George Darroch
@georgedarroch
Always optimistic 🌱 Founder @ http://Expression.app - helping solve the mental health crisis with exercise
every day I get to work with magic thinking robots I am very lucky
we're hurtling through the void on top of a ball of lava. the lava has a very thin crust and a tiny bit of ice. the ice is being liquidified by a ball of plasma 94 million miles away as we spin around it at 15 miles a second. it's all so weird but you gotta feel lucky somehow
when something incredible becomes 100x easier you dont stop doing it
Tech free private schools and abstaining from tech will be a new class signifier like eating healthy and being in shape
The US Army 160th SOAR performing drills on Sydney Harbour this week. youtu.be/PThmn4D5c0Y
accelerationism never works, making the world worse makes it worse and then it's worse. the way to make the world better is by making it better.
if you have an appropriate outdoor space and want more light in your apartment.. you can lay space blankets down for a couple of dollars each
"Fundamental" truths about software: - Code is liability - The more code you have, the more bugs you tend to have - The more complex a system, the more important architecture becomes - Writing maintainable code is a lot more effort than just getting it to work
the near-future is going to be amazing. de-extinct everything I love @colossal's collaboration with the indigenous Ngāi Tahu, this gives me a lot of faith
Today we announce a new Colossal de-extinction project: the legendary moa of New Zealand. This new de-extinction initiative, coordinated by the Ngāi Tahu Research Centre, brings the return of this legendary bird closer to reality. Hope is taking flight, even if these birds…
as a philosophy major with a masters in history who builds in code, you all have my sympathy (I couldn't find a job, so volunteered in Timor-Leste for a year and a half, and pivoted to healthcare)
Learn to code they said…
the scale of ambition here is incredible youtube.com/watch?v=Q7Pmgq…
if people hate your product idea AND they work in the industry it disrupts it’s a good idea
Scorecard of widely-hyped AI projects so far: Boilerplate office comms: Very good Visual art: Infinite mediocre art on tap Research librarian: Decent Automating novel research: Nothing yet Parasocial conversation: Good enough for the desperate Robot therapists: They're as good…
just "taxi" it's cleaner
Super tight squeeze for robotaxi in one of my last drives 🫢 The owner of the parked car asked if it was my car and I told him it was a robotaxi. The robotaxi backed up and then the driver of the parked car left. It looked like the tire touched the parked car. The safety driver…