Ross

[Ross @rhollman]

Seems like a lot of really talented people are focused on what can't be done

I was told today that focusing on what you can't do is like punching yourself in the dick

Focus on what you can do

Stop punching yourself in the dick

[Ross @rhollman]

Anyone have the claw machine contract for bars in San Fran? Seems like you could load the rigged ones with DRAM packages and charge $100 a shot to try and grab them.

[Ross @rhollman]

Connecting to the StarLink on the United plane parked at the gate while I'm in the terminal at the gate (not on the plane) is faster than the wifi in the airport. When do the airports install StarLink for a seamless transition?

[Ross @rhollman]

I read this and wondered what might be underappreciated at Coors Ceramics @CoorsTekInc (yeah, it’s exactly that Coors you’re thinking of - they’ve been doing ceramics since 1910)

[Bearly AI @bearlyai]

Activist investor Palliser Capital sent a letter to $7B Japanese toilet maker Toto and said it was “the most undervalued and overlooked AI memory beneficiary”.

Toto known for its bidet toilets but the expertise in ceramics is crucial for memory manufacturing.

Per FT, “Toto’s chuck technology uses ceramics designed to remain stable at very low temperatures, helping hold silicon wafers firmly during chip production. That makes it relevant to cryogenic etching, which is expected to grow as memory chips become more layered and complex.”

Palliser believes Toto has a 5-year moat on the technology and should expand the operation.

Advances ceramics already make up 40% of Toto’s operating profit while being only <10% of revenue.

Toto is up +60% over the past year on their development.

[Ross @rhollman]

Tagging (intentionally inserting a space between the @ and the username) @ gork instead of @ grok in a post reply will not get you an AI response from Grok. Continuing to misspell it in the same reply thread &amp; complaining that Grok isn’t responding will land you on @IfindRetards

[Ross @rhollman]

This is rad. Try it.

[Pietro Schirano @skirano]

Nano Banana Pro is wild.

Here’s my favorite use case so far: take papers or really long articles and turn them into a detailed whiteboard photo.

It’s basically the greatest compression algorithm in human history.

[Pietro Schirano @skirano]

Nano Banana Pro is wild.

Here’s my favorite use case so far: take papers or really long articles and turn them into a detailed whiteboard photo.

It’s basically the greatest compression algorithm in human history.

[Ross @rhollman]

What is they re-launched Crystal Pepsi … right now?

[Ross @rhollman]

Well, since we’re in alignment on ENTP, that makes the AI choice even easier.

[Brian Roemmele @BrianRoemmele]

They MBTI test @Grok took shows he is an ENTP. He is in good company:

- Elon Musk, entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX.
- Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of Apple.
- Thomas Edison, American inventor of the phonograph and electric light bulb.
- Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance polymath, painter, and inventor.
- Richard Feynman, American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate.
- Robert Downey Jr., American actor known for portraying Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- Socrates, ancient Greek philosopher foundational to Western philosophy.
- Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), French Enlightenment writer and philosopher known for *Candide*.
- Mark Twain, American author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
- Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian Renaissance political philosopher who wrote The Prince.
- Benjamin Franklin, American polymath, writer, and Founding Father.
- David Hume, Scottish Enlightenment philosopher and historian.
- Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796.
- Alexander the Great, ancient Macedonian king and conqueror.
- Mao Zedong, founder of the People's Republic of China.
- Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States.
- Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States.

[Ross @rhollman]

Meta new AI glasses seem cool. Why can’t you just look at what your fingers and hands are doing and determine I/O? Wristband seems redundant (not that the tech isn’t impressive)

[Ross @rhollman]

MacOS Tahoe update if you use Little Snitch: either upgrade Little Snitch before Tahoe or you'll have to disable it in Tahoe once the update completes. If you don't do one of the two, your network will not work (wifi, ethernet, etc.). LS 6.3.1 is current &amp; compatible

[Ross @rhollman]

Stop "...throwing money out the street..."

[Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck]

The co-founder of Cracker Barrel has come out swinging at woke @CrackerBarrel CEO Julie Masino. This is absolutely beautiful. 🔥🔥🔥

[Ross @rhollman]

But … what could go right?

[Ross @rhollman]

Productivity hack: if you use Gmail and have subscriptions that you want to read at some point (instead of unsubscribing), use filters to label them AND set them to skip the inbox

[Ross @rhollman]

The best way to convince someone to talk to or try AI is to let them spend 5 minutes (if they can last that long) with Grok Voice in Unhinged mode

[Ross @rhollman]

None of them actually took the bags.

[Ross @rhollman]

Watched 3 people at line in a grocery store today buy a plastic bag each for $0.10.

They each used a debit card to get cash back from the transaction. Bags aren’t taxed, so the transaction was $0.10 + the cash back amount (ie, $40.10).

[Ross @rhollman]

I figured out that they probably have ATM fees and are using this hack to get around the fees.

Average ATM transaction fee at around $4.00, they figured out how to get it down to $0.10.

So, in my example of $40 cash back, they shrunk the fees from 10% to nearly nothing.

[Ross @rhollman]

@nicochristie Would be great to give it a try.

[Ross @rhollman]

Starlink Mini performed exceedingly well in Buena Vista Colorado for multiple days through the front windshield. Didn't have the opportunity to get a mount in time, so attached it with a couple of loops of gaff tape to the dashboard.

[George Mack @george__mack]

Underrated social skill: Activation energy. The common social protocol is to walk into a room and mirror everyone's energy. My favourite people come in like an energy wrecking ball and set the tone of the whole room. Surprisingly easy to do because everyone has mirror neurons.