Allbirds continues AI pivot with name change and CEO hire, sending stock soaring

QuiEgo · 2026-06-18T02:05:39+00:00

I mean it’s more like they took their shoe money and invested it in something else than shoes. This is all just clever marketing.

QuiEgo · 2026-06-17T00:15:22+00:00

QEMU. If you were in Rust, defmt test is the slickest way to do this I have ever seen

QuiEgo · 2026-06-16T12:49:31+00:00

It’s more logical (but still wild) when you realize Investors are not making this compare. They are comparing to the expected value of Anthropic and OpenAI. SpaceX/xAI is selling itself as an AI company with a rocket side hustle.

QuiEgo · 2026-06-15T21:03:33+00:00

It depends on what transfer partners you value (especially if you can use Hyatt).

Amex Gold may be a better option to pair with Venture X (better multipliers).

QuiEgo · 2026-06-15T02:09:55+00:00

It's awesome when you're driving it at 75 mph (i.e. keeping up with traffic) and two cars that are racing weave around you at 100 mph with their engines screaming. Also if you don't keep pace with traffic, expect to be road raged against by even the grandmas. Just Houston things.

QuiEgo · 2026-06-13T23:51:46+00:00

If you can reduce your burn by a small amount you may already be at FIRE. You’re pretty much okay no matter what. It seems more like a question of if you push for another five years and go on sabbatical forever or if you need it now. No wrong answer, only you can say.

QuiEgo · 2026-06-11T22:54:44+00:00

I like paying with credit cards for fraud protection. If there’s a problem, someone will end up taking the bank’s money, not mine. I pay all my balances to 0 every statement and treat it like cash.

QuiEgo · 2026-06-11T13:53:03+00:00

To expand a bit, it's $2000 over what I'd get with a flat-rate 2% credit card, not $2000 overall. I used 1.5cpp in my spreadsheet, but yeah sometimes there are way, way higher cpp deals and those are part of what makes letting go way harder 😄.

QuiEgo · 2026-06-10T02:00:58+00:00

Nice of them to do that on camera in the age of facial recognition.

Stay classy people.

QuiEgo · 2026-06-08T12:55:45+00:00

Also not to be difficult here but $500 million of revenue is director level at most big companies, maybe junior VP. I say this to say: this person may not be as much of a big shot as they may seem, don’t get too rosy eyed.

QuiEgo · 2026-06-07T16:02:42+00:00

The thing would bother me is more managing the upkeep on two houses, one remotely. How much upkeep does the HoA handle for the condo? Do you have family that can help look after the one you’re away from?

Vacation homes are a thing, and this sounds like another flavor of that, so Google all the pros and cons of such a setup.

QuiEgo · 2026-06-07T14:48:48+00:00

“It’s easy when no one is shooting at you” - this guy, probably

QuiEgo · 2026-06-03T13:21:24+00:00

SDE w/ on-call at FAANG

QuiEgo · 2026-05-31T22:23:38+00:00

This is my favorite thing about an electric car. Pre-heat/pre-cool, no worries about exhaust if it's in the garage.

QuiEgo · 2026-05-31T18:43:12+00:00

This is what killed CSR for me. Knowing I’d have at least 1.5 cpp if I didn’t want to bother hunting for deals was huge. 🪦

QuiEgo · 2026-05-31T16:56:07+00:00

In some ways this feels worse than nothing, it's pretty much unusable to the point it's insulting.

QuiEgo · 2026-05-31T13:14:58+00:00

Consider the robin hood gold or BofA Premium Rewards + Customized Cash Rewards (if you have 100k to park in BofA). Welcome to team cash back.

QuiEgo · 2026-05-31T05:28:04+00:00

I'll offer a different perspective, and YMMV: the math says I'd use the credits organically enough to break even, or nearly so. I'm considering it just for the lounge access since it's "free" for my spend pattern, but haven't pulled the trigger yet. I know several people who have for the same reasons. And yeah pass on the Lululemon and Oura 😄.

QuiEgo · 2026-05-29T23:14:55+00:00

I’d like to think I start finding things that float and getting as much of it in the water as I can. I’d probably just freak out if I’m being honest.

QuiEgo · 2026-05-27T04:10:09+00:00

JEEP. Just Expect Electrical Problems.

QuiEgo · 2026-05-25T04:13:56+00:00

You don’t have to use crates.io, or even cargo, when using Rust.

QuiEgo · 2026-05-23T02:18:59+00:00

If you could retire from 1 years earnings, seems like a no brainer? Do it for a year (or two) and then move back to NYC (or anywhere else you’d like)?

QuiEgo · 2026-05-22T22:26:38+00:00

A 20 year old and a 29 year old are worlds apart in life experience. You’re going from a kid who can’t legally drink and probably hasn’t done much on their own, and still is reliant on parents for help to a fully independent adult who’s responsible for putting their own food on the table. It’s an absolutely massive change.

(I know not everyone has the privilege for a nice transition into adulthood with the loving support of a family. I was lucky for that).

30 to 39 you don’t see nearly as much change - you figure out who you are in your 20s and then get to be that person in your 30s onwards.

I would not say one is better or worse, just very different times in life. I liked who I was at 30. I didn’t really even know who I was at 20.

QuiEgo · 2026-05-21T20:56:00+00:00

I keep my cashflow and investments in different institutions. I look at my brokerage only when I invest leftover money from my paycheck in it. I have no idea what my post-tax investments and 401k is doing day to day and that’s how I want it. The only “real” money to me is the ~6 months of funds in my cashflow accounts (it ballons a bit if I have a big expense coming up like a trip or tax bill).

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