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Benny Johnson @heybennyjohnson.bsky.social · Dec 9

In 1983, Steve Jobs typed this reply to a letter asking for his autograph:

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Benny Johnson @heybennyjohnson.bsky.social · Dec 9

This is Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the creator of VLC media player.

He refused tens of millions of dollars in order to keep VLC ads-free.

Thanks, Jean!

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Benny Johnson @heybennyjohnson.bsky.social · Mar 8

Yeah

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Benny Johnson @heybennyjohnson.bsky.social · Jan 31

Dancing BYD U9 supercars.

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Benny Johnson @heybennyjohnson.bsky.social · Dec 10

JUST IN: Bitwise predicts Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana will all reach new all-time highs in 2025.

Bitcoin: $200,000
Ethereum: $7,000
Solana: $750

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Benny Johnson @heybennyjohnson.bsky.social · Dec 10

BREAKING: Google makes quantum computing breakthrough with a new chip capable of solving computational problems in under 5 minutes.

That would otherwise take the leading supercomputer: 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years.

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Benny Johnson @heybennyjohnson.bsky.social · Dec 9

This is Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the creator of VLC media player.

He refused tens of millions of dollars in order to keep VLC ads-free.

Thanks, Jean!

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Benny Johnson @heybennyjohnson.bsky.social · Dec 9

OpenAI's Sora v2 is almost here:

* 1-minute video outputs
* text-to-video
* text+image-to-video
* text+video-to-video

OpenAI's Chad Nelson showed this at the C21Media Keynote in London. And he said we will see it very very soon.

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Benny Johnson @heybennyjohnson.bsky.social · Dec 9

NEWS: OpenAI Sora will be available everywhere. Except in EU & UK.

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Benny Johnson @heybennyjohnson.bsky.social · Dec 9

Today 20 years ago, Pirate Bay response to legal threats from DreamWorks.

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Benny Johnson @heybennyjohnson.bsky.social · Dec 9

Apple’s first investor was Mike Markkula.

He put in $250,000 for 1/3 of the business.

Today, 1/3 of Apple is worth $930 billion.

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Benny Johnson @heybennyjohnson.bsky.social · Dec 9

In 1983, Steve Jobs typed this reply to a letter asking for his autograph:

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Benny Johnson @heybennyjohnson.bsky.social · Dec 9

BMW's new technology that allows to change exterior color.

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Benny Johnson @heybennyjohnson.bsky.social · Dec 9

On many Japanese toilets, the hand wash sink is attached so that you can wash your hands and reuse the water for the next flush.

Japan saves millions of liters of water every year doing this.

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Benny Johnson @heybennyjohnson.bsky.social · Dec 9

NEW: MicroStrategy now owns 2.01% of all the #Bitcoin that will ever exist.

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Benny Johnson @heybennyjohnson.bsky.social · Dec 9

This quote from Steve Jobs lives rent free in my head...

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Benny Johnson @heybennyjohnson.bsky.social · Dec 9

Australian tax return shows where your money went.

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Benny Johnson @heybennyjohnson.bsky.social · Dec 9

Someone built a miniature audience out of ads I got in the mail

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Benny Johnson @heybennyjohnson.bsky.social · Dec 9

One of the best robots. 👾

It's from one of the best all-time movies.

Interstellar! 🧑🏼‍🚀

Do you remember TARS?

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Benny Johnson @heybennyjohnson.bsky.social · Dec 9

Things that didn’t exist 20 years ago:

ChatGPT
iPhone
Facebook
YouTube
Instagram
Twitter
TikTok
Android
Bitcoin
Tesla
iPad
Gmail
Netflix streaming
Amazon Prime
Slack
Reddit
Etsy
WhatsApp
Messenger
Google Maps
Snapchat
LinkedIn
Pinterest
Chrome
Zoom
Skype
Spotify
Airbnb
Uber