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We’ll be white-hot forever We’re white-hot forever We’ll be white-hot forever and ever and ever, amen Tonight it all hit me. I felt this insane sense of overwhelm and… like I didn’t know who I was. Moves are a funny thing. Landing at an unknown location, where you know absolutely no one, and feeling tasked to build a new life from the ground up. I can’t even begin to describe how difficult it is…
I’m moving to San Francisco. I landed a job opportunity at a place I can’t even believe I’m going to. A dream job. Enormous impact, life-changing, one of those you just can’t say no to. That involves transplanting my entire life in a rather short time. I feel strongly about having to make enormous sacrifices in the name of being a corporate entity in this world. The life of a high-flying career is…
Hi. I’ve hosted a couple pregames at this point and I think I figured out what to do. Here’s a short and sweet guide on how to host for around 15-20 people. What to buy Big bottle of Costco vodka One bottle of Bacardi One bottle of Pink Whitney (people loooove Pink Whitney. Seriously) A bottle of lemonade for chasers As many cans of soda and sparkling water as you can grab A box of hard seltzers…
AI is the function f(x) = x · |x|. It turns 10x into 100x, 1x into 1x, and -10x into -100x. — satvikpendem
An interesting hidden superpower I have is the fact that I’m often underestimated. People often think I’m dumb or unaware. The way I carry myself. The way I talk. I’m not the norm around here — no big name university, not from the West Coast. I come from a tiny island in the Caribbean. Sometimes I just don’t know something and I ask. No filter. That irritates some people. The confidence. The…
Found in the comments section of an article by Steve Blank on the AI boom: Ding ding ding, big flashing lights, Vegas casino sign.
I just turned twenty six years old. necklaces For some reason, it all feels bittersweet. I know it’s the start of a generational year for me. However, I feel a whirlwind of emotions. Fear, dread, something something. I know something big is coming, I just don’t know what it is yet. fridge I listen to Candy Necklace and Jon Batiste Interlude. I feel they capture both ends of how I feel right now.…
What was I made for?
Today I did something pretty unusual. I watched Her , inspired by Esther Perel’s latest episode — she actually had the guy who wrote the movie on. I watched it and came out with some thoughts, because this movie is prescient . Genuinely prescient of what’s happening now, with large language models that can actually be like her. Maybe not superintelligent — that part hasn’t come yet — but they can…
Tonight I felt this strange feeling of dread. I’m turning 26 in two months. Ten years ago I was sixteen years old. Today I live an unrecognizable life, with completely different problems and people. Today, I have the freedom to build the life I desire. That idea is exciting. It’s also crushing with responsibility. The idea of the progression of life scares me. The idea of never feeling those…
Maturity isn’t about becoming boring or numb or resigned to some joyless, beige existence. It’s about finding fun and excitement that doesn’t cost you—that doesn’t leave you hollowed out, guilty, or spending a year recovering. Think about it: there’s a difference between: The “ fun” of a toxic relationship (intense, chaotic, leaves you worse off) The fun of… travel, creative projects, deep…
Heads up! This is an excerpt from my budding Zettelkasten. I’ve done “ digital gardening” for a couple years now and have a ton of random notes saved that I’d like to post online. These are digital dumps of my latest notes, so they’re not complete and might be wrong. Point anything out in the comments! This post serves as an index for the concept of liberalism , its ideas and different kinds.…
Those long, meandering walks will add up to something.
