Steven Bower

Originally from Mars, just waiting for a ride home.

[Steven Bower @bowerblu]

The glass isn't half-full nor half-empty. It's twice as big as it needs to be.

[Steven Bower @bowerblu]

New trend: MadMaxxing. Add -MAXXING to MAXimum number of adjectives to pump its memetic reach. Get on it now before it’s yesterday’s meme.

[Steven Bower @bowerblu]

I’ve traveled all over the world.

If there’s one important thing I learned, it’s that people who wear shoes in the house don’t know how to cook rice.

[Steven Bower @bowerblu]

@pmarca

[Steven Bower @bowerblu]

@beffjezos Someone fund Culture series adaptation plz. Best interpretation of K3 civ combined with ASI symbiosis.

[Steven Bower @bowerblu]

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[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

Anthropic has confidentially submitted a draft S-1 registration statement to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Pending completion of SEC review, this gives us the option to pursue an initial public offering.

Read more: https://t.co/onGZAhRLvD

[Steven Bower @bowerblu]

@BrianRoemmele Impressive Hardware. Strong doubts Microsoft is capable of making software good enough to match it.

[Steven Bower @bowerblu]

@elonmusk What happened to the rust stack?

[Steven Bower @bowerblu]

Amazing how common this experience is.

Both things are true:
- “Don’t pick stocks” is bad advice
- “Pick stocks like a trader” is equally bad advice

You won’t ever be good at market analysis unless it’s your full time job.

I don’t day trade. I don’t do market analysis.

I only buy stocks in companies whose products *I personally use*. If I find value in the companies product, there’s a high probability others like me also find value in that product. If true, then the stock will do well over time. I then plan to hold those stocks long term, and buy more when overall market is down.

This is my “many consumers just like me exist” investment philosophy.

Is it wise? Not sure.

But right now my stock portfolio is up 40% YoY.

What index fund can get you that?

[Aella @Aella_Girl]

I'm so mad at everyone in my life who told me never to pick stocks, that smarter ppl will always outcompete u. I could have been making so much money

[Steven Bower @bowerblu]

@niccruzpatane Most embarrassing part is range vs battery size: that's 436 Wh/mi. Highest of any EV on the market, and probably performs worse on track than a Model S.

[Steven Bower @bowerblu]

@beffjezos Ferrari wouldn’t be as bad if they showcased better colors. That blue makes it look like a kids toy.

[Steven Bower @bowerblu]

@ClementDelangue @pmarca “Nobody can run it” translates to “everyone can run it on a home server in 5 years”.

[Steven Bower @bowerblu]

@beffjezos Comparing Grok Build vs opencode today. Both include features I like, wish I could merge them (eg, opencode works well with neovim).

Grok Build just has benefit of using subscription vs opencode uses api tokens, so will be using it for all my expensive jobs for now.

[Steven Bower @bowerblu]

P(doom w/ ASI) < P(doom w/o ASI)

Neither is 0.

Only way off the precipice is through a narrow path.

[Steven Bower @bowerblu]

@elonmusk i use vim btw

[Steven Bower @bowerblu]

@_TomAatjes @levelsio @grok Not compatible with my models sadly. Pathetic products like this need to exist. These units already run MQTT clients, why are customers be forced to install a second one? Had to do this for my garage door opener also. Sigh.

[Steven Bower @bowerblu]

@levelsio @grok which AC brands are reliable, functional, high quality and also allow local WiFi control without requiring cloud?

[Steven Bower @bowerblu]

@levelsio I have LG units and happy with them, get properly cold. Only downside is like many others it requires cloud to control from app, no local control via wifi. (Should be illegal). Dont know if Mitsubishi has same problem.

[Steven Bower @bowerblu]

@elonmusk @SawyerMerritt @Starlink So Amazon was willing to compromise the user experience for money, but Starlink wasn’t?

That says a lot.

[Steven Bower @bowerblu]

My 3yo: “Maybe we build a double decker airplane with concrete!”

[Steven Bower @bowerblu]

@TheProjectUnity This is an index of photo rolls. Now that you know it exists, it can be FOIA’d directly.