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@HardwareSteam Steam frame, 900. Steam Machine doesnt even have dlss so feels like it will feel old fast so.. 800

What’s the max you’d pay for Steam Machine and Steam Frame?

@yonann By no means an Apple fan boy but Apples materials, silicone, features and eco system demand a premium. The neo blows all budgets pcs out of the water. PCs are for gamers who wamt to tweak things and that market is usually spending Apple money.

Kevin O'Leary says Apple's genius is making people pay 5x more for a laptop they could buy for $350 "you can buy an Apple laptop, average price about $1,800, or you can buy the same functionality for $350 on a Windows laptop" "but you still pay $1,800. Why? Brand" "you're paying a 5x multiple in some cases for something that is exactly like a Windows machine" "I put that out to people, they say, yeah, but it's not an Apple. So there is the genius of Jobs"

@RoaringHammy Do your homework, review the year built ans surrounding houses for any common issues. Whether or not youre okay with an HOA, paying top dollar for poor craftsmanship (new). Ultimately choose the neighborhood and then the house.

Are you okay with purchasing an "used" home? I have friends that would only buy/live in brand new homes. Is this insane?

@KatieKeithBarn2 The young feel the threat as immediate. The older have a more grounded understanding of how long it takes to accomplish goals + life becomes centered in family, career, skill sets and things that actually change with your time and energy.

Why do you think young people are so sceptical of AI while older people are embracing it? It’s the opposite of what normally happens with new technologies 🙃 I’m sure that the threat to their future jobs is one factor, but it feels like much more than that.

@uncledoomer At Tesla, we have many examples of people starting at the bottom to leading. I know a guy who started as valet driver in Palo Alto who now leads on the Optimus team. I started entry level and within the 1st 3 years git 50% more. I'll be real, the ones who thrive give 100% daily.

baby boomers still think you can work your way up from cashier to executive because during their lifetimes it still was possible. thats how bad theyve fucked things up. we went from a country where this was possible to losing that in a single generation, to make a few extra bucks

@TiffanyFong Personally, still friends with last woman i loved and have a son with a woman I'm friends with. I have so much respect for her and even attracted to her but the few times she's snapped or lost her shit eradicates any serious interest. I'll take my peace over mom part 2.

is this true boys?

@stevehou Didn't recognize him without that one suit.

Lex Fridman is hitchhiking with truckers in China using ChatGPT translator. Looks a bit sketch but seems to be having a good time.

@GrantCardone What are you transforming into this time?

I’m in transition again in my life. I have done this many times and they are all a bit painful as a person goes from being successful & certain about what you’re doing and having to learn again.

@redroomrantings Open it in photoshop, put a raster layer, sign with your mouse and export as pdf.

Maybe I am very stupid, but is it possible to actually sign a pdf digitally without paying a subscription somewhere? Does this exist anymore?

@downbadcomment Stand up for yourself.

thoughts?

@JamesCarne49587 Just pray.

My brother’s dad just died. He wasn’t a believer in Christ. How do I pray for someone who has passed but didn’t know Christ?

@ayeejuju Lol

@Scobleizer Hella long.

