Palmer Luckey

How much do you think a low-volume handheld with fully custom screens, magnesium-aluminum alloy shell and sapphire crystal screen lens should cost? Chromatic is cheaper than the plastic competition made with off the shelf parts.

It does beat it, actually. The display mod you have installed triples the latency of the original system and makes some games nearly unplayable. Chromatic is a perfect 1:1 with the original display.

Don't grab pirate booty

Wrong resolution, way more latency, much lower quality materials, can't even play cartridges, crap speaker, etc. If you only want to spend $85, that is fine, but it isn't accurate to say it has the same capabilities.

You fell for dumb internet memetics. There was never any such order or law.

Thank you for sharing these memories. It really makes me nostalgic for E3. I hope you get a chance to go to the new CES in Vegas, it is crazy! I have attended every year since I was 16 to check out all the latest technology.

Amazing work!

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The idea that all billionaires got their money by exploiting peopl doesn't hold up to any scrutiny. JK Rowling wrote books about cheeky wizards. I invented a better way to make virtual reality headsets and games to play on them. We just made things people wanted.

AOC, and many others, are explicitly arguing that it is not even possible to become a billionaire without abusing, cheating, and robbing others. I am arguing against exactly that, not some strawman.

Palmer Luckey Defends Non-Compete Agreements as Voluntary Contracts, Citing Personal Experience

Palmer Luckey publicly argues that non-compete agreements represent a legitimate voluntary trade — compensation in exchange for refraining from competitive activity — and should remain a legal option for individuals. He frames California's ban on non-competes not as a worker protection, but as a restriction on individual economic freedom. His position is grounded in personal experience, implying he benefited from such an agreement earlier in his career, likely in the context of his exit from Facebook/Meta.

Palmer Luckey Marks a 13-Year Milestone in Persuasion

Palmer Luckey posted a brief, contextually sparse reply to @SadlyItsBradley noting that "it only took 13 years of convincing," suggesting a long-held position or effort finally reached fruition. Without additional context from the reply chain, the subject matter of the conviction remains unknown. The tweet's brevity and reply nature make substantive technical extraction unreliable.

Palmer Luckey Disputes Legal Claim That Non-Compete Clauses Go Unnegotiated

In a brief X exchange, Palmer Luckey pushes back on a lawyer's apparent assertion that non-compete clauses are not actively negotiated. Luckey expresses strong skepticism, implying that negotiation of non-competes is commonplace — particularly relevant given his own high-profile legal history with such clauses following his departure from Facebook/Meta. The post is a single rhetorical rebuttal with no supporting data or elaboration provided.

Palmer Luckey Rebukes Critics on Retention vs. Severance Incentive Logic

In a terse public exchange, Palmer Luckey pushes back against two critics (@welkerlaw and @MichaelGuimarin) on what appears to be a debate about employment negotiations. He draws a sharp conceptual distinction between retention incentives — which keep an employee at a company — and severance incentives, which encourage departure. The rhetorical core of his argument is a precision attack on language: conflating "nobody" with "not usually" is a meaningful logical error, not a stylistic one.

Palmer Luckey Corrects Claim on California's Noncompete Ban Timeline

In a brief public exchange on X, Palmer Luckey disputes a claim about California's noncompete law, asserting the ban was enacted only two years ago. This suggests the discussion involves a common misconception about when California's noncompete prohibition took effect or was strengthened. The content is too sparse to derive broader technical or policy insight beyond the factual correction itself.

People should always be allowed to accept better pay in exchange for a limited period of non-competition. Even for $35/hr. That is especially true for jobs that spend more on skill training than wages, like many entry-level roles in critical industries. If you force companies to allow people to quit immediately af…

You are once again completely wrong. I am not speaking as an employer, I am speaking as someone who negotiated this as an employee. Anduril exists because I was able to negotiate a deal with my employer that involved me getting a bunch of money in exchange for not immediately competing with them. That is a good th…

Dumb tweet. Toto has been fabricating advanced ceramics for semiconductor manufacturing for many years, they make more money from that than toilets. Strong technical moat in a rapidly growing industry.

Even dumber tweet

The more they push down American wages, the more this will be the case. Terrible argument.

Yes. Textbook revealed preference.

Yes. Farmers employ migrant labor because it is cheaper, none of them would disagree with the premise even if they prefer the status quo. I come from a beet and soybean farming family.

