#paulgraham — Public Fediverse posts
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This startup wants to build a fusion reactor — on a boat
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Teen founders raise $6M to reinvent pesticides using AI — and convince Paul Graham to join in
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Your occasional #reminder that "Hacker" "News" is neither.
Stop reading it, and you will get smarter. Stop posting links to it, and your readers do.
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Your occasional #reminder that "Hacker" "News" is neither.
Stop reading it, and you will get smarter. Stop posting links to it, and your readers do.
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Your occasional #reminder that "Hacker" "News" is neither.
Stop reading it, and you will get smarter. Stop posting links to it, and your readers do.
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Your occasional #reminder that "Hacker" "News" is neither.
Stop reading it, and you will get smarter. Stop posting links to it, and your readers do.
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Your occasional #reminder that "Hacker" "News" is neither.
Stop reading it, and you will get smarter. Stop posting links to it, and your readers do.
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Paul Graham writes Lisp code that's mostly understandable... unless you try reading it 🤔. With names so short they resemble a cat walking on a keyboard, and a love for deeply nested "if" statements, it's a wonder anyone can decipher his cryptic masterpieces. Apparently, loops are for amateurs 🌀.
https://courses.cs.northwestern.edu/325/readings/graham/graham-notes.html #PaulGraham #LispCode #CrypticMasterpieces #ProgrammingHumor #CodeReadability #HackerNews #ngated -
Portrait of the Artist's Mother
1) Charlie Engman
3) Joey Solomon
4) Larry Sultan, 1992
5) Paul Graham#portraitoftheartistsmother #mother #mothers #artistsmothers #incelebrationofmothers #marilynminter #joeysolomon #larrysultan #paulgraham #colorphotography #mothersday #mom #photographers #photography #fotografia #fotografie #portraits #photoworld
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Portrait of the Artist's Mother
1) Charlie Engman
3) Joey Solomon
4) Larry Sultan, 1992
5) Paul Graham#portraitoftheartistsmother #mother #mothers #artistsmothers #incelebrationofmothers #marilynminter #joeysolomon #larrysultan #paulgraham #colorphotography #mothersday #mom #photographers #photography #fotografia #fotografie #portraits #photoworld
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Portrait of the Artist's Mother
1) Charlie Engman
3) Joey Solomon
4) Larry Sultan, 1992
5) Paul Graham#portraitoftheartistsmother #mother #mothers #artistsmothers #incelebrationofmothers #marilynminter #joeysolomon #larrysultan #paulgraham #colorphotography #mothersday #mom #photographers #photography #fotografia #fotografie #portraits #photoworld
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Portrait of the Artist's Mother
1) Charlie Engman
3) Joey Solomon
4) Larry Sultan, 1992
5) Paul Graham#portraitoftheartistsmother #mother #mothers #artistsmothers #incelebrationofmothers #marilynminter #joeysolomon #larrysultan #paulgraham #colorphotography #mothersday #mom #photographers #photography #fotografia #fotografie #portraits #photoworld
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Portrait of the Artist's Mother
1) Charlie Engman
3) Joey Solomon
4) Larry Sultan, 1992
5) Paul Graham#portraitoftheartistsmother #mother #mothers #artistsmothers #incelebrationofmothers #marilynminter #joeysolomon #larrysultan #paulgraham #colorphotography #mothersday #mom #photographers #photography #fotografia #fotografie #portraits #photoworld
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Creating something
I’m the obsessive type. I’m ordered and process driven to a fault, but not quite (or at least, only rarely) to the point where this affects my ability to function. I’m continuously thinking about things like can I carry something else if I’m going in a certain direction— which is fine when heading out to run errands with the car, but which can stop me in my tracks, and cause me to turn in circles in place, before moving from room to room. I’m also obsessive about doing things. I’m the guy you want physically setting up your complex computer systems and networks—physically arranging everything. I’m the guy who got really into roller skating, bicycling, skiing, Aikido, scratch-building radio-controlled gliders, sailing… there’s a much longer list.
I learned one lesson on my own over the years and many obsessions: Do or do not. I am unable to “spend less time” on an obsession. I have to lean into it, or let go of it. Many of my obsessions paid off either as income or simply being useful to my personal growth. Being able to assess when continuing an obsession is not going to do either of those things for me is a hard-won skill.
