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@IronChevsky Valentini and Giacosa are on a category of their own. Truly remarkable.

There’s something deeply emotional about great wines at full maturity — when structure has fully resolved into silk, when everything turns seamless, suave, almost other-worldly… even if the flavors themselves are fragile and fleeting. This wasn’t just an “old wines” dinner — it was a study in how structure resolves. The best wines didn’t show more flavor — they showed less friction. Many great regions can achieve this — Burgundy, Bordeaux, Rhône, Rioja, even Aglianico — but on this night, Nebbiolo stood out, with Rioja (my favorite Spanish region) not far behind. Quick highlights for me: Giacosa Barolo Villero 1978, Conterno Barolo 1969, Flaccianello 2006, and Viña Monty Gran Reserva 1970 — all showing that rare combination of completeness, texture, and effortless balance. Dinner at the French Club, SF. Classic setting, excellent food, serious bottles. Theme: 2016 and older, non-France / non-USA. Piedmont led. Giacosa Barolo Villero 1978 (red label) — from a great Nebbiolo vintage and a structured Castiglione Falletto cru. Wine of the night — fully resolved, perfectly balanced. Conterno Barolo 1969 — traditional Serralunga (likely early Francia sourcing). Darker, firmer, more powerful. Giacosa Barbaresco Rabajà 2001 — benchmark site and vintage; still structured but precise. Giacosa Barolo Le Rocche 2004 (magnum) — classic year, but still very young in magnum. Gaja Barbaresco & Sorì Tildìn 1985 — excellent, more polished, slightly less pure. Cavallotto 2010 — good but not ready. Marchesi di Barolo 61/67 — powerful but less refined. Central Italy showed range. Flaccianello 2006 (Fontodi) — from Panzano’s Conca d’Oro. 2006 a strong vintage; initially structured, but with air turned silky and complete. A reminder Sangiovese can age when done right. Paolo Bea Pagliaro 2010 — benchmark Umbrian producer. Still young, long arc, already showing depth and identity. Sassicaia 2014 — classic, balanced, but didn’t stand out here. Ornellaia 2003 — rich, hot vintage, a bit heavy. Dal Forno Valpolicella 2000 — powerful yet pure, dark and cocoa-driven. Whites were excellent and intellectually engaging. Valentini 2016, LdH Blanco 2012, Keller 2014, Dönnhoff 2011, Schmitt-Wagner 2001 — all serious wines. But in the end, the reds still ruled. Sparkling: Ca’ del Bosco Annamaria Clementi 2015 — rich, impressive, more power than precision. Other highlights: Creation Chardonnay 2016 (Hemel-en-Aarde) — cool-climate, ocean-influenced, precise and textured. A real eye-opener. Emidio Pepe 2003 — good, but didn’t justify the hype on this night. Rioja showed beautifully — and differently: Viña Monty Gran Reserva 1970 (Montecillo) — silky, harmonious, fully resolved. Bordón Gran Reserva Especial 1970 — fresher, more energetic, less charming but very alive. Tons more on the table I didn’t even get to.

@Manners15 The Clos des Lambrays has been simply spectacular. Complex, layered, and an immensely long finish.

Not really wine influencer wines.

Claude, repair the LNG facilities before market open, make no mistakes

This Pinot Noirskiy really opens up with air - full Glasnost.

Straight into my veins. Wisdom comes from the desert, polish from the cities.

Yet to see 5G bundled, despite the A18 SoC.

The speed of jazz music, 50s-60s, by Francine Winham

@wolfejosh Med time is a flat circle.

His answer of most important body of water 2,000 yrs ago: Mediterranean 200yrs ago: Atlantic 20 yrs ago: Pacific Now: Indian Ocean 20 yrs from now: Mediterranean* *mideast trade, IMEC, natural gas, more

1/ A sage Asian geopolitical billionaire friend gives me thought-provoking socratic puzzles to solve One of my favorites is this: What is the MOST important body of water at each time: 1. 2,000 years ago? 2. 200 years ago? 3. 20 years ago? 4. Today? 5. 20 years from now?

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Kalanick’s commitment to “excellence of process” builds on Cage’s rule seven: The only rule is work. The people who do all of it all of the time eventually catch on to things. You can fool the fans--but not the players.

@jeff_weinstein LeWeb 2011 vibes. Retro.

there's 2012 SoLoMo energy out there right now in techland

Valid points and conclusion across scale levels. Second order effect of collapsing the cost of creation → x.com/apas/status/20…

Introducing a new, stupid website to find a piece of classical music whose duration most closely matches that of your next trip. busundreu.com

Cost of support, maintenance, SRE, monitoring has been sticky so far. Interesting step toward collapsing the enterprise deployment pipeline.

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This is an extremely important point and touches on some of the most important questions to tackle: What new work may emerge? And how fast? And how do we support those contending with disruption during the transition?

Knuth’s response is so wholesome. Brings back what he said to me years ago, how deeply grateful he is for the thinking machines we build. Someone who understands computation better than almost anyone alive calling it joyful . . . And all watched over by machines of loving grace.

I amar prestar aen. Han matho ne nen. Han mathon ned cae. A han noston ned gwilith.

@christidis What’s your workflow?