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I deactivated my twitter account on Feb 5, 2023.
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Gatherings are very noisy affairs, and that amplifies the numbers.
He is absolutely a life-long bully.
The problem is the lag. It allows for the responsible party to escape ownership of creating the problem. And of course the responsible party’s party will just finger point at the other party and say “they did this to you!!”
You have their managers do it. Privately. 500 people at once is just lazy and hateful.
I grew up on Walter Matthau movies. He was such an unlikely action hero, but I loved watching him.
Fake meat is just tofu with preparation.
The corruption isn't always "I want to get rich" type, sometimes it's "I don't want to be murdered in a horrific way" type.
I think the investors believe the business is sound. It's just a way to get it for a better price.
Of course, if the business is a unicorn, none of this applies.
I consider myself lucky that I didn’t have a serious accident.
Fudging actual numbers is a dangerous and illegal game to play and never pays off, except in the edge cases (e.g., Enron... but usually you have to pay the Piper).