But there are some heuristics you can use to guess whether an obsession might be one that matters. For example, it’s more promising if you’re creating something, rather than just consuming something someone else creates. It’s more promising if something you’re interested in is difficult, especially if it’s more difficult for other people than it is for you. And the obsessions of talented people are more likely to be promising. When talented people become interested in random things, they’re not truly random.
But you can never be sure. In fact, here’s an interesting idea that’s also rather alarming if it’s true: it may be that to do great work, you also have to waste a lot of time.
~ Paul Graham from, The Bus Ticket Theory of Geniusslip:4upage2.
Graham’s point about creation is a second lesson about obsession. I agree, and I think an obsession’s being about creation is critical. I stumbled really near this lesson a few months ago when I wrote Being Genuine for Open + Curious where I wrote…
A great conversation is one where we (and our partners) feel the joy of creation, even if that’s while discussing a contentious topic. We have little chance of being creative if we know, or think we know, where things are headed.
Creation is critical. I need to imagine the world differently, and then try to go and create that new world.
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The usually interesting Paul Graham has written a longgg piece (I guess c. 8k-10k words) which meanders a bit; it is a bit unstructured, and is a gathering of thoughts around getting ‘great work done’. However - that’s the point: it’s a really interesting and worthwhile read, with lots of nuggets of wisdom throughout. The journey is the point!
http://paulgraham.com/greatwork.html
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YCombinator founder Paul Graham has left Twitter:
https://nitter.kavin.rocks/paulg/status/1604556563338887168
HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34041985
He's now at @paulg
(That's
[email protected], omitting the leading '@' sign.)#HackerNews #PaulGraham #Twitter #YCombinator #Twexodus #Plexodus
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YCombinator founder Paul Graham has left Twitter:
https://nitter.kavin.rocks/paulg/status/1604556563338887168
HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34041985
He's now at @paulg
(That's
[email protected], omitting the leading '@' sign.)#HackerNews #PaulGraham #Twitter #YCombinator #Twexodus #Plexodus
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YCombinator founder Paul Graham has left Twitter:
https://nitter.kavin.rocks/paulg/status/1604556563338887168
HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34041985
He's now at @paulg
(That's
[email protected], omitting the leading '@' sign.)#HackerNews #PaulGraham #Twitter #YCombinator #Twexodus #Plexodus
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YCombinator founder Paul Graham has left Twitter:
https://nitter.kavin.rocks/paulg/status/1604556563338887168
HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34041985
He's now at @paulg
(That's
[email protected], omitting the leading '@' sign.)#HackerNews #PaulGraham #Twitter #YCombinator #Twexodus #Plexodus
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YCombinator founder Paul Graham has left Twitter:
https://nitter.kavin.rocks/paulg/status/1604556563338887168
HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34041985
He's now at @paulg
(That's
[email protected], omitting the leading '@' sign.)#HackerNews #PaulGraham #Twitter #YCombinator #Twexodus #Plexodus
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4-year founder vesting is dead - Jake Jolis
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How Freight master Flexport’s Ryan Petersen learned to CEO - “I didn’t know what the term ‘freight forwarder’ meant until a year into starting the business.” Con... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/vHiX4sldoiY/ #ryanpetersen #coronavirus #seanlinehan #management #paulgraham #logistics #personnel #peterpham #startups #covid-19 #flexport #health #talent #apps #ceo #tc
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How should B2B startups think about growth? Not like B2C - Tyler Elliston & Kevin Barry
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Tyler Elliston is the ... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/GF130B6KnUY/ #farmersbusinessnetwork #digitaladvertising #onlineadvertising #verifiedexperts #growthmarketing #growthhacking #growthtactics #paulgraham #ecommerce #geocities #marketing #startups #zenefits #kabbage #column #talent #ondeck #yelp #b2b #sms #tc #hr -
Hackaday Links: May 19, 2019 - Cheap nostalgia, that’s the name of the game. If you can somehow build and ship ‘cheap nostalgia’,... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/05/19/hackaday-links-may-19-2019/ #hackadaycolumns #hackadaylinks #rotaryencoder #paulgraham #pidp-11/70 #behringer #palmtop #cs-80
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Y Combinator president Sam Altman is stepping down amid a series of changes at the accelerator - Sam Altman, the well-known president of the prolific Silicon Valley accelerator Y Combinator, is s... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/EeUQMbOAYtA/ #artificialintelligence #chiefexecutiveofficer #venturecapital #michaelseibel #sanfrancisco #accelerator #ycombinator #co-founder #paulgraham #president #samaltman #startups #articles #chairman #advisor #partner #openai #yc
