Pieter Levels
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16 October
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Perfumes disrupt the endocrine and pheromone systemsTheir words
Perfumes disrupt you and other people's endocrine system, destroys the chemical messenger system of pheromones (used to smell who can be a good love partner for you), and many other bad things
15 October
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AGI-assisted automation will finally provide us with consistent quality services like the one below
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It's inevitable and Marx was right in this sense, capitalism will eat itself on a long enough time span
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I think they'd be smart banning eco/degrowth next, as they're the exact same thing with the exact same end goal
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Data brokers are now buying up SaaS data sets for anywhere from $100K to $2M SaaS are struggling now and some extra money to fill the gap by declining revenues is nice That data is then re-sold to AI training companies and AI frontier labs for the exact purpose of integrating whatever that SaaS did into the AI frontier lab's app
14 October
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Software engineers are in a state of denial regarding the impact of AI on their profession.Their words
Generational level of cope going on right now by software engineers that AI has not affected them, is not affecting them, and will not ever affect them
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Most tech people are in their own bubble thinking we're the only ones who use AI
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CoffeedeskTheir words
Coffeedesk is a great chain and it's everywhere and great and also lets you laptop (with power outlets!!)
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HAŁAS CosyTheir words
This one is cute and called HAŁAS Cosy on a rainy day with vinyls ☕️ ⚫️
13 October
From one piece You can run Windows XP inside a tweet 2 beliefs · levels.io
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Data is a moatTheir words
This week we talk a lot about moats, and data is a moat, and Nomads has a lot of data that I can get paid for, so that's a good direction to move into
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Westerners are experiencing a decline in standards and quality of life without noticingTheir words
Westerners keep having lower standards every year and don't notice the declining quality of everything around them
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The Dead Internet Theory could become a reality if AI replaces all human content creationTheir words
The Dead Internet Theory could become real if AI replaces all human content creation
12 October
From one piece @levelsio on X 2 beliefs · x.com
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One of the repeated misconceptions I see is that people think I mean people will ask AI agents to build software, but I don't, their AI agents will solve their problems by building software on the fly With that a market springs up of software/data/etc for AI agents to pay for and connect to (like with MCP/APIs)
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There's ~40 million software developers in the world There's 2 billion people regularly using AI tools now So that's 50x, it'll grow to the same number as internet access, that's 6 billion people, so 200x more AI users than devs
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They'll have to to stay competitive because if one adapts AI, they all have to!
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Helping real-world businesses transition to AI and automate processes can lead to significant wealth.Their words
You can get very rich on helping IRL businesses with the transition to AI and automating everything for them
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The remaining business moats are proprietary data, network effects, distribution, hardware, capital, and regulation.Their words
I'd expand the moats left to: Proprietary data or content: data nobody else has, or unique content you can create Network effects / community: users make it more valuable for each other Audience / distribution: you can get attention on demand Physical component: hardware, locations, real-world operations Capital: owning assets and investing (esp into the AI companies as they are and will suck up large parts of the economy) Regulatory: licenses and legal barriers
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there's an explosion of creativity if anyone can make their own personal software
11 October
From one piece @levelsio on X 2 beliefs · x.com
From one piece @levelsio on X 2 beliefs · x.com
From one piece @levelsio on X 2 beliefs · x.com
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Make those 10 years like 1-2 year now because AI moves exponentially fast and normies adopt it quite fast because the interface is so easy (a chat)
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In transitionary times, it's better to spot the big waves early and adapt, than try ignore it, fight it, because you can't fight nature
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AI agents can easily maintain their own software projects and already do (see OpenClaw etc)
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No one has the time to actively maintain software especially for non technical people
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Personal software that removes reliance on paid SaaS subscriptions and lets you create a malleable, user-controlled computing environment
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But AI agents too will try find the lowest price or do it for free if they can, they have a strong economic incentive not to spend their user's money!
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Some software moats will remain like social media (community), ecommerce (think like Shopify and Stripe), etc but they will just be used by AI to build the personal software with
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People will stop using most regular software because AI agents will build software for them.Their words
They won't know they're building software because their AI app/agent will do it for them And then they'll stop using most regular software!
