Andy Baio

Waxy.org is the personal sandbox of Andy Baio. I made XOXO, Upcoming, Belong.io, Playfic, Kind of Bloop, helped build Kickstarter, and a bunch of other stuff too.

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The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS

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I just discovered that every copy of macOS ships with a hidden PDF of Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin whitepaper. But why?

With questionable copyright claim, Jay-Z orders deepfake parodies off YouTube

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With a questionable claim to copyright, Jay-Z ordered two deepfake audio parodies of his voice off YouTube. I talked to the video's creator about the future of AI for creative expression.

No Copyright Intended

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On October 26, a YouTube user named crimewriter95 posted a full-length version of Pulp Fiction, rearranged in chronological order. A couple things struck me about this video. First, I’m surprised that a full-length, 2.5-hour very slight remix of a popular film can survive on YouTube for over six weeks without getting…