Mike Ross

Real-time swap of a carrot for a stick 1. Form habit through incentives (2x usage bonus in off-peak hours) 2. Replace with punishment (restricted on-peak at 0.5x limit, off-peak goes back to original 1x)

Every dying company, community, and civilization eventually criminalizes the act of seeing clearly

How are HRIS subscriptions so expensive? Excluding payroll, I'd think you could one-shot a basic one in a weekend

3 of the top 4 "featured" apps on ChatGPT Apps are some guy named Abu's test accounts Did they use Codex & vibe code an app store? 😳

“Not because the ideology is true, but because the psychological cost of leaving is higher than the cost of staying. Easier to double down. Easier to believe the problem is that society hasn't changed enough yet.”

@RobinhoodApp I want some merch to rep for when you launch in 🇨🇦

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“founding engineer” has to be the biggest psyops you get a founder-adjacent title, founder-level responsibilities, below market rate salary, and no founder equity or founder-adjacent career opportunities afterwards

Everyone knows you can get smarter and more ambitious by surrounding yourself with great people What’s more important is that you can also get dumber by osmosis. This must be avoided at all costs

@fahdananta Sounds good until it turns into Europe. I despise the drifters constantly bothering you to peddle their goods every 10 min. Don’t open the floodgates!

I’d like to fund, as an experiment, a few people to go around at Riverdale Park in the summer evenings to sell flowers, refreshments, and snacks I’ll pay the fine if you get ticketed. I think it will make the park more fun. DM me, can be a student or younger sibling

What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.

Society separates those who are good at math and those who are not

A NYE party of only consultants, doctors, and bankers is either your pinnacle of success or your worst nightmare

True long-term thinkers never use DateTime.MaxValue If you don't think your code is going to be used past Dec 31, 9999, you should re-assess whether you are aiming high enough

My bet: it's like real estate agents -- a small # of drivers complete 90+% of the trips, so adding 10,000 drivers that do 0 rides/mo doesn't help A better solution might be to give Uber, Lyft, etc a set # of licenses & they allocate them to their best drivers. If you don't drive, they swap it to a higher performer

@MikeRossXYZ I personally think that having more drivers is a good thing for all the Uber users. With more drivers available, drivers will have to compete on rider quality and speed to get better rating and get prioritized.

@swaritdholakia Uber has all the data to support their point publicly if they wanted to, but they "commissioned and paid for" a push poll with the classic "Some people say..." leading questions, which should say something in itself

@swaritdholakia My bet is that there is a small % of drivers who complete most of the rides. As long the "whales" keep driving, the impact would be minimal. Similar to real estate with most agents completing 0 home sales in a year

@torontolibrary @torontolibrary Where are the minutes from this meeting? Can you provide a public link?

The Toronto Public Library Board is meeting in person only on Monday, October 30 at 6 pm. at the Toronto Reference Library (789 Yonge St). The public is welcome to attend.

@elonmusk Allow Canadians to access the beta, @elonmusk!

Groooook

@FengRonnie Yes, I feel like some people think that telling others will hold themselves accountable but, from my observations, the praise they get for stating intention is often enough satisfaction and they don’t follow through with execution

@MikeRossXYZ I never really say anything before something gets done. Folks say that putting it out to the world then things will manifest themselves, but I feel like I lose momentum when I tell other folks.

I know General Manager is a "high-level" role, but whenever someone uses that title, it gives such strong Michael Scott regional manager vibes