Nick Looijmans

Independent designer & design director. Race car driver. Shopify alumni. Belgian Canadian dual citizen.

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Being live on my own TV at home is definitely a dream come true. Photo thanks to my wonderful girlfriend who’s watching at home ❤️

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@Sirupsen So proud of you dude!

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@JesseKazam Agreed. And the 20% XP bonus for Unheard also feels cringe and desperate.

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@Multispeedz @wbuxtonofficial @tomcorvid What I hear you saying is that they will run out.

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@ouellettejordan @Shopify Absolutely insane. Congrats Jordan!

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@flyosity I’ve always thought that Shopify’s hiring at the time was sometimes too rigid. A lot of good talent slipped through the cracks.

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@flyosity I’m curious: when was this? When I was at Shopify I would’ve jumped at the opportunity of hiring you. I left in 2021 though.

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@_one334 I can imagine. And I also only supercharge a handful of times per year. Home charging at $0.039 per kWh is the real game changer.

Also, my amounts are in Canadian Dollar. So that’s even cheaper than USD 😬

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Out of curiosity I plugged my home electricity rates in the Tesla app. I have a “ultra-low overnight” plan from my provider, which targets EV owners. I can’t believe how little I spent on driving that car.

(I drive ~12,000km per year, and use very little Superchargers)

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@HSByNosJ @Velion Restart your game. I didn't have it at first either, but it showed up after a restart.

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And I thought it couldn't get worse... https://t.co/rQmZ6x5pcO

[𝑶𝒕𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑲 @OtsileJK]

Here you go...

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BMW has completely lost the plot.

[Car Culture @CarCultureCC]

🚨 Leaked: All-New and fully electric BMW i3 Neue Klasse leaked before world première. ⚡️

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@AdamWhitcroft Absolutely, the E30 is the GOAT BMW. But they were doing so well until the generation of the F80 M3. It's sad how much they've fallen off design wise.

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I love how the Nurburgring 24H has become the platform for all the passion projects. The HWA Evo II, now this.

Or maybe it already was...

[BMW M Motorsport @BMWMotorsport]

You dreamed it. We built it. The BMW M3 Touring 24H.

What began as an April Fools’ joke turned into reality after your overwhelming demand in 2025.

This beast is ready to take on the 24 Hours of Nürburgring—one race only.

#WeBuiltIt

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

For those who used a computer between 1995 and 2001, what's the computer game from that time that sticks with you the most, and why

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@AirwingMarine Yep, have loaded into Customs late a few times now since the changes. Usually 1-3 minutes after the raid start.

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@BlessN0Stress @kikomanasijev @ilyamiskov 599 USD is also before tax. With e.g. LA sales tax (~10%) you’d pay 660 USD = 901 CAD. So same price.

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@tobi I was literally thinking yesterday that with the advent of vibecoding there must be better, more intuitive, open source telemetry software coming soon. Good stuff.

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@_one334 Oh wow, did you import the E87 116i? I always loved that generation of BMW.

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First car: 2007 Fiat Grande Punto Sport. A little 1.3L turbo hatchback with 90hp and a 6-speed manual. Great little first car but slow.

Current ride: 2020 Tesla Model Y LR AWD. The best daily I can imagine right now. Can’t beat EV.

I like blue.

[Scott Dembraski @SDembraski]

Post your first ride and then your current ride(s)

For me. First car at age 16

An old 1977 boat Chevy Impala. Had ton of miles but had a 350 v8 so loved the power. But oof the gas mileage killed my grocery store stocker pay check. (Picture below is similar to what I had. Sadly I never got a pic of my first car.)

Current is my Model S and CT

I never in my dreams thought I’d have a self driving car at age 16 or think it would be possible.

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In between I owned these:

A 2013 BMW 118d M-Sport (F20): only owned it for 9 months before I decided to move continents.

A 2017 Ford Focus RS: great daily you can also take to the track.

A 2019 Audi RS 3 LMS TCR: when track cars weren’t good enough anymore. Not street legal.