Patrick Ashforth

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[man seeking merry hell @wcebfpod]

An amazing quote to dish up before you have two second half disposals (zero in Q4).

[Ed Zitron @edzitron]

Jony Ive is a master grifter to the point that he convinced Sam Altman to give him $6 billion for a company with no product, it should have been the easiest thing in the world to make an electric Ferrari but instead he made a $650k Homermobile

[Ed Zitron @edzitron]

Uber’s COO has said that it’s getting “harder to justify” its AI costs because there was no way to show a link between AI spend and any meaningful increase in useful features. This is the first time I’ve seen a company say this directly.

https://t.co/xUhZvtpwah

[Patrick Ashforth @patashforth]

Can people see through Jony Ive's bullshit yet? This is just depressing.

[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:

[man seeking merry hell @wcebfpod]

Daicos’ relentless flopping is a genuine stain on the game.

[man seeking merry hell @wcebfpod]

Murphy Reid features on this list, and also on the ‘has travelled more kms than Pendlebury in his career’ list.

Great league we have.

[Mark Di Stefano @MarkDiStef]

They’re creating hot AI girlfriends to get mad on behalf of.

[Patrick Ashforth @patashforth]

Some truly woeful, incredibly bad-faith budget takes out there today. Be careful folks.

[Mitch Cleary @cleary_mitch]

The AFL has sacked William Houghton KC - chair of the AFL Appeals Board - after comments made post the Lance Collard outcome on Thursday night
@7NewsMelbourne @7AFL

[Tom Morris @tommorris32]

Senior AFL figures aren't happy (to put it lightly) with William Houghton KC, following his remarks at the appeals board hearing for Lance Collard last night.

There are high level meetings today to determine the next steps. Houghton is the Chair of the appeals board which downgraded Collard's sanction to four weeks.

@7AFL @1116sen

[Lachlan McKirdy @LMcKirdy7]

This is the most ridiculous thing I’ve seen.

Excusing racism, sexism and homophobia because football is a “hard game” and “competitive”.

Spare me.

This sets a disgusting precedent.

#AFL

[David Zita @DavidZita1]

For what it’s worth, this is honestly one of the most staggering reasons transcripts I’ve seen over the journey and not in a good way.

[man seeking merry hell @wcebfpod]

Oh sorry it all makes sense now, because he punched someone in the head moments before that makes his slur much more acceptable.

[Patrick Ashforth @patashforth]

Everyone on the appeals board should be sacked at 9am tomorrow. The worst reasoning imaginable.

[Kate McCarthy @kateemac9]

It gets worse…

[Patrick Ashforth @patashforth]

@jrrdrbb the chicken doesn't even look like a real chicken?

[Patrick Ashforth @patashforth]

@jrrdrbb A shittier-looking, borderline shot for shot remake of a not even 10yo movie? WTF are we doing.

[Patrick Ashforth @patashforth]

The photo of Prince Andrew is the greatest photo ever taken. You could spend years composing an image with all the money in the world and it wouldn't be half as evocative as that perfect shot.

[Patrick Ashforth @patashforth]

@TheNestWCE Newton had quite a few nice moments, can see why the club was keen to keep him around.