TheMonitor

Lover of fine things. Joburg is my love and life

[TheMonitor @KukuMonitor]

Amazing

[Jennifer 🟥🔴🧙‍♀️🦉🐈‍⬛ 🦖 @babybeginner]

This woman is so brilliant. So articulate. So educated. She’s a joy to follow. This post about how silence isn’t consensus is spot on. I loved it.

[TheMonitor @KukuMonitor]

@Melody_Z4 @ziddigirl_0 Where can I find such groups in Joburg? I am even willing to host!

[TheMonitor @KukuMonitor]

@PornJapane53365 @Netural837 Such a big snatch! She got pussy of 3 women!

[TheMonitor @KukuMonitor]

@robertmarawa Leave them! Morocco is going there to add numbers! No one will be ruling in their favour!

[starmex @starmexxx]

A GERMAN ENGINEER SPENT $7 ON COMPONENTS AND BUILT A CHIP THAT DOES WHAT $80,000 LAB EQUIPMENT DOES. HE POSTED THE BUILD ANYWAY

he soldered 47 connections by hand in his bedroom in lithuania. the chip glows blue when powered. the comments on his post asked where to buy one and he replied that he couldn't sell them legally

meanwhile a 19 year old in miami opened a shopify store 9 weeks ago and pulled $31,247 last month without shipping a single package. claude runs the entire store for $20 a month

claude finds the products. writes every description. runs the ads. answers every customer email. tells him every sunday what to fix. he hasn't opened his inbox in 11 days

a traditional shopify operator pays $2,600 a month before a single sale. copywriter $400, va $700, media buyer $1,500. that's why 90% of stores die before month three

his total cost is $21 a month and he keeps $16,559 in net profit. six prompts run the whole operation and they're all in the article

bookmark this and read the article below

[Om Patel @om_patel5]

THIS GUY TURNED AN OLD SMARTWATCH INTO A DIGITAL SHIFT KNOB FOR HIS 2001 AUDI AND THEN MADE IT EVEN CRAZIER

instead of throwing away an old TicWatch, he 3D printed a custom housing and mounted it on his gear stick

he vibe coded a custom WearOS app that uses the watch's built in accelerometer and gyroscope to read the physical angle of the shift stick and display which gear you're in

the hardest part was driving on hills. going uphill would throw off the angle readings and show random gears. he had to build dynamic calibration into the algorithm so it could adjust in real time

his car is a 2001 audi B5. the old communication protocol is so limited for gear data that building his own accelerometer app was actually easier than pulling from the car's computer

then he went further

he vibe coded an invisible touch spotify controller into the same shift knob

swipe up on the knob to skip a track. swipe down to go back. tap to pause. all using the watch's touch screen while your hand is already on the shifter

no extra buttons, no phone mount, no looking away from the road. your hand is on the shift knob anyway so the controls are right where you need them

the watch also shows whatever is playing via bluetooth between gear changes

3D printed the enclosure, vibe coded the app, and turned e-waste into the coolest car mod on the internet

[TheMonitor @KukuMonitor]

@Zanele__99 Yummy