Brian Lui

@brianluidog

Writing an interactive fiction game! Used to blog. Used to be an equity research analyst and portfolio manager. I run on chaos energy, please be understanding

Sydney, Australia

Joined January 2018

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Brian Lui@brianluidog · Mar 23, 2020

Just moved to Sydney so I'm starting a thread about funny or cool stuff I'm noticing!

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Brian Lui@brianluidog · Jul 26

Cruises are like gardening. Inexplicable boomer insanity

RRoyce Lopez@hippojuicefilm · Jul 25

So Carnival Cruise lines implemented tipping into the cost of the cruise because the clientele wasn't the tipping kind. So now you have to shut off tips by walking to the front desk. This is what it looks like as soon as the front desk is open on all Carnival ships.

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Brian Lui@brianluidog · 4 h

Man, that kookaburra was really so fat. Like so fat that it looks more like a pigeon than a kookaburra. I included a pic of a normal kookaburra, with normal head-body proportions, as a reference.

brianluidog's tweet image. Man, that kookaburra was really so fat. Like so fat that it looks more like a pigeon than a kookaburra. I included a pic of a normal kookaburra, with normal head-body proportions, as a reference.

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Brian Lui@brianluidog · 7 h

The barber said they were doing 10% off on weekends. I said I'd come back on Monday. My hair would still be too long with 10% off! 🤣🤣🤣

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Brian Lui@brianluidog · 7 h

How is LEGO ok? Everything is plastic. They should use wood or engineered paper.

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Brian Lui@brianluidog · 8 h

You know the UK super injunction is bad when The Economist condemns it as a huge misuse of state power in the strongest terms. Really crazy stuff

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Brian Lui@brianluidog · 10 h

Right-wing gaslighting is so incompetent compared to left-wing gaslighting lmao

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Brian Lui@brianluidog · Jul 26

This is mostly for yourself. If you appreciate and respect people, then you'll notice when someone doesn't deserve it.

BBrian Lui@brianluidog · Jul 26

I think it's nice if women and men appreciate and respect each other, and also themselves.

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Brian Lui@brianluidog · Jul 26

The "tech bro" newbies always love talking about incentives. But in the real world, adverse selection is a way more useful concept

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Brian Lui@brianluidog · Jul 26

This Tea app stuff never works. Because of selection effects

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Brian Lui@brianluidog · Jul 26

Learned about the genre of "hopepunk". Pretty cool.

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Brian Lui@brianluidog · Jul 26

I think it's nice if women and men appreciate and respect each other, and also themselves.

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Brian Lui@brianluidog · Jul 25

Maybe ASEAN could issue a joint statement on this Thailand-Cambodia war thing?

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Brian Lui@brianluidog · Jul 25

I don't know anything about this Cambodia Thailand thing, sorry.

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olexander scherba🇺🇦@olex_scherba · Jul 24

Recently, 🇺🇦 hero of this war Robert Broudi (aka “Magyar”) spoke at a military conference in 🇩🇪 Wiesbaden. His speech stunned many people. It’s a bit long for Twitter but totally worth a read. “In the Ukrainian army, they call me Magyar. I am a field commander of combat drone…

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Brian Lui@brianluidog · Jul 24

Why don't they make affogato with cold coffee? Then it wouldn't melt so quickly. What am I missing?

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Brian Lui@brianluidog · Jul 24

A fascinating pattern that you can't unsee once you've seen it: all men who use Android phones are emotionally stable.

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Brian Lui@brianluidog · Jul 23

Our kids are so excited that we're going to an authentic Australian restaurant tomorrow night (El Jannah)

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Brian Lui@brianluidog · Jul 23

I think it would be romantic and cool to be on board one of those huge container ships as it went from Rotterdam to Shanghai or something. But then when I think about it more, it seems like a very stupid idea.

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