@0xdownshift

i use tech to solve real problems—let's talk. mechanical + software engineer. founded: Bractlet (acq. '21), microsub ($20k mrr). house music producer + DJ.

 Austin, TX
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Joined September 2021
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just found a picture of a robot i built 20 years ago (wayyyy before we had raspberry pi and the like)
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girls will really post one selfie and then put "model" in their bio
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Call your parents or go visit, help them up their security game. They’ve gotta stop using passwords that are variants of you and your siblings name and birthdays. I know you’ve been avoiding it but it’s time.
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if @AnthropicAI was being honest about wanting to build aligned AI, they would never even consider going public. be very careful what you decide to believe, folks. this stuff matters tremendously.
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event planning ProTip™: do not locate your food vending right beside the porta johns 💩🫠
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antidotes to a lack of self-confidence: - pivot from over-thinking to under-doing; any motion is better than none - help someone else (without expecting anything in return) - acknowledge that other people's opinions of you are wrong (and none of your damn business) 1/
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- exercise - spend time in nature - put your phone down - practice gratitude - do something challenging every day what would you add?
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security exists across time, space, and information. a great strategy involves all 3
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i love feeling all kinds of pain
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habit and routine are doing pushups in the parking lot while willpower hits snooze
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this is akin to a marathon runner treating every day like race day. yet few serious marathoners ever run the full race distance in training, and never at the goal pace.
downshift.eth@0xdownshift18h
across disciplines, the best athletes in the world train extremely hard, but prioritize rest and recovery just as much as their training. yet, silicon valley seems to think working 10-hour days 6 days a week is the optimal schedule for success, despite studies showing you'd 1/
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across disciplines, the best athletes in the world train extremely hard, but prioritize rest and recovery just as much as their training. yet, silicon valley seems to think working 10-hour days 6 days a week is the optimal schedule for success, despite studies showing you'd 1/
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perform better drunk than with that little rest. who do you think is right?
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work compounds, willpower depletes
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one of my least favorite tropes is that people of "high status" have more right not to be kind than anybody else nobody is "hot enough" to be an asshole, and you sound like one when you say that kinda bs
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i've been obsessed with, making, and DJing dance music for years, and i never could understand why afro house became so popular. i guess it's just not for me
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your calling is like David Goggins you are gonna have to run that b down
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you know what.. say what you will about motorsports, but it *is* pretty impressive that they got the Formula right on the first try 🏎️💨 #F1
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if you want to feel happier and more fulfilled, intentionally put friction between yourself and convenience. intentionally do hard things
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i'm really upset i didn't know the marfa thing was going down.. i would have hitched a ride out there from Austin 😭😭😭
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you don't write a song; you are its assigned steward. the song is a gift, and it won't be given to you until you maintain the appropriate faculties.
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@visualizevalueOct 23
“What you can imagine depends on what you know.”
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