daedalus

fear is a choice

learning klingon, just in case

One of the loneliest and most brutal stretches as a founder is holding unbreakable belief that you'll make it... when you have literally nothing to show for it. 2–4 years of: - Zero traction - Telling people "this is going to be big" and feeling like a fraud the second the words leave your mouth - Shrinking bank account - Friends buying houses / getting promotions while you explain to your mom why you still don't have a "real job" The imposter voice gets loudest at 3 AM: "Am I delusional?" "Can I actually pull this off?" "Am I really built for this?" Everyone around you might doubt it quietly, but the real killer is when you start doubting yourself. The truth: Yes, you can. Yes, you are that guy. But belief has to come before proof. You have to choose to back yourself hard when the scoreboard says zero, because that's exactly when most people quit. Those empty years aren't wasted. They're forging the version of you that can handle the win when it finally hits. Keep showing up. Stay obsessed. Never ever give up. The breakthrough comes after the doubt has tried to kill you a hundred times.

@ad0rnai what do you want

I am hiring someone who is: - terminally offline - not in any group chats - has covered the curriculum of the great books program - idiosyncratic - slightly off-putting

Matter, Energy & Intelligence

@BayesedThinker @DhruvaMath You were put here to do something Remember that thing Forget about the reward Remember that thing

@eriktorenberg @seekingtau sup

@seekingtau I’m hiring like 30 people like this.

Hiring someone who is: - chronically online - in touch with the news - monitoring the situation - interested in simulating dm me

could be me

i’ve been saying this for a while. i even wrote a blog post about the future being one of ‘intelligence on tap,’ like water.

capra geometrica

I have so much gratitude to people who wrote extremely complex software character-by-character. It already feels difficult to remember how much effort it really took. Thank you for getting us to this point.

PoV: the last thing you see before going on twitter and tagging @thsottiaux with an imaginary Codex issue

@AviSchiffmann true

I am going to win consumer ai

@pmarca find god

OK then, how about this: Every Apple product I’ve ever owned, I’ve wished it had more buttons.

@predict_addict sí

LaTaM friends, Do you want the greatest Arithmetic book ever written to be translated into Latin American Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese? Say Yes or No. Español (LatAm): Amigos de LaTaM, ¿Quieren que el mejor libro de Aritmética jamás escrito sea traducido al español latinoamericano? Digan Sí o No. Português (Brasil): Amigos da América Latina, Vocês querem que o maior livro de Aritmética já escrito seja traduzido para português brasileiro? Digam Sim ou Não.

you need to lock in. harder. you need to disappear for a while. no excuses. no comfort. no soft life. no ‘i’m thinking about it.’ just work. just reps. just pressure. you need to become weird about your mission. obsessive. unreasonable. slightly unhinged. the kind of focused that scares normal people. stop asking for permission. stop waiting for the perfect moment. stop moving like you have infinite time. 2-3 years. head down. brain rewired. body disciplined. standards violent. come back different. come back dangerous. come back so upgraded they start calling you lucky.

facts don’t care about your feelings

No one knows what it's like To be the bad man To be the sad man Behind blue eyes

@DavidSHolz @ProperPrompter journeymogged

@ProperPrompter its coming

we're never getting v8 😭