the Brenden Carr of Hades 2 (in that I'm very bad at it)
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yeah alright we'll try it I guess
dottxt.substack.com
dottxt.substack.com
Concrete version: it makes a claim along the lines of "you can go from implementing only 10% of ideas to 30-40%", which:
1) can you?
2) if you can, why would you expect that to lead to improved business outcomes?
3) if you can and it does, why would you not expect an equivalent increase in ideas?
1) can you?
2) if you can, why would you expect that to lead to improved business outcomes?
3) if you can and it does, why would you not expect an equivalent increase in ideas?
February 10, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Concrete version: it makes a claim along the lines of "you can go from implementing only 10% of ideas to 30-40%", which:
1) can you?
2) if you can, why would you expect that to lead to improved business outcomes?
3) if you can and it does, why would you not expect an equivalent increase in ideas?
1) can you?
2) if you can, why would you expect that to lead to improved business outcomes?
3) if you can and it does, why would you not expect an equivalent increase in ideas?
Less snarkily: 1) this takes as given output improvements that seem unproven; 2) this falls into the "shipping more things == good" trap; 3) this assumes there will be no revised equilibrium if output expectations change
February 10, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Less snarkily: 1) this takes as given output improvements that seem unproven; 2) this falls into the "shipping more things == good" trap; 3) this assumes there will be no revised equilibrium if output expectations change
A world of severe inequality is a world where Facebook have advertisers or eyeballs. A mass advertising platform does not work without a mass, sufficiently affluent, customer base!
February 9, 2026 at 10:51 PM
A world of severe inequality is a world where Facebook have advertisers or eyeballs. A mass advertising platform does not work without a mass, sufficiently affluent, customer base!
(I’m aware this is emotional, in that software engineering is a career I’ve genuinely enjoyed more than anything else I’ve done for work, and it’s very depressing to have there be such resignation and “you’ve got to get on board” to the notion of ruining it/pushing me out of it!)
February 7, 2026 at 7:55 PM
(I’m aware this is emotional, in that software engineering is a career I’ve genuinely enjoyed more than anything else I’ve done for work, and it’s very depressing to have there be such resignation and “you’ve got to get on board” to the notion of ruining it/pushing me out of it!)
It did genuinely get me to cancel my membership, which I feel kinda bad about, but maybe I’ll buy/subscribe to John and Casey’s apps to make up for it
February 7, 2026 at 7:53 PM
It did genuinely get me to cancel my membership, which I feel kinda bad about, but maybe I’ll buy/subscribe to John and Casey’s apps to make up for it
WHO ARE "The groupon guys" www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov
February 4, 2026 at 9:57 PM
WHO ARE "The groupon guys" www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
which........ if you're rich and a Groupon subscriber, what are you doing????????????
February 4, 2026 at 9:55 PM
which........ if you're rich and a Groupon subscriber, what are you doing????????????
(It was this buttondown.com/apperceptive...)
February 4, 2026 at 7:54 PM
(It was this buttondown.com/apperceptive...)
I had to suffer to the "lacunae" wars of the early 2010s only for no one to actually use it the one time it's the perfect descriptor!!!!!
February 4, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I had to suffer to the "lacunae" wars of the early 2010s only for no one to actually use it the one time it's the perfect descriptor!!!!!
Also wait..... who is taking over parks then? I haven't seen that in the top-level writeups 👀
February 3, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Also wait..... who is taking over parks then? I haven't seen that in the top-level writeups 👀