Joe Born

Father. The rest is TBD
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[Joe Born @JoeBorn]

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[Joe Born @JoeBorn]

Not sure why claude code doesn't do this by default, but simple UserPromptSubmit hook, gives it the time at every turn, so it knows how much time has passed instead of constantly thinking time has stood still:

[Joe Born @JoeBorn]

Is there truly no bank competent enough to give us a credit card statement that coincides with an actual calendar month?

[Nick Davidov @Nick_Davidov]

The biggest bullshit move by DHS in its history. So everyone on a O1 or H1B visa would have to stop working legally in the US, go back to their country and wait for years of backlog? This includes top scientists in our universities, founders of billion dollar companies (at least 3 just in our portfolio would be affected by the way). And if we look at individual countries it becomes even more bs. Indians would have to wait decades. Russians don’t have anywhere to go (there is no US embassy in Russia, hello?).

This is the worst imaginable way to disrupt important work for the country and pretend you’re fighting some loophole.

[Joe Born @JoeBorn]

To gain knowledge add something new every day, to gain wisdom, remove something new every day - Lao Tzu

[Joe Born @JoeBorn]

@vishisinghal_ Are there public repos that do a good job with this? Would love to learn from examples

[Joe Born @JoeBorn]

Buyer beware Homeaglow $19 cleaning is a complete bait and switch. They charge you $19 FIRST and THEN inform you that to use it you have to subscribe for their $60/mo service. They wisely have no social media presence or everyone would be screaming on it.

[Ivan Zhao @ivanhzhao]

https://t.co/fxHYR6S29D

[Joe Born @JoeBorn]

This is undoubtedly true and the only way we’ll have to deal with it is to cede judgement to another entity or AI. Scary is an understatement. Well need to trust in things who’s incentives are not aligned with ours.

[Dr. Clown, PhD @DrClownPhD]

In 2–3 years, there will be no way to tell what’s real and what’s not… and I have no idea how humanity will deal with this enormous problem.

[Joe Born @JoeBorn]

Buyer beware @agoda creates non cancellable hotel reservations even when the hotel would otherwise allow them. You really are better off booking directly with the hotel.

[Joe Born @JoeBorn]

@grok I know Elon Musk is very concerned about declining population, but in a world where ai and technology generally is poised to create massive productivity increases, why is a declining population a problem?

[Joe Born @JoeBorn]

Music venues should stop harassing people for taking pictures, and instead the rule should be to throw out anyone in the first ten rows able to stand who sit through the bands big hits, I don't care how much you paid, concerts are for fans.

[Joe Born @JoeBorn]

As virtually anyone who’s spent time sourcing products in both the US and China can tell you, rebuilding competitive US manufacturing is a long term project. In most sectors we need to build an ecosystem almost from scratch, I applaud the folks doing it. @mHUBChicago

[Ramon van Meer @ramonvanmeer]

Everyone says they’d pay more for “Made in the USA.”

I tested it.

We make a $129 filtered showerhead manufactured in China. With tariffs surging to 170%, we explored reshoring. We found a U.S. supplier. Our costs nearly tripled.

I ran a clean A/B test:
👇

[Joe Born @JoeBorn]

@akennberg Sure, and as I said, there are some things you (or your family) should be doing, but most folks would agree outsourcing much of the services we need makes sense today and we hardly expect to have a zero trade deficit with everyone that’s the whole point of currency v bartering.

[Joe Born @JoeBorn]

It’s an interesting metaphor. Now if he had a trade deficit with everyone he’d be in trouble, and there are times you should be doing things yourself, but this does make a good point. If you tax everything to the point there’s no commerce…

[Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian]

I have a 100% trade deficit with the lady that irons my suits.

She offers something way more efficiently and at a much better price than I can do myself.

And in exchange, I spend the time I would otherwise be wasting on pressing my suits offering financial services at 1,000x the hourly GDP rate as I paid her to afford me this time.

Am I getting ripped off by her?

Should I start steaming my own suits instead of offering financial services?

Would that make me better off?

Would I be richer because of it?

[Joe Born @JoeBorn]

@Macys Thanks for taking care of this

[Joe Born @JoeBorn]

Ordered 2 shirts from @Macys and they sent me 1. They are literally fighting me over a refund for the shirt they didn't deliver. There's a reason @amazon won.

[Joe Born @JoeBorn]

@jbschirtzinger @Macys @amazon That sounds like a great idea right about now!

[Joe Born @JoeBorn]

What our nation needs is more smart citizens/residents, not fewer. If you can't see that, not sure what to say.

[Sara Mauskopf @sm]

Ok I resisted weighing in to the H-1B visa debate but I can't help myself because the current framing IS SO DUMB and I NEED TO CORRECT THINGS.

People are debating whether we should allow highly skilled workers into the U.S. or prioritize hiring American workers only. But this misses a critical point (which is very obvious to anyone who runs a business): if American companies can’t bring the talent they need into the country, they’ll simply hire or contract that talent offshore. In an increasingly global economy, restricting visas doesn’t protect American jobs—it just pushes innovation and opportunities outside our borders.

So duh, of course we should allow highly skilled, pro-American values folks to come into the country if companies want to sponsor them. This is exactly how we create more value inside the country and ultimately *more* American jobs.