I don’t have to imagine. This is me. Right now. Scrambling to save my small startup.

So many small electronics ventures in the US that are going to have to close up shop.

You are not alone.

This is perfect. No notes.

“Don’t click links” is just good advice in general. Especially “shortened” links like tinyurls. Those are the most sus. Trust no one. At least tinyurl has the preview feature if you prepend “preview” to the the url. But most others don’t have that.

yea... but wait until those government contracts start rolling in... :/

I’ve been a huge fan for years and when I watched the video, I told my wife “this is about what I’ve seen him get into on Bluesky” within the first 5 seconds. We both loved it and support it. You are awesome discussing it! It is a real problem and it’s rooted in our connection to technology.

"the Knack" lol. I'm right there with ya :)

get a degree in mechanical engineering... so you can figure out the fastest and most efficient way of taking them apart :)

usually we don't know what a good boss is until we've had a really bad one...

Really inspires confidence in their abilities as they rummage around in our treasury.

This is good though (the transparency of the cost part). People need to learn that the IMPORTER pays for the tariff. Too many people think its the exporter.

replacing the workforce with machines you say? So what do all the people do at that point?

Was the cat doom scrolling? He/she looks traumatized.

Right! I had them in a design once and they were such a pain to deal with.

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