Eric Chan

[Eric Chan @mrkon]

@TEGNC @JoseBrilliant @theverybest5000 Yup. The number on the shield of the raid tells you how many shields to break. I lost 2 passes yesterday until I figured this out 🤦🏻‍♂️. I wish the raid just wasn’t allowed to start if there are less than x number of megas in the raid.

[Eric Chan @mrkon]

@NianticHelp Did global Gofest have the same issue? I raided about 30+ crowned sword zacian and got no shinies. I know someone else do 60 before their first shiny.

[Eric Chan @mrkon]

@arunjesu36 @pogo_central Ouch. I did 20 Zacian raids and also zero shinies. 😭

[Eric Chan @mrkon]

@NianticHelp Thanks. I replied. Hoping this will be resolved. I faced a similar issue with Kyogre and did not get reimbursed either. It would be nice to save the encounter so players can restart the game to try again in case the game malfunctions or crashes.

[Eric Chan @mrkon]

@PokemonGoApp @NianticHelp My first remote raid encounter attached. Please reimburse my raid pass. My game was unresponsive and I could not do anything. I submitted an in game support request but was denied. Please fix your game and your automated support system. This is not the first time.

[Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman]

Steve Jobs on how to resolve conflict:

[Santiago @svpino]

Story Points don't work.

Even Ron Jeffries, who invented them, said he was sorry years ago.

And not only did he apologize, but he called the whole estimation idea "Evil."

Unfortunately, too many teams still use these points to estimate their work.

Story Points is a made-up metric to estimate work effort, not time. The goal was to prevent management from misusing estimates.

But it didn't work.

Every team I've ever met keeps a conversion table to translate back and forth between points and time. Some will never admit it, but go and talk to the folks doing the work.

Look at me and tell me I'm wrong.

But it gets worse:

Teams use points to decide how much work they can finish. But how can they do that without talking about time?

The effort to do something is not the same as the time it will take to finish it. This is especially true when planning an iteration with many people and tasks.

It's clear now: Story Points don't work.

What's the alternative?

I'll let the people who manage projects for a living offer their alternatives, but I can tell you what I've done.

As I got older and wiser, I stopped with the estimation charade altogether. I had my teams focus on short iterations with constant feedback from stakeholders.

From the "scope, budget, and time" triangle, I always tried to keep two of them variable and fix the third one.

If the customer was looking for a specific scope, we had a variable timeline and budget to finish it. We kept the scope and time flexible if the budget was non-negotiable. And if we had to deliver by a specific date, the scope and budget were on the table.

Every company is different, and this doesn't work for everyone. But if it does, I hope you stop the charade.

I'd love to hear about your experience estimating software. What crazy things does your company make you do?

[Lex Fridman @lexfridman]

Beautiful 60-day timelapse of a bird building a nest and raising her kids until they fly away from home. This is the magic of life.

[Eric Chan @mrkon]

Insane. Definitely on my bucket list to see him play live!

[Tennis TV @TennisTV]

Dynamic. Intense. Electric.

After his #Wimbledon triumph, presenting 10 *mindblowing* @carlosalcaraz points!

[InVest - $IT @InVestIT_Crypto]

InVest - $IT socials are now live.

Website 🌐 - https://t.co/vcB3Tg0Yun
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Discord - https://t.co/oG9hzxGxTE

Liquidity is locked for 2 years - https://t.co/8aaywxpP7t

[Cooper @peakcooper]

#GPT4 saved my dog's life.

After my dog got diagnosed with a tick-borne disease, the vet started her on the proper treatment, and despite a serious anemia, her condition seemed to be improving relatively well.

After a few days however, things took a turn for the worse 1/

[Matthew Donegan-Ryan @MatthewDR]

EXCLUSIVE $TSLA 🧵: I spoke with Tom Zhu after the #InvestorDay presentation and he shared key information that is not known until now.

I’m convinced he will be @Tesla’s next CEO after @elonmusk. He’s charismatic, succinct, incredibly intelligent and acts with a great sense of urgency. He will be our Tim 🍏 Cook!

Here is what he told me 1/x

[The Cybertruck Guy @cybrtrkguy]

Every person in the following Teslas survived these crashes.

An eerie thread. Keep scrolling.

(this one t-boned a semi. driver and passenger survived)

[Troy Teslike @TroyTeslike]

Last week wasn't great for Tesla China. BYD must be doing something right. We need more information about BYD models that are direct competitors of Model 3/Y.
https://t.co/Vcpegv9Jf0

[Eric Chan @mrkon]

@farzyness It’s ok. The longer it holds at these levels the more time to buy!

[Eric Chan @mrkon]

@pitagorascom @chickengenius Yes. I believe so. Tesla will likely need to start cutting prices to meet demand because of interest rates. They will need to rely on volume to hit earnings targets.

[scott budman @scottbudman]

#BREAKING: Massive rescue effort at Devil’s Slide after this car went down the embankment with four people inside.(1)

[Michael Tsai @thedataroom]

Chinese-American views tend to get devalued and subtly marginalized in society. Chinese-Americans tend to refrain from trying to inject or assert themselves over other people, out of consideration and “giving space” to others.

[Mathias Føns @FonsDK]

Tesla Investor Day 2023

$TSLA Investors will be able to see/discuss:

1) Long-term Expansion Plans
2) Generation 3 Platform
3) Capital Allocation

Sounds to me like we'll get information about new factory(ies), a new vehicle model & potentially get more info re: stock buybacks…

[Eric Chan @mrkon]

😂🤣 too funny

[Whole Mars Catalog @wholemars]

Breaking — @eIonmusk has been suspended from Twitter for doxxing himself. Twitter says that he will have his account restored after a brief timeout, just like Taylor Lorenz