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New comment by doitLP in "Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior because we’re recording""

doitLP — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:08:43 +0000

Sounds pretty bad, but what’s the context? We should be skeptical of a quote out of context with some dogpile parallels without any other context. When did he say it? Where did he say it?

New comment by doitLP in "What Is Happening to Publishing?"

doitLP — Thu, 21 May 2026 20:27:30 +0000

> God could come down in a chariot made of golden carrots

With imagery like this, I’d love to read your other work! Link?

New comment by doitLP in "We've made the world too complicated"

doitLP — Sun, 17 May 2026 02:33:21 +0000

Thank you for this article. I know no truly effective weapon against the Kingsnorthian Machine, except to name it and remind people that they are still creatures and not machines. That it doesn’t have to be this way. That for 99% of our history it wasn’t this way.

The spirit of the machine is born of our desire to never die. And so we continue to discover new things, continue striving, continue servicing desires that will never be satisfied. And destroying anything human and natural along the way.

But keep writing about it. Be an example of anti-machine values. Touch grass. Find the stillness and work to preserve it, in whatever way you can.

New comment by doitLP in "I work in Hollywood. Everyone who used to make TV is now training AI"

doitLP — Mon, 11 May 2026 12:52:03 +0000

Not just writers…there’s unions for every piece of the pie and they all have members and pensions and have to justify their existence.

There’s the ever-increasing restrictions and cost of shooting in California and the huge incentives other localities offer to film and even commercial (advert) projects. My friend just flew the whole production to Louisiana to shoot a 30 second commercial because of the incentives.

There’s the fact that even if a new show or movie is good, it is competing not only with other new stuff but also with the entire back catalogue of everything ever made that is instantly available for viewers.

There’s streaming rights, that never paid as much as traditional TV even though it had broader reach.

There’s competition with phone / social platforms that continue to optimize their content and algorithms with shorter feedback loops and more additive content, against trad production which takes a ton of money and time and upfront cost.

New comment by doitLP in "Meta's embrace of AI is making its employees miserable"

doitLP — Sun, 10 May 2026 02:20:22 +0000

This really isn’t Reddit. Please try to preserve the last vestige of something resembling good dialogue on the internet.

New comment by doitLP in "AWS North Virginia data center outage – resolved"

doitLP — Sat, 09 May 2026 00:28:23 +0000

Yes it tends to have the most things running in it, including backbone and internal services that only exist in that region.

New comment by doitLP in "The bottleneck was never the code"

doitLP — Wed, 06 May 2026 15:30:19 +0000

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New comment by doitLP in "Today I've made the difficult decision to reduce the size of Coinbase by ~14%"

doitLP — Wed, 06 May 2026 02:13:53 +0000

Good example but it still sounds more like a “tech lead”: this guy is still focused on tactical line level with other players than on handling the overall strategy, PR, plans, hiring, etc that a coach does

New comment by doitLP in "Tim Cook's Impeccable Timing"

doitLP — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:29:38 +0000

Not really. I’m asking why he’s a genius. When I was told that WW2 wouldnt have gone the same without George C Marshall or how amazing Teddy Roosevelt was at getting stuff done, I went and read their bios and now I understand. Cook does things different than other CEOs apparently so what are those? Other have recommended Apple In China so I’ll start there!

New comment by doitLP in "Tim Cook's Impeccable Timing"

doitLP — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:23:47 +0000

I’m not underestimating what he does, I’m asking what does he actually do to make it happen beyond setting priorities and holding subordinates accountable? I’m not questioning that he does many things well and right and even genius, I just want to know what those are!

I’m sure Isaacson will cover it well in his bio!

New comment by doitLP in "Tim Cook's Impeccable Timing"

doitLP — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:08:08 +0000

Yes but those are outcomes — what did he do that got him there? Lots of people want preferential production and lower cost; Was it that he had the budget to pay more and dictate standards? If that’s the case that’s not genius as much as having the balls to make bets that paid off.

New comment by doitLP in "Tim Cook's Impeccable Timing"

doitLP — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:05:06 +0000

Thanks, but how did he do it? Actually what does he do than saying “ok guys tip priority is moving these units”? Like do he come up with the strategies? Or is he good at picking winners when he sees them from proposals of his underlings?

New comment by doitLP in "Tim Cook's Impeccable Timing"

doitLP — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:28:41 +0000

> Cook was, without question, an operational genius

I’ve seen this quoted time and again. In this article the evidence is that he outsourced manufacturing to a JIT chain in China. That doesn’t seem very genius to me. Yes they were able to uphold high standards and get preferential production and pricing but what else?

Can anyone point me to what he does, on a day to day basis, that makes him and operational genius? How does it manifest in him personally?

New comment by doitLP in "If AI has a bright future, why does AI think it doesn't?"

doitLP — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:54:20 +0000

How is it not a good analysis? Genuine question: it seems like it is summarizing the bear case which to my very limited understanding continues to be reinforced

New comment by doitLP in "If AI has a bright future, why does AI think it doesn't?"

doitLP — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:53:15 +0000

How are the responses here unhinged? They are summarizing a lot what the bear case has been shouting for the last two years

The Context Gravity Well

doitLP — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 04:17:01 +0000

Article URL: https://mapwriting.substack.com/p/the-context-gravity-well

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46843555

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Shit for Your Shit

doitLP — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 18:53:14 +0000

Article URL: https://mapwriting.substack.com/p/shit-for-your-shit

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46423980

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist (2011)

doitLP — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:58:27 +0000

Article URL: https://orionmagazine.org/article/confessions-of-a-recovering-environmentalist/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46356654

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Flint Rockin' in Central Texas

doitLP — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:04:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pugetsoundknappers.com/interesting_stuff/Interesting%20Places/JM%20SoCentral%20Texas%20Trip.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46101823

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by doitLP in "Things that aren't doing the thing"

doitLP — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 03:24:24 +0000

Agreed. But there’s still a type of Zeno’s paradox if you don’t start and continue and finish the thing. As someone that has no trouble planning or starting but a lot of trouble continuing to the end, I find this kind of stuff helpful to completing what I set out to do.

As Jobs said “real artists ship.”