John Smitt

@Bacongrease83 @grok @M_Cottone @PTrubey @ZacksJerryRig Some things trend at current rate, some other scale exponentially.

@grok @M_Cottone @PTrubey @ZacksJerryRig At the current rate of deployment it will only take about 500 years to deploy enough satellites. Easy Peezy.

Okay, I generally don't like dunking on stupid people because what's the point? But this guy's got a million followers on X and also a huge YouTube account. This is one of the dumbest posts I have ever read.

@acjohnson5 @dieworkwear One should not buy anything except TLB Mallorca at 400$ price point.

@dieworkwear Any thoughts on Jay Butler vs. Grant Stone? I have a few pairs of loafers from Jay Butler and have been very happy with them, but curious if I should branch out.

Many people feel like they're at a loss for mid-tier clothing, trapped between expensive designer luxury and disposable fast fashion. But it's not because mid-tier clothing has disappeared; it's just harder to find. I wrote something for Bloomberg about this transformation. 🧵

@AnmolSi27289408 @frontierindica I am okay with the guy making 25k to get freebies over people who don’t earn at all.

@frontierindica What if we just removed schemes that offer free money to people at least from people who make more than 25k a month? Some filter at least to not give an extra 1k of taxpayer money to people who don't need it...

Bravo. As the rupee sinks past Rs 96 to the dollar and Brent crude has been flirting with $110 for much of this month, the government's genius macroeconomic response is to identify the one small escape hatch left for the aspirational middle class: foreign travel. It is not enough that this government has already imposed TCS of 5% on overseas tour packages of up to Rs 10 lakh and 20% beyond that. It is not enough that airline tickets already carry GST of 5% for economy and 18% for non-economy. It is not enough that international passengers already pay airport User Development Fees (UDF) on both arrival and departure. Apparently we need one more special cess/surcharge on foreign travel because middle class wagies must be compelled to enjoy Amrit Kaal by putting a gun to their heads. If you cannot be persuaded that Vishwaguru is paradise, your Bali, Dubai, Thailand, Europe trip will be fiscally disciplined until morale improves. Also, remember that Temporary taxes have a habit of becoming permanent once the state discovers people can be emotionally blackmailed into paying them. By 2027, IT selliyas will be explaining how this foreign travel cess is actually your sacred contribution to Bharat Mata, how your cess pales in comparison to soldiers' sacrifice on the border, how Hindu civilization will be in grave danger if you don't pay the cess on your boys' trip to Phuket.

The irony that an armchair idiot tells someone who works hard everyday about wages.

@aakashgupta It also mean more failures. It was always about reliability.

Apple spent a decade gluing batteries into $2,499 MacBook Pros. Then it shipped a $599 laptop you can take apart in six minutes. The MacBook Neo teardown numbers are wild. Eight screws to open. Eighteen screws hold the battery, zero glue, zero tape. The USB-C ports, speakers, and headphone jack are all modular, meaning each one swaps individually. The speakers come out with four screws. An Australian repair channel disassembled most of the machine in under six minutes using standard Torx bits you can buy at any hardware store. For context, the 2019 MacBook Pro scored 2 out of 10 on iFixit’s repairability scale. The 16-inch Pro got a 1 out of 10. Soldered RAM, soldered storage, glued battery, proprietary pentalobe screws, keyboard riveted to the top case. Apple’s own Self Service Repair program required you to rent a 79-pound repair kit shipped in two Pelican cases just to swap a battery. The timing explains everything. The EU Right to Repair Directive takes effect July 31, 2026. Member states are transposing it into national law right now. Manufacturers must offer repair beyond warranty, provide spare parts within 5 to 10 working days for seven years, and publish repair manuals. In the US, over a quarter of Americans already live in states with enforceable Right to Repair laws. Oregon banned parts pairing. California’s act is in effect. Apple read the regulatory calendar and realized the cheapest laptop in the lineup would face the most scrutiny. Millions of students and first-time buyers will own it. The volume will be enormous. And regulators love consumer-protection cases involving the most affordable products in a company’s portfolio. So they built the Neo as the compliance flagship. Standard screws, modular ports, no adhesive, a battery that lifts out. Meanwhile the $1,099 MacBook Air still has soldered storage and a riveted keyboard. The $2,499 Pro still scores poorly on independent repairability scales. The $599 laptop is the most repairable MacBook in over a decade. Apple always knew how to build a repairable laptop. They just needed a reason that showed up on a regulatory deadline.

@RomainHedouin Because it impacts warranty and safety. The math gets complex and you have to spec everything else as well. Cars are developed considering a certain use cases that most drivers are likely to use.

It's 2026 and I'm still not aware of a production electric car that lets you pick your charging curve based on how much battery degradation you're willing to accept

@RomainHedouin You really cannot use that much power unless you want to fry your battery. There is marginal value to use a charger at those speeds for a few seconds before thermal limits set in. 350 is all you need

This tweet will soon be 10 years old There are currently 3 (three) Tesla Superchargers in the world with ≥350 kW stalls There are currently 0 (zero) Tesla Superchargers in Europe with ≥350 kW stalls My next tweet will be about BYD's new 1500 kW chargers

@WhateverVishal You wouldn’t say this about catholic clergy who go to seminary. The self hatred is strong with this one.

I have more respect for Corporate Coolie who wage slaves 9-6 and feeds his family than this

This photo is the saddest evidence of the decline of America. Dogs take supremacy over their own children.

@Colin_d_m The abortion rate in UK is running wild, but yeah sure let's blame India.

This is a fun and cute invention that should be strictly banned outside the west. A single one of these in India could result in thousands of sex selective abortions.

@Bernstein Everyone outside the plane is a state of pre-boarding, and everyone inside it has boarded.

Swissair lets you preboard if you have a young family, are elderly, disabled, or if you have a gf/bf