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Normies will not ask for software to be built, but will instead ask for specific tasks to be performed.Their words
Normies won't ask "build me software" They will ask "I have this photo and I want to manually edit it" and it will spin up a Photoshop clone They will ask "I need to know if sales are going up or down this quarter from all different ecommerce platforms we use" and it will spin up an analytics dashboard connecting all APIs with scheduled crons that keeps it up to date forever
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if "we're not there yet" is someone's business thesis They get rekt with AI's exponential progress faster than they think
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There is an AI-assisted explosion of creativityTheir words
That's why you're seeing an AI-assisted explosion of creativity
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Non-technical people are already spinning up personal software, whatever tech people think.Their words
Tech people somehow still think normies are not spinning up personal software already
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We are probably now in an era of personal software, where everyone builds what they need whenever they need it.Their words
It's now the era of personal software and everyone just builds what they need whenever they need it I think
10 October
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Pretty much anything is portable to WASM on web now.Their words
But now with this wave of AI-assisted reverse engineering WASM ports of games and apps to web they're finally taking off, pretty much anything is portable to WASM on web now
8 October
From one piece @levelsio on X 2 beliefs · x.com
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Likely your gut flora is messed up from decades of ultra-processed slop food and you have to reset it with good food and bacteria to rebuild it
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Digestive issues after eating whole foods are caused by the digestive system rather than the food itself.Their words
If you have digestive issues after eating whole foods, it's not the food that has issues, it's your digestive system!
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We should follow what the data says Europe should only be open for people from countries where we have data that previous people from those countries had a net contribution to our society, the economy and stayed out of crime
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Usesrcmnd.app
OdamexTheir words
Actually it's Odamex, an open source Doom engine for Mac, Windows and Linux, specifically great at Doom multiplayer, because the original Doom had very laggy netcode
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Opus 5.5Their words
so I tried today with Opus 5.5, and I got it working with in 30 minutes I also made Opus 5.5 create bots from scratch which it also did in just 10 minutes
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AirthingsTheir words
I use @airthings to measure the air quality in our house and bedroom, not affiliated, not paid but great brand and tip by @NorbertDragan
7 October
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Almost everyone over 30 is overweight and has belly fat, which constitutes an epidemic.Their words
Almost everyone over 30 now has belly fat and is overweight it's an epidemic
6 October
From one piece @levelsio on X 2 beliefs · x.com
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Airbnb's policy seems to be to remove a guest's review and rating whenever a host asks for itTheir words
The "policy" they have seems to be to remove a guest's review and rating whenever a host asks for it
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Replacing humans in trucks with self-driving vehicles will lead to fewer accidents and deathsTheir words
The faster we replace humans in trucks with self driving vehicles, the less accidents and deaths we'll have
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Very few logistics jobs currently exist that will not be done better by a self-driving vehicleTheir words
There's very few logistics jobs now that won't be done way better by a self driving vehicle
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Prioritizing short-term booking increases through inflated ratings can lead to long-term loss of user trustTheir words
Short term you might get more bookings if everything is a 4.5 or 4.99 but long term people discover it means nothing and they can't trust your platform and they leave elsewhere
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It shows Europe can still do stuff if they just all get on the same page
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Waterdrop G3P600Their words
I can recommend to all my Dutch friends to install an Reverse Osmosis water filter, it's the most rigorous filter out there and removes over 99% of PFAS and microplastics and other contaminants I have a Waterdrop G3P600, as always I am not paid or affiliated, I wish I was cause I'd be rich
5 October
From one piece @levelsio on X 2 beliefs · x.com
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I love ETFs as much as the next guy but they do put a pressure on stocks to grow by 10%/year or more
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Hotel industry could CLEAN UP entire Airbnb by just adding kitchens to rooms
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The variation of quality in Airbnbs is too high to be able to seriously use for travel (except maybe in Asia)Their words
I can't book Airbnbs because I the "rating anxiety" is so high because I can't trust the ratings and I end up with my bags in some place that sucks, so the variation of quality is too high to be able to seriously use for travel (except maybe in Asia)
4 October
From one piece @levelsio on X 2 beliefs · x.com
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Monopoly power can capture politicsTheir words
One interesting thing about Brazil more recently is how the Supreme Court judges are allegedly used by the ruling president to influence politics, censoring speech against the current government
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Countries will keep plucking out the high skilled and wealthy from around the world for better conditions elsewhere
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Brazil's politics to me feel very heavily influenced by the US but with a 2 year delay because when US has elections in 2024, Brazil has them 2 years later in 2026.
3 October
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City states are attracting skilled Europeans with better living, working, and regulatory conditions.Their words
This is great and another example of city states attracting all the skilled Europeans with better living, working and regulatory conditions!
