tommy tan

emacs devotee, podcast junkie, and techno-freak. Emphasis is not necessarily in that order.

[tommy tan @rotywonka]

Some people, when confronted with a problem, think “I know, I’ll use regular expressions.” Now they have two problems.

[tommy tan @rotywonka]

Don't know how @SEPTA can still manage to run after decades of mismanagement. "Yeah let's reduce some of the trains during rush hour" while at the same time promoting ppl to use public transit with the ad "Skip 5, take 95"

[Abdulkadir | Cybersecurity @cyber_razz]

“A man who has not hit his Claude limit by noon has wasted his morning.”

-Socrates

[tommy tan @rotywonka]

Noticing a recent trend with indie hackers going from build in public -> health maxxing. Coincidence?

[Marc Lou @marclou]

health maxxing starter pack

[tommy tan @rotywonka]

looksmaxxing is indeed very real

[mads campbell @martyrdison]

> be obese woman
> take GLP-1
> lose 80 lbs
> get more attention than ever before
> immediately couples up with guy she would've considered out of reach 2 years ago
> leaves dating market

> be already attractive woman
> take GLP-1
> become even hotter
> attention increases exponentially
> perceived value rises
> standards rise with it
> "i can do better"
> remains on market

> every attractive woman who would've settled at 29 now holds out until 35
> average guy gets sent back into the queue

> formerly overweight women pair off
> mid attractive women become more selective

> fertility rate continues dropping
> society collapses

[tommy tan @rotywonka]

Much respect to @bryan_johnson for trying to achieve immortality but is that extra 10 or 20 years in your lifespan worth skipping on all of the experiences that life has to offer?

[LindyMan @PaulSkallas]

He can have a great biomarkers, cardiovascular system and zero plaque, but his organs are still aging. You can't stop that.

He's going to surgically replace his organs later in his life. He doesn't tell you about that part. We're still in the diet and exercise phase.

He's going to implant a young man’s heart, a young man’s kidneys, a young man’s liver into his body to keep this experiment going.

[tommy tan @rotywonka]

In this age of AI and automation, the value proposition shifts from implementation to ideation. It doesn't matter how fast you can code but how applicable your idea is.

[tommy tan @rotywonka]

Why don't most mechanic shops service cars that need inspection with faster turnaround time. Longer time in bay == slower revenue

[tommy tan @rotywonka]

@OverlyTrev Wouldn't the $100 FSD subscription offset the discounted insurance rate

[tommy tan @rotywonka]

@SEPTA_SOCIAL Good morning. What's going on with train #6309? Why is it stopped?

[tommy tan @rotywonka]

@A1Anduril @PalmerLuckey Bro is just short

[tommy tan @rotywonka]

You only get 4 messages on the free plan on @AnthropicAI Claude? That's crazy

[tommy tan @rotywonka]

@SEPTA_SOCIAL I couldn't pay for parking for my car at forest hills station because the septa park app and the flow bird website is down. I tried calling 215-580-3400 but no one picked up. Can you make sure I don't get a ticket? This keeps happening so often nowadays

[tommy tan @rotywonka]

Why does a parking ticket have to be $300 wtf man. Only in Philly

[tommy tan @rotywonka]

@SEPTA_SOCIAL Why is west Trenton train #3209 cancelled

[tommy tan @rotywonka]

@SEPTA_SOCIAL @ChernowHarris I'm on the train now so there's no way for me to get to that kiosk

[tommy tan @rotywonka]

@ChernowHarris @SEPTA_SOCIAL The parking website flow bird also won't process my payment

[tommy tan @rotywonka]

Ban electric lawnmowers man those things suck. Just switched to gas engine mower and it's like driving a truck compared to a Volkswagen bug

[tommy tan @rotywonka]

First time trying deep research holy shit I'm on the AI bandwagon now. The fact that it can do my Google search for me and compile it in one location is amazing

[tommy tan @rotywonka]

@mrexits China has 1.6B people. The US has ~400M. This is very good chat

[tommy tan @rotywonka]

Is this still considered pseudorandom?

[Ayla Croft @aylacroft]

Wait.... does @Cloudflare really have 100 lava lamps on a wall that are used to help create random encryption keys!?!?!