Wrong. Harvesting crops is extremely easy to learn, hence why it can be done with seasonal migrant labor. The vast and overwhelming majority of Americans can do the work, but they would need to make as much money as they can make elsewhere.

And there is no career in it because it doesn't pay enough. You are arguing in circles.

Taxing/fining people on the voting rights they hold in their own company is very, very different from "raising taxes a little bit".

If you were actually correct, that Americans paid $50/hr would be one-quarter as productive as unskilled labor from abroad, then that proves my point. Again, even people who prefer the status quo cannot realistically claim that it doesn't result in Americans being paid less.

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No, this is a really dumb idea. People who actually deal with these problems on a daily basis in the military don't want weapons that disable themselves when their target wears a t-shirt with a spray-painted UN logo.

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Palmer Luckey Acquires Rare V8 and VR1280 VR Hardware

Palmer Luckey purchased a V8 device referenced in a prior discussion thread. He subsequently obtained a VR1280, a scarce VR headset. This reflects active collecting of vintage VR prototypes by key industry figures.

Palmer Luckey's Twitch Criticism Remains Valid Despite His Evolving Audience

Criticism of Palmer Luckey's Twitch activities holds true historically when limited to terminally online gamers and persists today. The critique targets his core behaviors on the platform, independent of audience expansion. This underscores consistency in evaluating his online conduct.

Hasan Denies Using Shock Collar on Dog During Twitch Stream Despite Evidence

Palmer Luckey highlights the abnormal practice of using shock collars to keep dogs in frame for Twitch streams. He emphasizes that Hasan specifically denies employing such a device. The note implies visual or contextual evidence contradicts Hasan's claim.

Past Stream Review Exposes Streamer's Pattern of Animal Injuries Beyond Single Incident

A recent incident prompted viewers to review the streamer's past streams, uncovering dozens of additional suspicious events. Initial excuses attributing injuries to accidents, such as a dog catching its nail, were rapidly abandoned. This reveals how scrutiny can dismantle denial narratives around repeated patterns.

Palmer Luckey Endorses Costly Patriot Missiles for Drone Defense

Palmer Luckey sarcastically defends using expensive Patriot missiles against cheap drones in response to criticism. His reply implies that Patriot battery operators already employ this tactic, countering the analogy of "throwing Ferraris at frisbees." This highlights ongoing debates on asymmetric warfare economics where high-cost interceptors engage low-cost threats.

Hi Andy, it would be 0.3% of their budget.

Who reports anything in decimal fractions? Would you say that a company spends 1.0 of their budget on operating costs?

Throwing Ferraris at Frisbees is a great way to get the problem across to the average person who might not follow these things closely. Ted is 100% right.

Anduril's counter-drone tech has been used in combat about six years now, and it is very affordable. And not to bash anyone, but most of these new Ukranian systems are more or less copying what Anduril pioneered with Interceptor/Anvil in 2019. I don't mind!

This is the dumbest thing you could say about weapons that stop attack drones from blowing up civilians. Air defense systems don't kill people, they save them. Maybe you would prefer those people not be saved, but that is a different matter.

Kinetics are only a small component of our cUAS solutions.

I know everyone is busy talking about the NYT interviewer smiling and nodding enthusiastically as Hasan Piker says the murder of Brian Thomson is understandable because he was guilty of "social murder", but I want to focus on him electrocuting dogs. https://t.co/NeWNDwCzvi

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I have to admit, I would be a lot less concerned about an American defense contractor gaining access to classified information than foreign companies working with hostile governments.

Words have meaning. "Only" is very different from "mostly".

RIP Tim Apple

No, you have not. You claimed China has certified engines going into mass production this year, which is blatantly false on both counts. And when this is pointed out, you whine and insult and refuse to admit that what you say is obviously false.

I mean, I assume you care given that you brought it up multiple times as an example that proves your point. But you don't actually know anything about it. The whole conversation is about dual-use, technology and production capacity that apply equally to military and commercial use. Like car factories.

What does Segway have to do with any of this?

I agree it is in flight testing, but mass-production and certification is still years away. Which I assume you just learned, given that you previously insisted it was already certified. Also, the C929 does not exist in any form, not even a prototype. Even the most optimistic estimates don't have it entering service …

What is your source for the CRJ1000A going into mass-production this year or next? That isn't what the manufacturer or analysts are saying. It just isn't true. I never said China is decades away from having commercial jet engines, and you know it. Why lie? What I said is extremely clear - China is decades away fro…