2025-04-09
More tariff chaos: Donald Trump pauses tariffs for most countries at the last minute but jacks them up to 125% against China, 'effective immediately,' because of their 'lack of respect'
This doesn't seem like a great way to run a country, and it's not ideal if you're looking to put together a new gaming rig either.
OK this is too far: Someone brought an actual chicken to A Minecraft Movie
The cult of chicken jockey has escalated its ritual ceremonies.
The List Keepers, on the informal efforts to keep track of the...
The List Keepers, on the informal efforts to keep track of the toll of AIDS in the theater industry. “Sometime around 1982, McAssey had opened a pocket-size spiral-bound diary and...
Father Whose Daughter Died From Measles Says RFK Jr. Never Even Mentioned the Vaccine
In public, Donald Trump's health czar Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has become a surprise vaccine advocate amid the growing measles outbreak. His private comments, however, betray his conspiratorial leanings. Following...
Anti-automation policy as a bottleneck to economic growth
Published on April 9, 2025 8:12 PM GMTEpistemic status: These are preliminary notes on a topic that I hope to more thoroughly explore in the future. I would estimate the...
Inside VALR: Badi Sudhakaran Reveals Secrets to Crypto Exchange Success
Explore how Badi Sudhakaran built VALR into Africa’s top crypto exchange, with insights on product strategy, cybersecurity, and the future of Web3.
Former Substack creators say they’re earning more on new platforms. “Paying someone...
Former Substack creators say they’re earning more on new platforms. “Paying someone $100,000 a year to host your blog. Come on buddy. I said I hate being a businessman, but...
Reasoning models don't always say what they think
Published on April 9, 2025 7:48 PM GMTDo reasoning models accurately verbalize their reasoning? Not nearly as much as we might hope! This casts doubt on whether monitoring chains-of-thought (CoT)...
Bootstrapping Surge: Why 57% More Founders Are Self-Funding in 2025
Pilot's survey of 1,844 founders found that a quarter of founders are self-funding. The median founder salary has plummeted 43%, from $132,000 in 2024 to just $75,000. The rise in...
Adobe Gets Bullied Off Bluesky
It seems the only thing Bluesky hates more than Donald Trump is brands that promote artificial intelligence — and Adobe, the makers of Photoshop and Acrobat, had to find that...
ICE director’s dream: “Squads of trucks rounding up immigrants for deportation the...
ICE director’s dream: “Squads of trucks rounding up immigrants for deportation the same way that Amazon trucks crisscross American cities delivering packages […] like (Amazon) Prime, but with human beings.”...
Trump Cuts Most Tariffs to 10% but Increases Tariffs on China to 125%
President Trump, in a post on Truth Social, which is apparently how the world’s financial markets now run: Based on the lack of respect that China has shown to the...
They can't keep getting away with this: Star Citizen has now raised over $800 million after 13 years, and it's still in alpha
It's raised over $100 million every year since 2022.
Sam Altman Says Miyazaki Just Needs to Get Over It
In the wake of OpenAI releasing its new server-melting image generator that can create soulless simulacra of Studio Ghibli-style illustrations, CEO Sam Altman is slamming the haters — including, it...
How to Build a Scaled Experimentation Engine
How OpenAI, Notion, Atlassian, and other leading companies build trustworthy experimentation systems that scale impact and drive consistent product wins.
'It's the end of an era': Four years after saying the studio would keep its 'identity,' CD Projekt has fully absorbed The Molasses Flood, but it's still working on The Witcher spinoff Project Sirius
The Molasses Flood has been working on Project Sirius for years, and there's still nothing to show for it
Governments Wanted to Kill Bitcoin. Now They Want to Hoard It.
The U.S. is sitting on $17 billion worth of confiscated Bitcoin. Trump’s calling it "Digital Fort Knox"
SEO Pros Are Using Reddit and YouTube to Rank—Here's How You Can Do It Too
You don’t need expensive SEO tools to find high-ranking keywords. Instead, use free tools, intuition, and manual digging.
How to Fix Priority Inversion in RTOS (Without Losing Your Mind)
If you've worked with Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) long enough, you've probably encountered a situation where the system doesn’t behave the way you expect.
How to heal and revive your teammates in REPO
A little help from your friends.
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