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[thomas @thomaspttn]

I got engaged this weekend! Here’s 5 things it taught me about B2B SaaS 🔥🧵

[Nikita Bier @nikitabier]

You were suspended for platform manipulation.

On April 11, we announced that a portion of creator revenue would be allocated to original authors of content. Immediately after, you stopped using Video Share, which you had been using for 3 years.

Instead, you began to programmatically download-and re-upload other accounts' videos so that the system would credit them as original.

The behavior alone was circumstantial. What made it conclusive: you uploaded another user's video with the watermark cropped out. You deliberately attempted to manipulate the payout formula.

We don't pay people who cheat the program.

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

Situation 1: dev A thinks approach X is correct, dev B thinks Y is the right way. They argue and try to convince each other.

Situation 2: dev A thinks approach X is correct, tells the LLM to implement it.

There is SO MUCH learning in Situation 1, lost when using LLMs....

[thomas @thomaspttn]

@theodorvaryag @jarredsumner +1 Chris is cracked

[Cassie Pritchard @hecubian_devil]

Wow I guess Dallas landlords are way less greedy than landlords in other cities, or interest rates are dramatically lower, or there’s no demand because everyone is leaving. Supply can’t lower prices, so it must be those other things…

[thomas @thomaspttn]

@jskmap1284 @ajlamesa Appreciate the viewpoint, I'll give it a try the next time I'm there!

[Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil]

Reminder:

Waymo is so safe that if every car was driven like a Waymo, about 9% of America's life expectancy gap would disappear.

9 percent!

Americans die in car accidents *that often*.

[thomas @thomaspttn]

@jskmap1284 @ajlamesa I don't even disagree, would love to have HSR on this route. I'm simply pointing out that you need exceptional local transit as well to compliment it or people will opt for the convenience of a car

[thomas @thomaspttn]

@jskmap1284 @ajlamesa Interesting, but I wouldn't say that changes my core complaint that it's too impractical compared to driving at this point in time?

[thomas @thomaspttn]

@nichpic @standyro @nicSTREETZ @ajlamesa Good to know! Love to see transit progress

[thomas @thomaspttn]

@RockstarNoMore @ajlamesa I think it would have to be much better for people to opt out of car convenience

https://t.co/Clr18pxcrd

[thomas @thomaspttn]

@titovecc @ajlamesa True, I'm more trying to highlight that cars are so convenient by nature that transit has to be much faster (e.g Osaka/Kyoto it's almost 3x faster and this train leaves every 10mins!) for it to be a really compelling option

[thomas @thomaspttn]

@titovecc @ajlamesa Exactly! Don't know how we get there but wish we could

[thomas @thomaspttn]

@titovecc @ajlamesa True, I'm more trying to highlight that cars are so convenient by nature that transit has to be much faster (e.g Osaka/Kyoto it's almost 3x faster and this train leaves every 10mins!) for it to be a really compelling option

[thomas @thomaspttn]

@titovecc @ajlamesa https://t.co/TyL1GQzMkQ

[thomas @thomaspttn]

@ajlamesa Respectfully disagree, even if you cut the train leg of this in half, LA local transit is so bad that you either pay with your time or pay for Ubers. I had a blast using HSR in Japan because local transit was cheap and everywhere

[thomas @thomaspttn]

@standyro @nicSTREETZ @ajlamesa This is exactly the point I'm trying to make - high speed rail only really matters when you have fast/cheap/clean local transit to pair it with, otherwise people will just drive

[thomas @thomaspttn]

@tagdemnbagdem @ajlamesa Will keep it in mind!

[thomas @thomaspttn]

@InakiLonga @ajlamesa It's certainly very popular within Amtrak, but that says nothing about how many choose it vs driving. It's tough to get an estimate on this but considering Amtrak does ~1k people/day the number of people opting for cars is likely somewhere 10-100x higher

[thomas @thomaspttn]

@tagdemnbagdem @ajlamesa SD sprawl is definitely lower but aside from Padres games I do little in downtown SD

[thomas @thomaspttn]

@nicSTREETZ @ajlamesa I'm on your side here, I want transit to be better not worse! If my options post-Amtrak are expensive slow Uber or equally slow train, why would I not just drive from my house in SD?

[thomas @thomaspttn]

@tagdemnbagdem @ajlamesa I hate driving and love transit and I still choose the drive. Like you're saying, you need to be able to quickly/easily/affordably get to different areas of the sprawl (e.g. Santa Monica, Hollywood, etc) or cars will win for most people

[thomas @thomaspttn]

@ajlamesa Respectfully disagree, even if you cut the train leg of this in half, LA local transit is so bad that you either pay with your time or pay for Ubers. I had a blast using HSR in Japan because local transit was cheap and everywhere