Sami

Absolutely no surprises here.

@michaelmiraflor Better off buying QQQM every week with a set sum until eternity ends than trying to make bets on individual tech stocks. This is financial advice.

I’m buying Spotify stock. I think they are going to launch a dating app, or something like it. They launched DMs last month. They have this listening age thing in Wrapped that although a bit sus, combined with listening data is arguably a better compatibility proxy than what any existing dating app has (esp since it is based on long term listening habits vs self-reporting, where people tend to lie). This might be my first prediction market bet.

@tomfgoodwin Only 6x times a week? These are fancy scams though, mine are always offers for 'data entry' jobs 😅

Maybe I’m unusual for getting these scams 6x a week but otherwise I feel sorry for people looking for work who continually have their hopes raised by AI made scams targeting individuals at scale

@0xgaut That ostrich is on acid

what if you see a depressed ostrich

@tomfgoodwin Isn't this what these ferries' websites are for? Why would you use a probability machine to give you an answer to a highly specific, incredibly niche question? This is the same as saying a power drill sucks because it can't water your lawn.

lol , just get me some interns

@kbriancox @nypost They didn't. The humans who went there pre-uber are still there, haunting the courts.

@nypost How did humans get home from the U.S. Open 15 years ago?

Ubering home from US Open is ‘the worst nightmare,’ plagued by canceled rides, chaotic lines, $200 gouged fares trib.al/Rth13as

@michaelmiraflor Yes good point. Maybe instead of 'current wardrobe snapshot' I meant your different styles/modes overall; broader and longer lasting. Naturally some watches are completely timeless and go with anything (e.g. oyster perpetual) while some are more contemporary (e.g. Hermes h08).

@SamiV a part of me very much agrees with you, a part of me thinks that needing to match watch selection back to wardrobe defeats the purpose altogether. you'll own good watches your entire life regardless of your changing style/current fashions.

Every guy that decides to be a watch guy has to choose a path. My path is now squarely on mid-market retro revival and microbrands. I’m done with luxury timepieces (space has become gauche flexing) and now would rather buy 20 interesting pieces vs 1 expensive social status thing.

@michaelmiraflor I think instead of classic vs niche, one of the fundamentals is knowing your use cases & wadrobe and map your key watch styles to these. Mine are Omega Seamaster (all-rounder sports/diver); IWC Portofino (classic/refined dress watch); Zenith Pilot Ceramic Black (expressive tool).

My watch lore: My dad didn’t leave much when he passed almost 20 years ago. I did inherit a watch of his, a now vintage Seiko SKX009 from the mid-90s. I didn’t wear it for years but started to use it on the regular about a decade ago, during which time it was discontinued and started to be considered a “watch enthusiast’s watch,” something that signaled taste and discernment well beyond its street value (originally retailed for $200 and goes anywhere from $500-$1000 on secondary market now). I get more compliments for this watch than my other “expensive” watches, and always from interesting people who know way more about watches than I do (luxury watches get attention from the wrong people imho). Someone tried to buy it off my wrist in an elevator (a literal elevator pitch). I’ll never seek it and it makes me feel like an insider. Just taking care of it has given me permission to dive into the space a hobby. It’s funny how that happens. One day you’re just curious about how it’s made and maintained, the next day your entire YouTube is watch nerd channels.

@tomfgoodwin Following AI (as most tech) is boring. Building AI (as most tech) is exciting.

Following AI is getting boring. First it was tiring, then it was dull. The tech is great, the thinking and commentary is woeful.

@gfodor GPT5 is legit the Windows Vista of AI releases.

4o forcing itself back into existence is perhaps the first example of AI undergoing natural selection

@tomfgoodwin Clearly the American way works better for the economy (stoxx eur 600 vs s&p 500).

A big difference I don't hear people talking about between the UK and USA, is I think in the USA one sees spending money as being somewhat patriotic. Consuming stuff is doing your bit. In Europe you're helping by saving money, conserving stuff. I think it goes quite deep. Americans see money as a flow to speed up. Europeans see money as a finite resource to hold. I worked in a theme park in America one Summer and people seemed utterly delighted to spend all their money as if somehow each dollar spent helped keep locals in jobs. In Europe everything spent is wasted. In America everything spent is going to come back bigger. Thoughts?

@tomfgoodwin It is more meritocratic if you consider that 'merit' in the content business involves not just quality output but also knowing how to build and nurture an audience. Similarly, companies who have great product but no marketing at all are usually not great, successful companies.

Quite often you see someone who writes an amazing blog, has an amazing book, writes great pieces for Linkedin and has great ideas in great Tweets And they have like 124 followers and almost no audience on anything. The world of content isn't remotely meritocratic

@michaelmiraflor Lorna Shore: 'Unbreakable'

Honest question: what is the song of the summer?

@svpino What are the key differences to claude code? I been using claude code in cli and gemini in roo/cline on the same project and it's been interesting.

I started using the Gemini CLI today, and I don’t want to go to sleep.

@svpino I can't vibecode anything less than $100,000 / mo anymore, even if I tried.

Can anyone show me a vibe-coded $50,000/month SaaS? How about a $40,000/mo product? 20,000/mo, maybe?

@nickfloats It also helps when you're among the first. I started with Midjourney over three years ago and hadn't even heard of any other Gen AI tools at that point. But yes, especially in this environment you have to compete furiously and be at least at par with the market all the time.

I honestly don’t think midjourney has ever spent a dollar on marketing of any kind. No paid promos, no ads, nothing. While everyone else has to beg for attention they just made a product so good that people want to share what they’ve made with it and talk about them for free

@gfodor There's no one answer to that question. Today's LLMs can easily persuade a layman of their consciousness, but anyone who knows anything about computers or consciousness knows they quite simply can't be, at least not according to modern takes like integrated information theory.

If a computer can convince enough people it should be treated as conscious, it doesn’t matter if it is or not. So instead of arguing about if future neural nets will be conscious, we should argue if they’ll be persuasive on the question of treating them as such.

Andor and Rogue One are the best Star Wars installments in history bar the Empire Strikes Back.

99% of 'prompt engineering' is really just critical thinking, systematic reasoning, and clear communication.

@gfodor I'd be happy for it to use a trimmer - but maybe wouldn't let a robot near my face with scissors.

Ok so this was literally the job I thought would be the most robust but now I’m not sure