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Max Miner
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FID 1580 | dad. exec director @ SkillsEngine. product. design. art. code. philosophy. technology. economics. systems.
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Fellow parents: this device change my life. I can’t recommend it enough.
As parents of a 2 y/o in daycare and a 6 week old, we deal with a lot of snot and boogers. Each week is a new onslaught of germs from school.
One of the best tools for keeping our kids happy and feeling good is the snot sucker. But the “manual” version requires doing the sucking yourself — effectively inhaling whatever germs live inside your kids nose (there’s a filter to catch the big stuff lol).
This is the machine version. Look into it. Might change your life too.
No more catching Noro and RSV simultaneously.
As parents of a 2 y/o in daycare and a 6 week old, we deal with a lot of snot and boogers. Each week is a new onslaught of germs from school.
One of the best tools for keeping our kids happy and feeling good is the snot sucker. But the “manual” version requires doing the sucking yourself — effectively inhaling whatever germs live inside your kids nose (there’s a filter to catch the big stuff lol).
This is the machine version. Look into it. Might change your life too.
No more catching Noro and RSV simultaneously.
One of the most important things I underestimated as an early founder was the need for a founders agreement.
Before you form a company or build much of anything, you should set clear expectations for what each founder will contribute, who gets what decision making power, what you’re working toward together, and how (even generally) you plan to divide the value created.
No matter how tight you might think you are with you cofounders, it’s important to write it down in clear terms.
The cost to do it later is much greater and not having this in place can lead to the disintegration of a startup.
Before you form a company or build much of anything, you should set clear expectations for what each founder will contribute, who gets what decision making power, what you’re working toward together, and how (even generally) you plan to divide the value created.
No matter how tight you might think you are with you cofounders, it’s important to write it down in clear terms.
The cost to do it later is much greater and not having this in place can lead to the disintegration of a startup.
Early morning adventures with the 2 y/o
In systems thinking, social security
(as currently constructed) is called a ‘reinforcing loop’ that has led to unsustainable growth with a potential for ‘runaway collapse.’
If we don’t have enough people to fund future retirees’ benefits, where will the find the funds? What comes next?
(Btw when I ask ChatGPT if Social Security is a ponzi, it replies ‘no’ because it’s government sanctioned 😂)
(as currently constructed) is called a ‘reinforcing loop’ that has led to unsustainable growth with a potential for ‘runaway collapse.’
If we don’t have enough people to fund future retirees’ benefits, where will the find the funds? What comes next?
(Btw when I ask ChatGPT if Social Security is a ponzi, it replies ‘no’ because it’s government sanctioned 😂)
I’m compiling a list of active/successful venture studios, startup studios, and incubators for research purposes (happy to share it too) — basically any firm that builds ideas internally and spins them out into standalone companies or licensed products.
Which ones come to mind (if any)?
Big or small. Any category. Any location.
A few on the list already:
PSL, Atomic, Idea Labs…
Which ones come to mind (if any)?
Big or small. Any category. Any location.
A few on the list already:
PSL, Atomic, Idea Labs…
DOJ considering a breakup of certain parts of Google after the latest antitrust rulings.
Chrome, Android, and Play are all up for consideration
Chrome, Android, and Play are all up for consideration
The first release from Jason Singer’s (iykyk) new company, Mainframe.
fuLLMoon - run LLMs on device
https://fullmoon.app
Cc: /theai
fuLLMoon - run LLMs on device
https://fullmoon.app
Cc: /theai
We have a family of 3 toads living in our sprinkler box.
Each morning our 2 year old asks if we can go check on them and say hello.
Today he asked me to take a picture of them. 🐸 📸
Each morning our 2 year old asks if we can go check on them and say hello.
Today he asked me to take a picture of them. 🐸 📸
Figured I would make this public —
675+ investors on x/Twitter
I’ve been building this list for years and it includes US-based VC, angel, and PE investors across industries.
Use it for learning.
Use it to make connections.
Use it however you’d like.
https://x.com/i/lists/1390359437978873858
675+ investors on x/Twitter
I’ve been building this list for years and it includes US-based VC, angel, and PE investors across industries.
Use it for learning.
Use it to make connections.
Use it however you’d like.
https://x.com/i/lists/1390359437978873858
“Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.”
