Phil Spitzer

Y2K preparation specialist at @lyft

[Phil Spitzer @spitza]

@rabois Totally disagree about soccer. Yes VAR is annoying but it’s absolutely worth the improved fairness/justice in the game and reduced human error swaying outcomes.

[Phil Spitzer @spitza]

@KingCountyMetro Does anyone ever actually receive a third printed warning? It seems nearly impossible that anyone would even receive even two. And even if a third is received, there are no real consequences. Super discouraging for anyone that is paying for this service.

[Phil Spitzer @spitza]

@KingCountyMetro there is zero attempt at fare enforcement on the 7 bus. If we’re going to effectively make busses free, can we at least make it official so we don’t need to deal with Orca Card nonsense?

[Phil Spitzer @spitza]

@Fantrax I've won 15 weeks in a row in a competitive fantasy epl league, gunning for 16. What's the record? League 9fg593ftmd60nyd1

[Phil Spitzer @spitza]

@FantraxEPL What's the record for weekly win streak in a competitive league? I just won my 15th in a row (league 9fg593ftmd60nyd1)

[Phil Spitzer @spitza]

@Choffspurss lol underappreciated post right here

[Phil Spitzer @spitza]

The Spike Jonze AirPods ad isn’t about selling units (we’re gonna buy regardless), it’s about convincing us that Wearing AirPods While Interacting With People Isn’t Rude

[Phil Spitzer @spitza]

@SoundersFC Signed up for Fubo free trial and they're not even showing the game, tight

[david friedberg @friedberg]

capping prices to “protect consumers” will do extraordinary harm and limited good.

let markets be free.

the demand for homebuilding will skyrocket in LA, causing service providers to rush in from out of town and out of state as demand and prices climb. these providers will ultimately compete prices down as supply swells, leading to a much larger pool of service providers to meet the demand of thousands of home building projects. by capping prices, the incentive to enter the market and compete is destroyed, limiting supply and making it harder for homeowners to find the help they need. this policy could delay rebuilding efforts by years.

similarly, the CA Dept of Insurance artificially suppressed rates on home insurance in fire sensitive areas causing insurers to exit the state, leaving thousands of homeowners without fire insurance. and now, the DOI wants to force insurers to stay in the market, which will lead to financial ruin and disincentivize insurers from helping rebuild CA’s home insurance market going forward. who’s going to underwrite insurance if the state forces you to lose money?!

these futile policy ideas are disastrous. the idea that government can control otherwise free markets is as old as government itself. not once, in human history, has it ultimately benefited citizens.

there is an amazing opportunity ahead to rebuild LA. local economies should boom as neighborhoods and infrastructure are reimagined.

i applaud the governor eliminating CEQA Review and Coastal Act permitting requirements. but those changes should become permanent. and a wholesale deletion of all other silly local building codes and permitting requirements should be similarly made permanent.

[Phil Spitzer @spitza]

@ManagerTactical Yes. Europe loves feeling superior to the USA however they can (because we’re the world leader in most things) so to have us overtake their favorite sport is unthinkable. Will be fun to watch their brains melt over the coming decades

[Phil Spitzer @spitza]

@elonmusk leaving or cleaning up piss on the toilet seat is another great example

[Phil Spitzer @spitza]

@fchollet ?? I hang with many techno optimists and quite literally none of them have claimed LLMs are “already” AGI, in 2023 or otherwise

[Phil Spitzer @spitza]

@natejonesy @AriLiljenwall If Pedro had had a single good performance after coming back from injury, maybe this argument makes sense. Pedro has sidelined himself through terrible showings.

[Phil Spitzer @spitza]

@AriLiljenwall How many more chances can we give de la Vega? He looks awful

[Phil Spitzer @spitza]

@AriLiljenwall I remember the first time we saw De La Vega on the field - it was magical. What happened…

[Phil Spitzer @spitza]

@JakeHurwitz COYS

[Phil Spitzer @spitza]

@JakeHurwitz as a fellow coy soy boy non-goy yelling COYS, I'm thinking ohhh boyyyyyy

[Phil Spitzer @spitza]

@JakeHurwitz aaaaaand somehow I missed the opportunity for "Oy yoy yoyyyyyy"

[Phil Spitzer @spitza]

Bonkers.

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

Wow, diffusion models (used in AI image generation) are also game engines - a type of world simulation.

By predicting the next frame of the classic shooter DOOM, you get a playable game at 20 fps without any underlying real game engine.

This video is from the diffusion model.

[Phil Spitzer @spitza]

@AJA_Cortes Just lost 20lbs for my wedding. Biggest learning was simply focusing on calories in / calories out. Before, I was focused on “eating clean”, but not paying attn to calories. For example having handfuls of unsalted nuts at times. V hard to lose weight that way. Also, walking a lot