George Shao

software engineer joining @Tesla in June! | prev @xAI @X @ETHGlobal | @UWaterloo CS alum

[George Shao @george_]

The X Money card is gorgeous. Solid metal, numberless, and having the @ handle printed right on the back is such a clean detail.

- get 3% cashback on everything
- earn 6% interest
- 0% FX fee
- reimbursed ATM fees globally
- insured up to 250k

What more could you ask for?

[George Shao @george_]

@kenwuuuu at HKG, doesn't seem to include the Tim Hortons in Asia

[George Shao @george_]

@pattybuilds @zeroxjackson I selected credit card when the atm screen presented the choice of withdrawing from credit card, chequing, or savings. maybe that?

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@saltyAom probably can't go wrong with anything in https://t.co/dCYA0icxvj

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@Jason @nikitabier 👀 thanks for the recs

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@Heralen Donki is like this sensory overload x5 & Pachinko parlors are like this x100

[George Shao @george_]

I'm travelling in Japan 🇯🇵 & using @XMoney is awesome.

3% cashback on my okonomiyaki 😋 (& everything else I buy)

[George Shao @george_]

@bryanrbeal I avoid this problem & some other alarm-related mistakes by having dozens of alarms pre-created for every 15/30 min interval.

I just toggle them on/off based on my needs.

[George Shao @george_]

@tiffany_y_y_y cocobang is so good

[George Shao @george_]

Grok Build is out! - really good CLI with a lot of well-thought-out details, especially for an early beta.

[xAI @xai]

An early beta of Grok Build, an agentic CLI for coding, building apps, and automating workflows is now available for SuperGrok Heavy subscribers.

Through this early beta, we will improve the model and product based on your feedback.

Try it at https://t.co/bpTHpjivWD

[George Shao @george_]

@_philschmid @googlehealth Love this! So many unlocked use cases!

[George Shao @george_]

@kenwuuuu @UWaterloo congrats!!

[George Shao @george_]

@morganlinton I still have a few months left in my Whoop Peak annual subscription, but decided to preorder a Fitbit Air as well. Hopefully their app overhaul is as good (or even better) than Whoop's.

[George Shao @george_]

Looks like better chunking is the answer!

[George Shao @george_]

Anyone have experience with reranker models in RAG workflows?

Qwen3 Reranker 8B seems to be degrading my result quality compared to solely using embeddings & cosine distance 🫤

[George Shao @george_]

@annawliang tyy!!

[George Shao @george_]

Mission accomplished 🚀

[George Shao @george_]

Just finished my last lecture at Waterloo 🇨🇦

Feels surreal to finally be done after 4-5 years.

Honestly, I'm really going to miss this place.

Next stop: Japan, Singapore, Malaysia 🇯🇵🇸🇬🇲🇾

Then: Palo Alto to join @Tesla ⚡️

[George Shao @george_]

@kenwuuuu @shimritby Yeah Oura's upfront cost is kinda insane; they definitely take advantage of the ring aspect to price it like jewellery rather than tech hardware.

[George Shao @george_]

@yimingdothan hm yeah, unfortunately they only offer zero data retention for enterprise customers—would've liked to try them otherwise

[George Shao @george_]

@jasonbessey @mweinbach wouldn’t be surprised if today was Whoop’s biggest cancellation day ever

[George Shao @george_]

@KettlebellDan just pre-ordered one, even though my Whoop Peak annual subscription has a few months left - store credit is too enticing