after two days in new york, here are some of my initial impressions - people are beautiful, but it's leveled out by the sheer number of people, most of whom are average - people are social. they say hi on the street, make eye contact, approach and compliment - interestingly, the most common compliments were wholesome: "gorgeous" and "beautiful" vs other adjectives i hear elsewhere - it’s not sleezy or pickup-y - people are not shy: women compliment my dress choices, a random guy recognized my bag brand (very niche melbourne brand), and men complimented me genuinely - most compliments were in passing: people didn't stop to chat, they just complimented me and moved on, super nice - new yorkers are notorious jaywalkers and will walk into oncoming traffic thinking they'll win - new yorkers are slow, i constantly have to overtake - smells are many and varied, not always good, but short lasting, so it doesn't really bother too much - it's not at all dirty. yes, the streets show years of wear, but not like someone just littered, spat, or threw up - brick is beautiful. bring back brick and old timey facades, so enjoyable - sweltering in summer - people are out and about and every park is packed - citibikes are a rip off and way more expensive than lime bikes - strangers are super nice and helpful on cold approach: i didn't have my phone and a random guy offered to call me a cab on his dime - 24/7 corner stores everywhere, great for a late night ben and jerry's - people do dress nice, not even insane, just properly, and it really makes sf look bad. i knew this, but it's a visceral experience haha - so far i have less fomo than sf, because everything you can do here is great and it's choice overload, so it doesn't really matter what you miss. there are a million other things, vs sf where there's like one good thing happening - walkable, so so walkable

Elon is the busiest man on the planet and takes time to go out of his way to help people. I know this personally and I wish others understood the kind of person he is.

Starship is a very big rocket

Three months ago, @DeptofWar kicked @AnthropicAI out of our building—forever. Every passing day proves why that was the right move. 🇺🇸

Given how rare large swaths of flat land are to come by on the California Coast and how dire the state is in need of housing its surprising to me that the Salinas Valley hasn't been developed more its only got 390K people!

i'm starting a group chat for text-to-cad power users join to follow updates and share feedback, as we expand the repo to cover more and more of the hardware design process link below

3 of my favorite airplanes, the SR-71, A-12 & D-21 were designed, manufactured, flown, fielded, and sustained before CAD even existed, no STEP not even IGES, even before Ken Versprille formulated NURBS during his phd I was thinking about this last time someone was trying to convince me that the only way to make something real was w/ NURBS