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Fallibilist, optimist. Stripe CEO.

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  1. Sep 2

    The Art of Approximation in Science and Engineering taught me a lot when I first read it (; see section 2.1 to get a sense.) Thanks to for introducing me to its biology equivalent: .

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  2. Sep 1

    Proudly posted my 7.5km run on Strava only to find that , 64, just ran a 4:04 marathon with 1,600’ of elevation gain.

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  3. Sep 1

    Have been enjoying 's blog: .

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    Aug 28

    Awesome news to start my day! Congratulations to , and team on this huge milestone bringing on board an excellent group of investors including

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  5. Aug 27

    🤔. [Source: .]

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  6. Aug 26

    The New Governors: The People, Rules, and Processes Governing Online Speech: .

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  7. Aug 26

    Applications for close in around 12 hours: .

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    Aug 26

    From the announcement of the 747 program to the airplane's first flight -- **including the construction of the world's largest factory, in Everett** - was just two and a half years, from April 1966 to November 1968.

    What are the best examples of group (especially large group) projects conducted extraordinarily quickly? P-80 Shooting Star, Celera & HGP, initial development of radar, maybe "Please Please Me" and "Led Zeppelin" albums...
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    Aug 26
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    What I find amazing about him and his firm was that government contracting, especially road construction, is usually massively expensive/slow/delayed. This was like startup vs. incumbent but in a highly-regulated industry. (also )

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    Aug 26
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    US constitution took 116 days.

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    Aug 26
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    Empire State Building was built in barely over a year

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  12. Aug 26

    The Golden Gate Bridge was built in 4.2 years. Starting in 2009, the replacement of 1.5 miles of road just south of it took 8 years.

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  13. Aug 26

    What are the best examples of group (especially large group) projects conducted extraordinarily quickly? P-80 Shooting Star, Celera & HGP, initial development of radar, maybe "Please Please Me" and "Led Zeppelin" albums...

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  14. Aug 24

    I was correctly tagged as the ideal person to provide code review for this pull request.

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    Aug 19

    ⚡ Startup tip: 📈 quietly released SaaS metrics awhile ago: 😮 Click on "Billing" and you'll see MRR growth, Net Revenue, Trials, Retention and more!

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    Aug 21
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    I thought *we* were fast at shipping features. Then ya’ll were like… hold my LaCroix.

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    Aug 21

    Introducing Connect Payouts:

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    Aug 20

    Great conversation with on optimism as a driving force for Silicon Valley, startup myths and contrarianism, board management, and High Growth Handbook.

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  19. Aug 20

    Almost feels like US limitations on housing supply are net bad.

    As motivation Warren cites stagnant real wages & declining labor share of income. Warren fails to cite the literature on how large firms drive productivity growth and increase worker pay; nor the lit on how labor share declines stem from housing costs, not corporate profits.
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  20. Aug 19

    Every time I've had a problem with -- and there haven't been many! -- they've fixed it within 15 minutes. Never gets old.

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