Nick Shelly

@aperohealth CEO. Streamlining healthcare billing and workflows. Ex-@NSAGov / USAF academy; @Stanford computer science, @apple. Rhodes Scholar.

[Nick Shelly @NShelly]

@baldridgecpa Silver lining for sure. Couldn't even log into Vanguard yesterday due to maintenance at 7 pm PT time (likely a East Coast downtime). Second time in a week. The first maintenance mode shows you the balance only (hybrid read-only). The second, "application unavailable". 😬

[Nick Shelly @NShelly]

@bscholl @JeffBezos @elonmusk Well, they would pay payroll tax (Medicare, Social Security, unemployment insurance). Some fiscal conservatives want everyone to pay income tax is for everyone to have "skin in the game" to slow future increases. That being said only 1% of people "pay" corporate income tax.

[Nick Shelly @NShelly]

@JeffBezos 100% and would simplify the lives for 100 million Americans. The lower and middle-income would only have to pay payroll tax, which can be filed automatically by the employer.

[Nick Shelly @NShelly]

The interviewer knew that nuclear doesn't produce emissions. She asked the question to catch Weidel off guard. It's a common interview tactic, but sometimes considered underhanded as the subject has to 1) refute the allegation (that she said climate change isn't bad at all) and 2) defend the stance, nuclear.

[Nick Shelly @NShelly]

@kimmaicutler Excellent point. And the upfront aspect of the tax, which requires liquidating > 10% of your shares to pay a capital gains tax (taxes at 13% in California).

[Nick Shelly @NShelly]

Wow, ChatGPT can be so off sometimes…. I asked if @xai and @SpaceX would ever merge and it kept saying highly unlikely (~5% chance). I kept asking and asking and it never budged. Then I told it to Google it, and wham it started back tracking. Then, I asked why ChatGPT was off and it suggested static reasoning.

@grok nailed it :-)

[Nick Shelly @NShelly]

@HumansNoContext I wonder if there's a difference in pilot qualifications between airlines.

[Reid Wiseman @astro_reid]

Jesse, Steve, Laddy, and Vlad….such an incredible feeling to welcome you aboard Integrity after a nearly 700,000 mile journey. Forever thankful for your service to our crew and the nation.

[Hollywood Horror Museum @horrormuseum]

Sadly this is 100% correct

[Charles Curran @charliebcurran]

Rescuing American Pilot in Iran (2026, colorized)

[Nick Shelly @NShelly]

@charliesmirkley Among other things, air conditioning has reshaped economies and pensions plans (requiring more sales tax/income from current workers).

[Nick Shelly @NShelly]

@Arrogance_0024 The A-10's are being retired next year, and there's plenty of C-130s including 300 in Arizona at the Aircraft Boneyard. Not to mention, the operation was a real-world, useful Joint Service exercise.

But more importantly a saved life, a huge morale boost for service members.

[Nick Shelly @NShelly]

@BillAckman @leasecocre @X Why not just invest in index funds. I've never understood quite the overhead of a family office unless there's good reason (enjoyment, existing illiquid investments).

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

NEW: NASA's Artemis II has successfully blasted off, launching toward the Moon for the first lunar voyage in 53 years.

Here is what to expect next:

- Mission is 10 total days.

- The crew will get 5000 miles from the Moon's surface.

- The crew will sleep in two four-hour periods.

- On Day 2, Orion engines will accelerate the spacecraft to escape velocity and send them toward the Moon.

- On Days 3-5, the crew will fine-tune the approach to the Moon.

- Day 6 is when the crew flies by the Moon. They will be about 250,000 miles from the Earth.

- Days 6-7, the crew will fine-tune their approach back to Earth.

- On Day 10, the crew will put on their proper suits and get ready for reentry.

- They will reenter Earth's atmosphere at 25,000 miles per hour.

- Two parachutes will slow the capsule to 17 miles per hour.

- They will splash down off the coast of San Diego, California.

Video: @GuyFieri

[Sheel Mohnot @pitdesi]

FAA banned parallel landings permanently, will be bad for SFO (max landings drop from 54>36/hr)

Given the topography of SFO, we have 2 parallel runways 750’ apart.

There was an accident at DCA last year, now the FAA is mandating staggered approaches :(

[Nick Shelly @NShelly]

@MollySOShea @friedberg During San Bernardino's bankruptcy back in 2012, the courts allowed restructuring. They could allow that again, but of course before California got there there would likely be higher taxes across the board.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

The opening of Top Gun: Maverick (2022) is unreal. The Top Gun Anthem starts over the carrier deck, jets roaring into the sky… then “Danger Zone” blasts in and the whole theater instantly locks in.

[Nick Shelly @NShelly]

Agree. Unless there's a specific partner at a seed fund you want to work with, take the full $500k to extend the runway, and focus on building and selling. If doing SaaS, best to wait until the next round without sacrificing growth, i.e. Zapier. It's possible if you need $3-5m to get your first customers, than that's different.

[Nick Shelly @NShelly]

@JohnLeFevre Would also be useful to see the cost to the employer to account for payroll tax and other items. This would be helpful to see how much value an employee needs to add.

[Nick Shelly @NShelly]

@Cyber_Trailer Love to see tech solving real world problems. We got more than 140 characters, and self-driving cars.