JonasJSchreiber

That was beautiful. Thank you for posting that link. I will synthesize all of it into something cohesive as I sleep, but all I know is it was powerful.

I worked there for two years. It's quite beautiful now, a bunch of companies, and has a Montessori, an escape room, golf simulator, and a food court.

There's a book by Neal Stephenson about this, called Seveneves.

Well done Datadog! Couldn't be happier for them—great product, great company!

> So that’s what you need to know about money, right? If that is your primary measure of success or value in life, then good luck with that, because it will never feel good.

This has the sound of a subject matter expert speaking with authority. And it makes me feel like my adult life so far has been a waste

This is why I come to Hacker News. Thank you

I love the subheader: "The greatest of all novels". It's true

This is really beautiful and expressive.

I love the author's humorous descriptions

> Metalization, he explained, is the process by which aluminum is deposited on both sides of the film. This made sense in theory, but how could aluminum go from being not on the film to being on the film without at least some Scotch tape? “They evaporate aluminum and deposit it on it,” said Mr. Shetty. This made sense in theory, but how could aluminum be evaporated? “It’s a very, very thin layer. They put it in a vacuum chamber, then evaporate the aluminum,” said Mr. Shetty. “With heat,” his son added. “What are they evaporating out of it?” I asked. “Aluminum,” said Mr. Shetty. I have no idea how humans figured out how to do that, or why it occurred to them to even try, but it sounds expensive.

And by selling info about customer orders to front runners. IIUC, these are high frequency traders who may place similar orders milliseconds in advance of yours then profit from the fact that you have to pay a bit more to fill your order. Full disclosure, I continue to use Robinhood despite this.

Thank you!

Wow. This is awesome, great submission!

This is great. I just quoted from this during a meeting. Thanks!