dustin curtis

Designer, investor, nomad. Temporarily embarrassed billionaire.

[dustin curtis @dcurtis]

If you want to do something great with your life—whatever that means to you—remember this: you get an unlimited number of tries. The only constraining factor is your lifespan.

The worst things you can do are:
care what other people think,
not take risks,
fail slowly,
give up.

[dustin curtis @dcurtis]

It kind of feels like no one at Apple seriously used the Duo before it shipped. There are so many weird software design decisions, annoying behaviors, random lockouts, and bugs.

I think the phone itself is great. But iOS on the Duo is full of obvious and bizarre design issues. It is not very Apple-y.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Ossoff: It is a privilege for us to live in a place and at a time where what we do matters so much. Georgia Matters…

[dustin curtis @dcurtis]

@rsg Ready to pay $1M+?

[dustin curtis @dcurtis]

@rsg That's a HUGE improvement over the piles of festering trash bags they used to leave on the streets without bins.

[dustin curtis @dcurtis]

We are about to learn so much about the universe.

This is the most exciting time to be alive since humans discovered fire.

[Choblin @choblin29]

🚨wtf. OpenAI says its new internal model it began training just 24 days ago has already resolved more than 100 long-standing open problems across most areas of mathematics.

The pace has surprised even OpenAI's own mathematicians.

An independent group including Edward Witten, Timothy Gowers and Martin Hairer is now helping assess the results and coordinate how they are released.

[zerohedge @zerohedge]

Trump Admin Weighs Emergency Powers To Boost Refining As Diesel Tops $6 https://t.co/fws2cO5bSd

[Acyn @Acyn]

Q: Are you concerned about reports of weapon shortages, the strain on the forces, is the U.S. Military big enough to handle threats around the world including China?

Vance: Look, we're clearly big enough to handle threats around the world including China…

[Acyn @Acyn]

Siegel on COVID Vaccine: I have to add that recent studies since then make it look like it’s totally safe during pregnancy

Faulkner: Has the vaccine changed in a way that’s made it more safe for pregnant women?

Siegel: I think the studies that were done were better. I think it’s safe during pregnancy. Covid itself is dangerous during pregnancy.

[dustin curtis @dcurtis]

@Jason This is by far the most obnoxious thing you have ever posted on this platform. Congrats on the watch.

[dustin curtis @dcurtis]

@rsg Can I come?

[dustin curtis @dcurtis]

Each change is minor, but the totality of the changes make everything feel much better. Kind of surprising to hear something like this from an Apple reporter.

[dustin curtis @dcurtis]

@irth7 Works perfectly.

[dustin curtis @dcurtis]

For most of its life, Siri could barely set timers reliably. Now, in iOS 27, I can’t trip it up.

[dustin curtis @dcurtis]

@that1dood @peregrine It is extremely stable.

[dustin curtis @dcurtis]

The new Siri in iOS 27 is incredible—it works almost flawlessly with even ridiculously complex asks. Well worth the two years of waiting while Apple figured it out. Almost no notes. Both the design and functionality are as good as I could have hoped for.

[dustin curtis @dcurtis]

Forcing users to choose how legible they want UI controls to be is wild. Apple's designers should obsess over where this setting belongs and make it the default. macOS/iOS have always been opinionated about these kinds of things.

An abstract UI legibility slider is not the way.

[dustin curtis @dcurtis]

@mysk_co @sdw Does it seem stable so far?

[dustin curtis @dcurtis]

@kyleanthony Great work. Kinda feels like Anduril set in 1960.

[dustin curtis @dcurtis]

This is perhaps the most hilariously ugly car they could possibly have designed. Everything about it screams Fisher Price car for adults.

It even amplifies the sound of the electric motor into the cabin. It’s like a parody.

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

Ferrari has just officially unveiled its first ever all-electric car, called the Ferrari Luce.

• Starting price: $640,000
• Interior co-designed with Apple's former head of design, Jony Ive
• Range: 280 miles (expected EPA)
• Peak charging speed: 350kW
• 122 kWh battery
• 1,050 horsepower
• 0-60mph: 2.4s
• 800v
• Four-door four-seater
• Four electric motors
• OLED screens
• Weight: 4,982 lbs
• Front motors spin to 30,000 rpm, rears hit 25,500 rpm
• Car uses an accelerometer to capture real vibrations from the electric motors & rear chassis. An algorithm filters out unpleasant frequencies and amplifies only the more “musical” sounds. This can be heard inside and outside the car.
• Paddle shifter on steering wheel changes how aggressively torque is delivered, with five different levels
• The trunk has 21.1 cubic feet of space, the largest luggage capacity the company has ever offered
• 197.6 inches long, about as long as a Tesla Model S

U.S. deliveries start in Q2 2027. More photos in the thread below: