Chris Campbell

Software company exec and computer geek, #Porsche nut, photographer, music fanatic, husband and dad

[Chris Campbell @cjcam930]

"Without debate, without criticism, no administration and no country can succeed - and no republic can survive."
- John F. Kennedy

[Joel Pollak @joelpollak]

By the way, this fund does not exist. It was scrapped. Newsom wants the headline. A “solution” to a nonexistent “problem.”

[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

We’ve received notice that the Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5.

We'll begin restoring access tomorrow, and will share an update soon.

We’re grateful to our users for their patience, and to everyone who worked with us on redeploying the models.

[Chris Campbell @cjcam930]

Julian Jaynes’ theory of the bicameral mind may be a partial explanation https://t.co/sv9npRiVYo

[Michael Malice @michaelmalice]

A majority of people lack a self (inner monologue)
They cannot understand how different people think, for the simple reason that they have no clue how they personally do either

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Tesla FSD v14 Lite is rolling out to customers with our AI3 hardware

[Peter H. Diamandis, MD @PeterDiamandis]

Qualcomm just paid $3.9 billion for a 150-person company. The prize: a programming language that lets AI run on ANY chip without NVIDIA's CUDA.
Meta and Microsoft are already placing orders.
The NVIDIA software monopoly just got its first real challenger. $3.9B says this is real.

[Chris Campbell @cjcam930]

A Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing at Liberty Canyon drone fly-over showing construction progress as the ambitious project enters its last 6 months of planned work. Agoura Hills California.

[Chris Campbell @cjcam930]

Yep, it's way more than that for some sites too:

[Ground News @Ground_app]

Bots now make up 57.5% of web traffic to HTML pages, topping humans at 42.5%, according to web hosting platform Cloudflare.

[Joel Pollak @joelpollak]

When people in LA complain about the high cost of living, ask them why they voted to make it even higher https://t.co/PAxKYsN2Ck

[Chris Campbell @cjcam930]

Bad trajectory! "F-35 sustainment costs have continued to increase, but the F-35 has not met performance goals and performance has trended down... from fiscal year 2021 through fiscal year 2025: The mission capable rate (percentage of time the aircraft can perform one of its tasked missions) declined from 67% to 44%. The full mission capable rate (percentage of time the aircraft can perform all of its missions) declined from 38% to 25%. https://t.co/qpATo1lTNE

[Chris Campbell @cjcam930]

@davepl1968 We had the much smaller 34 or 36” XBR and multiple people strained hard to haul that thing away!

[Chris Campbell @cjcam930]

Is it just me or is everybody’s Instagram feed like 75% ads and reel slop now? Sure has degenerated in the last couple years.

[Chris Campbell @cjcam930]

Who in the absolute hell votes to raise their own taxes?!?!? Plus, sales tax is the most regressive, punitive tax to the low-income residents the socialists claim to represent and protect.

[Hunter Eagleman™ @Hunter_Eagleman]

The people of Los Angeles actually voted to INCREASE their sales tax to 10.25% under Measure ER?!

Y’all are crazy! 🤣

[Joel Pollak @joelpollak]

Socialism: Measure ULA, a so-called "mansion tax," has "cut large apartment construction in LA by 30% since 2023, raised rents for tenants in affected buildings, and cost the city $452M in tax revenues plus 16,000+ construction jobs." https://t.co/eXRQRW9Zg9 via @RANDCorporation

[Joel Pollak @joelpollak]

LA voters reliably choose to raise their own taxes, without demanding actual results.

2017: 0.25% sales tax hike for homeless services
2022: 4%/5.5% tax on big property transactions
2024: 0.25% (effectively) sales tax hike for homeless
2026: 0.5% sales tax hike for health care

[Mann Made Cinema @Hotshot_Movie]

Assume there's no fraud. LA simply voted for self-immolation. They saw addicts shitting on the street, torturing dogs to death, graffiti & garbage everywhere, businesses fleeing, the city dying...and they said "yeah I want more of that".
That's actually way worse than fraud.

[Chris Campbell @cjcam930]

Microsoft serial mechanical mouse circa 1991 with FCC ID C3K76FSERIAL9D

[Chris Campbell @cjcam930]

Here’s my 2nd digital camera - vintage 1999 Nikon E800 2MP with the add-on wide-angle accessory lens

[Chris Campbell @cjcam930]

Isn’t it interesting how NO politicians will touch this topic? There is no plan.

[KTLA @KTLA]

Americans who receive Social Security checks could see benefit checks cut by $500 a month on average if the program is allowed to hit its projected "go-broke" date in late 2032, according to a new analysis.
https://t.co/5OI1M2TGxa

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

California Democrats are preparing to ban essentially ALL after market tires

This is a real proposal from the California Energy Commission called the Replacement Tire Efficiency Program

“I mean pretty much every aftermarket tire sold in the state is going to be regulated, and no one is talking about it — Tires use energy, some more than others, and California wants to lower the energy use of tires on their vehicles so less CO2 goes into the atmosphere”

It’s for climate change….

I looked into what their plan is

It would require all replacement and aftermarket tires sold in California to meet strict low rolling resistance standards similar to those on new cars (OEM tires)

Tires that don’t meet the targets phased in starting 2028, with stricter rules in 2031 could not be legally sold in the state

OEM tires on new cars are optimized for low rolling resistance (better fuel economy/lower emissions), but this often means shallower tread depth, shorter lifespan, and sometimes reduced grip

Many popular aftermarket tires (especially performance, all-season, or longer-lasting ones) have higher rolling resistance for better handling, durability, or traction. So they will be banned

Here’s what it really means for every day people

Lower rolling resistance leads to more frequent tire replacements, increasing production emissions and costs

It does the exact opposite of what Democrats are saying. It’s a proposal that’s being prepared to be passed