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New animation trailer with Titus hits hard: - He is a demigod out of time - Fighting for a golden age that can never dawn again - The primarch reborn demands the impossible - But only in death does duty end

How Ed Stack turned Dick's Sporting Goods into a $20B empire: 1. Never rely on the kindness of strangers. 2. Your name is your biggest asset. 3. The person who talks the least is usually the decision maker. 4. Sometimes the most profitable decision on a spreadsheet is the worst decision for a business. 5. Good businesses don't need debt and bad ones can't handle it. 6. When the data and the anecdotes differ, you're measuring the wrong thing. 7. Trust isn't earned in the easy times; it's earned in the fire. 8. People are rarely buying just your product. 9. Give the underdog a chance. They want it more. 10. Not knowing what you're doing can be an asset. 11. All money comes with strings. 12. Your competition always has something to teach you. 13. Always bet on yourself. 14. Learn from mistakes, but don't over-learn them. 15. "The moment a business stops evolving, the moment its leaders sit back and think, 'Everything's good,' that's when it starts to fail." 16. Problems are opportunities to add value. 17. Play the game to win. 18. Become someone people want to help. 19. Investment bankers are not your friends. 20. Manically focus on the numbers. 21. The recipe is boldness mixed with caution. 22. What you get out of anything is directly proportional to what you put in. 23. The spreadsheet is not the customer. 24. Arguing teaches you how to think. 25. If you go into a deal with a win-win mindset, it almost always works out. 26. Clever excuses don't make anything better. 27. Every business is someone's irrational dedication. 28. The most important element of success is perseverance. 29. Always let people keep their dignity. 30. The cost of making others happy is losing yourself. 31. Do right for the company. Do right for society. You can't prosper unless the community around you prospers. 32. Believing in someone before they believe in themselves changes everything.

This is what I think many have failed to grasp. T2, Epic, Roblox’s competition is going to be OpenAI, xAI, etc. The big tech companies are already making interactive world models that will compete with game experiences. This is why Mark Zuckerberg moved his bets away from XR and into AI. That is the battlefield where cutting edge tech and the network effect will merge. Games, AI, and tech are really part of the same network effect. Metcalfe’s law states that the value of a network is proportional to the square of the number of its users. In other words, the platforms with the most creators and players generate the most value. When Wada-san predicted in 2004 that Networks will transform the game industry, he meant it from a technical perspective. But he knew, and I know because I spent a decade with him, that ultimately it was about the Network of players. And so we return to the start. Games are no longer a content business. Square Enix knows it too, but the sun set on their opportunity to transition to a Network business. There were a few million players of Final Fantasy 16. There have been 14.45bn lifetime plays of Grow a Garden so far, with 21m+ peak CONCURRENTS (meaning lifetime players substantially higher). Microsoft sees this too, which is why Everything (and thus Nothing) is an Xbox. The future is unfolding before us, and given that we’re all free to spend our time as we wish (and are apparently spending it watching TikTok and playing Grow a Garden) Metcalfe’s law is the future the majority of the audience have already decided with their wallets and time that they want for games. Apparently that's growing gardens on Roblox.

@MVPAward Congrats to all. and especially you and the team @vanhybrid ;-)

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@damengchen @levelsio 2nd one likely just a bot? 🤔

@levelsio Perfect example in OP's comments

So how this stuff works nobody will ever tell you so I will tell you Networking doesn't exist, it's just meeting fun people who do cool stuff, and you get access to them when you do cool stuff yourself, cool stuff in our scene means make nice things/products and get users and make money and have some impact on the world I know @yasser_elsaid_ cause he started showing up on my X feed with his app @chatbase_co, I think when he shared revenue numbers Started very small and grew fast and he's bootstrapped and indie so that's very cool (for me) Then I probably followed him, which means my DM is then open for him and he asked me advice He could have asked smth annoying like "can you RT this" or some marketing spam like many do, but instead he just asked advice which is fun to give for most ppl Then I met him when meeting @Erwin_AI the gym here in SF this week. Erwin in turn is my friend I met in Bali in 2019 at a pool party I organized and he also makes indie startups All these ppl are chill and not annoying, high IQ and fun to hang with and successful So generally if you're successful, share that, and are also smart and fun, you meet people like this easily None of these people are annoying, annoying for me is marketing-ey, asking for RTs, being pushy, or playing padel

@Vantekai_ @Austen @punk6529 Chicken jockeys?

