Ben Holfeld

Google Gemini 1.5 Hackathon with the Google Founder at AGI House

@BillyM2k Isn’t it about voter turnout of the not-rich folks? For those not having the time, energy & money like the rich to take time off work/family to get passports etc to have them vote for their rights?

i don’t understand why the left is against voter id while simultaneously saying how it won’t make a difference because people aren’t illegally voting so then pass the law? if the results are the same and it makes no difference, it takes away the talking point

@MarioNawfal Didn’t they just request another $200B for this? Gonna go to trillion territory soon

🇺🇸 The U.S. war with Iran has reportedly cost ~$25 billion in just a few weeks. Here's a rough breakdown of where that money is going: - Precision munitions & missiles (~$10–12B): Thousands of Tomahawks ($2M each), JDAMs, JASSMs, GBU-57 bunker-busters ($3–4M each), Hellfires, etc. - Aircraft & flight hours (~$6–8B): Carrier strike groups (USS Abraham Lincoln, etc.), B-2/B-1/B-52 sorties, F-35/F-15/F-16/F/A-18 ops. Each carrier group costs ~$6–10M per day (fuel, maintenance, personnel). Thousands of flight hours at $20k–$100k+ per hour per aircraft. - Naval operations (~$3–4B): Carrier escorts, destroyers, subs, logistics ships in the Gulf/Arabian Sea. Fuel, ammo resupply, crew salaries, repairs after drone/missile threats. - Drones & ISR (~$1–2B): MQ-9 Reapers downed ($30M each), Global Hawks, RQ-4s, satellite time, electronic warfare pods, recon flights. - Logistics & support (~$2–3B): Fuel (jet fuel ~$3–5/gallon, massive burn rate), ammo transport, base support in Gulf states, contractor services, medical/evac. - Other (~$1–2B): Intelligence, cyber ops, allied coordination, repairs to damaged assets (e.g., radars hit in Gulf). $25B in weeks is insane, that’s more than the annual budget of many countries. Taxpayers are basically funding the most expensive fireworks show in history. Source: DoD cost estimates, Reuters/Anadolu reports.

@unusual_whales Whats going on with Cuba

President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced that Mexico seeks to resume fuel shipments to Cuba.

@RealDianeYap @Yuchenj_UW What is sleep is not the goal

@Yuchenj_UW No, Yuchen. This is correct. It’s very bad to drink caffeine after 5:30. Then you won’t sleep on time.

Guys, SF is a magical city. Today, a beautiful Wednesday, I had a 4:30pm meeting with a friend at a café… it was closed. We walked 10 blocks, every café was closed. Finally found Blue Bottle, it closed at 5:30. Can some YC company please build what SF people actually want?

@typicalsadz beautiful

“Good Morning, Daddy”, oil on canvas one of my biggest paintings ever!!!

@Yuchenj_UW check out Corgi Cafe by @UseCorgi @trudythecorgi @brookeleblanc

@DaveEDanna SAP implementations are a lot of fun...

Third potential client this year wants to chat about SAP implementations they have planned, more than the last 2 years combined, at least that want to talk to me 😂 must be something in the air 🤷‍♂️

@tbpn @mcuban building humanoids seems to be going much faster than re-building houses though...

.@mcuban says humanoid robots won't last more than 5-10 years. Instead, we'll "design the house to fit the robot, and design the robot to fit the house." "You could create a house where the pantry, the refrigerator, and the washing machines were hidden behind the garage, if you even have a garage. That way you could redesign the house so that all the living space was for people."

@marknadal @christyoverflow join us tonight then: partiful.com/e/B5X453Rd0dcS…

@BenHolfeld @christyoverflow yeah i'm willing to join too always down for more networking

building the biggest men-only community in San Francisco 1) You get approved 2) You get in 3) You get to know men you should've known years ago if this sounds like you, comment👇

@UseCorgi @brookeleblanc @trudythecorgi that's amazing, i'm just a few blocks from there... gonna check this out soon!!

@BenHolfeld @brookeleblanc @trudythecorgi Ben, This is a real place. Come visit anytime. maps.app.goo.gl/VVdKiRN9x92aDK…

San Francisco’s first and only 24/7 cafe.

Just got my pass for Stripe Sessions 2026—looking forward to meeting up in San Francisco in April! stripesessions.com

@hannahteter this looks like my Mac background

Today in Lake Tahoe☀️

@yanatweets @KarlTheFog_ probably hiding really well, sometimes he even goes invisible... a real trickster

@BenHolfeld @KarlTheFog_ Oh really? I thought he wasn't there the past few days :)

I spot @KarlTheFog_ coming back to San Francisco 👀

@ellen_in_sf @mem0ai haha raw dog coding is gonna become a rare art

for the tech bro in sf made a questions card for your first date who wants one?

@StacheAndGlass where do you find a Roman costume when Spirit Halloween is closed

@BenHolfeld indeed indeed. he, I, and another partner run it!

come to sf social's party saturday. 2 rules: 1) dress like a roman 2) don't talk about any of the below

@Aella_Girl now the X community knows and will protect and/or avenge you also murders are less and less common, people can release their angers and aggressions in the digital world nowadays with less consequences

he's out of jail now. he's been out of jail for a while. I hope I don't get murdered ha ha ha

On the topic of sex worker rights: one time a guy tried to kidnap (and prob murder) me cause I was a sex worker. They gave him a plea deal for only 5 years (!!!). He accepted. And then when it came to final sentencing the judge was like 'actually let's just give him 18 months'.

@Aella_Girl oh right Texas is super republican / conservative... where they are more restricting and pretending it doesn't exist or labeling it differently like sugar dating, escort, daddy, contractors etc.

@BenHolfeld yeah. this was in texas too might have had something to do with it.