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Eternal Change for No Energy: A Time Crystal Finally Made Real | Quanta MagazineBreaking the second law of thermodynamics seems like a big...
Eternal Change for No Energy: A Time Crystal Finally Made Real | Quanta Magazine
Breaking the second law of thermodynamics seems like a big deal.…
Sat 24 Jul 2021
The Biden/Facebook Fight Is Part Of The Problem
I’ve really been enjoying Warzel’s Galaxy Brain newsletter. Stuff like this really hits at the big problems we’re facing with people being terminally online.…
Sun 11 Jul 2021
Unthinking our way into 'progressive collapse'…
Fri 18 Jun 2021
Tether: The Story So Far
From 2019, a great and in-depth breakdown of Tether (USDT) and it’s ongoing fraud. Very scary to think of how much of cryptocurrency is built on this and what will happen to the wider ecosystem when Tether is more broadly exposed.…
Fri 18 Jun 2021
Does Tech Need a New Narrative?
Wiener on Andreessen. Very good.…
Fri 04 Jun 2021
Marco.org: Developer Relations
Real, honest-to-go criticism of Apple is so rare these days. I love to see it.…
Fri 04 Jun 2021
The internet is flat.
Charlie is doing some of the best writing on how completely dysfunctional social media has become.…
Mon 03 May 2021
Your Smartphone Should Be Built to Last…
Tue 13 Apr 2021
You’re Not Crazy. Money Is.
This does a great job of capturing how I feel about the economy in 2021.…
Sat 13 Mar 2021
The Strange Reality of Roller Coaster Tycoon…
Thu 11 Feb 2021
The SPAC Gold Rush Is The Financial Bubble At Its Giddiest…
Wed 10 Feb 2021
The Secret, Essential Geography of the Office…
Wed 27 Jan 2021
The GameStop Saga Shows How Casino Capitalism Is Eating the World…
Mon 26 Oct 2020
How to Talk to a Conspiracy Theorist…
Tue 15 Sep 2020
The Great Bubble Barrier…
Sat 12 Sep 2020
Why are right-wing conspiracies so obsessed with pedophilia?
From 2019, an insightful look at the sadly still very relevant trend of American conspiracy theories.…
Sat 12 Sep 2020
In Oregon, a Year of Political Tumult Extends to Devastating Wildfires
An important and alarming story that really highlights just how badly Facebook fails at handling dangerous misinformation threats, even in 2020.…
Tue 08 Sep 2020
SoftBank, Robinhood and a Margins Singularity
Great explainer on what a Gamma Melt-up is and how it made the markets crazy this summer.…
Fri 07 Aug 2020
The US declared war on TikTok because it can’t handle the truth…
Sun 26 Jul 2020
A Vaccine Reality Check…
Sun 12 Jul 2020
Why venture capital doesn’t build the things we really need…
Mon 11 May 2020
The Day the Live Concert Returns
Dave Grohl is a national treasure.…
Thu 23 Apr 2020
The first modern pandemic…
Wed 22 Apr 2020
Making the Fed’s Money Printer Go Brrrr for the Planet
KSR on QE, oh heck yeah.…