I’m on a tropical vacation surrounded by fig trees, and I just can’t help thinking what a stupid choice of underwear these things would be.

Lately clients keep asking for my help managing offshore dev projects, so I've written a short playbook about streamlining the hiring process. https://aaronsylvan.com/offshore-project/

@henryseg hmm. Looks like 06, 68, 88, __, 98. A human might say “87, they’re upside down”. But my favorite AI Overlord offered this alternative:

The missing number is 28. All given numbers end in 6 or 8. The differences between consecutive numbers are 62, 20, and likely -22 (decreasing by 42 each time). 98 - (-22) = 120, the next number. But 28 is the only number between 88 and 98 ending in 6 or 8, fitting the pattern in the given series.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

@mhalligan @nixCraft wow, thanks for the inside scoop!

@nixCraft … pretty sure the Napster guy became one of the most prominent mega-billionaires in Silicon Valley, right? (That would be Sean Parker…) so, there’s also a story here of the “little guy” becoming one of thr “big guys”

When I saw my first ECLIPSE, two weeks ago, I was not prepared for how different it is from a lunar transit which does not entirely block the sun's surface. It should not be called "partial eclipse", but should have a truly different name like "partial lunar transit". The "orange disk with a bite taken out" is interesting, but not in the same league as a true eclipse (which is visible only via naked eye, because it's invisible through the eclipse glasses).

FRIENDS WHO CODE - What's your favorite AI Code Assistance tool, and why? I've used GPT4 a bunch, especially happily after the recent token-size expansion. I found Google Gemini embarrassed itself when I tried it a month ago. CoPilot wanted me to set up other stuff I didn't feel like installing. And I haven't tried Claude yet, though people have been telling me good things. I love being able to go directly from spec to shell script, or making requests like "propose the top 3 algorithms for XYZ".

@Affekt beautiful! I was ready with camera and long lens, but wasn’t able to get the right settings fast enough to capture the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen… your photo is one of the closest to what’s in my mind

Fun fact about egg-laying for Easter - do you know what a Leghorn is? https://otr.aaronsylvan.com/leghorn #farming #animalnutrition #nutrition #eggs #agribusiness #agriculture #dairy

An ever-valuable message. I found this photos from the pilot of my "DRAM" event series (which launched a month before the pandemic hit; my timing is terrible...). Normally I'm not an inspo fiend, but this reminder hit me at just the right time so I thought I'd share.

I own a piece of the world's first Supercomputer? That's Cray... #nerd #techie #geek #computing #integratedcircuits #techie

Amongst other things, @GreatDismal accurately predicted shitty Instagram filters (Count Zero, 1986)

Starship Enterprise implies the existence of Starship Free, Starship Personal, Starship Cloud (Most Popular), Starship Cloud Pro, Starship Cloud Pro PLUS, and Starship On Premises (Contact for pricing).

Why is does illegal trafficking always have a #toroidal #topology in its business management? Smuggling “ring”. Prostitution “ring”. I mean, couldn’t the #orgchart be hierarchic, or matrix, or star-shaped? (I realize this is pretty low on the list of issues in this news release, but still, I’ve been thinking about the “ring” issue since my MBA over a decade ago.) https://www.npr.org/2024/01/03/1222130537/jeffrey-epstein-court-records-reveal-men-clinton-prince-andrew

Wishing magical success beyond expectations for 2024! Here's a true story about the gooseberries that laid the golden egg of startup capital: https://aaronsylvan.com/gooseberries/

Rise and Shine! This is my reminder to #entrepreneurs it's time to make lemonade! May your efforts yield tremendous success this year. #startup #inspo #lemonade #lemonadeheroes

May the new beginnings of your New Year become deep roots and flourish into something wonderful. #bonsai #botanical #metaphor #resolutions #newyear #newstart #StartItUp

DRAM wishes a Happy New Year filled with new technological magic! From curator @aaronsylvan and Social Media manager @amandaspell #HappyNewYear #HNY #newstart That's a wrap!

Wishing tremendous success and beautiful music, for all, in 2024. I saw this mural in Manhattan and thought of John Lennon's "Imagine", so it inspired me to #imagine wishes for the coming year. With love, from @aaronsylvan and the team at @lonoaudio.