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{"id":1211234526074212400,"conversation_id":"1211232424975388674","created_at":1577615789000,"date":"2019-12-29","time":"10:36:29","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"As a parent, I wish I knew whether I should worry about this. I don't love it, but maybe I'm just old fashioned.\n\nAs an investor, I see this trend is self-reinforcing and has a long way to run. So \"let people do x at home\" = a good startup idea for surprising values of x.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":83,"retweets_count":73,"likes_count":1085,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1211234526074212352","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1205253220706193400,"conversation_id":"1205253220706193409","created_at":1576189734000,"date":"2019-12-12","time":"22:28:54","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"I asked 7 yo what his policies would be if he were elected president. \n\n1. Encourage the development of VR technology.\n\n2. Good free school lunches for all kids.\n\n3. Make Halloween more prominent.\n\n4. A national Lego competition.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":165,"retweets_count":366,"likes_count":4721,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1205253220706193409","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1204118488115241000,"conversation_id":"1204118488115240961","created_at":1575919193000,"date":"2019-12-09","time":"19:19:53","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"Step 1. Write article on \"How to take back control from the Big Tech barons.\"\n\nStep 2. Put it on a site with a paywall that prevents people from reading a word of it.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":25,"retweets_count":105,"likes_count":1214,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1204118488115240961","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1202917842141749200,"conversation_id":"1202917842141749248","created_at":1575632937000,"date":"2019-12-06","time":"11:48:57","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"Something I taught my 7 yo on the way to school: Don't underestimate how many people you can help. One person can help thousands of other people.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":36,"retweets_count":287,"likes_count":1797,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1202917842141749248","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1200063187909042200,"conversation_id":"1200046425406611456","created_at":1574952334000,"date":"2019-11-28","time":"14:45:34","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"Now that I think about it, I can see why it's the funniest thing he's seen. Children's shows are so correct (not just politically correct, but about 25 other kinds of correct as well) that they leave a huge gap between them and reality. Which = potential energy for parodies.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":17,"retweets_count":11,"likes_count":294,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1200063187909042179","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1197928161234825200,"conversation_id":"1197928161234825224","created_at":1574443304000,"date":"2019-11-22","time":"17:21:44","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"When people first learn that correlation is not identical with causation, they're so excited by the novelty of the idea that they mention it at every opportunity.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":81,"retweets_count":249,"likes_count":1884,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1197928161234825224","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1197924049105621000,"conversation_id":"1197924049105620999","created_at":1574442324000,"date":"2019-11-22","time":"17:05:24","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"Painters look at a painting upside down to notice flaws they've gotten used to. When you're writing something, you can get a similar effect by changing the margins.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":56,"retweets_count":237,"likes_count":1641,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1197924049105620999","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1197870463940202500,"conversation_id":"1197870463940202496","created_at":1574429548000,"date":"2019-11-22","time":"13:32:28","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"Minor secret of good writing: be locally unambiguous. Instead of \"if you skip doing what you like to follow that path,\" write \"if you skip doing what you like in order to follow that path,\" even though it's longer. Otherwise \"what you like to follow\" seems a phrase at first.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":12,"retweets_count":23,"likes_count":352,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1197870463940202496","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1197867906668925000,"conversation_id":"1197867906668924928","created_at":1574428938000,"date":"2019-11-22","time":"13:22:18","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"As processing power grows, future versions of the cybertruck will have more curved lines.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":32,"retweets_count":216,"likes_count":2078,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1197867906668924928","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1197100866718843000,"conversation_id":"1197100866718842880","created_at":1574246062000,"date":"2019-11-20","time":"10:34:22","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"Something is nearly done when (a) the changes get very small and (b) you back out a lot of them.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":14,"retweets_count":40,"likes_count":552,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1197100866718842880","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1196730027389399000,"conversation_id":"1196730027389399041","created_at":1574157647000,"date":"2019-11-19","time":"10:00:47","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"The 13th of a month is the best day to be born on, because it means you have no unlucky number. You don't count 13 as unlucky, but you don't pick another number to be unlucky instead.