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I run some interesting projects on the side.

[Derick Cote @CoteDerick]

@RonDeSantis Most Legacy dealers are also shit to deal with...

[Anduril Industries @anduriltech]

Pictured: Orion – 30,000 miles above Earth on the Artemis II mission – separating from the rocket's upper stage.

Anduril now has over 400 telescopes around the globe. Advanced space sensing software provides real-time focal plane processing to identify & track objects. Think Sentry Tower software, but for space.

[Derick Cote @CoteDerick]

@Casey @samsheffer Me too

[Derick Cote @CoteDerick]

@samsheffer Mine is down :(

[Derick Cote @CoteDerick]

1000% agree

[Kabuto King @KabutoKing_]

Nothing beats Gen 1 Pokemon

[Derick Cote @CoteDerick]

Love this guy

[Jaynit @jaynitx]

>be Palmer Luckey
>born 1992, Long Beach, California
>homeschooled by mom, dad's a car salesman
>build railguns, Tesla coils, lasers in the garage as a teenager
>electrocute yourself, burn a gray spot into your own vision cleaning a laser
>no regrets
>start college courses at 14
>build a six-monitor gaming rig worth tens of thousands of dollars
>collect 43 VR headsets by the time you're 18
>largest private collection in the world

2009:
>found ModRetro Forums at 17
>turn old game consoles into portable units for fun
>work part-time at USC's Mixed Reality Lab designing VR for veterans with PTSD

2012:
>build the Oculus Rift prototype in your parents' garage at 19
>drop out of college
>John Carmack (Doom creator) demos your headset at E3
>Gabe Newell endorses it
>launch Kickstarter asking for $250K
>raise $2.4 million

2014:
>Mark Zuckerberg shows up
>Facebook acquires Oculus for $2 billion
>you're 21 years old
>Forbes estimates your net worth at $700 million
>described as "the face of virtual reality"

2016:
>donate $10K to a pro-Trump group
>post anti-Hillary memes on Reddit under a pseudonym
>get exposed
>game developers boycott Oculus
>Facebook pressures you to publicly endorse Gary Johnson instead
>refuse

2017:
>get fired from your own company
>Zuckerberg won't say why
>negotiate $100 million+ payout for wrongful termination
>immediately found Anduril Industries
>name it after Aragorn's sword from Lord of the Rings
>partner with Peter Thiel
>start building autonomous weapons and AI defense systems

2020-2024:
>win $1 billion contract with U.S. Special Operations Command
>drones deployed to Ukraine
>revenue doubles to $1 billion
>take over Microsoft's $22 billion military headset contract
>Pentagon can't stop writing you checks

2022:
>build a VR headset that literally kills you if you die in-game
>inspired by Sword Art Online
>three explosive charges aimed at your forehead
>call it "office art"
>"it won't be the last"

2025:
>Anduril valued at $30.5 billion
>announce plans to build Arsenal-1
>5 million square foot weapons factory in Ohio
>autonomous fighter jets, missiles, torpedoes
>China sanctions you personally
>net worth hits $3.5 billion
>pay yourself $100K salary
>still wearing Hawaiian shirts and flip-flops to Pentagon meetings
>own a submarine, helicopters, and a PT boat
>keep one of the world's largest video game collections underground
>married a woman who sews historically accurate Tudor costumes
>won first place at Texas Renaissance Festival dressed as Henry VIII
>Sword Art Online author drew your wedding gift

from garage tinkerer to youngest self-made billionaire to America's most important defense contractor

all while looking like he's headed to a beach party

[Derick Cote @CoteDerick]

@MrBeast Pallets of windshield wash? I can make that happen!!!

[Jeremy Judkins @jeremyjudkins_]

What they don’t tell you about being an organ donor:

It’s really easy to just say “Sure I’ll be an organ donor that sounds cool 😃” when you get your drivers license.

Just know the following information:

It will make your loved ones very traumatized during your final moments.

People will talk to your family about organ donation before they have even processed death is an option. No one really says you will be dying soon but it’s just implied by the conversation. It really feels like vultures circling, waiting for you to pass.

You will die in the OR, not a peaceful environment at home. You will be wrapped for surgery with only the top of your head and a single arm exposed for your loved ones to touch you.

Your death will be scheduled for a specific time. This time can be delayed or changed last minute which is extremely traumatic to your family. Your life may even be extended a day or two longer than your family would have liked.. just so your organs are still good while they work through all the logistics.

When they take you off life saving measures, your family will be with you in the OR. The family has to all scrub in… that part is kinda comical and does provide a little relief in that moment.

It’s not an environment you would dream about dying in, it’s sterile… surgical lights above. Your family watches you struggle to breathe after the breathing tube is removed. They watch your blood pressure and vitals slowly level out to nothing. Two doctors manually check your heart just to verify passing. They will call the time of death and your family will never forget that time.

When you pass away, your family has less than five minutes to exit the room before the process begins. They can’t really give you a hug but they will give you a kiss on the tip of your head through their mask. You have now passed and giving the gift of live can begin.

Your family rips their scrubs off and goes home.

Hours later, perhaps when your family is enjoying dinner and trying to forget the preceding hours, they will get a phone call “the procedure went great. Your loved one’s liver looked really good. It’s been shipped off now. No we can’t tell you where it’s going right now. ”

All of that being said… today someone is LIVING with Donald’s actual liver inside them. That blows my mind! One day soon I will get details about the recipient and maybe one day we can meet each other.

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@brandenflasch I hate hotels with motion sensor thermostats more then door less showers by a multiple of 1000

[Derick Cote @CoteDerick]

@unusual_whales Per ICE???? WTF? What are they doing calculating that stat?

[Derick Cote @CoteDerick]

@unusual_whales I dont believe it.

[Derick Cote @CoteDerick]

@itskyleconner @ChadMoran I mean its not the worst ive seen, but certainly not the best.

[Derick Cote @CoteDerick]

@WhiteWhaleCap @TheCryptoSquire He's just gonna sit on it not own it...

[Derick Cote @CoteDerick]

@mcuban Insurance has its pros, but has many more cons. This is a big con

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@WhiteWhaleCap @Smug_editing If they have deals, want to go next weekend?

[Derick Cote @CoteDerick]

@WhiteWhaleCap @liensofnewyork I can confirm better tenants equal less likeliness to raise rent. There's also a difference in how long the Mom and Pop, have owned the property. As recent volatility in property taxes and insurance have higher impact to probability of increase to rent than anything else.

[Derick Cote @CoteDerick]

@Tesla Now keep doing that in a 100+F environment and cycle the heat!... not AC cooled the whole time.

[White Whale Capital @WhiteWhaleCap]

Opened up a Mega box of 24-25 Revolution with my 8 y/o nephew yesterday. He only knows two players: LeBron and Bronny Jr

[Derick Cote @CoteDerick]

Is this @NathanStanz at the FEQ? Doppelganger?

[Derick Cote @CoteDerick]

@saradietschy My younger brother is still in my favorites 🫶, it takes time.