2025-07-07
"Indie Band" Says Claims Their Music Is AI-Generated Is a Hoax, Then Admits It's Actually AI-Generated
The jig is officially up. After "indie rock band" called The Velvet Sundown, a lazy amalgamation of AI-generated slop, refused to admit that it was entirely fabricated last week, the...
Economics of Claude 3 Inference
Published on July 7, 2025 3:53 PM GMTAnthropic has recently announced the deprecation of API access to Claude 3 Opus. The model will still be available for claude.ai subscribers and...
Economics of Claude 3 Opus Inference
Published on July 7, 2025 3:53 PM GMTAnthropic has recently announced the deprecation of API access to Claude 3 Opus. The model will still be available for claude.ai subscribers and...
From Lagos to Ledger: How Creditcoin Is Rewriting the Rules of Trust in On Chain Lending
Over 1.7 billion people lack access to formal credit due to invisible financial histories. Creditcoin changes that by turning real-world lending behavior into verifiable, on chain credit records. By bridging...
“The fundamental dilemma [of media like NYT]: journalism is, by its nature,...
“The fundamental dilemma [of media like NYT]: journalism is, by its nature, supposed to be on the side of accuracy, against lies & liars, but the GOP is lies &...
Loans, Scams, and the Blockchain Way Out
Traditional loan systems in low-income regions are broken, leaving people with no credit history and little access to fair lending. Creditcoin uses blockchain to build a transparent, tamper-proof credit history...
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners was a depression-fest because its writer is 'from Poland and people in Poland are sad. They are born sad, they die sad, so I just wanted to make the whole world sad'
This is also why all English media is stultifyingly dull.
Can Blockchain Rebuild Trust in Global Cooperatives?
This article explores how blockchain and smart contracts can modernize traditional cooperatives by solving trust, governance, and coordination issues. It proposes a mobile-first app interface where contributions, profit-sharing, and conflict...
Gigaton Run: Space Technology vs Climate Change
This fiery manifesto blends science, satire, and startup thinking to argue that satellites—and a bioeconomy built on carbon tokens—may be Earth’s last hope. With only 25 years left, it’s time...
AI Safety Advocate Linked to Multiple Murders
Ziz LaLasota, a formerly-fringe AI extremist, exploded into national press earlier this year when her adherents allegedly killed a Border Patrol agent. Now, As the New York Times reports, leveler...
What If Your Next Passive Income Stream Came From Space?
A “crazy” DIY idea reveals a very real possibility: setting up a tiny, decentralized satellite ground station in your backyard. With just a Raspberry Pi, a software-defined radio, and some...
Secure Off-Chain Execution for Bitcoin Smart Contracts: A Failsafe Protocol
A protocol moves Bitcoin contracts off-chain using signed state updates, slashing fees. Timelocks ensure an honest user can always enforce the contract on-chain.
I'm fed up tightening screws with my wrists like some sort of commoner, so I'm thinking of buying this Worx electric screwdriver set for $30
You spin me right round, baby right round.
Building Trust on Bitcoin: A Look at How Pre-Signed Transaction Trees Secure Contracts
On-chain Bitcoin contracts are executed as pre-signed transaction trees, where implicit signatures from all parties guarantee fair play and prevent stalling.
Here’s what Tom Holland’s lip-sync of Umbrella can teach us about stormwater...
Here’s what Tom Holland’s lip-sync of Umbrella can teach us about stormwater management. “So set designers must have accounted for the flow to go somewhere, but not all residential or...
A New Blueprint for Bitcoin Contracts: Off-Chain Efficiency, On-Chain Guarantees
A new protocol moves Bitcoin smart contracts off-chain to save fees, with an on-chain failsafe to guarantee correct execution against adversaries.
I'm ashamed to say that this Razer mouse has made me actually take a shine to RGB, and now you can be persuaded too for almost 50% off
Yes, a snake (Basilisk) got me to try the forbidden fruit of RGB.
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