Baird Kleinsmith
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Baird Kleinsmith
@bairdk
Former corp exec turned buyer of crappy metal boxes and the businesses behind them. Co-Founder of @Hire_LATAM.
Durango, CO Katılım Aralık 2021
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@bairdk Amazing. Why all the way to Bentonville rather than somewhere closer like Moab, Fruita, Sedona, Flag, etc??
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@chegecre Find a good local bike shop, pick their brains, demo their bikes, join their group rides, and it’ll come together. Lots of great riding in the NW.
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@bairdk Thinking of getting into MTB for fun. Any tips? There’s some local trails here in the NW
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@bairdk Well no one can accuse you of being too brand loyal 🤣
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Constantly surprised how many people are willing to inject themselves with all these new peptides, GLPs, TRT etc
Not sure that is how we were designed
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@jasonc_nc It’s a gem. Went with kids in 2019. Wife and I are heading back in May for a 445 mile loop by bike.
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@pinpulleddrmf You must mean assault bike. I don’t believe you ride an actual bike outside. If you did, you would have told us about it (a requirement of being a middle-aged cyclist is talking about it often).
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Armand and I compete every time we bike together
But I cannot compete with his level of brilliance.
Armand@armandcognetta
There’s an enormous gap in the longevity field that almost no one is talking about. No existing therapeutic modalities are capable of both systemic distribution and complex transformations. Until we solve this, we won’t solve aging. 🧵
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@moseskagan @BenjiBacker @grok And to be clear, I don't claim to know enough about any of this to be against building data centers in the west. I just think your graphic is an over-simplified response to what is a real problem (that I hope people much smarter than me are considering).
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@moseskagan @BenjiBacker @grok I don't see desalination plants or pipelines on your graphic.
I also don't see the OP claiming water is destroyed. They claim that this could worsen our already very bad water situation, which is not wrong.
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The American West simply cannot afford to build data centers that suck up 70,000 gallons of water per day.
The Western rivers are nearly dry already.
And no one is talking about how bad this could get.
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"The water cycle recycles globally, but not locally or quickly enough for the arid West. Data centers (esp. AI ones) often use evaporative cooling, withdrawing 50k–5M gal/day from rivers/aquifers like the Colorado basin—already over-allocated & stressed by drought. Much evaporates & drifts away via winds, precipitating elsewhere (not reliably refilling local sources).
Net: consumptive loss strains regional supply (ag still dominates at ~70%, but this competes). Mitigation via dry/immersion cooling or reclaimed water exists & is growing, but location choices amplify risks. Real issue for water mgmt, not magically solved."
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@moseskagan @BenjiBacker @grok considering The Water Cycle, what is the likely reality of how this scenario (building large data centers in the arid American West) would play out? Will the water just return to its source, as Moses seems to imply?
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@bairdk @BenjiBacker I detest the "suck up" language, bc it implies that the water is somehow destroyed, when in reality it evaporates, is recycled, or flows down to the ocean
This is my on-going attempt to remind people to think a little more critically
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@moseskagan @BenjiBacker I see you post this often. Is it a joke or do you genuinely believe that this isn't a problem because of "The Water Cycle"?
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@JerimiahLee They only gave me $10k on the Gold. No way to request an increase. My biggest gripe and they’re losing most of my spend.
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Seriously considering canceling my Amex for this.
I hope they offer 50k+ limits
JC Bahr-de Stefano@jbahrdestefano
Holy sh*t @RobinhoodApp launching a Platinum Card (invite-only at launch, just like the Gold card) $695/year annual fee Rewards include: - 10% cash back on hotels + rental cars - 5% cash back on flights (booked through RH) - 5% cash back on dining - 1% on everything else Annual benefits: - Complimentary RH Gold membership (saves you $50) - $250 DoorDash credit + complimentary DashPass - $250 credit for autonomous rides - $200 credit toward health wearables - Complimentary Amazon One Medical membership ($199/yr) - Complimentary Function Health membership ($365/yr) - Complimentary Oura membership ($69.99/yr, still have to buy the rungtho) - Unlimited Priority Pass lounge access ($469/yr) Just those memberships + credits = ~$1,850 in standalone value against the $695 fee finance.yahoo.com/personal-finan…
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@4GrahamWilliams @pinpulleddrmf If VIN matches on engine, frame, and body, getting a title and registering is the easiest part.
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@pinpulleddrmf @bairdk Plus the hours of life energy fighting to get it imported and tagged.
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I bought a 1991 Defender when I lived overseas and imported it back.
Had to wait until it turned 25 years to import.
The previous owner was a plumber, and before that a sheep farm.
I spent half a day powerwashing the interior (yes inside) to get it prepped to ship back to the states.
I would rather sit in the DMV every morning for a month than try to import a car again.
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Finally found a killer merch guy
Vet owned, on it 24/7
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