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10 May 2024
Totally surreal to wake up and see your 9-year passion project on the front of the @WSJ.
Thanks @bzcohen, for really capturing the essence of @AcquiredFM.
wsj.com/business/media/acqui…
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Jun 4
It's crazy my brain has a subconscious place for "don't copy anything, you already have something important copied but not pasted yet."
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Jun 2
We're experimenting with a PDF companion for each episode — tables, charts, timelines, etc.
Here's our first one for Vanguard. Let us know what you think!
library.acquired.fm/episodes…
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Jun 1
We're coming to NYC this month. In conversation with the one and only @btaylor. Hope to see you there :)
Jun 1
Something we're excited about:
June 24 · NYC · @btaylor the hosts of @acquiredfm
The AI Paradox — what's real, what's hype, where we’re headed.
5:30pm, New York. Space is limited. Reserve your spot here: sierra.ai/events/sierra-acqu…
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May 30
My son is watching Toy Story 4 on the plane next to me. I just glanced over and thought "huh, cool they shot this with anamorphic lenses."
But... it's animated. They INTENTIONALLY simulated the look of anamorphic lenses. Unbelievable attention to detail.
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May 30
Okay, there's even more to it in this great video from @TheeNerdwriter.
Anamorphic is intentionally used when shooting Bo to contrast her mindset against Woody's.
Woody is "shot" with spherical lenses since he has a static world-view, resistant to change.
Insane.
youtube.com/watch?v=AcZ2OY5-…
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Ben Gilbert retweeted
May 26
In case you woke up this morning, saw people on the internet yelling at each other, and thought "jeez, why is the Luce so controversial for all the Ferrari die-hards?" acquired.fm/episodes/ferrari
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May 26
Dithering is my favorite podcast. I listen to every episode.
I've been reading @daringfireball for over 20 years. @djrosent and I first bonded over sending each other @stratechery articles in 2014.
This is unbelievably cool and a complete surprise when I woke up this morning.
May 26
Acquired the Podcast
John discovers a new podcast and an innovative business model.
Subscribe at Dithering.fm
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May 20
I love how heavily @SpaceX leaned into photography in their S-1. The first 15 pages are all pictures, many of which have no explanation at all.
It just makes you... feel.
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May 20
Astonishing stats on drawdowns from @APNavaratnam:
In the new @AcquiredFM episode on Vanguard, @gilbert, @djrosent cited our research on companies that have 100x'd since IPO.
These are history's best stocks, with a 533x avg return. The basket includes Microsoft, Amazon, Costco, etc.
Yet the experience of owning them ain't easy.
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May 19
Vanguard is the largest shareholder of most companies in the S&P 500.
Here's their stake in the largest 10:
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May 19
Vanguard has directly saved investors $500 billion in fees since 1975.
And it's all because of their unique structure: they have no shareholders (besides their customers!), so they have no need to generate profits.
Our latest episode, in your podcast players now.
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May 18
In your podcast players now.
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May 17
Tomorrow.
"Do not allow the tyranny of compounding costs to overwhelm the magic of compounding returns."
-Jack Bogle
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May 14
Fun news from Acquired HQ: we will now be writing a regular column in the @WSJ with an excerpt from each new episode.
This Friday. Stay tuned.
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May 11
This 1980s picture always romantically makes the rounds, but where did the 5(!) passengers across the middle put their carry-on's in Delta's L-1011?
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Apr 30
Engineering is so cool.
Apr 30
A great visualization of how a radial engine works in this Pratt & Whitney R-985 cut-away
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Apr 27
AI leaders need to talk more about the incredible positive upside of AI, not the conflated downsides (yes, I'm looking at you Dario). $GOOGL $NVDA
THANK YOU to Google's Amin Vahdat and Jeff Dean for their inspiring visions on what AI will enable. The video clip below is a MUST WATCH.
Also: “No matter what, it’s going to take a lot of compute”
It would be the dumbest thing ever to overregulate and cripple AI progress based on false, misleading AI doomer narratives.
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Apr 27
I could listen to @JeffDean tell engineering stories all day.
Jeff and Amin on the history of TPUs and AI at Google: youtu.be/BpnJYJmbXcM
I had a good time discussing yesterday's Google TPU v8t and v8i announcement at Cloud Next with Amin Vahdat along with @AcquiredFM hosts @gilbert
and @djrosent.
The blog post announcement has lots of details about these new chips:
blog.google/innovation-and-a…
Here's a thread of some particular things I'm excited about:
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Ben Gilbert retweeted
Apr 17
Ferrari's entire business strategy on one slide.
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