Saadiq

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Taking the LIRR to JFK for the first time. The fact that they have full signage for an outbound side and an inbound side but seem to still have trains come either side for both directions is so fucking New York.

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Holafly is good for unlimited and I've used airalo for a la carte stuff.

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Explaining staking and technical risk to a non-crypto friend. Does this mean we are back?

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Fast fashion meets software: AI enables rapid, disposable apps tailored to niche needs. From workout timers to Chutes & Ladders spinners, bespoke solutions are now accessible to everyone. While true software engineering remains complex, AI empowers individuals to create artisanal apps for personal use. Expect a surge of niche tools improving everyday experiences. What have you built lately?

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Fast fashion has come to software. I built a workout timer months back for 20 min body weight workouts while we were at an Airbnb this summer. This morning, I had Claude whip up a web app for a spinner to play Chutes & Ladders with my son. Disposable, bespoke apps for all.

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Everybody’s doing it. https://www.threads.net/@takebackflorida/post/DCpjl6GyWqd?xmt=AQGzK8LfC3ad7mVMwuUlaY9ZCbNb6wfVJQ-HQrWG4YNopg

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Agree. You will be far more successful at both if you can also do the task you are asking to be done. This thing will do exactly what you ask for but perhaps not what you want. You have to be able to know good work when you see it and nudge it back on track if it strays.

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AI isn't killing product management - it's eliminating the busywork. While document creation becomes trivial, the strategic work of connecting today's activities to customers' desired future becomes more crucial than ever. This "death" might just birth something better. https://paragraph.xyz/@saadiq/product-management-is-dead

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This encapsulates why it’s so hard to build in crypto. Zeneca is at least in touch with what he truly wants. Most people really think they are into the art, the innovation, the decentralization, etc but they just chase what’s pumping.

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Could you finish the thought?

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Disagree. Companies raise prices as much as they can independent of their tax situation. The constraint on them is if they have pricing power in their space. A tax on their inputs is a more direct contributor to raised prices because it would affect all players evenly. A tariff, for instance. Corp tax rate only affects their profits, right. So I think less direct contribution to prices.

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The other challenge is that while that’s true, most are also fooling themselves about it. They think they are here for the art or the community or the whatever… And they give feedback and complain along that narrative… Complaints oddly silent when number is going up and ever present on the down.

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So, if I understand it, you're saying the fact that it is so rare isn't the point. The fact that it could ever happen even once is the point. Is that correct? Ok, sure. Far be it from me to tell someone else what they should worry about. However, frequently the solutions to this "problem" cause more harm than the actual "problem". We haven't gotten there in this conversation but anti-voter fraud policies disenfranchise orders of magnitude more voters than there have ever been cases of voter fraud. That's a thing I find horrifying.

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Left: A toss-up. We’re hoping our VP, a former DA and congressperson, pulls through, but it’s beyond our control. Right: This is ours. If our sexual assault perpetrator, Nazi-endorsed ex-president with multiple convictions loses, we’ll burn this country down.

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Terrifying why? Voter fraud is EXTREMELY rare. It’s interesting how bad we are as humans at judging risk. Most of us are terrified of sharks because those big teeth could saw through us (10 fatalities a year globally.) However we think nothing of jumping in our car every day (over 40k deaths / yr in the US). But still, imagine! 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Underrated comment. 😂

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No group is a monolith but it speaks to such a different world view that someone organizing thought this was a good move. I heard they had the content on the prompter. Somebody knew what was going to be said. Just wow. In a different age, this would be campaign ending if not also career ending.

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Lucky you. I will continue to panic donate until morale improves.

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Y’all are really going to make me fire this vpn up for this coin flip?! Ugh!

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Ah. Ok. I think the point is that Trump doesn't deserve the credit, not that Obama deserves credit. 1. Congress is responsible for checks. 2. Checks went out during other presidencies. 3. Nobody else was so narcissistic as to try and put their own name on it. As written.

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