Mike Bates

Web application development since mid nineties. Founded HotWax in 1997. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

[WithSadhguru @withsadhguru]

Stop trying to be special!

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

i’ve no idea who is going to win.

i’m extremely confident election will be free and fair (and secure).

most takes on social media would have you believe exactly the opposite.

they are lying to you.

[Mike Bates @themikebates]

@ThatEricAlper Indians scattered on dawn’s highway bleeding.

[Mike Bates @themikebates]

@seanonolennon Same!

[Boyan Slat @BoyanSlat]

Cost of the Las Vegas Sphere: $2.3B

Cost of cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (projected): $4B

It literally takes two big balls to clean the ocean.

[Mike Bates @themikebates]

Thanks for spelling it out.

[Mike Bates @themikebates]

https://t.co/HIa8LJzjaN

[Mike Bates @themikebates]

@elonmusk It seems very top heavy to me. Seems like mostly agenda-driven folks rather than observers and sharers. Would be nice to change that.

Also god knows where you are coming from, but I’d like to presume you’re trying your best.

[Aaron Levie @levie]

Just so I’m clear, this is the guy we think should be driving AI regulation policy

[Paul Graham @paulg]

Till I saw this picture I hadn't realized how long it had been since I saw anything related to politics that made me happy.

Hypothesis: We should elect people who can read to a group of little kids without seeming unnatural.

[Mike Bates @themikebates]

@mcuban @X Sadly.

[Mike Bates @themikebates]

@chamath https://t.co/l8Gsk5o2OU

[Mike Bates @themikebates]

@JoeBiden Legend!

[Mike Bates @themikebates]

@vkhosla @realDonaTrump The key is to win.

[Mike Bates @themikebates]

Kindness is always fashionable, and always welcome. -Amelia Barr, novelist (29 Mar 1831-1919)

https://t.co/MAhqand28X

[Paul Graham @paulg]

I know it's weird to quote yourself, but I came across this in a footnote and realized that it was worth saying again:

[Anil Patel @anilpatelhwc]

Wrapping up an incredible time at #NRF2024 in NY! 🎉

Featured our omnichannel solutions, empowering enterprise retailers. Engaged in exciting discussions with @Shopify & many tech partners for exciting collaborations. Thanks to everyone who visited!🙏

Great event @NRFBigShow!👏

[Alan Watts 📖 | Philosophy & Timeless Wisdom ✍️ @AlanWattsQuot]

The only way to change human behavior is to woo, instead of preach.

To make love, instead of threatening disaster.

To point out how glorious something could be, and in some way to live it.

This is the real meaning of “Make Love, Not War”.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Stare at the green dot: the yellow dot will disappear.

It's called motion-induced blindness and it may result from a tussle for supremacy between the left and right halves of our brain.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Interceptor 006 by @TheOceanCleanup has successfully prevented around 3,000,000 kg of trash from reaching the Caribbean Sea in the last five months.

[read more: https://t.co/33Tk5r29Om]