Those guys sure are pressing up their lower lips. They look like they have a lot of resolve.

“Me too, let’s make out and adopt a pit bull”

Mayonnaise cake is another option to minimize elbow grease.

Yup I have it.

On the phones making the calls. The FBI is Trumplandia.

Damn he has aged horribly, like one of those “not even once” ads.

Oddly, although I can use chopsticks to eat, I can not visualize what my grip is from these pictures. It’s delegated entirely to my hand at this point and I don’t think about it any more.

All these fuckers are our neighbors and for many of us former employers.

We know exactly how they think, and what they think of us.

Andreesen is the tip of the iceberg.

Mitch doesn’t scare anybody any more now that he’s only half there.

Every photo of him looks like he’s barely hanging on.

I found that keeping up with people over video works better when you’re in the same time zone. When I was managing teams at +8 hours and -12.5 relative hours, communication and trust just weakened steadily over time and creative collaboration stalled. Spending a week there in person usually got things unstuck.

I know people on split engineering teams between LA and Seattle who prefer all virtual and it’s worked long term. LA to NY I think would be a heavier lift.

And, of course, this whole discussion is always dominated by software engineers; there are lots of jobs that involve actual manipulation of matter where in person collaboration is essential to communicate skills.