– Hunter S Thompson
– Hunter S Thompson
OODA is a decision making framework created by the US Air Force to guide pilot decisions during live dogfights.
It has since been popularized as a favorite strategy of Jeff Bezos.
If done right, your opponents are stuck responding/orienting to your last move while you are moving into your next strategic action.
It has since been popularized as a favorite strategy of Jeff Bezos.
If done right, your opponents are stuck responding/orienting to your last move while you are moving into your next strategic action.
Smash burgers and palomas at Sour Duck
Perplexity’s quality feels like it’s waning.
You feel it too?
Maybe it’s the novelty wearing off, or the noticeable expansion of garbage AI content it recycles, or that the cookie jar got shut when they were called out for scraping paywalled content… but something has changed.
Increasingly finding myself back on Google or going straight to ChatGPT to ask o1 for assistance.
Not sure their desktop app announcement can make enough of a difference.
You feel it too?
Maybe it’s the novelty wearing off, or the noticeable expansion of garbage AI content it recycles, or that the cookie jar got shut when they were called out for scraping paywalled content… but something has changed.
Increasingly finding myself back on Google or going straight to ChatGPT to ask o1 for assistance.
Not sure their desktop app announcement can make enough of a difference.
If you’re a fan of Bluey, you’ll probably like Netflix’s Trash Truck too
Positive lessons
Short episodes
No “coco melon” addictive stuff
Good enough to watch as an adult
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt9288860/
Positive lessons
Short episodes
No “coco melon” addictive stuff
Good enough to watch as an adult
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt9288860/
I’ve always found a lot of alpha in reading military strategy docs and research materials.
They may not always be on the cutting edge of every tech or social change, but they play long term games, across domains, and with the highest stakes possible on the line.
A lot can be learned from those kind of models and mindsets — especially regarding power, competition and navigating modern socio techno landscapes to a co we’ve organizational goals.
This chart was pulled from an asymmetric warfare strategies (a topic every founder should know well) document by RAND that I rediscovered recently in my archives.
They may not always be on the cutting edge of every tech or social change, but they play long term games, across domains, and with the highest stakes possible on the line.
A lot can be learned from those kind of models and mindsets — especially regarding power, competition and navigating modern socio techno landscapes to a co we’ve organizational goals.
This chart was pulled from an asymmetric warfare strategies (a topic every founder should know well) document by RAND that I rediscovered recently in my archives.
Sunrise walks with the 2 y/o
We live in wild times.
How do you even begin to grapple with PhD level intelligence available as an API?
How do you even begin to grapple with PhD level intelligence available as an API?
Can we have a conversation about opportunities to invest in nuclear?
You don’t have to take it from me, smart money is getting in on elemental energy now. Just ask Packy.
The dams are starting to break and the latest announcement about Three Mile should be a wake up call.
So what’s the strategy?
Here are a few areas I’ve been looking into and placing bets:
- material sourcing and refinement
- small scale reactors (like the ones already on submarines)
- fission systems
- incumbent utilities companies
What am I missing? What are you thinking about?
You don’t have to take it from me, smart money is getting in on elemental energy now. Just ask Packy.
The dams are starting to break and the latest announcement about Three Mile should be a wake up call.
So what’s the strategy?
Here are a few areas I’ve been looking into and placing bets:
- material sourcing and refinement
- small scale reactors (like the ones already on submarines)
- fission systems
- incumbent utilities companies
What am I missing? What are you thinking about?
This. More people on FC need to hear this.
If you truly believe in liberty, freedom of speech and freedom to transact, then you are fundamentally out of alignment with one party (dare I say authoritarian) governments—no matter how much they might embrace crypto publicly.
You can certainly still respect and appreciate those countries, but to hold them up as idyllic libertarian hubs reveals a deep misunderstanding of world history and geopolitics.
If you truly believe in liberty, freedom of speech and freedom to transact, then you are fundamentally out of alignment with one party (dare I say authoritarian) governments—no matter how much they might embrace crypto publicly.
You can certainly still respect and appreciate those countries, but to hold them up as idyllic libertarian hubs reveals a deep misunderstanding of world history and geopolitics.
That’s why you use Replit.com — built in AI debugger to comb through all that freshly generated code