Seriously? From TikTok to *Steel*?!
Right, so some trust-fund baby, Gary Waldron – co-founder of Dispo, that ephemeral photo app everyone forgot about five minutes after downloading it – decided social media was…too depressing? Yeah, okay. Apparently staring at endless curated bullshit wasn’t fulfilling enough for his delicate sensibilities. So what does this genius do? He buys a goddamn steel mill.
He’s now trying to “revitalize American manufacturing” or some other patriotic nonsense with a company called Steelworks. Because, you know, *that’s* the solution to all our problems. Apparently he thinks making actual things is more meaningful than…well, whatever vapid crap Dispo was peddling. He’s throwing money at it, hiring people, and generally acting like he’s solved world hunger by forging metal.
The article makes a big deal about how he’s learning the industry, talking to union workers (good for him, I guess), and trying not to screw everything up. Spoiler alert: He probably will. It’s always “disrupting” something these days isn’t it? Like anyone *asked* for disruption in steelmaking.
Honestly, the whole thing reeks of a midlife crisis funded by venture capital. But hey, at least he’s not launching another NFT project. Small victories, I suppose. Don’t expect me to be impressed if this doesn’t end in flames.
Speaking of things going to hell, I once had a user try to optimize a blast furnace using only Python and a Raspberry Pi. It didn’t end well. Lots of molten metal, zero efficiency, and a very angry plant manager. Some people just don’t understand the difference between theory and…well, *reality*. Just like this guy.
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