“�?GIANT STEPS’ ISN’T *REALLY* IN THREE DIFFERENT KEYS EQUALLY! THE MAJORITY OF THE CADENCES, INCLUDING THE FIRST AND LAST, ARE IN E-FLAT! AND IF YOU PLAY C MINOR 6 WITH A IN THE BASS INSTEAD OF A MINOR SEVEN, YOU CAN THREAD BEBOP INSTEAD OF JUST PLAYING PATTERNS…”
is hiring the best talent wherever they live in the world, in 97 countries so far.
As an American, I hope we raise the standard for human rights and opportunity so people want to build their lives here, as my forebears did immigrating to Texas in the 1850s.
The quality of a great #leader has never been gender-dependent. Regardless of gender, a person's leadership qualities are determined by their strength and personality traits.
On NASDAQ Tower in Times Square for the Cloud 100, I know this is cheesy and just up for a few seconds while they take a picture but it still makes me smile.
schedule will show NO Election Day games.
Instead, all 30 teams will play the Monday before on a themed “civic engagement night,” to encourage fans, players and staff to vote in this year’s midterm elections.
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"Running a successful open source project is just Good Will Hunting in reverse, where you start out as a respected genius and end up being a janitor who gets into fights."
Quote attributed to @cra, and I don't think I've ever seen anything more true posted.
"Running a successful open source project is just Good Will Hunting in reverse, where you start out as a respected genius and end up being a janitor who gets into fights."
Quote attributed to
I'm also scared sharing something like this because future app updates could be held up or blocked, or just go in a lower priority queue. The app review process is usually good but occasionally capricious in a way that engenders fear.
SCOOP: In the years before iOS 14.5, Apple and Facebook held several meetings discussing possible arrangements that would have earned the iPhone maker a slice of the social media company’s revenue, including an ad-free, subscription version of Facebook https://wsj.com/articles/inside-the-apple-vs-facebook-privacy-fight-11660317376…
Issey Miyake, the Japanese designer whose name became a global byword for cutting-edge fashion in the 1980s, died on Aug. 5. He was 84.
Best known for his origami-like designs, he also produced Steve Jobs’s signature black turtleneck.
https://nyti.ms/3bIBB0U
's DALL-E (which is amazing):
Instead of the same 5 color squares at the bottom right of each image, use colors that are a code that can be used to lookup the prompt used to generate that image.
I’m LOVING the folders in PocketCasts! Thanks! This has been a long time coming for a podcast junkie like me. I like how the folder button is on the top left, you can change the folder layout. Gracias!
You want to know something about how bullshit insane our brains are?
OK, so there's a physical problem with our eyes: We move them in short fast bursts called "saccades", right? very quick, synchronized movements.
The only problem is: they go all blurry and useless during this
“Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.”
~Lao Tzu, "Tao Te Ching"
"When adjusted for inflation, median wages for truck drivers in 1980 were about $110,000 annually. In 2020, median annual wages for truck drivers were $47,130."
Instagram has always been a terrible platform for photography and photographers. It’s ridiculous to ever lament a time for it when it didn’t suck. The good old days for photography on the internet was called Tumblr.
Did you know you could create art pieces with #WordPress and contribute to Museum of Block Art? I played a bit and created few examples using core blocks and images https://block-museum.com/2022/07/25/idea/…#Gutenberg#Art
MYTH: We don't have a solution to nuclear's "waste problem"
REALITY: Nuclear waste isn't a problem. In fact, it’s the best solution we have to meeting our energy needs while protecting the natural environment!
Here's what you need to know:
on a podcast and you get used to him answering the same questions over and over (which is ok, answers can vary) but some relatively less common topics covered here I think worth adding to a queue.
My friend @photomatt is one of the most thoughtful business leaders I know, and an amazing and wonderful person. This interview is absolutely worth your time. twitter.com/HarryStebbings…
Tracy Britt Cool spent a decade working closely with Warren Buffett. Now, she's parlaying her nearly unparalleled access to his mind and methods to build her own investment firm. https://nyti.ms/3c9cggk
The tech version of mansplaining:
- joined bigtechco early, got equity
- ran a product line that would have grown even if it was run by your mom
- made good money at IPO
- too lazy to go back to work and run a real startup, investor now
- gives advice on how to run a startup
Everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind.
We need to normalize vulnerability & @photomatt is a generational defining leader showing the best leaders now and future embrace it.
This is one of the most special we’ve done. https://thetwentyminutevc.com/matt-mullenweg/
Everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind.
We need to normalize vulnerability & @photomatt is a generational defining leader showing the best leaders now and future embrace it.
This is one of the most special we’ve done. https://thetwentyminutevc.com/matt-mullenweg/
From a friend: Berkeley, California's "Nuclear Free Zone" signs are now covered in pronuclear stickers.
Only thing old Berkeley environmentalists hate more than housing and bike lanes is nuclear energy.
The city can't or won't replace the signs. I didn't do this but wish I had.
It's here–the deepest, sharpest infrared view of the universe to date: Webb's First Deep Field.
Previewed by @POTUS on July 11, it shows galaxies once invisible to us. The full set of @NASAWebb's first full-color images & data will be revealed July 12: http://nasa.gov/webbfirstimages