Alain Meier

@alain

Co-founder , . Designer and programmer. Stanford CS. Tongue-in-cheek.

Mountain View, California
alainmeier.com
Joined July 2008
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    19 Jul 2014

    Your weekend is my opportunity.

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  2. Jul 12

    Car salesman: *slaps roof of the human knee* this bad boy can fit so many evolutionary design flaws

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  3. Jul 12

    The year is 2025 Your employee DMs you to say they have lost their company stock because they sent it to a non-ERC20 compatible wallet

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  4. Jul 1

    Making my way downtown Walking fast Faces pass And I’m working on my last will and testament so my crypto holdings aren’t held up in probate in the event of my untimely demise Seriously you should probably do this too

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  5. Retweeted
    May 23

    It's GDPR eve! Don't forget to put out milk, cookies, and a signed consent form for the EU Commissioner!

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  6. May 19

    A more honest statement for most people is “I want to receive critical feedback and I want better awareness of how people see me in the long run, but it still feels bad to receive it in the short run” But where is the signaling value in that 😅

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  7. May 19

    It frequently seems like something people only say when they’re self conscious about their ability to accept and synthesize feedback

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  8. May 19

    The more you say “I love critical feedback” the less I think it’s actually true

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  9. Retweeted
    May 15

    "Does this couch make my butt look big?"

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  10. Retweeted
    May 14

    Me, building products: Keep it simple, slash features, make the most common user experience feel great. Me, using products: Why doesn't this have keyboard shortcuts? How do I bulk edit 100 things at once?

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  11. May 8

    Remember that emoji started as an optional Japanese keyboard in iOS settings only to be made default due to frequent activation. If you have product market fit, your product will drag itself out of the depths of UX hell to succeed

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  12. May 5

    I think and are UX-first crypto sister companies

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  13. Apr 26

    Artificial sweeteners don’t cause an insulin response, but they may well potentiate subsequent glucose consumption-induced spikes (and appetite) Trying a long-term diet? 🙅‍♂️ No diet soda, 🙅‍♂️ No diet ice cream, 🙅‍♂️ No sugar-free food

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  14. Apr 25

    Something we thought a lot about when designing the brand 🤔

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  15. Apr 25

    Statins 👉 reduce cholesterol while you improve diet Albuterol 👉 improve lung airflow while you quit smoking Metformin 👉 reduce plasma glucose while you lose weight and improve diet Anti-depressants 👉 motivate you while you fix life circumstances

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  16. Apr 25

    The purpose of most prescriptions is to help you achieve homeostasis in the face of adversity, but millions of people use them to indefinitely masks symptoms

    What is a person worth to the medical industrial-complex? Healthy-->Occasional check-ups; basically worthless Worried well-->Lots of test and take lots of vitamins $$ Acutely sick/injured-->Yay! A quick hit of Ca$h Chronically Sick-->A gold mine!💰 Dead-->worthless
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  17. Apr 25

    There are 5 primary features that characterize human language vs. animal language: - ✍️ Grammatical process and word formation - 🤝 Cultural transmission - 🔬 Duality of patterning - 💩 Emoji and shitposting - 💸 Flexing on Twitter about your crypto holdings

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  18. Apr 22

    Nintendo isn’t a competitor to Sony or Microsoft. They’re the world’s best toy company

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  19. Apr 12

    There is an irrational amount of responsibility you feel when your friends visit countries that you culturally or genetically identify with

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  20. Mar 29

    Does “company started by former {big company} employee” actually impress anyone anymore?

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  21. Mar 23

    If you support crypto projects or companies who have not been advised + audited by security experts on organization-level security, push them to do so. It's going to be nasty

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