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":25,"retweets_count":22,"likes_count":191,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1196730027389399041","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1196537802621669400,"conversation_id":"1196537802621669376","created_at":1574111817000,"date":"2019-11-18","time":"21:16:57","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"Me: This is an essay I'm writing. Did you know I write essays?\n\n7 yo: Why would anyone want to read an essay?\n\nMe: Try reading it. Maybe you'll like it.\n\n7 yo reads half of first sentence out loud, falls on floor emitting loud fake snores.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":67,"retweets_count":85,"likes_count":2639,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1196537802621669376","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1196488604484288500,"conversation_id":"1196488604484288513","created_at":1574100087000,"date":"2019-11-18","time":"18:01:27","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"10 yo asked what age kids are the most difficult for parents. Told him newborns are the most overall load, but teenagers cause the highest spikes, because they have the highest ratio of power to judgment.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":20,"retweets_count":36,"likes_count":620,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1196488604484288513","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1196058074907398100,"conversation_id":"1196058074907398144","created_at":1573997441000,"date":"2019-11-17","time":"13:30:41","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"One of the worst things you can do to yourself is to avoid something good because it seems part of the identity of some group you dislike. Why let them have a monopoly on something good just because they had it first?","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":45,"retweets_count":368,"likes_count":2381,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1196058074907398144","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1195312146269249500,"conversation_id":"1195312146269249536","created_at":1573819598000,"date":"2019-11-15","time":"12:06:38","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"We unconsciously assume the permanence of the \"enterprise\" software business, in which great salespeople sell crap software to clueless administrators. But that sort of thing can persist for a long time, then suddenly crumble. Not saying it will. But a promising spot to poke.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":71,"retweets_count":231,"likes_count":1351,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1195312146269249536","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1195115507667685400,"conversation_id":"1195115507667685377","created_at":1573772715000,"date":"2019-11-14","time":"23:05:15","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"My 7 yo can be comically demanding in the bedtime story department. Today I was instructed to make up a story about a dispute between someone's internal organs. And the liver had to be the hero.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":70,"retweets_count":48,"likes_count":1231,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1195115507667685377","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1195099119636959200,"conversation_id":"1193494654068699136","created_at":1573768808000,"date":"2019-11-14","time":"22:00:08","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"You want to work on the project rather than not, right? So if I were you I'd make the threshold closer to the actual minimum you need to do it. Otherwise you risk getting nothing, even if people pledge.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":1,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1195099119636959232","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1195049040557285400,"conversation_id":"1193494654068699136","created_at":1573756868000,"date":"2019-11-14","time":"18:41:08","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"I just tried to back it. Kickstarter said my credit card was \"declined for an unknown reason.\" Presumably the reason is that their software is broken. But in the meantime I suggest you lower the threshold. If you set it at $50k, you get zero till people have pledged that much.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":1,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1195049040557285378","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1194958649967468500,"conversation_id":"1194958649967468544","created_at":1573735318000,"date":"2019-11-14","time":"12:41:58","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"Product idea for whoever wants it. The Arsaga: a heated bar at counter height that you can lean against while having a cup of tea, but that isn't a whole stove. (Warning to American entrepreneurs: do not actually use the suggested product name.)","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":19,"retweets_count":2,"likes_count":84,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1194958649967468544","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1194922037799784400,"conversation_id":"1194922037799784449","created_at":1573726589000,"date":"2019-11-14","time":"10:16:29","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"The Trollope Rule: A work is truly great if people are still damning it with faint praise five generations after it was written.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":6,"retweets_count":10,"likes_count":116,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1194922037799784449","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1194916930542538800,"conversation_id":"1194916930542538752","created_at":1573725371000,"date":"2019-11-14","time":"09:56:11","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"Once a year, as Christmas approaches, we search for a picture in which our kids are standing still, have no chocolate or mud on them, and aren't making faces, and discover there are none.