Adam Locklin

@tszzl It’s amazing. It will hold up for decades. Time stamp this with the movie reviews of all time

project hail mary was unfortunately a middling adaptation of a good book. the script has the unfortunate affect of “language model populism” - where every single line has to be some sort of punched up comedic zinger yet still unremarkable. visuals were uninspired and trite and more or less identical to other space movies. everything good about the film comes from the wonderful world scaffolding of the book and the hard science fiction of it all that lets you suspend disbelief on the alien rocky the movie doesn’t really try to get into the xenolinguistic stuff even at the depth the book tries (someone called it “arrival for idiots” which unfortunately hit ) the thing that elevated the book is the commitment to a hard science fiction engineeringporn fiction at a level nobody else is able to write. the direction of the movie doesn’t really convey the same feeling successfully, and you’re left with flat characters, an alien that is more human than several humans i know, and a marvel populism gosling and the german woman are great as actors, but this movie will not be remembered in a year. it is disappointing to see people do so little with a quarter billion, insane acting talent, and incredible source IP

@damianplayer @tbpn @mcuban Nah. Ai can’t touch blue collar rural America. It’s human first second and third workflows. Best it could do is help with scheduling and accounting.

this is nuts! Mark Cuban just said something every young person should hear. AI agents are GOING to run through every small and mid-size business in the country. not a single one of those owners will know how to build them. his advice is to learn claude. learn agentic workflows. just learn AI and how it works. then go to these businesses and help them because they won’t know how to do any of this shit. they have money to spend. they have deep problems. they don’t have you!

@LinusEkenstam What’s old is new again

You know what’s about to explode? Analog. The real world. 90’s all over.

@Jesterflyguy @projecthailmary Couldn’t agree more! Didn’t get home until midnight but was worth the drive to Montreal to watch it in 70mm. Visually perfect.

Saw #projecthailmary last night and it was fantastic. Highly recommend for everyone to see it on the big screen, it’s made for it. A superb mix of story, laughter, tears, science fiction, hope, bonding, action, thrills & I left the cinema with a full heart and smile. 10/10.

@DevonisReallyCo @projecthailmary I was worried if they’d deviate from the end of the book. They nailed it. I’m going to listen to the audio book now before going to watch it a second time ;)

I got to see project Hail Mary early: it is a perfect buddy space adventure that is grounded in science and knows how to be serious at times but silly at others. Book readers will fall in love with Rocky and Ryland for a second time. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @projecthailmary

Watched @projecthailmary last night on 70mm in Montreal. Amazing. Fun, joyous, heart warming, exciting, nerdy, it’s got it all. Even my wife enjoyed it! She thought Rocky was cute. And the ending, nailed it! #projecthailmary

Morning read in Quebec. I wonder how many @arenamagdotcom readers are in Canada?

@tbpn What’s old is new again. Welcome to the future of the past.

Alex Karp: "Everybody's worried about their future, but there are basically two ways to know you have a future." "One, you have some vocational training, or two, you're neurodivergent. And when I say 'neurodivergent,' I mean broadly defined." "It's really an inversion [for people] with the 'normal-shaped skills'... Meaning the thing they can do that used to be valuable is not so valuable." "The thing they need to learn to do is be more of an artist, look at things from a different direction, be able to build something unique."

Matcha business. Green & powerful like the Vermont small business community. #growVT #vermont

Peak Pitch! Investors, bankers, lenders, meeting small businesses and entrepreneurs across Vermont. #growVT

@projecthailmary There’s still early tickets in Montreal 15 March

So… are you in? Project Hail Mary — only in theaters and IMAX 3.20.26. Get tickets: link in bio.

@Scobleizer @mattturck I have sooo much I’d like to read or watch in my bookmarks

@mattturck I am building an answer to this. Coming in a week

The production of interesting X articles has now officially outpaced my ability to even bookmark them

@tesla_na Hawaii, Vermont and California are or will charge EV per mile. Making it close to the same price.

A Tesla saves you $$$ in gas Needs almost no maintenance And can chauffeur you around w/ FSD Supervised

@tunguz Yes Man, obviously

What's a good movie to watch on a rainy Friday evening?

@DudeWhoInvests Don’t worry Cali is about to charge EVs per mile same as Hawaii does and Vermont will next year

People who own EVs right now…

@projecthailmary How much do you weigh?

Hello. Rocky here. Rocky is taking control of account for one hour. I have questions about Earth things. Many questions. Some objects puzzle Rocky. I show you objects in thread. ⬇️ You explain to me. Ready, question?

@projecthailmary How much do you weigh?

Answer leading Rocky to more questions. - Rocky

@projecthailmary I have answers.

In 30 minutes, Rocky is taking over this account for one hour. He has questions. Many, many questions. See you back here. #ProjectHailMary

@DivyaMangotra The end right?! I’m so curious how the movie adapts it or avoids it. Big feels there

Will be suing Andy Weir for emotional damages. 5 freaking stars.

@AlchemyAmerican Let’s gooooo! Been waiting for Eric. Did anyone ask why nobody has funded this research? If not, I’m going to be very upset. It’s the one topic everyone avoids. It wouldn’t take that much money for a wealthy individual to conduct Thomas Townsen Brown’s research and others

This weekend… the Super Bowl for UFO and Physics Nerds