2 October
From one piece @levelsio on X 2 beliefs · x.com
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Experience can make it harder to try new thingsTheir words
It's such a weird experience that I can now build things faster than I get new ideas for things
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Real estate and land also one of the few scarce resources left in a post-AGI world where almost every good becomes almost free
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AGI might create a two-tier split in societyTheir words
I think this is super accurate AGI might just create a two-tier split in society
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Lotus CoffeeTheir words
Claude suggested getting a mineral water coffee kit by Lotus Coffee, you get 4 drippers for Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium and Sodium, so I got it today and tried it.
1 October
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But most Westerners don't notice it, partly because prices of flights, hotels, travel as a whole has gone up so much (again it hasn't, we've all just been made poorer collectively) And if you can't travel far, you can't notice how rich and modern parts of the non-West now are (Asia etc)
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Westerners' standards are declining over timeTheir words
I'm noticing Westerners are continously having lower standards every year and seem to not even notice the declining quality standards of everything around them
30 September
From one piece @levelsio on X 3 beliefs · x.com
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you have to take the initiative to bring people together which isn't easy in a time where phones and apps and the internet are simply easier and cheaper dopamine than driving to a friends house for a party
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After age 30 people start seeing friends less, and older men especially are left with no social life.Their words
studies show after age 30 you start seeing friends less and when you get older especially men don't have any social life left!
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Having an active social life is just as important or in some studies even more important for health than physical fitness
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In reality at too high speeds things just start falling off an airplane like here the rudder
28 September
From one piece @levelsio on X 2 beliefs · x.com
From one piece @levelsio on X 2 beliefs · x.com
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Although you have to be VERY careful not to isolate yourself, which does happen once you get rich
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once your home is so great it becomes a prison, so you have to force yourself to go out!
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The response then to still grab attention is be different and that probably means IRL marketing videos that are original and unique and maybe personal
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Whenever AI can do something as well as or better than humans, that thing arguably stops being valuable or special.Their words
I think every time AI can do something equally good or better than humans it stops being valuable or special
27 September
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Claude's sound generation is currently its last weak spot, producing ticky synth sounds far worse than its visuals.Their words
The last thing Claude is bad at now is sound, it always does these "ticky" synth sounds that are way worse in quality than the visuals it now produces
25 September
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StarlinkTheir words
I plug my Starlink on the roof with a LAN cable straight into a Unifi router with 3 APs (one on each floor's ceiling) and 2 outdoor APs You can't rely on the Starlink WiFi too much because it's so compact and the WiFi router is INSIDE the dish, so if it's outside and you close the doors the signal isn't great Gotta LAN it up
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Unifi routerTheir words
I plug my Starlink on the roof with a LAN cable straight into a Unifi router with 3 APs (one on each floor's ceiling) and 2 outdoor APs You can't rely on the Starlink WiFi too much because it's so compact and the WiFi router is INSIDE the dish, so if it's outside and you close the doors the signal isn't great Gotta LAN it up
24 September
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Starlink MiniTheir words
I loaned my Starlink Mini to @mick__net after his 🇵🇹 Portuguese ISP @NOS was (and still is!) down for 2+ months, while he lives 500 meters away from the NOS headquarters in Lisbon 😂 Nobody can fix it, customer support is useless and even cancelling his plan is difficult Anyway Starlink Mini got him his internet back immediately and saved his ass cause he had to work, and now he ordered his own and gave mine back, which I then used for traveling in Greece, and he's a Starlink convert
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StarlinkTheir words
I've never had so LITTLE issues with internet as since I had Starlink, it's never been down, it always just works and customer support is via chat and works really well
22 September
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Reverse Osmosis (RO) systemTheir words
Today actually we finally installed a Reverse Osmosis (RO) system in our home (or well the plumber did) by Waterdrop (unaffiliated, unpaid, recommended by Claude) RO seems to the best and most pure water filtration system out there
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WaterdropTheir words
Today actually we finally installed a Reverse Osmosis (RO) system in our home (or well the plumber did) by Waterdrop (unaffiliated, unpaid, recommended by Claude) RO seems to the best and most pure water filtration system out there
9 September
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SharpTheir words
My own vibe coded image resizing API with NodeJS's Sharp + Redis (saves ~$1,500/mo)
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RedisTheir words
My own vibe coded image resizing API with NodeJS's Sharp + Redis (saves ~$1,500/mo)
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NudeNETTheir words
My own $0/mo vibe coded NSFW detection service with Python's NudeNET (saves ~$2,500/mo)
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NginxTheir words
My own $0/mo Nginx VPS video streaming (saves ~$250/mo)
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xAITheir words
My own moderation on all my sites with @xAI (saves ~$10,000/mo)
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TelegramTheir words
IFTTT -> Telegram bot (saves ~$100/mo)
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OpenFreeMapsTheir words
Mapbox -> Vibecoded my own free replacement with OpenFreeMaps (saves ~$500/mo)
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KumaTheir words
My own $5/mo Uptime Canary app running on Kuma (saves ~$50/mo)
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FeaturebaseTheir words
Customer support -> @featurebasehq + AI support bot (saves $5,000/mo)
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PatchrightTheir words
Scrapingbee/SerpAPI -> My own $1/mo scraper with Patchright (save ~$250/mo)
8 September
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Apple TVTheir words
But instead to get an Apple TV and connect that with HDMI to the LG TV I knew LG TVs were full of spyware but it's even worse than everyone thought!
