so big that it's terrifying. Go to do…

No, really, he was 100.

The effort of these apologists makes my stomach sick

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/henry-ki... "Henry Kissinger died on Wednesday at his home in Connecticut, his consulting firm said in a statement.…

Here's a better obituary: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/henry-ki... "Henry Kissinger died on Wednesday at his home in Connecticut, his consu…