tech, startups, internet
The short case for Nvidia stock.
Jeffrey Emanuel argues that Nvidia’s moats are all under attack in this lengthy post. ~ learn more or read a good summary
tech, startups, internet
Explainer: what’s R1 & everything else.
“R1 just came out a few days ago out of nowhere, and then there’s o1 and o3, but no o2. Gosh! It’s hard to know what’s going on. This post aims to be a guide for recent AI develoments. It’s […]
tech, startups, internet
Waymo’s master plan.
These self-driving cars have taken over my part of Austin and it’s surreal. In this post Harry Campbell, aka “The Rideshare Guy” since 2014, unpacks the company’s strategic options for scaling the service outside of its current few markets. ~ […]
oh, chicago
Chicago mayors get a lot of secret gifts?
“Instead, under an “unwritten arrangement” between the Board of Ethics and the Mayor’s Office that has been in place since 1989, the mayor can completely disregard the law. Under this arrangement, the mayor’s office simply makes a publicly available log […]
oh, chicago
Chicago’s renewable energy milestone.
“As of January 1, all buildings owned and operated by the city are officially powered by 100% renewable energy, including O’Hare International Airport, Harold Washington Library, 98 fire stations, and two of the world’s largest water treatment facilities.” About a […]
fun facts
OpenAI furious DeepSeek might have stolen all the data OpenAI stole from us.
“I will explain what this means in a moment, but first: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahhahahahahahahahahahahaha. It is, as many have already pointed out, incredibly ironic that OpenAI, a company that has been obtaining large amounts of data from all of humankind largely […]
fun facts
Video showcasing the importance of PPE for workplace safety.
Grilling hotdogs on recently welded metal gets the point across to me. ~ learn more
fun facts
ChatGPT helps a dad diagnose his 3-year-old’s obscure dental issues.
“my 3yo has had tons of dental/cavity issues. we’ve been taking her to dentists for years, and they have spent an awful lot of time not even subtly intimating that selentelechia is a shitty mom. tonight i took our case […]
on the blockchain
The madcap rise of memecoin factory Pump.fun.
“Yet beneath this belch of Internet weirdness and low-fi web design lies one of the fastest-growing cryptocurrency businesses ever: Pump.Fun, a platform for launching memecoins, a type of crypto coin whose value rises and falls in line with the popularity […]
on the blockchain
YesNoError.
An AI error checker for research papers plus a crypto token. “The $YNE token will enable users to request priority audits of specific research papers.” (disclosure: I bought a few tokens, which is almost certainly a bad investment) ~ learn […]