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To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts lexi @aperphenia https://x.com/dinengrey/status/1937744919449465022… Jun 26, 2025, 7:32 PM Quote laurence (cannes variant) @functi0nZer0 · Jun 27 "Hey, got time to catch up in person in Cannes?" LMAOOO Quote Justin Whang @JustinWhang · Jun 25 Doing the little jazz hands next time https://x.com/sematarygravemn/status/1937792112835334515… Show this thread Fri 9:30 AM Replying to https://x.com/dinengrey/status/1937744919449465022… LMAO i saw thsi too Replying to LMAOOO https://x.com/functi0nZer0/status/1938586595751305274… LMAO Fri 2:44 PM Quote ghost . . @sulky80715248 · Jun 29 this happens inside my heart when i think about you https://x.com/s8aan/status/1938615087042105554… Mon 5:35 PM xoxo Mon 5:37 PM Quote goodalexander @goodalexander · Jul 1 As much as it’s profitable to apply “hyper reality” to assets (ie buying Palantir when there’s nationalism, or buying Bitcoin when there’s money printing) - it’s a reductiv

There are two ways we miscalibrate risk. We risk too much on things that are low conviction We risk too little on things that are high conviction I learned these lessons in poker and in trading and they have helped me reason about broader life. I call them the fold pre principle and the pocket ace principle. the fold pre principle On poker forums there’s a running gag. Whenever someone posts a complicated hand history and asks, “What should I have done here?” the top reply is “fold pre.” Translation: You never should have played that hand in the first place. It's a snarky answer that…

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