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You can check your faith in humanity by evaluating what you expect will happen on the day we achieve full interspecies communication.
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Jun 12
If you have a hard time differentiating information, knowledge, and wisdom. These are terrible times.
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Jun 11
In a world where only hot topics move the discourse.
Mild opinions still matter.
Be aware of those talking in a lower volume.
They may be saying more relevant stuff than the ones yelling.
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One of the things I'm very proud of from my time at BX Blue is the relationship I've built with my co-founders. 8 years together is a long time, especially when it works so well. So let me share a bit on why I believe it worked out.
fpill.substack.com/publish/p…
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The market values perceived effort more than real effort.
That's why a story sells better than just a value prop.
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76 years later, and we're still debating the same things.
But the question today is:
How do you prove you are human?
How do you prove you had intent?
Instead of the other way around?
courses.cs.umbc.edu/471/pape…
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The Imitation Game's conclusion hits a lot different after 76 years of its publication.
courses.cs.umbc.edu/471/pape…
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The best vendor implementations I had throughout my experience were the lightest and fastest ones.
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May 29
This is 1999 Hollywood looking back at 1984 Silicon Valley.
"History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme.” -- MT
youtube.com/watch?v=yG4DvM0w…
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May 28
I was updating a DNS record the other day.
The platform asked to expect up to 48 hours for it to propagate.
Back in the day,m it usually took a few hours, but it has been more than a decade since this happened in minutes.
Time to update those expectations, folks.
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May 27
Engineers leave for a bunch of reasons, but I'd say that trust is the main one. Once alignment starts to dwindle and trust starts to erode, the cracks begin to widen. Some leaders focus too much on the "Shields Down" moment, when in fact, they should focus on how trust got away.
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May 26
Since I started rambling about principles, I thought it was worth sharing a few of my own.
open.substack.com/pub/fpill/…
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May 25
Just pointing out my own hypocrisy, as much as I find odd people that name their AIs, as an old IT person, I name all my devices (sorry old sysops habits don't go that easy)
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May 22
I don't name my AIs for the same reason I don't name my chickens ...
and worth mentioning that I never killed any of my chickens.
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May 21
I'm close to 25 years into my profession, and Study Groups and Book Clubs remain very strong tools for delving into a topic.
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May 20
If you are one of those trashing Gen Z (or Alphas), remember Gen X was once called "The Slacker Generation," and put yourself in perspective.
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May 19
I may have missed the chance to enjoy my quarter-life crisis, but I hope I'm still in time to take advantage of my mid-life one.
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May 18
I'm sorry, I was wrong. The most important skill right now is the ability to detect, filter out, and remain unaffected by bullshit.
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