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Michael Schade
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    Michael Schade
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    Dec 9, 2019
    My god, White Island volcano in New Zealand erupted today for first time since 2001. My family and I had gotten off it 20 minutes before, were waiting at our boat about to leave when we saw it. Boat ride home tending to people our boat rescued was indescribable. #whiteisland
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    Michael Schade
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    Dec 9, 2019
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    This is so hard to believe. Our whole tour group were literally standing at the edge of the main crater not 30 minutes before. My thoughts with the families of those currently unaccounted for, the people recovering now, and especially the rescue workers…
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    Michael Schade
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    Dec 9, 2019
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    Michael Schade
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    Dec 9, 2019
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    Checked photo timestamps. Last photo from me standing on the land was 13:49; this first photo of the eruption was 14:12, about a minute or two into the eruption.
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    Michael Schade
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    Dec 9, 2019
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    Last photos: here are the White Island Tour operators rescuing people, timestamp 14:24 (~12-14 minutes after eruption). Endless gratitude to that crew for stepping up as first responders. I took these and reporters welcome to use with attribution.
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    Michael Schade
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    Dec 9, 2019
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    Those are some of the people put boat picked up. Praying for them and their recovery. Woman my mom tended to was in critical condition but seemed strong by the end. The helicopters on the island looked destroyed:
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    Michael Schade
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    Dec 9, 2019
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    (Reporters can use any of these with attribution. Sorry, I can’t keep up with 1-off asks to use, don’t have great service)
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    Michael Schade
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    Aug 14, 2023
    One of my fav early Stripe rules was from incident response comms: do not publicly blame an upstream provider. We chose the provider, so own the results—and use any pain from that as extra motivation to invest in redundant services, go direct to the source, etc.
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    Michael Schade
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    Nov 20, 2023
    OpenAI is nothing without its people
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    Michael Schade
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    Sep 20, 2023
    think a lot about feedback @patrickc gave me when i screwed up a product launch early in my time at stripe mvp = minimal surface area of things, done exceptionally well—not many things done partway.
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    Michael Schade
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    Jun 21, 2023
    Replying to @devonzuegel
    first of all there’s the signature font selector org
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    Michael Schade
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    Mar 23, 2018
    Home enables Stripes worldwide to know and learn from one another. Built for individual enablement—whether someone has been here for days or years—we ensure folks have access to information to work in service of our users. We're growing the small team that builds this!
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    Michael Schade
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    Nov 19, 2023
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    Sam Altman
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    Nov 19, 2023
    i love the openai team so much
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    Michael Schade
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    Jan 13, 2023
    Arc weekly release notes are so pleasantly cute
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