Zach Aries

Unfounded musings on the minutiae of everyday life, the hospitality and service industries and kitchen appliances

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Imagine ordering and enjoying a California roll....smfh

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Top pet peeve in restaurants is too much time in between courses

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Welcome back to twitter @ColeRotman

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@ColeRotman @AbstractVC bring this series back pls

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@whizwang Don’t even like Pop-Up, but seems contrived. It started in CT, looked it up and sales of ≤5 bagels are taxable there whether sliced or not (min order is 3). So predates NYC expansion/Stripes investment. Not sure it’s tax dodge, just different biz model/bagel + assume you hate PE

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@SamEshaghoff Nah today you ordered a “espresso Martin”

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@jacksdiningroom Carette is god awful

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@Caseman_jones Out of context but agreed

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@ColeRotman Just going to assume this is a mediocre restaurant in SF

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Uptown and downtown brunch are different universes. #santambroeus Madison is popping at 10:30 and dead at 2, and Lafayette is popping at 2 and dead at 10:30. 🤷

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@katiekirsch @NicoleBehnam @ColeRotman

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@SarahYanezR @aubreystrobel Kms

[Joe Lonsdale @JTLonsdale]

The world is going to be alright, guys.

Keep having kids, loving your family, and starting and building businesses and institutions. Don’t live in fear.

Leaders have big responsibilities and challenges ahead, but it doesn’t help to scare everyone. We are on top of it.

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@realEstateTrent So true lol

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@wtflanksteak So common nowadays. Very sad

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In what world does anyone still have a fax number in their signature?

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@CP3 That was nuts

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[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Most people don't understand how deep this decision goes. Deleting the steering wheel saved a lot more than a steering wheel.

The column goes with it. The airbag behind it, the wiring harness, the pedal assembly and its brake linkage. Then it cascades. With no cockpit, the cabin can be two seats instead of a five-seat layout with a dashboard aimed at a driver. Smaller body, less glass, smaller crash structure, less weight. Less weight and no mirrors means less drag, and less drag means the car hits its range target on a smaller battery. The battery is the most expensive component in the vehicle. Every deletion upstream bought him a cheaper battery downstream.

The panels are colored composite, so entire paint shop stages don't exist for this car. Tesla says the assembly process all of this enables cuts factory footprint by 40%.

Meanwhile Waymo is bolting an estimated $100K+ of lidar and radar onto Jaguar I-Paces. The Cybercab runs nine cameras and targets a sub-$30K build.

Robotaxi economics are basically depreciation per mile. Waymo has to earn back six figures per car before a ride turns profit. Tesla has to earn back a Corolla.

That's what "it's my fault if it fucks up" was really about. One man signing for a cost structure nobody else in the industry can reach.

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@mayemusk I was going to chirp this person who posted this tweet for not having friends until I saw who it was…

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@pmknauer @zachgriff @Delta And btw, missing out on starlink isn’t even the only botch, the LEO rollout greatly trails United’s Starlink rollout

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@pmknauer @zachgriff @Delta Wow, hasn’t been my experience. But maybe things are looking up!

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@AdmiralMehary Acceptable