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poswald Mar 8

Amazing work Google

poswald Feb 20

moshboy Feb 20

a list of things to do while waiting for doom, posted on america online by user "wolkonsky", while waiting for the release of doom (august 27th, 1993) https://web.archive.org/web/20030108132329/https://rome.ro/lee_killough/humor/doominsa.txt

poswald Feb 14

@amake you know what time it is… Daiso time.

poswald Feb 10

Louie Mantia, Jr.Feb 9

I feel I have to say that while I have a video camera doorbell, it is... not connected to the Internet at all?? It’s just a closed circuit situation. It’s... normal in Japan, every home has one.

It’s absolutely nutso that Ring ever became popular, because the technology to do this without the Internet already existed.

poswald Jan 14

Héliographe Jan 14

If you put the Apple icons in reverse it looks like the portfolio of someone getting really really good at icon design

poswald Jan 2

Paul Fairie Jan 1

A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026

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poswald Dec 13

kaia Dec 12

Gianni Crea holding the keys to the Vatican

poswald Oct 25

TIL that "walk off home run” (a home run that ends the game) was coined in the 80's and only entered common use in the late 90’s or 2000’s. Explains why I didn't know exactly what it was referring to (it's the other team walking off the field while you round the bases). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk-off_home_run

Walk-off home run - Wikipedia

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poswald Oct 9

At first I thought these companies were doomed... they were running with risks that seemed insurmountable. I've been tempted to short some of them. But time and again, they make it across the chasm and continue along, strong as ever. Mastering the hype around your company and keeping your investors faithful has really become a core business skill. I dislike it but it’s kind of a superpower.

poswald Oct 9

I started with value investing. Calculate book value and margins of safety. Over time, growth investing took over my world. A company can build a huge moat over very long time periods. It may look unprofitable but can leverage it's own growth and equity to hire the best employees, close huge deals, and dominate markets.

I think we're now in an era of Roadrunner investing. There are so many companies that don't make any sense by standard metrics but if they just don’t look down they can make it