Volts_PC retweeted
Elon Musk in new interview on @SpaceXSI's data center site in Memphis:
"I insist on doing some of the work myself manually. I've pulled power cables the size of an anaconda. I've done the fiber optic cabling; I try to do at least a little bit of everything so I'm not numb to the are actually doing it. It's not as though I'm sitting in an office and someone has to come to me. I'm walking the floor asking them questions actively."
(via 33rd Annual Baron Investment Conference today in NYC)
"I insist on doing some of the work myself manually. I've pulled power cables the size of an anaconda. I've done the fiber optic cabling; I try to do at least a little bit of everything so I'm not numb to the are actually doing it. It's not as though I'm sitting in an office and someone has to come to me. I'm walking the floor asking them questions actively."
(via 33rd Annual Baron Investment Conference today in NYC)
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Volts_PC retweeted
Patrick Stewart has sadly passed away at the age of 86.
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For those of you who were not able to acquire an iPhone duo today, I have good news
I just got off the phone with an Apple representative and tomorrow at 8:00-8:30, you should be able to place a pickup order online for your local store with stock that has been set aside. It seems like what they launched today isn’t everything they have, and the rollout will be gradual over the next bit.
I just got off the phone with an Apple representative and tomorrow at 8:00-8:30, you should be able to place a pickup order online for your local store with stock that has been set aside. It seems like what they launched today isn’t everything they have, and the rollout will be gradual over the next bit.
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Went to 3 different Apple stores today and 4 AT&Ts. 2 of the 3 Apple stores had rampant scalpers that cut the line, and employees did nothing to keep it under control. By the time I got to the third store, it was too late. Carriers in my area seem to have no stock.
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Volts_PC retweeted
Tesla has just released a new video compilation of its fully autonomous/unsupervised Robotaxis (including Cybercabs and Model Ys) avoiding collisions and pedestrians, driving in heavy rain, stopping for emergency vehicles and animals, navigating tricky scenarios, and more.
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Volts_PC retweeted
People who have worked on actual lidar can immediately tell the “lidar” image on the right is artificially generated.
“Lidar” gives depth returns, not semantics, so the “cat” would not be brighter than the ground. It would actually blend into the ground.
Nor would the streetlight register as a bright orange blob.
“Lidar” gives depth returns, not semantics, so the “cat” would not be brighter than the ground. It would actually blend into the ground.
Nor would the streetlight register as a bright orange blob.
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Volts_PC retweeted
Trump testing positive for COVID and dropping this banger quote
What’s the craziest October surprise everyone forgets?
Community note
The quote attributed to Trump in the image is fabricated. It was added as a meme to a still from his real 2020 video message; he did not say it.
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Volts_PC retweeted
Trump completely changed the culture of the DC administrative state.
For the first time in my career, I’ve heard government employees say things like “we work for the American people” and “we need to create value for our country” with sincerity instead of sarcasm and snark.
The 47 transition team brought in a bunch of private-equity dealmakers and corporate executives at the cabinet deputy/under-secretary levels, and they’ve been cleaning house. These are people who are used to working long hours, being responsive to their stakeholders, and holding their teams accountable. People who care more about results and value creation than they do about years of tenure or where your MPA degree is from. People for whom the words “fiduciary duty” actually mean something.
Almost overnight, they transformed the way work is done in DC. If you view a federal job as a way to just coast through a career and collect a pension (with an occasional pit stop at Booz Allen Hamilton or Accenture to top up your 401k), you’re not going to make it. If you want to just clock in 9-5 via Microsoft Teams and get paid as a GS-14, the American people no longer require your services. If you treat government funds as an infinite reservoir of Monopoly money, rather than as a finite pool of capital funded by hard-working taxpayers who deserve a return on their investment, you’re out.
The difference has been night and day. As an investor, as a taxpayer, and—most importantly—as a citizen, I couldn’t be more excited or more grateful.
Patriots really are in control 🇺🇸
For the first time in my career, I’ve heard government employees say things like “we work for the American people” and “we need to create value for our country” with sincerity instead of sarcasm and snark.
The 47 transition team brought in a bunch of private-equity dealmakers and corporate executives at the cabinet deputy/under-secretary levels, and they’ve been cleaning house. These are people who are used to working long hours, being responsive to their stakeholders, and holding their teams accountable. People who care more about results and value creation than they do about years of tenure or where your MPA degree is from. People for whom the words “fiduciary duty” actually mean something.
Almost overnight, they transformed the way work is done in DC. If you view a federal job as a way to just coast through a career and collect a pension (with an occasional pit stop at Booz Allen Hamilton or Accenture to top up your 401k), you’re not going to make it. If you want to just clock in 9-5 via Microsoft Teams and get paid as a GS-14, the American people no longer require your services. If you treat government funds as an infinite reservoir of Monopoly money, rather than as a finite pool of capital funded by hard-working taxpayers who deserve a return on their investment, you’re out.
The difference has been night and day. As an investor, as a taxpayer, and—most importantly—as a citizen, I couldn’t be more excited or more grateful.
Patriots really are in control 🇺🇸
Today we’re launching America.gov, a single front door to the federal government.
Instead of opening a bunch of tabs across different agency sites and trying to figure out which information actually matters to you, you can ask America a question and get the relevant 00+ official government websites, with the source and what to do next.
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