Tim Start

Thematic, cross-asset investment research

[Tim Start @timstarted]

Clarity is the currency of the 21st century

[Tim Start @timstarted]

@witcheer I am running hermes on the vps and connecting via tailscale, should I run it locally or on the vps?

[Tim Start @timstarted]

@witcheer Mac, can send u logs, was literally running hermes locally to inspect power and gpu consumption

[Tim Start @timstarted]

@witcheer And iPhone app

[Tim Start @timstarted]

@witcheer Make the app stop consuming 95% gpu, running 2 sessions in parallel and m3 max goes full fan mode

[tweet davidson @andyreed]

waking up and seeing your agent stopped to ask for permission 8h ago

[Tim Start @timstarted]

@witcheer @tonysimons_ u use it through api? or sub?

[signüll @signulll]

i was having dinner with someone recently who asked why i spend so much time reading & posting on x. she had a pretty negative perception of the platform mostly shaped by the mainstream narrative around it.

my answer was simple. x is where the future gets beta tested.

you basically get to watch ppl build things, talk through ideas, show off stuff, & argue about where everything is going, way way before it reaches anyone else.

there really isn’t another surface on the internet quite like it.

[signüll @signulll]

i have an extra iphone permanently sitting on my desk that exists entirely for the mirror app on my mac.

that way my agent can use my iphone through my desktop exactly like i would, & it can even download an app if necessary from the app store.

which means both my computer & phone are effectively automated through a singlular interface. i can say something as simple as “respond to the seller on ebay” & the agent can decide whether to use the website or just drive the iphone app.

sometimes the app is actually cheaper to operate, more reliable, & works way better than trying to navigate the web.

the coolest part is that i no longer have to think about which device or interface a task lives on. i just state the intent & the agent figures out where/how to execute it.

[Possible | Video Editor @Possible_Ugwa]

Always come back to this video when you have doubts.

[goodalexander @goodalexander]

Most problems in life come from four sources

1. You don’t earn enough money
2. You are overweight or your appearance is bad
3. You believe you are your body or bank account and lack a spiritual conception of being
4. You spend no time doing stuff you like

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

You don't need a PhD in a topic before you can start doing it. You don't need to watch 10 YouTube videos, 20 podcasts, and read 5 books before you start.

That only gets you stuck in a cycle of mental masturbation and feeling like you never know enough.

Most people should start learning only after they've started doing the thing.

[New Mentalities @NewMentalities]

Total immersion or nothing at all.

[CBB @Cbb0fe]

making generational wealth in one very specific niche can trick you into thinking you're special and good at everything

when you rotate into a new niche, you need the humility to start from zero again

if you can't do that, the market will humble you fast

[Dimitri @thedimitri]

Women are effectively 10M parameter LLMs finetuned on viral TikToks

[Lessons @onlypreneurs]

I keep coming back to this video once in a while..

[Carl Jung Archive @QuoteJung]

“Where your fear is, there is your task.”

– Carl Jung

[Silentum 🦁 @xKhalifan]

YOU WANT IT FOR A REASON

Take what’s yours. The thing that you seek also seeks you. You’re capable of achieving anything. Eliminate doubt. Always remain hopeful. It’s only a matter of time. Winning is inevitable. Miracles are real. Everything is possible. It all starts in the mind.

You have an UNLIMITED amount of energy to get the things that you desire.

Increase the effort → speed up the results.

[Tim Start @timstarted]

4 rules we stick by when a real product goes into a fully illustrated ad:

1. pick the mode before you prompt — photoreal product in a drawn world, or product sculpted too. Mixing the two mid-set is what stops four panels reading as one campaign.
2. the material mismatch is the point. Everything is plasticine, the mask is not. That break is what makes the eye read a real object instead of a prop.
3. the problem owns the frame, the product takes 15-20%. Panel one is a sleeper ripping a mask off at 3AM. The mask sits on the nightstand.
4. never let micro-text on the product render as letters. The woven tag comes out as emboss, or Nano Banana invents a word onto your client's packaging.

that's it. one clay world, four arguments, one product that survives all four.

[Tim Start @timstarted]

@yacineMTB How are u using deepseek? Through opencode?