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You can't afford to be an artist and/or author, let alone be respected
Us denizens of the Internet have become familiar with concepts that were foreign more than a decade ago, one of the most that causes the most influence is going viral. There’s so much variety on the web with content providing the impression that anything could essentially make you rich. However, hid
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The AI Art Apocalypse
This image was created by an AI, MidJourney. All I had to do was type in a prompt (“wildfire”) and aspect ratio. This AI is pretty good, but nowhere near the state of the art, and AI like it are, over the next few years, going to make art like this available within seconds at […]
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Instagram, TikTok, and the Three Trends
Trends in medium, AI, and user interaction underpin Instagram’s response to TikTok, and will determine Meta’s long-term moat.
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T-Mobile USA doesn't comply with its German parent company’s GDPR policies
The Practical Nomad: Edward Hasbrouck's blog
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Observations on tragedy in a digital age
Viewed in the proper light, influencer is a career path of tragic dimensions.
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NSA's Warrantless Wiretaps (2012)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I thank Kent Gladstone, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), for a critical reading of both manuscripts. Many critical comments and corrections from Brad Howard have made the Mini-Tutorial a better adventure for anyone who follows his path.
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Is this the end of social networking?
Scott Rosenberg , in a piece with the title “Sunset of the social network” , writes at Axios:
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The Reason Why Are Trucks Getting Bigger
It's not "ego." It's a claim that you encounter a lot—an insult really—that people are buying bigger and bigger trucks to compensate for… so...
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Walking Tokyo for Seven Days
A pop-up newsletter running from August 15-21, 2022
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“Autistic people can’t acknowledge when they’re wrong”
I have heard this sentence many times in my life, always in the workplace. This puzzles me as I pride myself on seeking out things I am wrong about and learn...
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Why aren't smart people happier?
A new way to think about brainpower.
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Tornado cash takedown and its repercussions
HN Discussion
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The state of South Africa, 28ish years post-apartheid
A blog containing essays, of varying cogency, about various things that my mind have wandered to.
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No More “Insight Porn”
If you’re not getting something actionable out of it, you’re probably wasting your time
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Post-Apocalyptic Programming
In a post-apocalyptic future with no internet or stackoverflow, let's try to build a programming environment from scratch.
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Making Quieter Technology
I spent the last years making technology calm and pleasant to use. This is roughly how I did it.
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Fake IMDB credits
I was casually browsing IMDb when I landed on the page for an upcoming Ranbir Kapoor starrer movie “Animal”.
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How to stop being “terminally online”
determine why you're "terminally online" to accomplish the tasks detailed further in the list, you have to do some soul-searching. this starts with acknow...
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How Did Elevators Lose Their Music?
My informal survey reveals the decline of an insipid but historic genre
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The Latest Study on Red Meat and Heart Disease: A Red Herring
Procter & Gamble has driven research on TMAO and heart disease since 2015
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NSA, NIST, and post-quantum crypto: my second lawsuit against the US government
The Black Chamber was founded by the U.S. Army and the U.S. State Department in 1919. The Secretary of State terminated funding in 1929, famously writing that "Gentlemen do not read each other's mail."
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The fine art of Italian hand gestures: A vintage visual dictionary (2012)
A pocket guide to Neapolitan nonverbal communication.
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The OG Social Network: Other People’s Websites
“Organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.” That’s Google’s stated mission. But what if the world's information becomes…
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Against Discipline
And for play!