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5 links, first saved January 25, 2017, latest February 5, 2024.
- Thoughts on XMTP
Good read on the complications of developing robust, decentralized, censorship resistant messaging protocols. There are a number of really hard problems to solve here. I like how…
- A Text Renaissance
This is an interesting read, and I want it to be true. I was having a conversation just today about how the act of writing something down, connecting a thought together in words,…
- CEOs Don’t Steer
Interesting and thought provoking article on the role of a CEO. The primary CEO function, and the trait the good ones are selected for, is to provide the gyroscopic stability…
- There are bots. Look around.
The marketplace of ideas is now struggling with the increasing incidence of algorithmic manipulation and disinformation campaigns.
- Lies, Caffeinated Lies, and Operating Systems
Computer science is not about computers. It’s about computation, a much wider subject. Creating abstractions, essential representations of things, be they objects, processes,…