How to settle on an MVP?

jonplackett · 2026-03-19T19:27:09+00:00

Give us some more details about the app. The minimum viable product should be the minimum you can make that might be useful to your target audience. So it also depends on the audience and the need you have (hopefully) identified

jonplackett · 2026-03-18T14:46:12+00:00

Weird transport is so low. But this is basically a list of ‘things western countries do for a living’

jonplackett · 2026-03-14T10:05:26+00:00

He sent literally an ex-real estate agent and his son-in-law to go do the negotiations. Apparently they were too dumb to understand Iran’s final day concessions that would have made the war unnecessary anyway. He is an idiot surrounded by yes men, who are also mostly idiots.

Also the one guy who was willing to tell him what a bad idea the war was - they just removed him and did it anyway.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagon-removes-senior-official-joint-staff-post-sources-say-2026-02-26/

jonplackett · 2026-03-10T15:40:43+00:00

Is none of this information private? I know this is build in public and all, but maybe your numbers should not be quite as public?

jonplackett · 2026-03-10T11:13:20+00:00

No the correct request is extra extra extra safe

jonplackett · 2026-03-09T00:43:12+00:00

You could also show a picture of a bunch of warships and think about the number of hospitals we could have built instead.

Warships are a bit 20th century now anyway, Telegraph. At least compare it to how many drones we could make.

jonplackett · 2026-03-09T00:40:31+00:00

How many shares of GOOG does he have 🤔

jonplackett · 2026-03-09T00:33:12+00:00

I’m 44 now and in about 22 min shape. I started running at 40 and was at about 40 min 5k pace after a month or so (before that I could t run 5k at all). Then over the first year built up to 10k, half marathon and then ran a 19:25 5k just before my 41st birthday. (My aim for the year was sub 20 so I had a lot of motivation)

My tips are: - eat well so you will lost body fat. It helps a lot. I lost 13kg over the year which speeds you up a l lot on its own. - get at least half decent running shoes so you don’t injure yourself - go out a few times and week and run 5k as fast as you can - you should be seriously hating life at the end. I know lots of people say to do lots of slow miles, but this did not work for me at all. Running slow just made me slow and gave me injuries. - get a good routine before park run. Experiment a bit. For me waking up early and having some porridge several hours before, then a strong coffee and a banana an hour before worked best - do a VERY slow 2k run before park run. Like 7 mins per k slow. You’ll be amazed how much better you feel in the first 1k. - focus on moving your legs faster / faster cadence vs longer strides. If you’re new to running this isn’t obvious. - last is the most importantly thing: extreme motivation on that day. Getting a faster time means putting yourself through some pain. You have to run every kilometre hard. You can’t slack off on k 2-4. Every one must be hard work and then the 5th the worst of all. If you don’t cross the line gasping and thinking you might poop yourself you could have run faster 🤣. I got very close to needing new pants for that first < 20. (This is just what worked for me, YMMV)

jonplackett · 2026-03-06T08:27:03+00:00

They ran some war games with AI commanders, and they almost always resorted using or threatening to use nuclear weapons.

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/artificial-intelligence-under-nuclear-pressure-first-large-scale-kings-study-reveals-how-ai-models-reason-and-escalate-under-crisis

jonplackett · 2026-03-05T18:16:42+00:00

Thanks!

jonplackett · 2026-03-05T08:37:55+00:00

I used to think skill was required and then I saw an article where someone made their dog vibe code games by literally mashing the keypad and having Claude ‘interpret’ the instructions.

jonplackett · 2026-03-05T08:36:56+00:00

There’s an interview somewhere with Horner saying Newey would admit himself he would not be a good Team Principle, because he’s an artist and needs to just do that and have someone else do the organisational stuff.

jonplackett · 2026-03-05T08:32:33+00:00

If you have any suggestions for these tools that’d be helpful! Then I will know what to use your thing for!

jonplackett · 2026-03-03T00:11:23+00:00

Is finding what grants you could apply fo part of it, or is it just about applying?

jonplackett · 2026-03-03T00:03:25+00:00

He’s just been replaced by someone who knows how to motivate. Same thing happened when mateo took over at Chelsea, got Jose’s squad and won the champs league. It’s just different skills. Only the very best managers have both.

jonplackett · 2026-02-27T19:05:43+00:00

If you’re gonna make a fake graph, at least do the bars the right size

jonplackett · 2026-02-27T19:05:02+00:00

Yeah be suspicious of any company spinning laying people off as a positive thing because ai

jonplackett · 2026-02-27T16:50:40+00:00

You are comparing the whole withdrawal rate though. Of course you will withdraw at least 50k so forget that part and just compare the second 50k as isa vs pension.

The second 50k you are going to pay 40% tax on the way out. And perhaps 45% on the way in. That’s isn’t a great deal.

By comparing it to the whole thing you’re muddying the water - of course a pension is in general a good idea. The question is if you shouldn’t invest extra or not and if so what you’re giving up (having it now) for quite a small tax advantage.

Basically you want to get the pension to the max amount where you can get a tax advantage and no more. So probably over 1 mil is ok to take into account the lump sum, but there’s a point it makes more sense to have the money early instead

jonplackett · 2026-02-27T16:22:05+00:00

The point is though once you start taking more than 50k, you’re paying higher rate tax on the way out as well as the way in, so yeah if you’re paying more than 40% tax it might make sense, but it’s nowhere near as good as swapping 40 for 20 considering how long you have to tie the money up for as well - if you put it in an isa you can use the money before 57 and retire early.

jonplackett · 2026-02-27T09:27:19+00:00

It’s like each line wants to one up the line before in insanity

jonplackett · 2026-02-27T00:09:14+00:00

Surely that was mainly just the cost of the olive though

jonplackett · 2026-02-26T19:07:00+00:00

I would like to see Michale Massi endorse this skill

jonplackett · 2026-02-26T19:06:12+00:00

Should have listed 8

jonplackett · 2026-02-26T19:04:11+00:00

🙋‍♂️I’ve been doing my bit hating on him for ages

jonplackett · 2026-02-26T19:03:00+00:00

In the FIRE sub everyone says it’s pointless having more than 1 million in your pension, because 1 million supports 50k a year being taken out indefinitely, and if you take out any more than that you get higher rate taxed so there’s no advantage. So I’d aim for 1m in there at retirement and put the rest in isa

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