AI dweebs don't even know their own damn history, "don't use machines for therapy" is LITERALLY chatbot lesson one

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so yeah, unfortunately the market is still very much stuck in a low cost modality because buyers still see ebikes as "nicer bikes" instead of the far more transformative new device they are. This may be where Rivian has a chance to rebrand them as a "device," but ~$4k is still a lot of scratch

*smiling with the serenity of the buddha* all bikes are good

I wonder how much of this simply arises from the "are we building for investors/valuation or operations/margin?" question, which seems to be screwing up all kinds of businesses these days

everything other than a super low-end strategy, like the one that has propelled Lectric's market growth, seems to be a dead end in terms of product-market fit... it will be interesting to see if the new Rivian spin-off Also can change that, but it won't be easy

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the sheer concentration of ex-Tesla folks at Waymo really is something. I know plenty of decent folks survived Tesla, and obviously the culture problems there start with Elon... but at some point you have to wonder if there are so many of them that that culture starts to seep in around the edges

timeless wisdom

even the most dead-eyed LinkedInfluencer would break into a flop sweat trying to figure out how to brag about the work they led on the fucking Cybertruck

one of the really jarring things about working on Elon Musk-related history is rediscovering all the truly deranged moments that you've been suppressing since they happened

seriously though, maybe it's a portland thing but I actually get more compliments when I mismatched thing (upon reflection, this might just be a matter of people trying to manage their OCD with politeness)

can we please not with the deadnaming?

I simply was not built to keep socks in matched pairs, Stella

did this years ago, and have now ascended to an even higher level: Cute Mismatched Socks Guy

this was precisely the trap I fell into! Loved the improved lung function, but the addiction ran out of control.

bombarding Grok with "easy tips for appearing human" prompts

very shameful behavior, but I used to hit the juul on airplanes... it was one of the things that made me realize how much addiction was affecting my behavior

Brother Number 69