Authenticity never goes out of style.

"Here’s the outlier that could create a true Economic Singularity. A brilliant entrepreneur builds hosting facilities in a remote location; orbital solar array-powered data centers would be ideal, providing an autonomous zone that is free from national political pressure. Incorporated AIs operating from these locations would utilize corporate tax avoidance strategies to deliver services globally while minimizing their tax burden."

An Economic Singularity

Here's a pathway to a sudden and catastrophic economic Singularity that doesn't require AGI.

gm, good people. ☕

1993: On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog. 2025: On X, n̶o̶b̶o̶d̶y̶ everyone knows you're a Qatari.

On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog - Wikipedia

Tomorrow, I record @Trust Revolution with Cory Doctorow. He occupies a liminal space between strident advocate for consumer privacy and digital rights and capitalism-and-regulatory-failure-are-at-fault. Here's an excerpt from his latest book, Enshittification: “Here’s some context: Most payments go through a cartel of massive credit card companies (Visa, MasterCard, Amex, and sometimes Discover). These processors have a well-earned reputation as price-gouging scum—for one thing, they have raised the cost of payment processing by 40 percent since the pandemic, even as their costs declined (and Visa is—as of the time of this writing—the target of a DOJ antitrust enforcement action for monopolizing payments).”

This is wild to watch. Maybe it's a net positive for domestic affairs, but also only possible on a centralized platform.

Foreign Rage Farmers Exposed by X in Major Update

X just revealed the location of every user on the platform, triggering chaos among foreign rage

Kudos to the @GrapheneOS team and @Final as the nostr messenger for their latest stable release. Lots of QOL improvements with a big visual upgrade as well.

gm, good people. ☕

lol no

But first, coffee. And second. And last.

Shippers of software, Netlify or Vercel for static sites? I've been on Netlify for years, but their credit-based system is approaching greedy.

Today, we hunt for Christmas trees. 🎄

gm, good people. ☕