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@scaling01 It always had.

@alt_w_v_g I laughed so hard at the unbudgeted headcount line, genius!

Last night Laid out my clothes for tomorrow Cargo shorts I stared at all seven pairs in the closet They're identical I picked the third one Gut feeling Also laid out a mask My wife has COVID Can't be too careful My analyst texted at 10:14pm I said "tomorrow is important" He said "trust me I know. Get some rest boss man" First time he's ever told me to do anything Something about the way he said it felt off But I was tired So I let it go Friday 3:47pm Therapy Cargo shorts All six pockets loaded Pocket one had my talking points Pocket two had the clean version of my wife's list that my analyst reformatted this morning because I can't read anything with inconsistent punctuation Pocket three had a printed copy of the home warranty redline for reference Pocket five had a granola bar You never know how long these things go I was wearing the mask My analyst drove separately He was already in the parking lot when I pulled in Engine off Legal pad on the dash Third iced coffee of the day He looked at the mask He didn't say anything I said "you ready" He said "I've been preparing since Tuesday boss man" I didn't ask what that meant My wife's car was already there That was expected There were two cars next to hers That was not We walked in The therapist was seated $250 an hour I negotiated that My wife was on the left couch Stanley cup in hand She saw the mask Her face changed I assumed she was nervous about the session She was not alone Karen from HR was sitting next to her Arms folded Lanyard still on I stopped walking My analyst stopped behind me He whispered "boss man that's Karen from HR" I said "I know" Then I saw the chair in the corner My son's teacher Folder in her lap Color-coded tabs Same ones from both parent-teacher conferences I looked at my wife She said "you brought your analyst" I said "you assembled a panel" She said "I made some calls" The therapist looked at Karen Karen looked at the teacher The teacher looked at me I sat down My analyst sat behind me On the floor against the wall There were no more chairs Legal pad in his lap Pen ready Four against two I counted the therapist on her side The numbers were not in my favor But I've closed deals with worse odds The therapist said "I think we should establish some ground rules" Karen said "I brought some" She pulled out a folder Also color-coded Two folders in the room with color-coded tabs Neither of them mine I respected the organization I did not respect the ambush The therapist said "this is a safe space" I said "it was until HR showed up with a lanyard" The therapist said "can you remove the mask so we can have an open conversation" I said "my wife has COVID" The room went quiet My wife said "I don't have COVID" I said "you left a positive test in my lunchbox yesterday" She closed her eyes Karen looked at the teacher The teacher looked at the therapist The therapist looked at my wife My wife said "we'll come back to that" I took the mask off I didn't understand why everyone was acting strange But I noted it Karen said "I'm here as a friend" I said "you scheduled mandatory fun at 5pm on a Friday and trapped yourself in an escape room for 14 hours" She said "that's not relevant" I said "the door was open the entire time" The teacher said "I'm here because your wife asked me to come" I said "last time we spoke you requested I not come to meetings" She said "this is different" I said "how" She said "because this time I was invited" The therapist said "let's focus on the relationship" My wife pulled out the list Two pages Single spaced Still no consistent punctuation I pulled the reformatted version from pocket two She looked at it I said "my analyst cleaned it up this morning. Same content. Better structure." She didn't take it She started reading from hers "Line one. He negotiated the therapy rate during our first session" The therapist looked at me I said "I saved us $25 an hour. Over a six-session commitment that's $150. You're welcome." My wife continued "Line four. He visited a divorce lawyer without telling me" The therapist said "is that true" I said "it was diligence. I needed to understand the downside exposure to properly value the upside." My wife said "the upside of what" I said "you" She didn't respond to that Karen made a note I don't know what she wrote But her pen was the same one she uses for incident reports I recognized it "Line seven. He calculated the cost per sip of my wine at my own birthday dinner" I said "it was a 147% markup. That's not opinion. That's math." The therapist said "do you hear how that might feel to your wife on her birthday" I said "she ordered the bottle anyway. The ROI on that dinner was negative before the entrees arrived." My wife looked at the ceiling Some things never change "Line twelve. He crashed our son's parent-teacher conference. Twice. The second time with his analyst." The teacher sat up She said "can I add something" The therapist said "go ahead" She opened her folder Pulled out the test The multiple-choice question Fifteen gender options My son selected none of them Wrote "Not applicable" Below that: "Identified: Chromosome XY" Below that: "Source: Biology textbook, page 217" With a footnote The teacher said "he cited a source. On a multiple-choice test. In second grade." I said "I'm not seeing the issue" My wife said "he's becoming you" I said "thank you" She said "that wasn't a compliment" The therapist said "I think I'm beginning to understand the pattern" Karen said "now you see