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Ben Taels @bentaels.bsky.social · 3d

While it is possible they did little or misguided market research

It is also possible they did excellent market research that this guy and others didn't listen to because it didn't match their vibes

Advice given is unfortunately not always advice heard, even when it is high quality

Melo @letitmelo.bsky.social · 4d

I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.

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Caleb Sponheim @calebsponheim.com · 4d

Will likely be a bit spikey, since many servers are paid less than minimum wage.

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Caleb Sponheim @calebsponheim.com · 4d

How does the cost of the robots factor into that?

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molly ✨ @brat.fm · 5d

monday

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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · Aug 25

Hey there. I see you’re interested in food. Well, watch out, because every food tastes different. Just because one food tastes good, that doesn’t mean a different food will taste good too. Well, that’s all. I think you’re ready to start your food journey. Come back if you need that info again.

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Caleb Sponheim @calebsponheim.com · 5d

So bad! I’m looking forward to them slowly walking this design back, just like they did iOS 7.

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Caleb Sponheim @calebsponheim.com · 7d

www.theverge.com/column/80666...

I don’t begrudge scientists for trying to get their bag but Altman and Musk are not the dudes you wanna lie with. They literally do not care about the relationship between the brain and computers!! They do not respect the interface! I’m crashing out

Sam Altman’s next startup eyes using sound waves to read your brain

This is, perhaps, better than Elon Musk’s approach to reading brains.

www.theverge.com

Caleb Sponheim @calebsponheim.com · 7d

I’m sick of billionaires using my former field as a playground for AI apocalypse fantasies.

TMS and ultrasonic stimulation has been around for decades but you want to use it with genetic modification of human brain cells? My guy?!?

During a recent talk, Shapiro talked about how sound waves and magnetic fields can be used to create a brain-computer interface. Rather than stick electrodes into brain tissue, he said it’s “easier to introduce genes into cells” that modify them to respond to ultrasound. He said he has made “my mission to develop ways to interface with neurons in the brain and cells elsewhere in the body that would be less invasive.”

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Caleb Sponheim @calebsponheim.com · 8d

Which is why it’s worth paying attention to the organizational machinery that got him there (NYC DSA), as a model for identifying constituent priorities and mobilizing around them.

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Reclusive Dug Rusin @captainpurple.bsky.social · 10d

#inktober #inktober2025

Day 22: button

A pen, ballpoint and marker drawing of a happy, jolly candy-like red button

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Damion Schubert @zenofdesign.com · 11d

Your idea ain't shit if it don't playtest well.