Principal PM @Microsoft. I help tech teams solve complex problems and deliver successful products. Project and program delivery coach and mentor.
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Raj 🇦🇺 retweeted
The most dangerous form of laziness is performative productivity. Notes, tabs, highlights, summaries, plans. A whole pile of activity arranged to avoid direct contact with the work.
I work with AI teams day in and out and I wouldn't have imagined this use case.
we have a winner for the most absurd AI startup ever
this Peter Thiel backed company uses AI robots to stab fish in the brain so they taste better and last up to 3x longer
it's called Shinkei and it modernizes a centuries-old Japanese technique
dozens of Michelin-star restaurants are already lining up to buy the fish
here's how it works:
> the problem is when a fish gets caught, it usually just suffocates on the boat
> that stress floods the meat with hormones and lactic acid, which hurts the flavor and texture
> the old Japanese fix for this was spiking the fish through the brain right after the catch, which stops all that
> but doing it by hand is impractical for most American fishing crews
> so Shinkei built a fridge-sized robot that sits right on the boat's deck
> the crew feeds in a fish and AI identifies the exact species, so it knows exactly where the brain and gills are
> the robot then drives the spike through the brain and cuts near the gills in about 7 seconds
> the fish goes into an ice slurry so the blood drains out
> so the fish doesn't sit there stressing out, and that tasty flavor and texture is preserved
example number 5,392,417 of how AI can be applied to literally anything
ALT A gloved fisherman on a boat feeds a live salmon head-first into the steel intake of a white Shinkei Systems robot, with the ocean behind.
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Raj 🇦🇺 retweeted
A lot of people don't realize that Windows has a built-in feature called Windows "Sandbox" that boots up a brand new virtual Windows machine in seconds. So I made an MCP server so you can test your apps inside a throwaway machine in seconds. github.com/shanselman/sandbo…
You know people are relying too much on AI when their messages end with:
“Do you like me to make this sound more professional?” 😂
Makes me wonder if AI is making us a little too comfortable.
There's a concept called the Peltzman Effect: when people feel safer, they sometimes take bigger risks (or become careless).
AI might do that to us.
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Raj 🇦🇺 retweeted
If you constantly struggle to feel "motivated," you are just not working on the right goal.
Raj 🇦🇺 retweeted
This paragraph by Richard Feynman hits so hard:
“Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Don’t think about what you want to be, but what you want to do. Keep up some kind of a minimum with other things so that society doesn’t stop you from doing anything at all.”
It's a public holiday in Victoria for the Melbourne Cup (horse racing).
We usually enjoy the day and have fun outdoors.
But.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has increased the interest rate by 0.25 basis points.
It's the 5th increase in 2026.
Not fun for a lot of people.
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I thought this video was a joke. So, tried with Grok in speech mode and disappointingly, grok gave the same answer. 😭🤦♂️
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The Australian way of paying for meals at the restaurants:
- You eat a burger.
- You ask for the bill.
- $20
- The waiting staff taps the amount on the POS console.
- They also tap "No Tip".
- You tap your phone on the card reader.
- You leave.
The End.
La forma americana de pagar en un restaurante es una absoluta LOCURA
🇪🇺 En Europa:
- Comes una hamburguesa.
- Pides la cuenta.
- 20€.
- Acercas el móvil al datáfono.
- Te vas.
Fin.
🇺🇸 En Estados Unidos ↓↓
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