Confession Hour and Inner Fights: Late Coding Turned Into My Bank Fantasies and Cake Diplomacy

January 14, 2025

8:00 PM

This music is

I'm not sure

There is a magic quality to it

The feeling it evokes in me

It is

Indescribable

There is a gentle magic in it

8:15 PM (p)

[Chorus]If the night gets loud, stay close, stay here—

Keep your hand where it kills my fear.

4:00 AM

Rukshi could do a good job as tourism minister.

That's impressive.

Very impressive.

The way she runs her Butter Boutique is notable.

It's impressive.

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As a perk of serving as a cabinet minister.

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Elon might serve as a minister in a formal capacity.

Department of Government Efficiency

That would be interesting.

Not a ceremonial minister.

Chamath may not take a prominent role.

Nadda

Sheryl could earn significant income building a trillion dollar business.

5:00 PM

I'm back to work.

Very busy.

8:00 PM (b)

I love Avril.

I still listen to the same music; I always have.

I don't often explore new music.

8:15 PM

Wow.

This film is beautiful.

Paprika (1991)

8:15 PM (b)

Heh.

This feels exciting.

8:15 PM (c)

She reminds me of Rosy.

8:15 PM (d)

I Worked My Way Up To The Top

https://youtu.be/C_qmj7z1XhU

[Verse 1]

Life is great, I can admit

I love what I love most

When things were uncertain, I was tested

And I passed, yes

8:15 PM (e)

[Chorus]

I fought my way up to the lights,

Now watch me go.

I fought my way up to the lights,

This is my show.

Go, go, go, go, go—

Feel that glow.

Go, go, go, go, go—

This is my show.

8:15 PM (f)

[Verse 2]

I’m a spark and you’re chasing flame,

Still figuring out what you want your name.

Copying my steps gets old real fast—

Find your own heat, make your moment last.

8:15 PM (g)

[Pre-Chorus]

Lay me down tonight in my diamonds and pearls

8:15 PM (h)

Sing to me at night about your favorite girl

8:15 PM (i)

[Chorus]

I fought my way up to the lights,

Now watch me go.

I fought my way up to the lights,

This is my show.

8:15 PM (j)

Go, go, go, go, go

This is my show

8:15 PM (k)

Go, go, go, go, go

This is my show

8:15 PM (l)

[Bridge]

I need you like breath needs chest,

I need you near when I can’t find rest.

I need you most when the day goes thin—

8:15 PM (m)

Don’t fade out, don’t give in.

8:15 PM (n)

Tell me I’m the one you’re looking for.

8:15 PM (o)

I'm your favorite girl

8:15 PM (q)

I worked my way to the top.

8:15 PM (r)

Go, friend, go

Go, go, go, go, go

8:15 PM (s)

This is my stage

8:15 PM (t)

Go, go, go, go

8:15 PM (u)

I'm in the show

8:15 PM (v)

[Outro]

Breathe you in like a midnight prayer,

Need you close—just stay right there.

More, more, more—don’t fade from view,

I built these lights, but I still need you.

8:15 PM (w)

More, more, more—don’t fade from view,

I built these lights, but I still need you.

Ah, ah

2:45 AM

Wednesday, January 15th.

3:00 a.m.

I'm busy, disrupting my sleep cycle while I work.

3:00 AM

I'm not strong at basic maths, so I certainly wouldn't be the right person to be finance minister; people like Chamath ar much better at that

There are loads of qualified people — actually, to be frank, everyone in my cabinet was chosen from a top list worldwide for the cabinet

Mostly

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I would always prefer to be the least knowledgeable person in the room

If you're not the least knowledgeable person there, that can suggest a different concern — being the most knowledgeable isn't always ideal

3:00 AM (b)

Oh, hello there

3:00 AM (c)

Wow

We're moving forward with significant plans for BOC

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And we will seek to ████████████████████████████████████████

The banking sector █████████████████████████████

But we will continue to allow you to make your own choices

And support you in competing for depositors

We will see more banks, bankers and funds

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I would prefer if businesses could ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████

That makes more sense to me

I believe capitalism is also about capital for capitalization

4:00 AM (b)

In other unrelated news, Chandran Rutnam has opened his own bakery.

There have been a few updates about it.

I'm amused by the idea.

Notes:

Rukshi's tres leches are my favorite.

They are my favorite bakery.

I used to like Mitsi's.

But the tres leches at Butter Boutique is even better than their Death by Chocolate.

We often have cake at our cabinet meetings.

The others had butter cake, the goddaya type.

That's delightful.

And their kalu dodol is lovely.

4:00 AM (c)

"Let them eat cake" has always been my go-to life motto.

4:00 AM (d)

And if they are very thirsty

Pardon me

Offer them champagne

4:00 AM (e)

Heh

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Heh

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I am

Out of it

Zing

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They all eat like rich butter cake

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When we're persuading people, Rukshi is a valuable resource

4:00 AM (f)

Be kind and build goodwill

4:00 AM (g)

"I know, Sajith, about what Ranil said."

"I understand that. But we have Rukshi's cakes — tres leches."

"Yes, Ranil, what should we do? Sajith is being firm."

"You could form a government with them, but..."

"We have a better cake."

"Many people prefer our cakes."

"I could teach you, but..."

"I would need to charge a fee."

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I am tired; I need to start doing business soon

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