there's this great old @kevinakwok piece about how marketplace platforms start with "amateurs" selling access to their underutilized fixed assets, and then get taken over by professional power users kwokchain.com/2020/01/23/undβ¦
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I pre-committed to doing an AMA when I hit 40,000 followers, which just happened. So, if you can think of any questions that you're interested in hearing my answer to, ask below, and I'll most likely attempt to answer!
The problem with the old airbnb cleaning rules was just that they didn't have to be disclosed before you booked. There was a 100 part table pre-booking that told you whether the place had a fax machine but not whether you'd be forced to wake up at 5am to wash your own sheets
would you still love me if I asked you endless hypothetical questions where every possible answer is wrong? π₯Ή
Uri Bram π retweeted
I have an entirely free day in New York this Friday. The possibilities are endless.
Places to see? People to meet? I am radically open to new experiences
Craziest thing in the world to me is that alchemy is real and my pals in sf are doing it
Last month, we demonstrated high-rate alchemy: turning mercury into real, stable gold, beating CERNβs record by a factor of 10.
Last week, we enriched isotopes in the worldβs most powerful plasma centrifuge, beating the Soviet record that stood for 40 years.
Now, weβre building a fusion reactor in San Francisco to achieve record power density.
Uri Bram π retweeted
What feels broken to yβall about video chat?
I previously founded a Zoom competitor, and it didnβt work out, but Iβve started feeling pretty dissatisfied w video chat recently.
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Replying to @UriBram
all armrests can be double decker if we just reject outdated ideas of βpersonal spaceβ and embrace a new norm of arm stacking
Uri Bram π retweeted
It didnβt matter who played. Founders at Betaworks, game designers at NYU, defense officials at Chatham House, tech people in SF: all four rooms ended up dependent on America.
Think you can do better? Dead Reckoning launches today. It's free. GLHF!
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Asterisk's only trade school graduate is back with blue collar lifestyle piece!
Skilled trades are frequently thought of as a route out of poverty. But trades workers tell a different story.
@JesseTayRiver, a contractor who works in home remodeling, explains:













