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the biggest frustration of a hardcore technologist in san francisco is how many companies both tiny and gargantuan are kinda fake - investors often can't tell the difference between story and substance and armed with a billion dollars it may take a decade for it to fail. as an

when i had a venture-backed startup it was so hard to balance the desires of customers, investors, and myself. now (with no investors) i just make stuff i enjoy, people similar to me help pay for it, i ask what else they want, i do 50% that + 50% stuff i want and it all works out

What it feels like to start feeling your feelings after years of emotional obstipation https://t.co/IxqD5ur8H1

Ah. Why are European-Americans suddenly so inferior at math since like 1998? Why are the people of Newton, Einstein, Dirac, Crick, Feynman, Heisenberg etc suddenly no longer able to do first rate science? Excellent question! Do you want the brutal answer? Those "white kids" are being forced into trying to figure out how... See more

Big thoughts from Tom. My personal takeaway is that understanding what humans want (ie, good taste) and being able to build with the latest tools will be the most important things.

Building a great product is a bit like marriage: if you commit your life to making it excellent over long periods of time, and earnestly care about understanding the other person (users), you’ll be surprised at what you can build.

Here is a brilliant discussion of the implications of the Fourth Turning with Grant @ttmygh Williams and Adam @menlobear Taggart. Grant: we had a great chat for two hrs on a Saturday night in '99. Due for another... https://t.co/6if5lIWGC0