what I deal with" I said "you write policies nobody reads and enforce rules that don't make common sense. Even my five-year-old knows the door was unlocked." Karen looked at the therapist The therapist did not intervene I respected that "Line nineteen. He asked our financial advisor why he'd pay a 1% fee when he could buy VOO and do the same thing from his phone" I said "the therapist provides more value at $250 an hour. I stand by that." The therapist looked at me differently I think I just gained a vote Three against three now My analyst nodded I told him not to do that The therapist paused She said "I want to ask about communication between you two. Outside of this room. How do you express things to each other" My wife was quiet I said "she's been expressing herself through alternative channels recently" The therapist said "what does that mean" I declined to elaborate My wife looked at me I looked straight ahead We moved on The therapist asked my wife what she needs from me My wife was quiet Karen started to answer for her My wife put her hand up Karen stopped The teacher put her folder down My wife said "I need you to stop treating every part of our life like a deal that needs to close" I said nothing She said "I need you to sit in a room with me without an agenda" I said nothing She said "I need you to be in this marriage like a person. Not a CFO." The room was very quiet My analyst stopped writing First time all session Karen put her pen down The teacher closed her folder The therapist looked at me I sat there for a while I said "I don't know how to do that" The therapist said "that's the first honest thing you've said today" I said "I'm honest every day. I told a car dealership I had comps on every Tahoe sold within 50 miles. I told a home warranty company their own contract contradicts itself on page 91 and page 104. I told a realtor her brochure had three different fonts and no financials." The therapist said "those are transactions. I'm asking about your wife." I looked at her She was looking at me Not at the ceiling Not at the therapist Not at Karen Not at the teacher At me I said "I went to a divorce lawyer three weeks ago" Karen's eyebrows went up The teacher looked at my wife My wife said "I know. You told me. Asset protection." I said "I went because I needed to know what it would cost to lose you. So I could understand what it means to keep you. The retainer was $15,000. I didn't sign. Because the model couldn't capture what I'd actually be losing." The therapist was quiet My wife was quiet Karen was writing something I said "I don't know how to be in a room without an agenda. But I know I want to be in every room you're in. Even the ones I'm not invited to. That's why I keep showing up." My wife looked at me Then she said "that's why I keep letting you in" The therapist teared up Karen teared up The teacher teared up My analyst did not tear up He was taking notes I did not tear up either But I made a note The therapist said "I think that's a good place to stop" My wife said "there's one more thing" The room was still She reached into her purse Not the list Something else She placed it on the table I looked at it Two lines Positive I said "I already saw this. You put it in my lunchbox yesterday." She said "I know" I said "we should talk about quarantine. I can't afford to be sick before the board deck is due." Nobody spoke Karen covered her mouth The teacher looked away The therapist took her glasses off My analyst stood up He said "boss man" I said "not now" He said "boss man that's not a COVID test" I looked at it again Two lines Positive I looked at the fine print I missed yesterday I looked at my wife She wasn't looking at the ceiling She was looking at me And she was smiling I have never seen her smile in a therapist's office before The therapist said "do you understand what she's telling you" I said "yes" I did not say anything else for approximately forty-five seconds My analyst said that's the longest he's ever seen me go without speaking Including board meetings I looked at the test Then at my wife I said "unbudgeted headcount" The therapist said "excuse me?" I said "she's adding a resource to the org chart without a requisition" My wife laughed First time she's laughed in therapy I said "I'll need to update the sensitivity analysis" She said "why" I said "the model at the divorce lawyer's office only accounted for two dependents and a golden retriever. The downside just got significantly worse." She said "is that your way of saying you're happy" I didn't answer right away I said "I'm saying I didn't budget for this. But some of the best investments I've ever made were ones I didn't see coming." She looked at me I looked at her Karen was crying The teacher was crying The therapist was crying My analyst was not crying He was on page four of his notes I was not crying either But the room was blurry Must have been the mask The therapist said "now that's a good place to stop" I said "we still have seventeen minutes. I paid for the full hour." My wife stood up Grabbed her purse Grabbed the test Looked at me Said "let's go home" First time she's said that after one of these and meant it Karen stayed behind I think she's booking her own session The teacher left without saying goodbye Third time she's done that I got in the car My wife was already in the passenger seat She didn't say anything I didn't say anything I put my hand on hers I don't do that But I did Some meetings could have been an email This one couldn't $250 One hour No redline No debrief One new line item I didn't see coming Plz don't fix. Thx. Sent from my iPhone

