Patrick Soon

@xuwu What's YVR stand for?

I think Pico, Meta, and YVR are all taking their next thin and light premium headsets in the same direction. They are basically iterating on the Vision Pro approach, with a clear focus on making it lighter and cheaper. That part makes sense. The real challenge is pricing. How do you get people to accept $1,500 or more? This is not just a more expensive headset. It is a new price band, and it has to be a new premium line with a clearly higher standard. A big part of the cost increase on this route comes from moving to micro OLED displays. micro OLED is a major technology upgrade, no question. The problem is that it cannot carry the entire value proposition on its own. If the only obvious difference is sharper visuals, people will still walk away thinking it is basically a higher spec Quest. And Meta has already anchored VR and MR pricing at $200 to $500 with Quest. In that context, asking for an extra $1,000 just does not land. To truly earn a $1,500 plus price point, the upgrade has to be end to end. Hand and eye interaction has to feel effortless and instantly responsive. The OS needs to look and feel premium. Build quality, fit and finish, and every small detail has to feel unmistakably elevated. Users should try it once and immediately know this is not in the same class as Quest. That is how you build a real premium series. Otherwise, if it is mostly a parts upgrade, people will see it as a Quest with a nicer spec sheet, and sales will be ugly.

@0xSweep No way he doesn't even have a single Bitcoin.

Everyone knows about the 10,000 Bitcoin pizza but nobody talks about the other 150,000 BTC he wasted after Before the famous pizza order, Laszlo Hanyecz invented GPU mining for Bitcoin Which made it possible for him to mine thousands of BTC per day Satoshi personally messaged him about it, and was worried it would break the network Laszlo's response: "I feel like I crapped up your project" He kept buying strangers dinner in Bitcoin until he couldn't mine fast enough to keep up His wallet has a total volume of 162,864 BTC That's $10.7 BILLION in today's value and $20.3 BILLION at the peak price of Bitcoin His balance now? 0.00018 BTC around $12 The guy who invented Bitcoin mining actually wasted BILLIONS Probably the biggest fumble in the history of Bitcoin

@Wario64 Wow. That worked!

Free year of Paramount+ by joining Delta Business Traveler (free) delta.com/us/en/skymiles… You can cancel Paramount+ immediately after sign up (or make sure to set a reminder before bill date)

@Mike_Truk_ @Wario64 Wow. That's the dream! Where can I get these printed in that large format?

@patricksoon @Wario64

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is $49.69 on US PSN buff.ly/XAFUXtU

@Wario64 Would be good except for the i9 Intel CPU. For gaming, you want an AMD. Preferably 9800X3D.

Corsair Vengeance i5100 Gaming PC $1,999.99 at Woot buff.ly/0f1Vtg7 #ad -i9-14900KF CPU -5080 -32GB DDR5 -2TB SSD

@Wario64 How is it still so expensive?

Black Myth: Wukong (PS5) is $50.55 on Amazon amzn.to/3A91X8A #ad

@Wario64 Huh. I would have expected this to land at Amazon or HBO Max.

Death Stranding Isolations [Working Title] animated series streaming exclusively on Disney+ in 2027 kojimaproductions.jp/deathstranding… Executive Producer: Hideo Kojima Director: Takayuki Sano Original Character Design: Ilya Kuvshinov Animation Production: E&H production

@ThatGuyInThe916 @Wario64

@Wario64 😂

Lil Gator Game: Gator of the Year up for preorder at Target ($34.99) PS5 buff.ly/ki5Sc8x Switch buff.ly/6p7wyhD Walmart buff.ly/A9O2v61 #ad

@xXiRonpOnyXx @Wario64 No, they're exceedingly rare for a reason.

@patricksoon @Wario64 have u won any of the "complete a set" prizes? coz i havn't gotten a single one lol. i feel like they dont release those codes to people with just 1 missing piece. ive gotten dozens of duplicates, never the one i need to complete a set 😅🤔🥲

Last day to play your McDonald's Monopoly bonus plays (8:59 PM PT). Also last day to request AMOE codes (good luck if you're only filling out the form now for today) Physical game pieces (if still available) and entering codes are good until November 23 playatmcd.com/rules

@xXiRonpOnyXx @Wario64 That happened to me yesterday. I think they've been slowly throttling code requests the last week. A lot of prizes have been claimed so maybe that's why.

@Wario64 sucks i requested codes at 1am est yesterday, and never actually got my codes. tsk tsk tsk missed out on 10, dang....

@Wario64 Extra implies there's already some discount. Is there?

Movies deals on GRUV (extra 20% off w/ code SIGNUP20) buff.ly/IryQjXP #ad

@Wario64 This or AW3423? I have an Nvidia graphics card.

Alienware AW3423DWF Curved QD-OLED Gaming Monitor - 34-inch 165Hz is $521.99 on Amazon Prime amzn.to/45IuKhd Computers & Accessories deals amzn.to/4nBmFBh #ad

@orangebook This test fails for lawyers since oftentimes their whole life's work is to imagine what could possibly go wrong and try to mitigate it. Getting good at this is how they build the life they want.

The test of intelligence is whether you are using your imagination to worry about everything that could go wrong, or whether you are using it to become who you want to be and to build the life you want.

@Wario64 So Samsung just cancelled my order and the email claimed that I (!) requested the cancellation. Anyone else? #galaxywatch7 #samsung

Samsung Galaxy Watch7 40mm is as low as $59.99 w/ any smartwatch trade in at Samsung Store buff.ly/ZQMwJfs #ad

@Wario64 Weird. Target didn't give 5% off or free shipping despite my using the Target debit card. Anyone else?

DualSense Wireless Controller – ASTRO BOT Joyful Limited Edition preorder up at PS Direct buff.ly/eYNJIHe Walmart buff.ly/1C4RW2O Best Buy buff.ly/XIs3h9O GameStop buff.ly/A0gXoUc Target buff.ly/YFuj1Gr #ad

@Wario64 TIL Logitech makes a farm sim vehicle side panel peripheral. 🤯🚜🧑‍🌾

Logitech Peripherals, Accessories Sale on Woot (extra $5 off w/ code LOGITECHFIVE) buff.ly/eVzeTJe #ad

@Wario64 Wild how much more expensive Walmart is. I guess it's a placeholder price?

Shin Godzilla - Limited Edition Steelbook (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray) up for preorder on Amazon ($34.99) amzn.to/4199Sx0 GRUV $27.99 w/ code SIGNUP20 buff.ly/4ExsbrZ Walmart ($40.99) buff.ly/rI1y118 #ad CE at Godzilla buff.ly/hz354vl

@Wario64 Is this good for cameras like the DJI Osmo Pocket 3? Is this fast enough?

512GB MicroSDXC Express Card for $65/78 at Walmart (Switch 2 compatible - local store availability): onn ($65.77) buff.ly/mGYdAdd Sandisk ($78) buff.ly/9CPi89a #ad

@JNavok Great thread Jacob. Should be posted on LinkedIn too!

This is a long thread about Square Enix, the Microsoft layoffs, AI, and Metcalfe's law.