Sam D’Amico

Holiday meal prepared on an Impulse induction cooktop

First big family meal prepared on this battery powered induction stove...

btw — if you got an impulse cooktop, I’m here and check my DMs!

What an American Stove Maker Wants You to Know About US Manufacturing Podcast Episode · Odd Lots · 04/14/2025 · 39m

NEW ODD LOTS:

What an American stove maker wants you to know about the state of US manufacturing

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Why American Manufacturing Is So ‘Disincentivized,’ According to a Hardware CEO Impulse Labs founder Sam D’Amico breaks down the reasons tariffs won’t help.

"U.S. sheet metal pourers quoted him $750. The Chinese quote? Below $200."

@damico.bsky.social tells @zeitlin.bsky.social why he's extremely skeptical of any plan to encourage American manufacturing via tariffs ⬇️

can do tv about tariffs / how to actually onshore manufacturing — feel free to DM

Andrew Cuomo teamed up with RFK Jr. to shut down a safe nuclear plant, which was almost entirely replaced by fossil fuels. his policies are genuinely awful

This was almost 14 years ago so the statute of limitations are up … and I can share the OFFICIAL way to respond to all reply-all catastrophes.

Just tell people how to unsubscribe 😉

Anyone else in Taiwan for new years? DM.

choosing between twitter-derived social apps feels like having to choose between attending apefest or the gathering of the juggalos

"Working class material self-interest includes cheap energy" is perhaps the biggest thing contemporary progressives miss about economic policy.

How the Shroud of Turin was made or: adventures in medieval optical engineering ... and a challenge for the bold

Went deep a couple months ago on how to make the Shroud of Turin …

- linen lightens under solar UV
- cylinder glass production enabled human-sized panes of glass
- paint image on glass, place over linen, making a giant solar photocopier
- shroud is a photonegative

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Good eye, will share more soon.

the fact that we figured this out still feels crazy to me

No, 30+ min “sous vide” like step in the pan at low temp, followed by 3ish minute sear.

holding pan surface temperature to 140F leads to mid-130s internal temperature in 30-40 minutes (with a flip or two of the steak)

Seared in olive oil @ 420F without smoke

Brandon Jew (of Michelin Star Mister Jiu’s) in the office today.

10A breaker (8 probably works), no neutral.

ok … but did you know that you can boil Baja blast even faster with one simple trick.

yeah this was dumb gonna run it back for the actual video

Turkey fried on impulse stove

Turkeymaxxing w/ Impulselabs.com

iowa better not become a swing state again for one reason (can finally end ethanol subsidies)

YouTube video by Impulse Labs The most powerful and precise stove ever made

launched a thing youtu.be/qFp6odqge0o?...

link in bio to preorder (shipping soon) + learn more

we designed the highest performance stove but had to implement the most absurdly precise temperature sensor to do it

Conductive sous vide via Impulse Cooktop … (and fried with minimal smoke in extra virgin olive oil)

stay tuned…

sorry

we’ve met!

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The Impulse stove is so cool. An induction stove with batteries that can dump crazy amounts of power in, while not needing an expensive dedicated hookup installed.
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