1) Let's talk about my reaction to Packy McCormick's Alibaba longform. (Oh yeah, Substack deserves its own reaction genre). While I enjoy Packy work, I think this piece missed local context (similar to a lot of English writing on Chinese tech rn). notboring.substack.com/p/baba-black-s…

Devs watching QA test the product

Mason

New post: The Michael Scott Theory of Social Class. A new rule, which states: The higher you ascend the ladder of the Educated Gentry class, the more you become Michael Scott. alexdanco.com/2021/01/22/the…

TC Is this Roaring Kitty on YouTube him? youtube.com/watch?v=GZTr1-…

i’ve never missed in person meetings more than i did watching this parish council meeting descend into chaos

Options greeks ranked from worst to best, by someone who doesn't really understand options. 10. Rho -- worst sensitivity, very boring, mostly ignored except by people trading very long maturities (who you should not trust anyway)

Nick (⚠️) "Have privately decided that the simple "mindset hack" you need to be successful is to have no shame whatsoever." - @retail_risk (old account)

That means an architecture essentially traditional in proportions, materials and ornament, but with the bare minimum of superficial industrial/modern features to allow it to "pass" as of-its-time. Architects won't be fooled. That's OK - the wider broadsheet classes can be.

Aella Gell-Mann hypothesis proved again

Aella "Everything you read in the newspapers is absolutely true except for that rare story of which you happen to have firsthand knowledge." — Erwin Knoll

"The average player can also now be a developer. Maybe it’s a simple as making a texture map and selling it, maybe it’s as complicated as making a whole level and adding it on to the world, but we’re putting these creative tools in the hands of the masses."gamerant.com/microsoft-head…

Please share. This young man’s mother is devastated that the police aren’t taking his disappearance seriously.

#WOOFGANG We all are already at almost 18,000 followers! Let’s make it to 20k by today and we will give away 2 SOL to someone that likes and retweets this post! #WOOF #MOON #Solana