Gavin Scout

The reason why Portugal is so poor is you literally can't "just" BUY things here You go to a gym equipment store here and there is literally no BUY button You HAVE to go through a contact form on their website and hope they'll reply to your message (I've tried with other shops and majority of the times they don't) If they reply it's usually days or weeks later, if ata ll A month ago I emailed sauna stores in Portugal to buy a sauna, not a single store has replied to me, it seems impossible to buy a sauna here even if you want to spend a lot of money The only way to buy something here is to call but often they don't pick up the phone either Everything here goes via a contact form or by telephone, or you have to know somebody Imagine having to KNOW somebody to be able to BUY something in 2025 This stuff just boggles my mind A country where so many people are complaining about the cost of living and poverty, but it's impossible to spend your money here Of course, it's a different culture, so you wanna adapt, but are you really going to suffer through a process where you want to SPEND money in an economy every time just because you want to adapt to the culture and spend locally? So once again I'm sending my money to an American company, because I can do it online, pay online, without the hassle of talking to someone for days, and I know they will deliver it and if I have a problem happily pick it up and refund me In this case ROGUE, an American gym equipment store, and obviously there is a BUY button and then they ship it anywhere worldwide (because they set up warehouses near you), 10/10 THANK YOU AMERICA 🇺🇸

2025 will be the year we see the first self-driving startups. Level 0: No AI People do everything. They come up with ideas, build products, and run operations. Many legacy businesses still work this way. Level 1: People use AI tools ⬅︎ we are here People might use ChatGPT to help write copy or Cursor to help write code. This is where most startups are today. Level 2: AI agents complete tasks based on human instructions People might ask AI agents to write software from a plain-English spec or tell it execute well-defined customer service processes. At this point entire departments (like support or QA) get largely replaced by AI. No startups I know of operate at this level yet—but if yours does, let me know. Level 3: AI agents propose changes to their own instructions They might propose new customer service processes and product changes in response to customer feedback. Humans would still approve each of those changes. Just a few people could run a large company this way. Level 4: AI agents autonomously change their instructions At this point startups become self-improving. Humans would only be involved as an escalation point or where required by the real world (e.g. to raise capital or to incorporate). At this point many startups would only have one human. Level 5: No humans AI agents decide which businesses to start, raise capital (through crypto tokens or other means), build and run them. No humans required. This would require major reforms in the legal and financial system.

Once she finds out there’s another girl in your life… She won’t walk away. She will fight harder for you.

If we agree that the photo on the left looks better, then we can have a discussion on how to recreate that aesthetic. However, if you prefer the outfit on the right, then disregard my suggestions. We simply disagree on aesthetics—and that's OK. This is a low-stakes subject.

Yes! The reason the DST debate produces such strong opinions on both sides (similar to the “what’s the best season?” debate) is that your experience with it depends heavily on where you live.