@nostalgicfile The memories

If you played this map as a kid you're a legend

@alt_w_v_g This posts are a blast! Thank you so much.

The follow-up parent/teacher conference was yesterday My wife went alone I watched her pull out of the driveway Then I called my analyst He was already in his car Parked in the alley Engine running I wore cargo shorts Six pockets Pocket three had the school handbook Pocket five had a highlighter We arrived at 3:42pm Three minutes early My wife saw my analyst in the hallway before she saw me She stopped walking Then she saw me She said "why is he here" I said "support" She said "for what" I said "the meeting" She said "this is a parent-teacher conference and you aren't supposed to be here" I said "every meeting is a negotiation" She didn't move I held the door The teacher was waiting She was not alone The principal was seated beside her Arms folded They brought backup So did I My analyst sat down and opened his laptop He asked for the WiFi password The teacher said "we don't give that to visitors" He said "no problem" and turned on his hotspot I taught him well My wife put her head in her hands The principal introduced himself Firm handshake Said he wanted to "make sure we're all on the same page" I said "I love alignment" My wife looked at the ceiling The teacher pulled out a folder Same color-coded tabs as last time I respected the consistency She said our son has made "some improvements" but there are still "areas of concern" I said "can you quantify that" She said "it's not really a numbers-based assessment" I looked at my analyst He looked at me We didn't say anything The teacher said he still "challenges classroom structure" I pulled the school handbook from pocket three Page 34 Section 2.7 Parent Rights and Student Evaluation Standards I had highlighted six lines The principal looked at the handbook Then looked at my cargo shorts Then back at the handbook The teacher said there was an incident with a multiple-choice question She pulled out the test I pulled my copy from pocket two The teacher stopped talking My wife closed her eyes The question listed fifteen gender options My son selected none of them He wrote "Not applicable" Below that he wrote "Identified: Chromosome XY" Below that he wrote "Source: Biology textbook, page 217" With a footnote My wife looked at me She said "oh my god he's becoming you" I said "thank you" She said "that wasn't a compliment" The teacher said "that's not how multiple choice works" I said "was his answer correct" She paused The teacher looked at the ceiling Why does everyone keep doing that The principal stepped in He said "the concern isn't accuracy. It's compliance." I said "interesting. My auditors say the same thing." My analyst typed something I didn't ask what My wife looked at the ceiling again The principal said he thinks our son would "benefit from learning to work within established frameworks" I said "he will. And then he'll spend his career fixing them." Nobody spoke The teacher closed her folder The principal didn't shake my hand My analyst asked if there would be a follow-up The teacher said "I hope not" In the parking lot my wife said "you wore cargo shorts to a school meeting that you weren't invited to" I said "I needed the pockets" She didn't argue She said "we need to talk about this at couples therapy" I said "only if I can bring my analyst" She got in her car My analyst sent me his notes before I got to mine Formatted Bulleted With action items There were none Except for Plz Fix. Thx. Sent from my iPhone

@callebtc Their platform, their choice.

The Apple App Store rules are borderline illegal. This isn’t about security. It's not about malware. It's not about user experience. It’s about control. - Use Google login? You must add Apple login - Sell digital products? You must use Apple payments - Apple takes 30% of your revenue (this is frankly insane) - You can’t tell users about cheaper prices outside the app - You can’t use a different payment system like Bitcoin - Apple can reject your app with vague reasons (or bend over due to political pressure) - You can’t install apps outside their store (most regions) They own the platform. They compete with you on it. And you still have to pay them. Is this a monopoly or a mafia gang?

@lNTERlORHUB Layout 2.

Layout 1 or 2 ?

