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Tim Devane
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@dioscuri instagram.com/dialup_days/
Dial Up Days just opened in Park Slope
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90s nostalgia is intense enough now that someone should just open a dedicated 90s holiday resort. Check in your smartphones on arrival. Every lodge has a CRT TV with N64 and a stack of tapes. Blockbuster on site. Four channels and a TV Guide. Bennigan’s and Pizza Hut for dining.
Indie Game Joe@IndieGameJoe
Two indie devs made a game where you run your own video store in the early 90s. It’s currently the #5 top-selling game on Steam. - Rent out VHS tapes & manage customers - Charge Late & Broken Fees - Upgrade & customise your store It’s called Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator
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Movies are that are better than the book:
No Country For Old Men
Goodfellas
The Godfather
Strangers On A Train
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@albertwenger right? James Gurney's Dinotopia books, just with extant species
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Terrific XPrize idea. We urgently need optimistic visions of the future.
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I am pleading with the forces of the universe to convince Villeneuve to tackle yet another "unfilmable" sci-fi series.
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What’s the most impressive company merch you’ve seen over the past couple of years? e.g. the @notion chore coat, @linear employee gift, @stripepress books...
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Hosting a dinner in NYC on March 24th for top tech talent with "outsider" backgrounds based in NYC. Shoot me a dm if you want in.
Midwest roots
Small towns
Immigrants
Foster kids
First gens
Dropouts
Survivors
Athletes
Show more...
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@aweissman This one really stands out, and still gets overlooked/forgotten due to iOS visibility in major US cities. But...android caught up in 3 years, lapped it in 5, dwarfed it in 7.
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@tdevane "Historical precedent suggests this is hardly speculative."
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We wrote down some thoughts on the present, the past, history, and what that might tell us about today, AI, agents and stuff
"History Rhymes?"
blog.usv.com/history-rhymes
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it's actually shocking how the major streaming platforms don't have good documentaries. it's all true crime and pop culture slop
nothing genuinely educational
YouTube truly is supreme in this way
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@cpaik fun has to be experienced thoroughly, happiness is only real when shared!
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“Hey Claude, watch Love Island for me”
-said no one ever
No one wants to automate leisure, which is what the vast majority of consumer behavior is. This is why IFTTT failed while Zapier (B2B productivity) succeeded.
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@Besvinick @CKlosterman @MrJamesNestor @DKThomp @netw3rk excellent! I loved Football so much
some of my recents:
-Benjamin Labatut’s Maniac
(best AI adjacent read so far imo)
-@PicoIyer’s The Global Soul
-Werner Herzog’s Scenarios series
-Daniel Kraus’s Whalefall
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Favorite recent “content”:
-@CKlosterman’s Football
-@MrJamesNestor’s Breath
-@DKThomp’s “On Being a Dad” (derekthompson.org/p/three-reason…)
-@netw3rk’s new pod, “Wait a Second…” (open.spotify.com/show/1Xe0dRpQC…)
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RT @mhdempsey: (New essay) AI Safety Has 12 Months Left (if any time at all)
Faster takeoff scenarios along with the events of the past we…
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Gorillaz remain the coolest, since before twitter, the iphone, and facebook and still making awesome stuff today
youtu.be/ucRulNQsuYQ?si…
YouTube
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I have long believed that my English degree > my Finance degree.
If I had to choose one, it would be English.
Being a clear thinker and effective communicator is more valuable than being a 'human calculator.'
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Peter Thiel just told Silicon Valley it’s automating away its own cognitive moat. Nobody there is paying attention. Thiel: “It is striking to me how bad Silicon Valley is at talking about these sorts of things.” The industry is either arguing over 20% improvements in the next
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Founders in SF and NYC must be one of the best fed demographics on earth.
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