At first I thought it was Orange County… but then I realized I was wrong.

yeah, that website is a treasure trove of amazing interactive mechanical demos.

This is definitely not new. Folks I worked with in SF went to parties where there were tech-knowledable escorts back around ~2010.

I feel seen.

https://www.calacademy.org/nightlife

If they have a solid product and do not want to make "energy drinks and lunchables", the best financial move would be to optimize it. Find ways to make it smaller, lighter, and most importantly, reduce costs.

But if I were in charge, I'd seriously think about trying to eat DJI's drone lunch now that there are FAA rules around foreign drone companies. GoPro is headquartered in San Mateo. Drone design is well known enough that there aren't any hard problems in the way of introducing a decent DJI mini replacement. There may be patents or other non-technical stuff in the way though. But if they could get in on that, it could be immensely lucrative, especially if they can get government contracts.

I'm having flashbacks to the end of Detroit Become Human at the "recycling center". That was such a traumatic scene. That game is such a great exploration of social dynamics, ethics, AI. Beautiful game too.

Right, and I'm not saying that playing video games is bad. I'm saying that addiction is bad, and that AI can be addictive, and can distort your sense of value so you think something is good for you when actually it is bad.

Fun, joy, and pleasure are indeed things we should be chasing in life. A lot of us lose sight of that while working on our careers.