@zeynepmyenisey Impossible to be productive

Being on your laptop outside is a miserable experience and im tired of people pretending it's not

@worst_account Yes it does

2-Factor Authentication has gotten out of control. Not every single login to a university email needs to be treated like authorizing a nuclear strike.

@0x4D31 If it works effectively and efficiently, I’ll jump into it. Therefore, please do.

@Boss__RP fair enough.. guess it’s time to share what we built and how we do it.

i think the reason “AI replacing SOC analysts” is still a hot take is that most people saying that work in old-style SOCs with broken SIEMs. in modern companies, AI agents already handle most secOps work. we’re mostly just building, operating, and supervising the agents now!

@HcwXd @WonderingApp Pretty cool! I’m loving it.

I left NotebookLM a few months ago to solve a bigger problem in learning. Today, as the first step, we are launching @WonderingApp for early access. It's Duolingo for anything — turning any topic into a guided path with bite-size visual lessons that can fit into your busy schedule. But you don't sacrifice depth/effectiveness for convenience: Total Control: You decide how deep you want to go, how difficult the material should be, and how personalized the experience feels. Active Learning: We provide the tools you need to practice, test your understanding, and actually apply what you’ve learned. Long-term Mastery: It’s built to help you truly remember and master any subject, not just skim the surface.

@GenAI_is_real Yop! I remember the days where 128MB was insane.

unpopular take: 8GB is not the problem, software bloat is. i used an 8GB mac for years and it was fine because the programs were lean. now a browser tab takes 500MB and an electron app eats 1GB just to show you a text editor. we kept throwing more RAM at the problem instead of writing efficient software. if the industry spent half the energy on optimization that it spends on adding features, 8GB would be plenty in 2026. the real question isnt why apple ships 8GB, its why we need 32GB to run a chat app @steipete

@sanpellyenjoyer Wrong

To be at a director level or above, you need to possess the unique skill of speaking for long periods of time without actually saying anything. Honestly I commend them for it, it can’t be easy

@levelsio Completely unregulated job as well btw. Even if there is some level of regulation, it’s definitely not enforced in Portugal.

I'm so done with real estate agents What an absolutely useless profession in 2026 Nowadays when I go visit houses to buy you get the construction company guy tell you everything anyway, and they actually know their stuff And then you have some literally low IQ shady car salesman guy hovering around you in the back with NO added information and NO added service "Yes this house is great because it's north-facing" And then for doing absolutely nothing zilch nada, they deserve 5% of the house price in commission??? And you can't visit the house direct because real estate agents cover each other asses so the selling agent will tell you to find a buyer agent to be able to visit it A complete racket 100%

@AnaPaul34250177 @ipma_pt @WXWatcher07 Agreed. I’ve also followed this account closely through the night. Great job!

Thank you for the excellent work during the night. 🙏 You were a great help, unlike the useless @IPMA_pt @WXWatcher07 #Portugal

@fushigurotoji I was actually looking at this 30 min ago. It looks absolutely insane. Insane price as well.

@anon_opin Same problem with my macbook of 2015.

Well done Apple on the quality, design and construction of my 2009 iMac which still runs perfectly to this day. Fuck you Apple for withdrawing all support for my 2009 iMac so, despite still being in perfect working condition, it's slowly dying as its software becomes obsolete.

@jukan05 This assumes all new DRAM production goes to AI datacenters, without reducing supply to existing markets. Tricky.

Macquarie’s calculation: - Over the next two years, the DRAM industry can only support 15GW of AI data centers. - A 1GW-scale AI data center configured with 400,000 GPUs (each with a TDP of 1,700W) requires more than 18,000 DRAM wafers per month, including both HBM and main memory. - With new DRAM supply limited to roughly 250,000 wafers per month, the maximum AI data center capacity that can be supported without cannibalizing the existing DRAM market is 15GW. - As a result, the projected 40% CAGR for AI chips and plans to build 40–50GW of AI data centers over the next three years are exposed to significant risk.

@AytuncYildizli @php100 Thinking is on by default everywhere, ULTRATHINK doesn’t really do anything anymore

@paulg Made the mistake of watching the first man in a flight after becoming a father. It was a small scene, but it broke me. Good thing it was dark.

A friend told me that now that they've had a child, her husband can't bear to watch movies in which bad things happen to kids. Same here. That was one of the most surprising things about having children. You're not just protective of your own children, but children in general.