Today's links America's collapsing consumption is the world's disenshittification opportunity: America's loss is the post-American internet's gain. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object perm
C.S. Lewis on AI writing
We have questions. You have answers.
Terrific interview at Marketplace Tech
Today's links Break up bad companies; replace bad union bosses: Labor should be fixed, capital should be vanquished. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: "Star Island"; "Mediact
No one has a clue what comes next for AI
A rational, engineering-centric approach to understanding the future of active electrical cables in the era of CPO and 1.6T datacenter networking.
Issue #80: How to use LLMs and write like a centaur
The wacky things statistical-correlation machine like LLMs do – and how they might get us killed
No.383 —The future of rules-based international order ⊗ The Agentic AI Foundation ⊗ Protecting the Ecuadorian Amazon ⊗ Iceland’s flowing textures
Why is President Trump, a man who barely knows how to use a laptop, taking such a big risk ramming through an AI policy that almost nobody, even in his own party, wants?
Today's links Federal Wallet Inspectors: Does tech *really* move too fast to regulate? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Soda can Van de Graff; Amazon rents a copy of the web
Also: How well did I do with my 20 predictions for 2025?
Trump goes all in on Silicon Valley, leaving US citizens, and even his own party behind.
My new fave thing to go to is live coding gigs, a.k.a. algoraves. There are special browser-based programming languages like strudel where you type code to define the beats and the sound, like mod syn
Today's links Instacart reaches into your pocket and lops a third off your dollars: A/B splitting your way into doing a total fucking racism. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence
Why the labor market survives every technological revolution
Lessons on laying out the 404 Media zine using a relatively weird setup—on Linux, using Affinity, with the help of the Windows translation layer WINE. I write a lot these days, but my path into journ
a NeurIPS 2025 scene report
Watch now | Video essay, key takeaways, and Google Doc of full post for your LLM use.
Pluralistic: The Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI (05 Dec 2025) In automation theory, a "centaur" is a person who is assisted by a machine. You're a human head being carried around on a
How philosophers dream of conscious machines
And what does it mean if they figured this out before the US?
Issue #79: Writing in the rhythm of thought
A deep look into the architecture from chip construction to rack-scale deployments, performance metrics, and end applications.
Let AI be the villain you need
How the shipping container, a dominant force in ocean shipping, came from a truck driver whose invention proved to be too good at its job. Today in Tedium: It’s not often discussed, but one form of t
Today's links Big Tech joins the race to build the world's heaviest airplane: Die as Microsoft, or live to become the IBM you overthrew. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Bea
And why is the President risking a revolt over AI?
AI’s biggest conference vindicates my longstanding critique of generative AI. What comes next?
Cultural stagnation is because we're stuck in-distribution
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Today's links Elon Musk's Blue Tick scam: The EU bans giant teddybears. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Denver bomb squad vs 8" toy robot; Iceland's atheist religion; Large
Language without mind and the ends of OpenAI
No.382 — Collapse ⊗ Designing responsible futures ⊗ The medical case for self-driving cars ⊗ Mushrooms in recycled egg carton towers ⊗ 100 notable small press books
Design executive behind 'Liquid Glass' is leaving Apple In June, Dye revealed a redesign of Apple’s software interface for iPhones, Macs and the Apple Watch called Liquid Glass. The company descr
Today's links Metabolizing the theory of "political capitalism": How many $TRUMP coins should your company buy? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: NZ doesn't want US-style cop
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