xilo (@Xilo

xilo

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xilo

@Xilo_K

That we are capable only of being what we are remains our unforgivable sin

Joined October 2023

xilo
@Xilo_K
Mar 22, 2025
I’m willing to bet my entire net worth on neither the median nor the average American reading 11 books a year.
The Economist
@TheEconomist
Mar 21, 2025
The average American reads about 11 books a year. Here are eight published in 2025 that you could add to your list econ.st/4bExiya
Readers added context
This is a number from their own poll - Only 54% of people READ or LISTENED to any books in 2023 - From that 54% the average was 11 books - 27% did between 1 and 5 It's important to indicate that this data does not differentiate between reading and listening books/audiobooks. economist.com/graphic-detail…
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xilo
@Xilo_K
Dec 17, 2024
Bro that’s linkedin and gmail.
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xilo
@Xilo_K
Feb 12, 2025
Me whenever anything relating to this podcast touches my TL.
toru
@torulane
Feb 12, 2025
aella is such a perfect guest for whatever it actually feels like watching an alien first encounter. their priors are so different that communication becomes almost impossible the contrast she has with the turbonormies in the room, the autistic micromovements, the candor
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xilo
@Xilo_K
Nov 9, 2025
You‘re forward deployed if your bed shakes from the missiles. You work on a documentation app.
Ruhan Ponnada
@RuhanPonnada
Nov 9, 2025
when your ceo is forward deploying on a plane you know we’re gmi
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xilo
@Xilo_K
Jun 25, 2024
got a friend with absolutely no technical background wanting some kind of "intro to the world" book. basics like how a fridge works, what a generator is etc I really don't know what to recommend here, feynman probably too theoretical, other things too obvious. bill bryson maybe?
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xilo
@Xilo_K
Feb 8, 2025
Why do we put gifted people on the same conformist path as all others, just much faster? You're so beyond your peers. You could spend your entire youth building things you enjoy, tinkering and exploring. But instead you intern at shopify? Instead you close jira tickets?
luffy
@0xluffy
Feb 8, 2025
they are getting younger and younger
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xilo
@Xilo_K
Oct 20, 2024
this does NOT end well. Your github has no contributions. You didn't win an olympiad. Your social circle is your local town. Your life's EV calculation is so bad HS math must've been a challenge.
rahulsain ⟣
@Rahulsainlll
Oct 20, 2024
another guy on his way to being cracked
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xilo
@Xilo_K
Dec 28, 2024
Replying to @sailaunderscore
Survivorship bias? I‘d rather say it‘s a cause/effect thing. Like, the guy that has the money time and willingness to pick up a hobby like that is almost by definition just someone that has his life in order. Which tends to be attractive.
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xilo
@Xilo_K
Jun 23, 2025
Now I’m curious, has there ever been a world important city that we completely destroyed? Only Troy??? The romans salted the soils at carthage, yet there it stands…
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@thrasherxy
Jun 23, 2025
Nations are temporary but cities last. There was a New York City before the United States. There will be a NYC after the US.
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xilo
@Xilo_K
Sep 29, 2024
The problem with "founder as a carreer" is its total risklessness. You're trading in a little TC for immediate prestige. An easy choice is no choice at all. It's a highly performative "grind culture" which just produces vaporware.
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xilo
@Xilo_K
Apr 19, 2024
someone whitepill me on why this ain't happening?
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xilo
@Xilo_K
Jul 20, 2024
College isn’t some happy place to read and hang out and experience abstract personal growth. It’s supposed to be a full time job… Put 40h a week into your material and see where it gets you. Start taking your existence seriously. this is embarrassing.
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xilo
@Xilo_K
Nov 18, 2024
Replying to @eris_nerung
I think that before you try meditating you should attempt to go on like a 30min walk through a vaguely pleasant area without your phone. Best case? It works and you're still a normal person. Worst case? You still went outside. but idk, might be a wholly naive take here.
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xilo
@Xilo_K
Jan 26, 2025
Replying to @deadbeatregular
Is this only open to americans?
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