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Grind, Gamble, and Give Yourself Away: 996 with Pickleball, Sportsbooks Woo Old Vices, and Your Hands Betray You
Startups Revive 996, Now With Pickleball
Silicon Valley has rediscovered the Victorian mill, this time with kombucha and a swipe to Raya. In the AI stampede, founders and some VCs are selling 12-hour days, six days a week, as a hiring virtue, claiming whoever ships first in the next two to three years wins. Examples abound, from seven in-person days sweetened with a hacker house, food credits, gym time, and pickleball, to companies calling six-day weeks non-negotiable and demanding roughly 70 in-person hours. One VC is even posting grind scores, gamifying burnout with Glassdoor data, and Sergey Brin has suggested around 60 hours can be a productivity sweet spot. Minor hitch, the World Health Organization links 55-plus hours to sharply higher stroke and heart disease risk, and studies show output and cognition sag past 60 hours. Meanwhile, shorter weeks have boosted productivity, with Microsoft Japan seeing about a 40 percent jump and most firms in a UK four-day pilot keeping the policy. But sure, nothing says innovation like reinventing the 19th century, now with free snacks.
Sports Betting Boom Meets Old-School Temptations
As legal sports betting soars, the Terry Rozier controversy lands with all the subtlety of a parlay push notification. The NBA guard was arrested in an FBI probe and is accused of tipping bettors that he would leave a March 23, 2023 Hornets game early due to injury, allegedly for a $200,000 payday, a curious life hack for someone making $24 million this year with over $160 million earned. The industry is swelling, legal in 39 states with $13.7 billion in revenue, DraftKings and FanDuel holding 77 percent of the market, and eyes fixed on California and Texas. Where betting is restricted, workarounds flourish, from old-school bookies to prediction markets and daily fantasy apps that look like sports betting with better lighting. Leagues preach vigilance, regulators nod, broadcasters plaster odds on every screen, then everyone performs shock when the lines blur. History keeps whistling the same tune, from the Black Sox and point-shaving to Pete Rose and a certain interpreter headed to prison. If you build a casino into the sport, do not be surprised when the house rules start bending.
Your Hands, The Betrayal Artists
The parts you use to scroll skincare tips are snitching on your birth year. Hand skin is thinner, has fewer oil glands, gets constant UV, and takes a beating from soap, so lines and laxity show up early. Treat hands like your face, use a gentle hydrating wash, repair cream, and consider LED light therapy, red for collagen and calm, near-infrared for deeper firmness, about 10 minutes a few times a week. Look for humectants like glycerin and hyaluronic acid, emollients like shea or cocoa butter, antioxidants like vitamin E or botanical extracts, and bakuchiol for stubborn pigmentation. Non-negotiable, broad-spectrum SPF 30 to 50 every morning and after washing. Wear gloves for cleaning and cold weather, apply hand cream after washing and before bed, and try consistency instead of annual panic. Your face should not get all the budget.
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Silicon Valley has rediscovered the Victorian mill, this time with kombucha and a swipe to Raya. In the AI stampede, founders and some VCs are selling 12-hour days, six days a week, as a hiring virtue, claiming whoever ships first in the next two to three years wins. Examples abound, from seven in-person days sweetened with a hacker house, food credits, gym time, and pickleball, to companies calling six-day weeks non-negotiable and demanding roughly 70 in-person hours. One VC is even posting grind scores, gamifying burnout with Glassdoor data, and Sergey Brin has suggested around 60 hours can be a productivity sweet spot. Minor hitch, the World Health Organization links 55-plus hours to sharply higher stroke and heart disease risk, and studies show output and cognition sag past 60 hours. Meanwhile, shorter weeks have boosted productivity, with Microsoft Japan seeing about a 40 percent jump and most firms in a UK four-day pilot keeping the policy. But sure, nothing says innovation like reinventing the 19th century, now with free snacks.
Sports Betting Boom Meets Old-School Temptations
As legal sports betting soars, the Terry Rozier controversy lands with all the subtlety of a parlay push notification. The NBA guard was arrested in an FBI probe and is accused of tipping bettors that he would leave a March 23, 2023 Hornets game early due to injury, allegedly for a $200,000 payday, a curious life hack for someone making $24 million this year with over $160 million earned. The industry is swelling, legal in 39 states with $13.7 billion in revenue, DraftKings and FanDuel holding 77 percent of the market, and eyes fixed on California and Texas. Where betting is restricted, workarounds flourish, from old-school bookies to prediction markets and daily fantasy apps that look like sports betting with better lighting. Leagues preach vigilance, regulators nod, broadcasters plaster odds on every screen, then everyone performs shock when the lines blur. History keeps whistling the same tune, from the Black Sox and point-shaving to Pete Rose and a certain interpreter headed to prison. If you build a casino into the sport, do not be surprised when the house rules start bending.
Your Hands, The Betrayal Artists
The parts you use to scroll skincare tips are snitching on your birth year. Hand skin is thinner, has fewer oil glands, gets constant UV, and takes a beating from soap, so lines and laxity show up early. Treat hands like your face, use a gentle hydrating wash, repair cream, and consider LED light therapy, red for collagen and calm, near-infrared for deeper firmness, about 10 minutes a few times a week. Look for humectants like glycerin and hyaluronic acid, emollients like shea or cocoa butter, antioxidants like vitamin E or botanical extracts, and bakuchiol for stubborn pigmentation. Non-negotiable, broad-spectrum SPF 30 to 50 every morning and after washing. Wear gloves for cleaning and cold weather, apply hand cream after washing and before bed, and try consistency instead of annual panic. Your face should not get all the budget.