Paul T Silhan
@ptsilhan
Writer, @toolordiex I love my country and the things we make together
This week's @toolordiex HIGH MIX: California Forever, Reindustrialize Summit, and 800 Hours of Blackouts toolordie.substack.com/p/high-mix-cal…
Numberall, a 95-y-o, third- and fourth-generation serial stamping company in rural main, helped build the Norden bombsight—one of the secret weapons that helped the Allies win WW2. They're still punching. We talk to owner Daniel and his sons about keeping Numberall alive.
And those GPUs have a 9% annual failure rate!
we will cross well over 1 million GPUs brought online by the end of this year! very proud of the team but now they better get to work figuring out how to 100x that lol
It’s still happening. @67Designs covers this relentlessly As discussed on @toolordiex: toolordie.com/p/gavin-stener…
The story of ‘China’s Rise’ - when the history books are written - will be a case study of greedy western businessmen, financiers and bought off intellectuals selling out their own people for a quick buck.
Here's the moment where @PalmerLuckey interrupted @ashleevance at Reindustrialize to ask: "How many people in the audience would buy an American made computer if it was 20% more expensive?" The full clip is a great distillation of his thinking on the opportunity.
Would you buy a Made In America computer from Anduril for 20% more than Chinese-manufactured options from Apple?
please make this go viral so I can pay for repairs our humanoid robot boy DeREK completely lost his mind @REKrobot
My Reindustrialize conference take away: domestic manufacturing is having its moment, which is great. Been waiting for this moment for 15 years. But everyone is too focused on defense manufacturing - which is important - but we need consumer products manufactured in the United…
In this week's edition of @toolordiex HIGH MIX: Space-based Manufacturing, Copper Chaos and the Productivity Paradox toolordie.com/p/high-mix-spa…
Loved having Kevin Williams (@GaytonaUSA) on the show to talk about the weird experiences he's had over the last year simply going to China to drive Chinese cars and coming back to report "Hey...these are good."
Your @toolordiex HIGH MIX for the week! toolordie.substack.com/p/high-mix-ali…
This week on HIGH MIX: Educating Engineers, Shady Sourcing Agents and Sinking Ships My latest for @toolordiex toolordie.substack.com/p/high-mix-edu…
So proud of @FordPerformance. They didn't just win their class, they finished 4th overall in Porsche's backyard. Tempted to trade mine in for a Mustang 🇺🇸 🦅
#24hNBR | The @24hNBR: One of motorsport’s most demanding 24-hour endurance races. @hauptracingteam #Ford Performance put #MustangGT3 to the test, earning a class victory. Full video ➡️ youtu.be/LKBjqSKgsyQ?si…
Tom Clancy's: Tool or Die is full steam ahead. You're either in our way or in our wake.
we have fun
Tyler (@ptsilhan) gets more into it in the newsletter, but continue to find it astounding the number of mainstream economists who simultaneously write "Manufacturing is never coming back to the U.S." while also saying "Gosh, letting China control 1/3rd of global manufacturing is…
Your weekly edition of HIGH MIX is here, and we're not pulling any punches: toolordie.com/p/high-mix-dru…
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At @Ford, we're proud of our commitment to America. Ford employees assemble more vehicles in the U.S. than other automaker. These jobs can change lives and transform communities. Meet some of our 56,500 employees driving American manufacturing here: fromtheroad.ford.com/us/en/articles…