@Austen @punk6529 I had the misfortune to take my lad and his mate to the movie.... was one of the most horrendous experiences of my life The cinema was rammed full of kids all going crazy.... 🤣🤣🤣

Me: “What’s the point of Minecraft? How do you win?” Seven-year-old: “What’s the point of anything?”

@wimdemeere Because in the grim darkness of the far future there is only war. ;-)

I fully understand "si vis pacem, para bellum." But if your stated reason for existing is pacem, why haven't you done a single thing in three years of war to achieve it? And still don't now you are all in on bellum...

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@wimdemeere What did it have to say about taiwan? 😜

Deep Seek either refuses to answer or when it starts compiling that list suddenly deletes it and wants you to talk about something else. Talk about unsurprising... :-)

@wimdemeere Damn I missed it... Quick, what is the new narrative?

Toby and I have been talking about this for years. And said the same thing: Ukraine lost the war two years ago when the much delayed Summer offensive failed. The usual suspects howled and shrieked insults. Now, they remove Ukraine flags from their bios and are eerily silent, or have already switched to the new narrative. I guess finally, enough blood has been spilled for their taste. A pox on their houses, all of them... wimsblog.com/tag/toby-cower…

@wimdemeere Here's to @elonmusk following you 😜

In the coming year, there will be lots more of these kinds of receipts. The internet is forever and people are angry. For 15 years, wokeness ruled and polarization was magnified. On purpose. Now the very same people who stoked the fires say the exact opposite of their previous positions. They didn't just see the light. They didn't just change their minds due to "new information." They switched sides now the culture war has mostly been won and the societal tides are shifting. So they self-absolve all previous sins and expect you to believe them still. At best, you get a half-hearted apology. At worst, blatant lying of the "I never said that!" kind, despite ample proof to the contrary. What comes now is the revenge of those they wronged and attacked for so long. It is one thing to disagree with somebody. It is something else to claim the moral high ground and demonize the other side. There was no "Let's agree to disagree." There was "I disagree and therefore you are evil." There is no coming back from that. By their own rules, the opposing side can now demonize them too. It's not just TYT, it is the MSM, politicians, influencers, companies, NGOs, etc. This will go through all layers of society. Many people, me including warned about this. We were laughed at and attacked as well. Eventually, I stopped warning and for a while now have shared my favorite Tom Cruise scene. None of this is good. The right/conservatives will go too far too. At best, there is now a period of retaliation and repression. At worst, well, history has plenty of examples... What would be better? Accountability. Which is what the woke side screamed for for years. Now they have to accept it too. Clearly. Unambiguously. Only then can there be a path to forgiveness and a move back to common sense and something vaguely resembling unity. We will see.

@elonmusk Not only America...

Bureaucracy is killing America

my DMs mere four hours after announcing my defense tech startup

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@AldiUK Who else came here through the critical drinker? #hilariousburn

You sound like our legal team

Burned by Aldi. Legends.

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@TheCriticalDri2 Oh no ... does this mean we won't be having a Drinker's review on this movie? 😲The horror...

First step towards cancellation.

@maximreed @eurostarfr @Eurostar We can go get a free glass of water at the catering car on our train 🤪

@eurostarfr @Eurostar Hello again. Thanks. We've now been informer our ETA is 11am, so 2hrs later than planned at least. What compensation can we expect? Hopefully full refund. Also since we're stuck in the train for 2 extra hours, can we expect breakfast/snacks to be handed out as well? Thanks.

@eurostar @eurostarfr Good morning. Currently in 9009 from Paris, stopped just after the tunnel (after being stuck for about 20min in the tunnel) Can we get more information please? Staff onboard told us power failure on the line but no delay given. Any idea on how long? Thanks.

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