Nathan Rowe

Prev: Creator of SculptrVR. I work on something else now.
I like voxels, graphics, AR/VR, and code.
I unfollow politics and selfies.

[Nathan Rowe @SculptrVR]

This is actually a pretty cool idea. Having it as an option on each subreddit could be cool. Phones have a pretty reliable "Are you human" check that preserves privacy but verifies a human face was present to press send.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Reddit CEO says the company is considering requiring Face ID to ensure humanity in order to crack down on AI bots.

[Nathan Rowe @SculptrVR]

Thomas Henderson in 1832 measured the parallax of a star (Alpha Centari) for the first time against its background stars. He measured 20 trillion miles (real number is 25 trillion!). 5 orders of magnitude greater than the largest distance ever recorded. And he sat on that discovery for 6 years. For six years he was the only man on earth who knew the universe was 10,000 times bigger than any previous measurement implied.

And then in 1838 and 1839 a bunch of publications came out and everyone on earth accepted that the universe is massive. About a century later the first distant galaxy was measured to be ANOTHER 6 orders of magnitude further away.

[Nathan Rowe @SculptrVR]

@NimaZeighami a great game

[Nathan Rowe @SculptrVR]

@benhylak The reason I mention it is because Tyler Cowen mentions that one of his metrics he uses as a proxy for "stamina" is how young were you when you had your first publication. Younger implies hardcore endless energy. And side projects of substance are similar for coding.

[Nathan Rowe @SculptrVR]

@benhylak I'm about 2/3 done with this book on hiring:
https://t.co/GTEavn4t3r

Really good. Much of it is obvious, but nice to see studies backing up intuition.

[Nathan Rowe @SculptrVR]

My friend has been working on this game for literally 10 years. Possibly only 9 and a half. It's finally happening!

[Fruit Golf @FruitGolf]

Fruit Golf is OUT NOW in early access on Meta Quest & mobile!

🍉 Tee off solo in VR or with friends in any mix of VR & mobile devices

🍋 Pick from a variety of fruit balls & zesty courses

🍍 Act as saboteurs by placing obstacles to mess up golfers

https://t.co/GTvew6L4h1

[Nathan Rowe @SculptrVR]

@Jonathan_Blow In this graph the growth rate is about 8% per year. Inflation adjusted it's like 4.5%. That's still ~2.5% over growth rate. so it will take about 50 years for the debt servicing to grow to the size of the entire federal receipts.

[Nathan Rowe @SculptrVR]

@DFinsterwalder @RnaudBertrand Yeah I haven't been to europe since pre-uber, so I had no idea what it was actually like.

I buy the argument that market regulations tend to entrench existing tech and large players, and make it impossible for smaller players to get off the ground. But Uber may be a bad example.

[Nathan Rowe @SculptrVR]

@DFinsterwalder @RnaudBertrand Maybe companies can grow big in the US without facing those regulations, and then use their big size to overcome regulations in EU? To some extent that's what both Uber and AirBnB had to do even in the US. Grow big enough that local jurisdictions demanded reform for Uber/AirBnB

[Nathan Rowe @SculptrVR]

To celebrate fortnite freedom day, I played a battle royale game on my iphone.

Now time to retire.

[Nathan Rowe @SculptrVR]

@BraytonKey You're already up to 1! Not bad!

[Nathan Rowe @SculptrVR]

@balajis But any product you're competing against made outside the country has to pay tariffs on $1.2M rather than just $1m. So $366k. They have to charge $1.566m while you only charge $1.5m in local markets.

I think any portion of production you can onshore now adds some price advantage

[Nathan Rowe @SculptrVR]

@AlanNoon It's a shame all the major social media companies have an iron grip on the feed and won't allow you to run alternative curations. That would be a really cool product

[Nathan Rowe @SculptrVR]

@benhylak June sounds ambitious... But sometime in 2025? I'd give 51% chance, sure.

[Nathan Rowe @SculptrVR]

@pvncher @eatpraydiehard Is the implication here that coding is not a creative act?

[Nathan Rowe @SculptrVR]

@voxagonlabs @wookash_podcast It was very interesting to hear about how you feel your way through physics intuitively and struggle with the math! Great interview, thanks!

[Nathan Rowe @SculptrVR]

@benhylak Mike is the absolute best.

[Nathan Rowe @SculptrVR]

@DFinsterwalder @Jonathan_Blow 5! is pronounced "Five Factorial"

[Nathan Rowe @SculptrVR]

Everyone talks about exponential returns on capital. But something I haven't heard explained very well is that there's also exponential returns on experience.

You need to manage 10 people before you can manage 100. And then 1000 and then 10,000.

Keep compounding experience.

[Nathan Rowe @SculptrVR]

AI Music is good. Or perhaps AI tools in the hands of someone diligent can make good music?

[David Finsterwalder | eu/acc @DFinsterwalder]

"Edgar Allan Poe & Neural Nomads - The Raven"