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Cedric Chin
@cedric #5043
Writes http://commoncog.com. Books, protocols, and the art of business, from the perspective of an operator. Yes cats.
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You know I was sceptical about Yvon Chouinard solving all his business problems by running Patagonia for the environment … and then I got to the point in his book where he said “we designed our company around a 5% annual growth rate” and then I shut up.
A friend once asked me "Are mentoring conversations with Dinesh supposed to so uncomfortable?"
I said "Yes, and that's normal."
Now you get a taste!
I said "Yes, and that's normal."
Now you get a taste!
It’s remarkable how many VCs continue to believe Ethereum needs an objective North Star use case.
America Online has an objective North Star function. Many more competitors for the Internet in the 90s. They’re all dead.
What was the objective North Star use case for the internet?
America Online has an objective North Star function. Many more competitors for the Internet in the 90s. They’re all dead.
What was the objective North Star use case for the internet?
ungovernable@punggol
I feel so happy when all I can focus on is crypto. When all the busywork associated with my company is done (or sufficiently done, since it’s endless), I switch browser windows and it feels like the early Internet again.
Constant reminder that just because I feel discomfort and don't have a good sensemaking framework for an uncertain scenario doesn't mean I can't make (good) decisions.
Hard to communicate to others; also hard to turn into habit.
Hard to communicate to others; also hard to turn into habit.
Ok, John Gruber made me eat my words (I thought his iPhones 16 review was frigging boring).
This was excellent: https://daringfireball.net/2024/09/the_things_they_carried
I had totally forgotten how quirky the Steve Jobs Apple was. How reckless it was.
And like Gruber, I miss it.
This was excellent: https://daringfireball.net/2024/09/the_things_they_carried
I had totally forgotten how quirky the Steve Jobs Apple was. How reckless it was.
And like Gruber, I miss it.
I suppose it’s a sign of the current state of our mobile tech platforms that John Gruber’s entire iPhones 16 review can be summarised as ‘Apple Intelligence meh, only Apple can add a camera control button, here are 600 words on said button.’
https://daringfireball.net/2024/09/the_iphones_16
https://daringfireball.net/2024/09/the_iphones_16
Nagayama and Garrigos is probably the biggest judo controversy in … what? The last decade? My god.
Well, this was pretty useful.
Hahahahaha … shit imma never learning French.
Using social media is only worth it if you have an ability to profit from such usage.
Otherwise I’m fairly certain the costs outweigh the benefits.
Otherwise I’m fairly certain the costs outweigh the benefits.
Judo training log: learnt a whole range of Georgian techniques on the second to last day of my 10 day ‘write 5 hours a day, train 5 hours a day’ retreat.
Then I got murdered with Georgian style randori.
Then I got murdered with Georgian style randori.
Coach sent me this, which I thought was pretty good.
You’re supposed to be exhausted by the time you do standup sparring (randori, in Judo terminology). Which means you won’t do as well.
But that’s ok.
(The guy in the video is Jimmy Pedro, who is legendary in Judo).
You’re supposed to be exhausted by the time you do standup sparring (randori, in Judo terminology). Which means you won’t do as well.
But that’s ok.
(The guy in the video is Jimmy Pedro, who is legendary in Judo).
Minor things about Judo that you don't think about it until you do a serious training stint:
- Soreness is the norm. Something is always going to hurt.
- Travelling with four gis is annoying. Laundry is endless.
- You need to travel with syringes and magnets.
- Soreness is the norm. Something is always going to hurt.
- Travelling with four gis is annoying. Laundry is endless.
- You need to travel with syringes and magnets.
Judo training log: this is day 4 of a 10 day writing and training retreat in Kuala Lumpur. (As in I spend 5 hours writing in the day, and 5 hours training in the evenings).
So far I’ve worked on a new approach to newaza attacks and a series of modules on how to fight left handers.
So far I’ve worked on a new approach to newaza attacks and a series of modules on how to fight left handers.
Corporations were once extremely made up things.
The beauty of crypto is that DAOs are still only slightly past the point where they were extremely made up.
The beauty of crypto is that DAOs are still only slightly past the point where they were extremely made up.
I’m currently trying this thing where EVERY time I consume some piece of information, I ask myself “what is the outcome I want out of this?”
It’s a weird move, like exercising a (mental) muscle I never even knew existed.
It’s a weird move, like exercising a (mental) muscle I never even knew existed.
Judo training log: I keep not coming regularly, and then using that as an excuse to default to drops, when I should be aiming for standing ippon seoi and kouchi makikomi.
May be dropping by KL for a training stint again though.
May be dropping by KL for a training stint again though.
This is going to lead to some weird shit, and we haven’t even seen the beginning of it. https://x.com/puntium/status/1784313198801523036
This is why I am on this app.
It’s been entertaining watching CT learn that fight stamina is very different from stamina in just about every other sport context.
A huge chunk of combat sport training is just being able to keep your presence of mind as your body starts shutting down mid-fight.
A huge chunk of combat sport training is just being able to keep your presence of mind as your body starts shutting down mid-fight.
Given the long arc of human history, I’d be very surprised if memecoins were the first iteration of “let’s all get together and have fun and make money!!!!!1!!”
Well! This seems like a classic capital cycle story! https://www.adweek.com/media/hodinkee-crown-caliber/
Need a new term for the vibe you get when you’re looking at profit maximising crypto folk and they know they’re going to get rich but also that it’s all made up and it doesn’t matter and it’s fun.
Oh, right. It’s DEGEN, isn’t it?
Oh, right. It’s DEGEN, isn’t it?