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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 17 Aug 2015

    If anyone would like compressing ideas into 140 chars, it would be me. But mostly I don't.

    1:30 PM - 17 Aug 2015
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      2. matt knox‏ @mattknox 17 Aug 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg why not? Too restrictive? Or is it the other people?

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 17 Aug 2015
        Replying to @mattknox

        @mattknox The former. Though the loss in compression does tend to make you a target for those who want to misinterpret you.

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      4. matt knox‏ @mattknox 17 Aug 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg what length would stop feeling too restrictive?

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      5. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 17 Aug 2015
        Replying to @mattknox

        @mattknox Not that much longer. I realize it's not for essays. Maybe 2x.

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      6. matt knox‏ @mattknox 17 Aug 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg Fascinating that it's so low-I would have expected 500 or more. Have you ever _almost_ tweeted something but couldn't edit it down?

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      7. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 17 Aug 2015
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        @mattknox Yes, often.

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      8. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 17 Aug 2015
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        @mattknox But I have to be extra careful because of the hot market in PG misinterpretations.

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      9. Reginald Braithwaite‏ @raganwald 17 Aug 2015
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        @paulg @mattknox LOL at the idea of a market for “Paul Graham misinterpretation zero-days.”

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      1. Michael Bucko‏ @transhumanbob 14 Jan 2016
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        @paulg Effective compresing requires feature engineering, i.e. you need "big" concepts that often don't exist. Truths are Bohr's truths.

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      1. Ian Whiteley‏ @theianwhiteley 18 Aug 2015
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        @paulg agree. Becomes too much about (re)sharing hyperlinks and less about sharing thoughts, opinions and ideas.

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      1. vijaygkg‏ @vijaygkg 17 Aug 2015
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        @paulg Just keep replying to the original tweet you put up &it stays in context

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      1. C:/Winter‏ @ColinWinter 17 Aug 2015
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        @paulg it's always better when you see things in movie form like when some kid spreads your invite form over the Internet

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      1. IMMIGRANT Financial‏ @immifin 17 Aug 2015
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        @paulg Twitter is too public to share any good idea worth stealing.

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      1. Michael Lang‏ @mwlang88 17 Aug 2015
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        @paulg I like to think "how can I get my ideas across in 140 words or less" these days. My emails have gotten a lot shorter!

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      1. Nick‏ @nachkari 17 Aug 2015
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        @paulg what is the marginal utility of a character. When does it peak?

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      1. Phil Freo‏ @philfreo 17 Aug 2015
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        @paulg Luckily 140 characters is enough to link to a PG essay :)

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