Mike Lewis

Spelling Enthusiast. I enjoy mining ore in survival sandbox games for some reason.

[Martin Griffiths @Griff_]

I’ve seen quite a lot of debate recently about loading times and smoke and mirrors in space games - so thought I’d show you all the #NoMansSky debug camera .. a nice demo of how seamless and powerful our engine is! PS5 running here, with video from an iPhone… 3 planets in 50 seconds.

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

How do people figure this stuff out?

[Mike Lewis @mdrx_io]

Got my @bluesky invite code today! I already like the way you can tune your Home/Feed - like the one for verified news reporting. I just need more accounts to follow over there!

[Mike Lewis @mdrx_io]

So, $3500 for a device that replaces all the most important screens in your home with far superior image quality and physical boundaries? Framed this way, it's not too unreasonable.

But the catch is that you have to wear it. For hours. Every day. And I hear that it's very heavy.

[Mike Lewis @mdrx_io]

Hearing a lot of comments like "even Apple doesn't know what #AppleVisionPro is for" and "there's no killer app". But after watching the guided tour, it seems like the killer app IS the mixed-reality windowing system.

[Mike Lewis @mdrx_io]

Apple shows you a living room without a TV, then pitch you that this device can be a virtual TV tens of feet tall.

Apple shows you a desk without a monitor, then pitch you that this device can be a giant monitor, or ten giant monitors.

[Mike Lewis @mdrx_io]

Oh my god. Blown away again like I was 10 years ago. Dec 2013.

[Hello Games @hellogames]

Let’s goooooooo

[Mike Lewis @mdrx_io]

@NoMansSky @hellogames Man I quit twitter months ago... and I almost friggin' missed this?!?! Let's gooooo!!!

[Sean Murray @NoMansSky]

This is "Light No Fire"

The next game from @hellogames - we've been working on this for the last five years.

So many emotions you guys, but mainly - lets goooooooooo

[Mike Lewis @mdrx_io]

@Austen Agree, but this is an argument for why UBI should supplement more typical types of income (i.e. employment). It should only offset the decrease in income due to advancements in automation. Not obviate the need to work completely.

We're not ready to go full Star Trek-Federation.

[Mike Lewis @mdrx_io]

How do I blacklist tweets about ChatGPT. Sick of it already, I'm about to quit Twitter for awhile.

[Christopher Lloyd @DocBrownLloyd]

Who did this…? 💫⚡️

[Misha @mishadavinci]

100 million people use ChatGPT.

Fewer than 1% understand it.

A mega thread to get you up to speed:

[Marc Randolph @marcrandolph]

Bulls make money.
Bears make money.
Pigs get slaughtered.

I first heard that from a banker friend of mine. It’s an old Wall Street expression, and it’s so true.

Ever since my first job in Silicon Valley, I’ve always cashed in some stock options as soon as they vested (if possible).

The way I saw it, if the stock kept going up, I’d have plenty of unvested shares to ride the wave. And if I did a good job for the company, I’d keep getting more. But if the stock went down—or the company folded—better to have taken something off the table than nothing.

At Looker, Lloyd Tabb and I were both 99% certain that the company was going to be a winner—but we still sold secondary shares into every round. Because 99% isn’t 100%, and there’s no such thing as a sure thing. That’s why every financial analysis includes the phrase “past performance is not indicative of future results.”

So while Lloyd and I couldn’t be certain about the company, we were confident in our math. If it really took off, then having 5% more shares to sell would make no meaningful difference. But if things fell apart, then taking 5% of our holdings off the table would look awfully smart.

When my son’s first company was acquired in 2015, I pleaded with him to sell off some of the stock he received in payout. He called me “chicken little.”

A few years later, a corporate investor offered to take us out of 50% of our investment in a hot fund. I argued that we take it, cover our costs, and still have plenty of upside. He called me a “Debbie Downer”.

He doesn’t call me either of those things anymore.

When it comes to investment, I’m not glass half-full or half-empty—I’m just a realist. I try not follow the herd. When times are great, that means not getting swept up in irrational exuberance; when they’re tough, it means looking for opportunities everyone else is missing.

Entrepreneurship and investing are cyclical games, perfectly suited to those willing to think for themselves (and stomach the consequences).

But whether markets go up or down, there’s always an opportunity to do well. Just don’t be greedy.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Space Shuttle thermal tiles were such poor heat conductors that you could grab them by their edges seconds after being in a 2200°C oven

[source, full video by Roscket Tasartir: https://t.co/6xTDGO1xgp]

[𝚓𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚢 @202accepted]

babe wake up they made balenciaga potter 2

[Ammaar Reshi @ammaar]

AI generated Balenciaga Star Wars goes hard

[Mike Lewis @mdrx_io]

You bastards

[Tesla @Tesla]

Cybertruck crash test

[Tesla @Tesla]

Cybertruck crash test