Matt
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Full blog post coming soon, but I finally finished my Garmin Chat app: github.com/rod-trent/Junk…
A local GenAI chatbot that connects to your Garmin Connect account, allowing you to ask natural language questions about your fitness data.
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@nursedanakay @tesrico2020 @grok This 100% happened to us yesterday. I almost gunned the accelerator, but then I saw the lights flashing in the corner of my eye. Don't be so quick to doubt FSD's hesitation!
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@tesrico2020 @grok how did the Tesla with FSD hear the ambulance siren before the human?
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ドライバーよりかなり早くから救急車に反応するテスラFSD
あれ？ FSDって音にも反応するんだっけ？
Dana Chandler 🇨🇦🖖@nursedanakay
Don’t question when your Tesla pulls a quirky move. FSD heard that ambulance siren before I did and got us over. 🚑🔊👍
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Garmin is finally ridding itself of the myfitnesspal integration. Its new, integrated food/calorie logging tool has rolled out: support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=yve…
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@UltraRunner26 Completed my first ultra. By the way, you provided plenty of inspiration with your posts!
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We are thinking of robots all wrong.
Why a $1,500 robot is far more important to buy than a $20,000 one. And why it will pay for itself within a year.
First of all, for the last eight years I've been a Silicon Valley housewife. Picking the kids up from school. Doing a variety of tasks taking care of them from feeding them to laundry.
And I've already bought a $20,000 Neo from @1x_tech and have built the most complete list on X of the robotics industry.
Just to set the tone for this conversation.
We must ask ourselves "what is the goal of a robot?" before we go into why typical American homeowners might want one, and shell out quite a bit of money for one, like the Neo.
I grew up in Silicon Valley back when it was all orchards and the farmers taught me "pick the low hanging fruit first."
What is the low hanging fruit in the American home?
Laundry?
Cleaning the toilets or your home?
Watering the plants?
Bringing you a beer?
Nope.
It is the preparation of food.
Yesterday I got a new @eatwithposha robot, and the attached video with founder @ragsgups gets into depth about what the $1,500 robot does. Cooks meals.
Far more time in the home is spent cooking meals than the other tasks and is far more complex than, say, folding laundry.
But there is something I think everyone is missing in the discussion of robots: "what is the goal?"
I've been doing consumer research talking with many around the world about these things. People tend to have a few goals:
1. Improve their lives.
2. Save them time.
3. Save them money.
4. Enable a new business.
What is the best way to improve your life?
Upgrade your food.
This is very hard to do when both parents in a family are working their butts off to try to improve their careers. It gets worse when a single parent is trying to keep everything going.
How many times have you decided to go out to eat rather than spend an hour cooking food? Doing that for a family of four in Silicon Valley costs $100+. And guarantees your family will overeat. I've done that many times while raising my kids, and often I can't say no when desert comes around.
It gets worse if you take the easy route out at home. Put a pre-processed meal into the microwave, or heat up a frozen pizza. Horrible for everyone's health.
But what if you could have a robot at home that cooks your meals?
Then costs go down to less than $20 and ingredients get way way better.
It gets worse when you consider a $20,000 humanoid. They aren't safe enough to trust around stoves yet. And their hands aren't yet dexterous enough to do that. I doubt my Neo will be allowed to cook meals over an open flame, and if so I will have to watch it to make sure it doesn't do anything wrong. (The Neo that arrives next year will be teleoperated by a human remotely and the risks that person does something, or misses oil catching on fire is just way too high).
While neither robot will be able to do all food preparation (cutting chicken up into cubes, or cutting carrots or other fruits, for instance) this robot dramatically reduces the time needed for a human to make a meal and dramatically reduces the costs to do so.
And, as we discuss in the video, when the Neo does arrive the Neo will be able to use this machine too, reducing time even more (and will be able to set the table and wash the dishes, saving even more time so you can answer more emails or learn more AI programs or, even, pay attention to your kids and give them a few more minutes of quality time).
The robot industry should focus on the low hanging fruit first. Cooking meals is the biggest one to improve your life, save you time, and make your family healthier.
It's why I bought one.
And they actually make two: x.com/ragsgups/statu…
Your money is way better spent getting one of these than buying a humanoid.
And if you do get a humanoid, like I am, they go together like peanut butter and jelly.
@sierracatalina has been saying this for years that our focus on humanoids is overblown and that specialized robots (you see my @maticrobots in the background to prove this point) are way better for most families.
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We definitely a bit lowkey this time. No ads no hype, but clearly from our user metrics and feedbacks - ppl love it and growth is very strong.
4.1 is a great model.
Chubby♨️@kimmonismus
For some strange reason, Grok 4.1 is way underhyped. It's a great model that gets far too little attention.
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Big News for Microsoft 365 E5 Customers: Security Copilot is Now Included at No Extra Cost! rodtrent.substack.com/p/big-news-for…
#SecurityCopilot #Cybersecurity #MicrosoftSecurity #Security #GenerativeAI
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remember these little iPhone bumper cases they gave out because of antenna gate
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Safety Riders after a day riding with Tesla fans who don't shut up
GIF
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Matt retweetledi
What did @SPaceX Starship Flight 9 launch sound like?
This was by far the most intense one yet with a sudden & dramatic burst of audio energy unlike any of the first 8 launches that @esherifftv & I have watched!
Turn up the sound on this one ... you can feel & see the shaking of the house we were at in Port Isabele, 5 miles from the launch site!
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@UltraRunner26 Yes, but how many steps does your watch say you took? 😂
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Today marks my 3rd week in my new role here at Microsoft. Really, really enjoying myself. I'll wait until a month has passed before cake and candles but the decision was a good one.
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First impressions of @slateauto:
It’s fun
It’s small
It’s laidback
It’s accessible
It’s customizable
It’s everything you need and nothing more
Basically it’s the IKEA of automobiles and I think it could be just what the electric vehicle market needs.
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Official petition to get a multi-select box for activating Entra PIM roles simultaneously ✅
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@chaitualuru I’m x premium, but the Grok app still shows version two and no voice. :(
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Grok Voice is now available to all X Premium users on the Grok app in addition to Grok 3: apps.apple.com/us/app/grok/id…
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