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A soliloquy for P2s

When I was a kid, my brother and I loved going to Disney World. My parents, being the saints they are, spent hours and hours planning each trip so we could see as much as possible while keeping things vaguely affordable (which was still somewhat possible back then). My mom always sent me threads on…
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The early bird gets the worm, pearls before swine, (or insert your favorite idiom here)

Pictured: One of my all time favorite comics Pearls Before Swine which balanced dad jokes with poignant moments in a way only rivaled by Calvin and Hobbes A common refrain heard in the churnosphere in the last few years is a sense of urgency when something appealing pops up. It’s one thing when you’re chasing…
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A friendly fintech PSA

This post is probably common knowledge for anyone that actually understands how fintechs (and the financial system in general) work, but at least for me, realizing this earlier would have saved some unnecessary trouble. One common theme of MS over the last half decade or so is a level of comfort in scaling from your…
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When the RNG isn’t so random

If you read enough MS related writing, you’ll find that there’s often cryptic (or semi-cryptic) references to finding new ways to try certain things to get them to work better. Much like “always be probing”, it’s one of those things that is kind of hard to wrap your head around until you understand what you’re…
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Chas(e)ing the dragon

I originally started writing this a few weeks ago, but life got in the way. That might have ended up working out, because it’s as topical as ever this week. While the community is focused on another, much higher profile nerf, there’s another one worth acknowledging that is more like death by a thousand cuts.…
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Nothing gold can stay

