Michael Stovenour

Husband, dad, dog's human. On a mission to radically change how we clean up Texas beaches.

[Michael Stovenour @MikeStovenour]

@blind_via Base Power is basically doing this for grid battery storage. You should check out their business model.

[Michael Stovenour @MikeStovenour]

@blind_via What if we turn the table on the question? Can a bunch of individuals build and operate a super GPU cluster? Run open source models and sell tokens? Who is building that control plane?

[Michael Stovenour @MikeStovenour]

The coding models are good enough now that we need to transition to using OpenAPI documents as the source of truth for our API code. All API changes need to start with an update to the YAML API definition. Then let the models adapt the server, clients, and all the test cases. Every API test harness needs to use the OpenAPI spec. as the input and then validate that the server matches the spec. It the spec. isn't good enough, fix it first.

[Michael Stovenour @MikeStovenour]

Outright telling me I'm wrong is very annoying, but simple counter view points are the foundation of intelligent discourse. Others see things I don't see. It is true that some people seem to enjoy pointing out my blind spots, but that's how we get to intelligent discourse. The alternative is the larger mass that simply don't care enough to exert the effort needed to open my horizon a little. They seem like NPCs to me.

[Michael Stovenour @MikeStovenour]

@andrewmccalip Once we learned to amass knowledge and pass it to the next generation, the snowball started rolling downhill.

[IGW @interstellargw]

BREAKING: SPACEX IS TARGETING THIS UPCOMING THURSDAY FOR STARSHIP FLIGHT 13 🫪

[Michael Stovenour @MikeStovenour]

I can’t stop laughing. 🤣

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

😂

[Michael Stovenour @MikeStovenour]

@blind_via Completely my speculation, but they clearly show the compute modules as both modular and swappable in their video.

[Michael Stovenour @MikeStovenour]

This technology is how SpaceX will change out the satellite data center compute modules as GPUs age. No need to deorbit the entire satellite. Reuse the solar panels, radiator, and communications infrastructure.

[Northrop Grumman @northropgrumman]

It isn’t science fiction, it’s our next mission.

Our Mission Robotic Vehicle will soon head to orbit, making space house calls to satellites running low on fuel and installing satellite “jetpacks” to extend their service lives by up to eight years.

It’s never been done before, and it’s just the start of a new chapter in in‑orbit servicing!

[Michael Stovenour @MikeStovenour]

@paramountplus app is the worse experience. It makes you watch commercials over and over. I watched an episode about 75% through and all the commercials. The next day the app forgot I had watched it and started from the beginning of the episode. I can’t fast forward past any of the commercial breaks. It took me 10 minutes to forward through to where I left off, stopping for 2-3 minutes at each commercial break. Miserable experience. I’ll do anything to avoid using this app.

[Michael Stovenour @MikeStovenour]

@StarwatchRv3 @NASASpaceflight How wow. The whole tower twisted when it came to a stop.

[Michael Stovenour @MikeStovenour]

@tekmaven @levelsio This is the way! The real problem with that AC is that it reaches 100s of km round trip, across a massive external network, just to adjust the set point. Let me guess though…. Your HA is running in a VPS so reliance on an external network is immaterial?

[Michael Stovenour @MikeStovenour]

This is what grok thinks:

• Portions (e.g., ~7% increments) become eligible to sell after 70, 90, 105, 120, and 135 days post-IPO.
• Additional unlocks (around 20% or more) tied to the first post-IPO earnings release (expected early/mid-August 2026 after Q2 results).
• Further ~28% unlock after Q3 2026 earnings.
• Remainder typically at the ~180-day mark (around December 8, 2026)

[Michael Stovenour @MikeStovenour]

@blind_via Every IPO has a waiting period. It could be this short, but seems unlikely.

[Michael Stovenour @MikeStovenour]

Wow. Every child under 18 can start a tax deferred retirement account that converts to an IRA at 18! It can also be converted to a Roth IRA early in life when income is lower.

[Fran Walsh @FranWalsh73]

Millions of parents are sitting out Trump Accounts because of one misconception.

"It's only for newborns."

Wrong. Any child under 18 qualifies. Contributions open July 4th. The portal opens July 5th.

Here's everything you need to know before the window opens: ↓

[Michael Stovenour @MikeStovenour]

Just waiting on the booster static fire before flight 13.

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship 60-second static fire ahead of the thirteenth flight test

[Michael Stovenour @MikeStovenour]

@SawyerMerritt @elonmusk You forgot, “Paid more taxes than any human in US history.”

[Michael Stovenour @MikeStovenour]

If you are going to make up your own device parameters you might consider doing biased accelerated testing in a heat chamber to quickly simulate a few years of service.

But hey, my GE refrigerator had illumination LEDs running at 25ma that were only rated for 20ma max. After just a couple of years they failed. I replaced them and noticed the 25ma current. I changed the current limiting resistors and now they’ve been running for > 5 years. So you are not the only engineer to make up your own operating parameters.