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":12,"retweets_count":14,"likes_count":304,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1194916930542538752","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1194325414031827000,"conversation_id":"1194233533767782402","created_at":1573584342000,"date":"2019-11-12","time":"18:45:42","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"The reason we tell companies to grow is that that's the only way to tell if you're doing the right thing with the product. Growth is a compass.\n\nYC's purpose is to help founders get their companies going, not to supply you with vetted leads.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":4,"likes_count":29,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1194325414031826944","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1194319708838924300,"conversation_id":"1194233533767782402","created_at":1573582982000,"date":"2019-11-12","time":"18:23:02","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"2/5000 = .04%. Seems like a pretty good filter to me.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":7,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1194319708838924290","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1194235883958001700,"conversation_id":"1194233533767782402","created_at":1573562997000,"date":"2019-11-12","time":"12:49:57","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"So not only is the conspiracy theory of wealth false, but you can get rich by disproving it.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":10,"retweets_count":17,"likes_count":253,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1194235883958001664","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1194235520488026000,"conversation_id":"1194233533767782402","created_at":1573562910000,"date":"2019-11-12","time":"12:48:30","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"It's the diametric opposite of the filter Y Combinator used. We actively screened out applicants who seemed dishonest. It not only didn't hurt us; it helped us.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":7,"retweets_count":13,"likes_count":220,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1194235520488026112","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1194234232027189200,"conversation_id":"1194233533767782402","created_at":1573562603000,"date":"2019-11-12","time":"12:43:23","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"Incidentally, the VC business is the refutation of this view. If cheating were the way to make lots of money, VCs would select founders by looking for good cheaters. And that is definitely not the filter they use.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":13,"retweets_count":16,"likes_count":233,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1194234232027189249","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1194233533767782400,"conversation_id":"1194233533767782402","created_at":1573562436000,"date":"2019-11-12","time":"12:40:36","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"In any other domain, no one feels the need for conspiracy theories to explain outliers. At anything else except making money, you can do extremely well by being talented, hard-working, and lucky. But anyone who does extremely well at making money must have cheated.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":100,"retweets_count":179,"likes_count":1017,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1194233533767782402","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1193946694926377000,"conversation_id":"1193946128334622720","created_at":1573494049000,"date":"2019-11-11","time":"17:40:49","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"As I explained to my son, one of the most important techniques for doing well on standardized tests is simply to go back and check your answers. Because most standardized tests are too easy, the difference between a good score and a great one is avoiding random slip-ups.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":12,"retweets_count":18,"likes_count":316,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1193946694926376960","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1193946128334622700,"conversation_id":"1193946128334622720","created_at":1573493914000,"date":"2019-11-11","time":"17:38:34","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"A test that's too easy becomes a test of carefulness rather than its subject matter.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":7,"retweets_count":38,"likes_count":482,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1193946128334622720","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1193848026776973300,"conversation_id":"1193848026776973313","created_at":1573470524000,"date":"2019-11-11","time":"11:08:44","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"Spelling correction is going to make this the era of malapropisms.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":19,"retweets_count":19,"likes_count":142,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1193848026776973313","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1193497018561450000,"conversation_id":"1193494654068699136","created_at":1573386837000,"date":"2019-11-10","time":"11:53:57","timezone":"UTC","user_id":183749519,"username":"paulg","name":"Paul Graham","place":"","tweet":"Incidentally, this could be the kind of project that leads to a startup. Once you're good at detecting cheating, you'll be an expert on college rankings. Then you create your own non-bogus rankings, which could be the seed crystal of lots of things.\n\n(Sorry, can't help it.)","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":25,"retweets_count":11,"likes_count":386,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1193497018561449985","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"183749519","username":"paulg"}],"retweet_date":""}
