Fatburger is a solid pick, but ranking McDonald's over In-N-Out shows how Angelenos disrespect such a national treasure. I guess Lucas Kwan Peterson prefers flash-frozen meat over non-frozen, delivered-daily meat?

An original yet familiar question we all ask ourselves: How far would you go? abelin.net/2022/12/28/why…

Respectfully, tylercowen, the world needs more chess chicken. abelin.net/2023/01/26/fis…

“I’ll make you feel as if you’re eating the first cheeseburger you ever ate. The cheap one your parents could barely afford.” Just A Well-Made Cheeseburger at Irv’s, top #2 in LA at least.

Interesting this announcement coincides with the Bing-with-ChatGPT rumors. Here come the "ChatGPT-in-all-the-things!" startups... theverge.com/2023/2/2/23583…

if you’re looking to do a donation for the earthquake that just happened in Turkey, you can either directly donate via credit card to Akut Turkey search & rescue tram or a well rated US based non profit here: donate.tpfund.org/campaign/tpf-d…

Walking through New York City abelin.net/2023/02/27/wal…

Adrift Burger Bar's abrupt closure is only a byline in Chef Enrique Olvera's Atla news as its replacement. Abbot Kinney is relentless, even for beautiful burgers.

In Vegas, there's something for everyone. abelin.net/2023/03/27/bes…

Beautiful photo essay on the world's last internet cafes. "He recalls when tourists would mark their birthdays at midnight with relatives on the other side of the world through video calls." restofworld.org/2023/internet-…

Uh, wow, NETWORK (1976) was an unexpected banger. William Holden's scenes with Faye Dunaway... "And everything you touch dies with you. But not me. Not as long as I can feel pleasure, pain...and love."

After a little break, Navi is back! Built from the ground up for Apple Vision Pro, Navi adds captions and live translation to the real world. If you're getting Apple Vision Pro tomorrow, please give it a try and let me know what you think!

One of the first music videos made with Sora. Some primordial visions of AI's centuries of sleep? youtube.com/watch?v=f75eoF…

tldr of this rap battle: don’t f with a gemini

For #NationalHamburgerDay, guess where this amazing Venice steakburger is from

Co-founder profile red flags: - Any "Stealth" startup, - Current 10+ year Oracle lifer, - Listing your IQ, - "Impressive accomplishment: 30 Under 30/equivalent title spam," - "Equity expectations: you can have 2-5%," - Pineapple on pizza What else?

This sounds like a trivial observation and it isn’t: No organization which makes its people pay for coffee wants to win.

RIP Caviar's OG 404 startup cat, ramen the cat. You fought the good fight and free of cancer now. It's a magical world, Ramen ol' buddy. Let's go exploring!

Lessons Learned From Six (and a half) Failed Startup Attempts "...I like the person I've become, someone who can fail again and again and again and again and still find a way, for the most part, to be happy." blog.rongarret.info/2025/01/i-am-n…

At Stripe Sessions, Patrick Collison and John Collison skillfully describe the “gale force tailwinds” of AI and stablecoins… Here’s John showing the first 24mo payment volume growth for Bridge (stablecoins) vs Stripe Whole presentation worth watching