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LG TVTheir words
Thanks everyone for recommending me to buy an LG TV two years ago but especially everyone for recommending me to NEVER ever connect it to the internet
6 September
31 August
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CloudflareTheir words
My favorite part of @Cloudflare is how easy it is to use them for your clanker They always had a great API and all you have to do is add an API token and you can do almost everything you'd do by hand
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ClaudeTheir words
I keep rejected by Claude for the most benign things now Like it wouldn't download and install a 1990s game from archive(dot)org because of copyright
24 August
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Claude Code is the coding agent to build with.Their words, before
I think I've been coding almost solely on my VPS with Claude Code for almost a year now
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I won't use SnekAI but I'll probably switch to @xAI soon
14 August
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MoccamasterTheir words
One of the best coffee machines in the world is the Moccamaster
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FellowTheir words
You look at Fellow, another premium coffee machine brand, and all their stuff that touches water is high grade stainless steel
23 July
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Home AssistantTheir words
home assistant + their HA Green (little box that's open source to connect all your devices with Home Assistant)
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LG air conditioningTheir words
LG or Mitsubishi air conditioning in EVERY room, both cooling/heating, every unit should have its own outdoor unit, or you get annoying things like you can't cool one room and heat the other at same time! I think they're called mono splits
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Mitsubishi air conditioningTheir words
LG or Mitsubishi air conditioning in EVERY room, both cooling/heating, every unit should have its own outdoor unit, or you get annoying things like you can't cool one room and heat the other at same time! I think they're called mono splits
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Xiaomi air purifierTheir words
xiaomi air purifier in every room, big spaces get the big purifiers, smaller rooms small ones (most air purifiers are too small for the space they're in!)
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Matic vacuumTheir words
matic vacuum (they gave me one so I have to disclose but it's GREAT, all the Roomba and Chinese ones suck)
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RoombaTheir words
matic vacuum (they gave me one so I have to disclose but it's GREAT, all the Roomba and Chinese ones suck)
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UniFiTheir words
unifi router with access points, outdoor extenders, cameras, doorbell, all PoE
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Weber GenesisTheir words
related get a Weber Genesis gas bbq so you can always cook food, fun with friends too
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Harvia saunaTheir words
harvia dry sauna, and if outside, add a little changing room to it so you don't exit in the cold outside!
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Concept2Their words
a gym bike like concept2, maybe concept2 rowing machine too, with that you can do almost anything to stay fit!
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Fellow Ode 2Their words
fellow water kettle, fellow ode 2 coffee grinder
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LG TVsTheir words
LG makes the best TVs, end of story, but their software is shit and spies on you, NEVER connect them to the internet/WiFi, instead buy an Apple TV box and connect that, that doesn't spy on you and has no ads, then connect it with HDMI and you're good, also no annoying LG TV updates
20 July
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Now that everyone can build apps with AI, distribution is the thing that separates who wins.Their words, before
I think the challenge is that everyone can now build apps But 1) almost nobody has distribution (like an audience), or 2) the money to pay for distribution (ads or UGC), or 3) the creative genius to get distribution for free (classically called guerilla marketing)
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I thought it'd be distribution but who knows, obviously creativity and ideas, but if you can copy a successful app in an hour, then how does that differentiating work?
8 July
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