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there's a special place in hell, or at least the impending gulag, for asian americans who work on us military tech
this thread stops short of the real problem with new AI data centers - what happens if the bubble bursts in 1-2 years, and this industry which has a history of lying and fraud leaves the rest of us stuck with the costs of half-built substations and lines?
this thread stops short of the real problem with new AI data centers - what happens if the bubble bursts in 1-2 years, and this industry which has a history of lying and fraud leaves the rest of us stuck with the costs of half-built substations and lines?
words ruined by tech/san francisco: agency, flourishing, progress, expected, effective, sovereignty, prior, governance, adjacent,
what happened to data democratization (data coops, data dividends, etc)? havent heard much from them in years to put my cards on the table: i always thought such schemes were awkward as hell anyway
all this windbagging and billionaire EA tech yimby funding just to launch another shitty substack
all this windbagging and billionaire EA tech yimby funding just to launch another shitty substack
good news from the bay indybay.org/newsitems/2025…
only ways to know something is true in rationalist epistemology: 1. win a nerd duel on lesswrong 2. a betting market says so 3. claim can be deduced from stem undergrad 'first principles'
only ways to know something is true in rationalist epistemology: 1. win a nerd duel on lesswrong 2. a betting market says so 3. claim can be deduced from stem undergrad 'first principles'
The mayor is taking $9m from a crypto billionaire to move SFPD’s surveillance control center into the private offices of crypto exchange Ripple, in a building owned by Donald Trump. 315 Montgomery.
The mayor is taking $9m from a crypto billionaire to move SFPD’s surveillance control center into the private offices of crypto exchange Ripple, in a building owned by Donald Trump. 315 Montgomery.
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speaking as an editor, we're not only in an AI bubble, we're in an AI stories bubble
might have to invent effective altruism for communists
Oakland's Police Department is seeking to: 1. More than double its stock of drones. 2. More than double its stock of armored vehicles. 3. Get about $425K worth of assault rifles. New from me in @BayAreaCurrent bayareacurrent.com/oakland-cops-s…
did so poorly at biology trivia they handed me a book for free and said "here you should read this"
if you use "pg" to refer to paul graham we can't be friends
sabotage can't replace labor organizing in tech (indeed some organizing is a precondition for it), but it's a tactic that militants on the inside should take more seriously collectiveactionintech.substack.com/p/the-case-for…
been reading so much reactionary tech writing that when i watched an interview of francis fukuyama i felt palpable relief

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