"You aren't getting it," a friend who lives in China told me after I said the new Ferrari is ugly. "This is gonna sell well with China's new rich." But why is a story of changing attitudes amongst car buyers, particularly in China. In a world where everyone around you is driving a new electric car, which is true in many Chinese cities now, showing up with a loud gas car just doesn't fit in anymore. Imagine you are a new rich factory owner in Shanghai. Do you want to drive around in a loud Ferrari, like I dreamed about doing when I was a kid? No. Chinese culture is about fitting in, about caring what everyone else thinks. Worse, in China they are going electric so fast that you can see the writing on the wall for gas. Soon gas stations will disappear altogether in major cities. And cars that pollute and put fumes into the air are already being seen as artifacts of an age that needs to die quickly, particularly in cities with 40 million people. Ferrari's sales are way down in China. New car brands there like @Xiaomi, @XPENG_Global, @NIOGlobal, @BYDCompany, and @HongqiGlobal are taking share with vehicles that have much more innovation than even this new Ferrari has. What are my credentials to talk about Ferrari? Well, I've studied automotive innovation my whole life. Audi taught me to race. I had the first ride in the Fiat 500, the BMW i3, the Tesla Roadster, the first Mercedes AI car, and a few others. Have hung out with many billionaires who have Ferraris, went on a famous car rally with such last year to study buyers of super cars, and car collectors, among other things. And I did consumer research about attitudes toward new innovations, like autonomy, around the world. But it goes deeper than just China, which buys more cars that USA and Europe combined. Ferrari is run by people who love to drive and love to drive gas cars with loud, big, engines. In USA that makes sense. My friend Scott Jordan, who owns a clothing company in Sun Valley, Idaho, has one, and within a few minutes from his home he can be on some of the best driving roads in the world. We argue about cars all the time, and he probably never will buy a Tesla. Loves the sound the Ferrari makes. And the design of the hand stitched leather dash. He hates this new Ferrari. Could never see himself in one. But his counterpart in China? Will never get onto a pretty road. When I was last in Shanghai I drove for hours and never stopped seeing high rise buildings with stop and go traffic. Americans can't grok that. They don't want a dirty, gas, car, that makes a lot of noise in China. All traditional luxury brands (another way for saying $500,000 or more for a car) are seeing sales declines for this reason. They also get on race tracks far less frequently than we can here in America. Which is where you can really enjoy a Ferrari. In fact, the luxury brands are more of a club than buying a car. I once hung out with the Bugatti owners from around the world (one of the benefits of living within walking distance of the Half Moon Bay Ritz Carlton). They told me that it is a club and that Bugatti flies their cars around the world for a variety of driving experiences. Makes sense, the last thing a billionaire wants to hear while on vacation is a pitch for a new startup, or someone begging for money (same thing, really). So they have a club experience that keeps them separated from those kinds. The Chinese buyer cares more about innovation than those of us in USA do. You see this in their vehicles, which have big huge screens covering the dash, and seats that rub their backs, and even suspensions that "hop" over potholes, not to mention autonomy that drives them everywhere in stop and go traffic. It's one reason why China's government has kept Tesla from really turning on its autonomy, which is slightly ahead of the Chinese brands. As a Tesla investor I am watching that closely. Speaking of Tesla, its new Roadster that we should see "within months" according to @elonmusk and his main designer @woodhaus2, should capture the world's attention, and especially the new rich in China. But will it be allowed into China in a world where USA doesn't allow Chinese cars to be imported here? The answer to that question is way above my pay grade. But if it were, it'd be a massive competitor to this new Ferrari. Why? Well, Ferrari's innovation just isn't there for this new consumer. It doesn't self drive. Its screens are smaller than any of those new Chinese brands, many of which started out making smartphones and other consumer electronics. And that leads to this design that is rightfully getting derided. Ferrari doesn't like being pushed into this new world of electric, screens, and autonomy. If it could it'd go back to an all-analog car, which is what most of the buyers of Ferrari like, taking them back to their childhood. I can just imagine what Jony Ive had to do to come up with even the design he was able to ship here. Consumers used to like buttons. Old people, particularly billionaires, still do. Takes them back to familiarity and tactile senses. They still talk about how much they love the buttons and knobs in their old cars. But the new Chinese consumers grew up with smartphones and iPads you can touch. Many of them carry around @Huawei triple fold phones, that, when unfolded look like an iPad. We don't have those in America yet and Apple is rumored to be bringing a single fold device to America later this year. Such a consumer is more impressed by big screens and automation than loud engines and fast speeds. But the new rich want to stand out. Often they are running factories or tech companies where most of the engineers have Teslas or one of the new Chinese brands. How do they stand out? Roll up in one of these. And now you understand why the design of this car is so ugly. Ferrari doesn't want its traditional consumer to buy it. And didn't want a mind-blowing aggressive design that would make its traditional customer pissed that it was "going electric." It's all about trying to regain share in China.

Claude Mellan's Face of Christ, also known as The Sudarium of Saint Veronica (1649), is one of the most technically extraordinary works in art history... The entire portrait is rendered using a single, continuous spiralling line that begins at the tip of Christ's nose and expands outward to the edges of the cloth. Mellan achieved the illusion of depth, shadow, and facial features without any cross-hatching or traditional shading. Instead, he precisely varied the thickness and pressure of the burin (his engraving tool) as he rotated the copper plate, creating "swelling" lines that darken the image where needed. The spiralling line is estimated to be approximately 150m (about 500ft) long if it were stretched out.

@JamesMac_Fit Theres an age appropriate way to teach about addiction amd self regulation- at any age. Explaining that content is designed to addict and also showcasing resilience so that they dont see you doom scrolling goes a long way to teaching them.

Dads... I need your advice. As a young dad myself, I’m genuinely worried about my son growing up addicted to screens, phones, games, etc. It feels like EVERYTHING is designed to grab their attention these days. So I want to ask: - How do you actually manage screen time in your house? - What’s worked for you? - What’s failed? Would appreciate real answers from people who’ve been there 🤝

@ksupdates20 Clearly SF CA in this pic

Testing of the Cybercab has begun in Colorado

@EdLatimore No one starts over at 80. Its over.

I watched a YouTube video on spending life in prison. One guy was 80 years old and had been locked up since he was 17. Someone left a comment that I gotta share with you: "At 80 years and still has a dream to be free and start over. Makes me realize how much I can achieve with this freedom I have."

@Pirat_Nation Was he doodling naked kids?

A Japanese manga artist lost his entire Google account forever after he uploaded private files from an old comic he drew to Google Drive. Google’s AI checked the files and flagged them as not allowed. He asked Google to review it again, but they rejected his appeal and banned the account immediately. He can no longer access years of his private drawings and lost access to many websites and services that used his Google login. The artist said this is very embarrassing and causes him a lot of trouble. He warned that it might not happen to people who always follow every rule, but others should be careful. So Google is scanning files that people upload to its cloud storage even if they are supposed to be private. I wonder how long they have been doing this.

@rosscoulthart What if its the astral projection of some dude on earth who juat went all the way with their DMT hit?

This is fascinating. Dare I say it looks like the ghostbusters marshmallow man.

@MiddleOfMayhem Strings on balloons aren't as thick as umbilical cords though

🚨EXCLUSIVE: New "UFO" video is actually "a Boy Scouts balloon". Sean Kirkpatrick, a senior Pentagon director at the time, has confirmed to me via email that this video shows the military blasting the small balloon with a $500,000 missile.