Tynan
American writer and long-term traveller. Blogs at tynan.com about travel, owning few possessions, habits and the gear he carries; author of Superhuman by Habit and Make It Big.
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Tesla will eventually upgrade Hardware 3 cars to newer self-driving hardware, possibly for free.
Their wordsI think it's inevitable that a HW3 will be able to be upgraded, possibly for free.
↗How to Buy a Tesla and Get FSD For Freetynan.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsEven without new hardware, the pace of improvement is extremely fast.
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Their wordsEven without new hardware, the pace of improvement is extremely fast.
↗How to Buy a Tesla and Get FSD For Freetynan.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 7 weeks earlier
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Their wordsThere has never been a better time to start a small business. Labor is free.
↗Labor is Now Free. Make Something.tynan.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Now is the best time ever to start a small business, thanks to AI making labor essentially free.
Their wordsThere has never been a better time to start a small business.
↗Labor is Now Free. Make Something.tynan.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsThe difference in performance between horse and buggy and a modern car is far less than hand coding and AI coding.
↗Labor is Now Free. Make Something.tynan.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsThis will become normal and commonplace 12-24 months from now, but right now no one really knows.
↗Labor is Now Free. Make Something.tynan.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsThe difference in performance between horse and buggy and a modern car is far less than hand coding and AI coding.
↗Labor is Now Free. Make Something.tynan.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsI agree that very basic apps/sites become a commodity like dropshipping, but remember that dropshipping had its moment where a lot of people made a lot of money. That moment is now for AI driven development.
↗Labor is Now Free. Make Something.tynan.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 2 months earlier
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Their wordsI think the danger of bears is exaggerated to make sure people do smart things like hanging/locking up food so that bears don't become an actual problem.
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Our reading
The perceived danger of bears to hikers is exaggerated in order to enforce safe food-storage habits
Their wordsI think the danger of bears is exaggerated to make sure people do smart things like hanging/locking up food so that bears don't become an actual problem.
- 10 days earlier
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The point of a grueling long-distance hike is to endure hardship, not to enjoy the scenery.
Their wordsThe whole point of the AT, as far as I could tell, was to endure hardship, and I was about to quit before the first rainy hike and the tallest mountain.
- 6 weeks earlier
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Their wordsonboard shore excursions are generally not great and are very expensive
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Their wordsespecially on cruise stops, often the best things were a short drive or train ride away, instead of inside the city center
- 6 weeks earlier
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Their wordsI believe this is the watch great watchmakers would make today, given that back in the 1800s they were using all available technology.
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Their wordsYou still have to have to fight against the Apple blue-bubble brainwashing, but once you do you'll never go back.
- 3 weeks earlier
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Their wordsThere's never in history been a better time for remote jobs or being an entrepreneur.
↗What I Would Do if I Were Gen Ztynan.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsThe guaranteed path to success used to be go to school, follow the rules, get a job, buy a house. That worked for most people who did it. That path is gone now.
↗What I Would Do if I Were Gen Ztynan.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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By the time an opportunity is widely known and talked about, it's too late to capitalize on it.
Their wordsDon't follow what other people are doing. By the time they're crowing about it, it's already too late.
↗What I Would Do if I Were Gen Ztynan.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 8 days earlier
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Their wordsEveryone knows they break a lot and are expensive, but they never realize that boat owners know this better than anyone and they still have boats.
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Their wordsIt's such a pointless achievement and yet when you're at 99, all you think of is going to one more country so you can never think about the number of countries you've been to again.