Paul Graham
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"When I was a child she worked as a schoolteacher, and her school was next to mine, so in the mornings we would walk to school together. I don't know why I remember this — but she'd always walk between me and the sun. So that I could stand in her shadow."
August 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"When I was a child she worked as a schoolteacher, and her school was next to mine, so in the mornings we would walk to school together. I don't know why I remember this — but she'd always walk between me and the sun. So that I could stand in her shadow."
Vibe coding is here to stay. I'd been worried it might be a fad, but I talked to the founder of an infrastructure company who's in a position to see how well vibe-coded apps are doing, and he said a lot of them are making money.
August 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Vibe coding is here to stay. I'd been worried it might be a fad, but I talked to the founder of an infrastructure company who's in a position to see how well vibe-coded apps are doing, and he said a lot of them are making money.
Interesting insight from Andy Lapsa of Stoke Space: If you're running a hard tech startup, you should be able to fabricate everything you need yourself. You may choose to farm something out to a supplier, but you shouldn't need to.
August 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Interesting insight from Andy Lapsa of Stoke Space: If you're running a hard tech startup, you should be able to fabricate everything you need yourself. You may choose to farm something out to a supplier, but you shouldn't need to.
"It's lovely to be useful."
— Jony Ive
— Jony Ive
August 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"It's lovely to be useful."
— Jony Ive
— Jony Ive
It makes me so happy that Pebble is going to live again. It was always such an optimistic, hackerly project.
August 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It makes me so happy that Pebble is going to live again. It was always such an optimistic, hackerly project.
This prediction turned out to be all too accurate.
August 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This prediction turned out to be all too accurate.
A study of 1452 undergrads at Northwestern and Michigan between 2023 and 2025 found that 88% pretended to hold more left wing views than they actually had in order to succeed socially or academically.
August 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
A study of 1452 undergrads at Northwestern and Michigan between 2023 and 2025 found that 88% pretended to hold more left wing views than they actually had in order to succeed socially or academically.
A friend's mom sent her an email full of anti-vax conspiracy theories. She didn't have the energy to refute her point by point, so she asked ChatGPT to write a response, which she said was actually pretty good.
August 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
A friend's mom sent her an email full of anti-vax conspiracy theories. She didn't have the energy to refute her point by point, so she asked ChatGPT to write a response, which she said was actually pretty good.
"The cases reaching us are of people who collapsed in the streets from lack of nutrition."
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 AM
"The cases reaching us are of people who collapsed in the streets from lack of nutrition."
I had to explain to 13 yo what it means to describe someone as "rum." It's a subtle word. I finally said it's when someone seems strange, but not simply in a lame way, and in fact you worry it might be because they know something you don't.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I had to explain to 13 yo what it means to describe someone as "rum." It's a subtle word. I finally said it's when someone seems strange, but not simply in a lame way, and in fact you worry it might be because they know something you don't.
So basically you're free to say anything you're not forbidden to say. Right.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 AM
So basically you're free to say anything you're not forbidden to say. Right.