Por aquello que encontré en tus ojos Por aquello que perdí en la lucha Conocer la otra mitad es poco Comprender que solo estar es más puro Me pondré el uniforme de piel humana No esperaba tanto resplandor El fin de amar, sentirse más vivo El fin del mar, es sentirse igual Vivo
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I keep thinking about the idea of home not feeling like home anymore. I go back to my hometown and everything’s changed. I’ve changed. I’m no longer the same, the businesses are different, even the streets. Or maybe they feel that way because I’m not there anymore. Where do you go when home doesn’t feel like home anymore? Now my life is sweet like cinnamon Like a fucking dream I’m livin’ in
Something about life lately has me thinking constantly about my own mortality. Maybe it’s a rite of passage once you hit 25. The idea of what happens after I pass. What’s next? Darkness? Where does it all go? Heaven, hell? The idea of losing all my knowledge. Where do all my ideas go? My memories? Small things, like what brand of cologne to buy, my family recipes, which songs I really like? Will…
Autocrats destroy republics by cosplaying as moderates, building a winning coalition, then unleashing their ideology once majoritarian political power is secured. Hugo Chávez. A beret-wearing 1 revolutionary, he was sent to prison after his plot to overthrow President Carlos Andrés Pérez was foiled. Once free, he became a friendly suit-wearing “ socialist-y but not really” moderate, friendly with…
Goddamn, man-child You act like a kid even though you stand six foot two Self-loathing poet, resident Laurel Canyon know-it-all You talk to the walls when the party gets bored of you … You’re fun and you’re wild But you don’t know the half of the shit that you put me through … ’ Cause you’re just a man It’s just what you do Your head in your hands As you color me blue I might have been born again…
Today marks the last day in my full course of Accutane. Ever since Jan-Feb, I’ve been religiously taking 60mg of isotretinoin in order to permanently “ cure” (or severely lessen) breakouts of acne on my face and body. Sometime near early January I decided I needed to change something in my life. I was going through a difficult period at the time and–when I looked in the mirror, I saw something I…
This website is super cool: it’s a visual deep dive on how traceroute works. My traceroute implementation uses a protocol called ICMP . ICMP was designed specifically for sending diagnostic information around the Internet, and, helpfully, almost every Internet-connected device speaks it. Interestingly, ICMP packets have a “ TTL ” (time to live) field. This isn’t actually a “ time” as implied by a…
Title. Moments ago I dropped an absurd amount on just a couple of items. I recall being younger and seeing my parents 1 dropping $100 on a full-to-the-brim cart of groceries once a month . Somehow that kept us all fed until the next run. Today, $100 barely fills half a shopping cart in Seattle. Look: I make a good salary working a corporate job. If I , a single dude living alone, feel like I’m…
The quickest way to sink a political campaign is for a candidate to do something that confirms the public’s suspicions (or preconceived notions) about them. Once the electorate’s perception locks in, it’s impossible to recover. There’s plenty of examples, some in recent electoral history. Some: Howard Dean’s scream : Confirmed a suspicion that the candidate wasn’t “ presidential” enough. Biden’s…
From the NYT : A backbench assemblyman who had immigrated to New York City at age 7, he had almost no citywide profile. Even fellow socialists thought his views on policing and Israel would put a hard ceiling on his support. And the field running against the scandal-plagued mayor, Eric Adams, was growing by the day. Mr. Mamdani later told an ally that he had confided in his fiancée, Rama Duwaji 1…
If you haven’t checked out Seattle Restaurant Week yet, you must! All participating spots have a special $35 menu. The restaurants typically showcase the best they’ve got to offer and the plates feature generous portions. I visited Di Fiori and experienced some of the best carbonara pasta I’ve ever had—and that’s without mentioning the delicious appetizers included in the deal. You wouldn’t…
Today in the NYT : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/world/europe/louvre-heist-dna-databases.html Private consumer genetics companies are banned in France, in good part because the practice of tracing one’s ancestry is sensitive, Ms. Vailly said, given the country’s history. The Jewish ancestry of many French citizens was used to send them to death camps during World War II . Last month, France’s…
Now that systemd-resolved + netplan are the default networking setup in Ubuntu systems, enabling this is super easy: # in /etc/systemd/resolved.conf MulticastDNS=yes This used to be painful in the past—you’d have to mess with avahi-daemon . Then: sudo resolvectl mdns wlp0s20f3 yes
Lune, if you can hold this vision: you don’t have to lose your thrill to grow, and you don’t have to lose respect to feel alive — you just have to integrate consciously. I love these words.
The other day I was at a karaoke bar in Capitol Hill with a couple of friends… we’re about to close out and my song comes on. So American by Olivia Rodrigo. I love this song. I think about the idea of someone feeling this way about me: When he laughs at all my jokes And he says I’m so American Oh God, it’s just not fair of him To make me feel this much I’ll go anywhere he goes And he says I’m so…
Said, “ why do we run to the ones we do?” I don’t belong to anyone, ooh I made you God ’ cause it was all That I knew how to do But I don’t belong to anyone (ooh)
And here I begin my new blog, bright-eyed with ideas on things to write and feelings to express. I find myself at a crossroads in my life. A place where the most critical thing I need to do is write and reflect . And I’m looking to do it with you, whoever you are–kind reader. I pour my heart out to you and I hope it serves someone. I hope someone reads this and feels these feelings, maybe finds…