Thinking in public
New York, NY
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It’s fun to think of the “shape” of different numbers based on their factorization. Like how 50 is a 2-layer square.
Also pretty wild how prime numbers, no matter how big they are, are just straight lines
To walk through Thompkins Square Park on a sunny fall day and pass by farmer’s market tents, followed immediately by another tent doing an EDM popup concert, is exactly what I need at this stage in my life.
Switching which AI model you’re using is like driving a car manual vs automatic.
Lots of folks just want the smooth experience of switching gears without thinking about it, letting the machine balance power with speed
the billboard outside my office used to be for Crocs, but now it’s for an agentic CRM.
nyc starting to look more like sf
Every day, we make dozens of these decisions, and each one can feel small and unimportant.
But when we make the same choices day after day, our lives start to look like this over time
On design:
The best-designed things I’ve encountered so far aren’t manmade but can be found in nature
An observation:
Big things tend to break up into little things, and little things tend to assemble into big things
Charlie Munger:
“I sought good judgment mostly by collecting instances of bad judgment, then pondering ways to avoid such outcomes”
Today I learned that @GratefulDead played in front of the pyramids
youtu.be/5QYgE631mU8?si=xw5G…
A 4-hour plane ride is a unique opportunity to listen to a 3-hour podcast about imperial Japan while watching the entire Mario movie on someone else’s screen in the row in front of you
There’s something so natural and satisfying about carrying all your things on you (e.g., backpacking)
Makes you feel more independent, good for bone density, makes you realize how much crap you own that you don’t need
Good design that follows the Pyramid Principle. My gate and a countdown to boarding right there at the top of my screen
Nice @Apple
