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AI Angst

My input stream is full of it: Fear and loathing and cheerleading and prognosticating on what generative AI means and whether it’s Good or Bad and what we should be doing. All the channels: Blogs and peer-reviewed papers and social-media posts and business-news stories. So there’s lots of AI angst out there, but this…

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The Mac Platform Decline

David Owens II: To me, Thursday’s event signaled one thing for me, and maybe I’m completely wrong, but the Mac is officially over. Apple, the MacBook Pro is not a pro-level computer. It’s simply not. Ted Landau: Apple’s desktop Mac lineup is headed for the graveyard. Dead. Done. Over. It has taken me some time to…

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The Importance of Price Signals

Originally published: December 2021 When price inflation occurs, it can be a very challenging time for everyone. In that type of environment, prices of goods and services often go up faster than wages, and the public and policymakers wish to constrain them. Historically, when price inflation becomes rampant…

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No Copyright Intended

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…