retail therapy
Credit card spend on Delta’s co-branded Amex cards is 1% of US GPD.
Credit card spend on Delta’s co-branded Amex cards is 1% of US GPD. That sounds like a lot, right? It is! ~ learn more
better doing
We’ve made honesty too expensive for the people closest to us.
We’ve made honesty too expensive for the people closest to us. “When someone tells me something hard, I’ve trained myself to say “thank you” before I say anything else.” Brent Beshore argues that defensiveness quietly teaches people to stop being […]
better doing
Can we have Friday off?
Can we have Friday off? Alas, probably not, because the human competitive game is relative not absolute. “If AI is going to 10x our productivity across the board, that means that I should be able to produce the same amount […]
tech, startups, internet
Watch me control my computer with just my voice.
Watch me control my computer with just my voice. “This is the future of operating systems. No hands.” A quick demo of GPT-Realtime 2.0 doing real computer control by voice, the kind of thing that makes keyboards feel optional. ~ […]
tech, startups, internet
AI agents, crypto wallets, and an API search engine.
AI agents, crypto wallets, and an API search engine. Zero indexes API services so an agent can discover and use capabilities on the fly, then settle metered usage directly with providers via the CLI, funded by its crypto wallet. The […]
tech, startups, internet
Half a billion on Claude.
Half a billion on Claude. “An AI consultant tells Axios one of their clients recently spent half a billion dollars in a single month after failing to put usage limits on Claude licenses for employees.” Considering my experience once spending […]
oh, chicago
Illinois legislature may have lost its mind.
Illinois legislature may have lost its mind. They’ve passed a budget bill, pending Governor Pritzker’s signature, that will tax each crypto transaction (exchange, transfer, or storage) by IL taxpayers 0.2% of value. Is this the most aggressive thing any state […]
fun facts
Founders Fund hosts a game of Mafia.
Founders Fund hosts a game of Mafia. “Venture capital firm Founders Fund gathered a group of tech leaders for an evening of Mafia, a murder mystery style parlor game. Players are secretly assigned roles and must use deception and debate […]
fun facts
Why Japanese companies do so many different things.
Why Japanese companies do so many different things. Toilet maker Toto is rolling in profits recently. “But Toto’s remarkable year doesn’t have much to do with toilets or bidets.” The piece uses Toto’s pivot into semiconductor components to explain why […]
fun facts
Europe demands family dynasties.
Europe demands family dynasties. “Many European countries have ‘forced heirship’ laws that require people to leave 50-75% of their estates to their children.” It can even claw back lifetime gifts, making it harder to fund charities and foundations at scale. […]