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Americans Expect to Need $1.25 Million to Retire
A recent study from Northwestern Mutual found that Americans expect to need $1.
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Favor Full Time Employees Over Part Time Contractors
In the early days of a startup, hiring the early team is one of the biggest challenges.
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Migrating From Docker Desktop to Colima on an M1 MacBook
These days colima is a viable alternative to Docker Desktop on M1 Apple silicon.
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The Tendency Towards Managerial Capitalism Makes Startups Possible
In the modern economy, managerial capitalism is the prevailing way companies are run.
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Managerial Capitalism Decouples Ownership and Control
The classic model of capitalism (bourgeois capitalism), in which the proprietor of the business fully owns and controls the business, was replaced by managerial capitalism where managers, despite owning small amounts of the company, exhibits full control over the business.
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How to Write Software Fast
There is a noticeable difference between the speed of the most productive software engineers I’ve worked with and the slowest.
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G&A Roles at an Early Startup
You don’t need full-time G&A roles as your first 10 hires in an early stage startup.
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Every Human Consciousness Lives at Once in a Collection of Brains
Because the human brain is a universal machine, it contains multiple strange loops that are coarse-grained copies of other strange loops housed in other brains at varying degrees of fidelity.
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Direction Not Instruction
Anyone can follow instructions—performing a well-understood task step-by-step until it is completed.
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How to Know When a New Hire Isn't Working Out
The easiest way to know that a new hire isn’t working out (and not fool yourself in the process) is to have a plan before they are hired.
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Turner's Frontier Thesis
A country with a frontier is shaped by it. It favors people with rugged individualism because common services are not readily available without an existing economy in place.
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Cartier Tank Must Is a Timeless Watch
The Cartier Tank Must is a classic. The design is damn near perfect as a dress watch and instantly adds a little elegance to the moment.
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Layoffs Don't Improve Company Performance
The recent layoffs in tech, especially the large companies like Google and Amazon, got me thinking about the effect of layoffs for the business doing the layoffs.
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Zealio V2 Keyswitch
I’ve been using the Zealio V2 keyswitches on my primary keyboard for around 1.
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Gazzew Boba U4T Keyswitch
The latest hyped tactile keyswitch I’m trying out on my primary keyboard, replacing Zealio v2.
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Probability of a Recession (2023 Q1)
A Wall Street Journal poll of economists found that the probability of a recession in the next 12 months is 61%, down slightly from 63% from October 2022 and significantly higher than the 2022 Q3 roundup.
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Celebrity Endorsements Are Power Plays
Celebrity endorsements are not just getting someone well known to tell you about a thing so you trust it.
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65 Million People Have Long COVID
A meta study found that 65 million people around the world have Long COVID.
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Startup Funding Fell 67% in 2022
In 2022, startup funding fell dramatically—down 67% year over year. Late stage funding took the largest hit (down 67%), but early stage (series A and B) also dropped 59%.
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Preview Note While Searching Org-Roam
When searching for an org-roam note, the title isn’t always enough to tell if it’s what I was looking for.
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How to Work Asynchronously
One of the greatest advantages that remote-first companies have is that work happens asynchronously.
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Frequency Range of Hearing Is Probably the Same in the Universe
Organisms evolving independently on different planets will probably end up with the ability to hear things at the same frequency range as humans.
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Levels of Accountability
Accountability is a distinguishing feature of progressing into leadership roles. As a general rule, moving “up” means more accountability.
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Never Share Your Desktop When Screen Sharing
When screen sharing, never share your whole screen. There is too much information that will be viewable on your desktop and infinite ways to accidentally leak private stuff.