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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 10/09/2026

The gap between a cool feature POC and a deployed system that can reliably&securely handle sensitive customer data is 95% of the work.

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 10/09/2026

A useful frame on this is that your intent should be calibrated to your expertise. For example if you want to experiment with a software concept to create a proof on concept, as a non-expert that's totally fine. Where you get into trouble is wanting to *deploy* that as production software.

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 04/06/2026

Gotta get some breadcrumbs and egg binder in there like chicken meatloaf

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 02/06/2026

We issue property taxes on real assets but not on equity securities or their derivatives. Securities are therefore underpaying their debt to society that enables their value. This should (must) be fixed.

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 02/06/2026

I guess you could really just collapse this into a one percent annual equity transfer. just like property taxes, but for equity. makes a lot of sense actually.

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 02/06/2026

could also replace FICA with a labor-equivalent equity transfer. Assume a 30% L/R which would be a 3% revenues tax at 10% FICA equiv. high labor sectors would be getting a discount per head, low labor would be paying a bit more, which seems right.

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 02/06/2026

I also think you need to do mark-to-market gains taxation on asset-backed loans in combination to address exactly that issue. If unrealized gains are being accessed as collateral they should be taxed on the market value.

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 02/06/2026

I would split this between a public fund contribution (replaces/augments social security) and a worker fund contribution (shares put into 401k/IRA for each active employee). Allows both the employees and society to participate in the upside.

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 02/06/2026

I think this is just how profit taxes should work, generally. Instead of paying cash taxes on profits, companies should transfer an equivalent amount of equity into a public wealth fund. Companies should favor this because it increases their net margins to pay taxes in equity vs cash.

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 02/06/2026

"AI models can't do X" <looks at models tested> <It's llama 7B from three years ago> 😑

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 17/05/2026

i’d settle for a configurable grace period in the app before actually sending posts off of the device.

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 10/05/2026

This should be charged as criminal theft.

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 09/05/2026

Convert it into the Donald J Trump diversity appreciation museum.

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 09/05/2026

good lord that looks like absolute shite

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 09/05/2026

these models are fantastic optimizers, which means you can do wild things if you can define a clear goal with measurable outcomes. They’re not so good (yet) at de novo discovery (structural limitation of autoregressive path dependency). That’s still our job for now.

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 09/05/2026

from heirloom seeds and pastured poultry I raised myself!

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 09/05/2026

Historically, the collaboration tax wasn’t a strict bottleneck because execution was also slow. We’re now in a regime where teams are literally drowning in contributions…

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 09/05/2026

Tiny companies have a huge advantage here, as their low complexity allows larger system-level productivity gains than large firms. But even within a single team, the collaboration tax is far from solved. Intentional investments here pay huge dividends.

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 09/05/2026

Biggest issue in business right now is that individual productivity gains are not translating into substantial organizational outcomes. This is because the velocity of collaboration has not increased to match the growth of individual productivity, compounded by organizational complexity.

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 09/05/2026

Assume a model that executes “perfectly” (if that were possible). In this case, all variance in outputs is attributable to variance in inputs. Performance against tasks depends on how well those tasks are described and how success is measured.

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 04/05/2026

for those concerned about the rising costs of fast food; please patronize your local taqueria/shawarma spot/chicken joint instead. The food is better, cheaper, and often faster; plus more of your dollars stays in your local community.

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 04/05/2026

That's also why Deepseek's logo is a whale -- their model is the most water resistant.

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 24/04/2026

Bunch of cowards. Stand for something you shmucks!

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 17/04/2026

What if Trump’s entire story arc is down to him refusing to ever enter a bodega. Every action he has taken since he was 12 years old is in the service of bodega-avoidance.

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 15/04/2026

Not to mention, would partially pay for itself by offsetting HVAC energy costs during peak hours. 80-spaces is about an acre, which will get you ~4000kwh/day during peak summer season. That's $800/day cost offset if consumed onsite.

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 15/04/2026

Yep! And put in some battery storage and on-site EV charging while you're at it! Would be a great amenity for shops. I'd love to get free charging while eating lunch or shopping, not to mentioned keeping the sun off of my car.

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 13/04/2026

Pope using Claude to troll Donald. “Hey Claude can you please respond to this loser for me. Make it sound extra Popey”

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 03/04/2026

It will be a great dataset for studying the epidemiology of firearm proliferation among a controlled population.

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 30/03/2026

This is insane. Facial recognition should never be used as the basis of an arrest or prosecution without strong corroborating factors. Whether someone “looks kinda like” a suspect is not itself probable cause.

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 29/03/2026

“I tell you they were FREAKS!” “O RLY? Howso?” “Ok, imagine a bunch of sweet OLD LADIES sitting around sewing QUILTS and knitting SWEATERS for their GRANDCHILDREN! Total weirdos!”

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 28/03/2026

“Tokens” are the new “bits” and will ultimately be constrained by the same physical limits. You will be able to access hundreds of millions of tokens per second with ease.

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 28/03/2026

This pattern applies to every thing they do. Think about white house renovations, DOGE, kennedy center. They just ruin everything they touch.

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 27/03/2026

So it should be cool for blue states to remit exactly 23% of their federal payments in kind, right?

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 27/03/2026

If the federal government can selectively disburse funds to states, then states can (and must) selectively disburse payments to the federal treasury. @governor.ca.gov @govpritzker.illinois.gov

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 27/03/2026

@pfrazee.com @jay.bsky.team have y’all shipped anything new lately? Feel like it’s been pretty quiet

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 26/03/2026

"Thanks for ending this global human trafficking and torture operation that you benefitted from for several generations, stopping when you were forced to after fighting a bloody civil war for the right to keep it going."

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 24/03/2026

All I see is an empty room with a window. Is there supposed to be someone in it? If so, they're too well hidden to see.

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 24/03/2026

LARPers wearing tactical knee pads and frag vests to the goddamn airport lounge so they can play candy crush on the taxpayer dole. We are not a serious country.

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