Things Change
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*In periods of uncommon volatility, crises and transitions manifest in
unexpected ways. *
*Things change, sometimes tumultuously.* The unevenness of chang...
Notes on the Fermi Paradox
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I recently realized I hadn’t written much in this blog about the Fermi
Paradox, though I do write about it elsewhere. So here is a quick note. The
Fermi Pa...
Lizzy Savetsky chews out the Democrats
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I find it wearisome to have to say, each time I criticize the Democratic
Party, that yes, I am a Democrat and have never in my life voted for a
Republican....
On Moltbook
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The *MIT Technology Review* has a good article on Moltbook, the supposed
AI-only social network:
Many people have pointed out that a lot of the viral com...
A New Explanation for Tariffs and Bombings
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Because of energy-related shortages that are already being encountered,
national economies are beginning to act like the players in a game of
musical chair...
The Anton Link
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Where does my first name (Anton) come from? This weekend I explored the
public archives a bit. Thanks to open data efforts, these days a lot of
public arch...
Negotiation to Detonation
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Michael Hudson argues that a reported Iranian concession on uranium
enrichment was overtaken by a joint US–Israeli strike, exposing deeper
strategic aims...
Monday Message Board
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Another Monday Message Board. Post comments on any topic. Civil discussion
and no coarse language please. Side discussions and idees fixes to the
sandpits,...
The Grand Illusion: The US – Europe Growth Gap
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from Dean Baker There is a widely told story among elite pundit types that
the US economy is soaring ahead, and Europe’s economy is mired in
stagnation. As...
Anthropic: Stay strong!
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I don’t have time to write a full post right now, but hopefully this is
self-explanatory. Regardless of their broader views on the AI industry, the
eventua...
Inside the Mind of Robinhood Co-Founder Vlad Tenev
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Robinhood’s co-founder reveals the brutal reality of surviving and 80%
market crash, going “founder mode” to cut corporate bloat, and what
actually happe...
Equal Temperament (Part 3)
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Say you want to find all the N-tone equal tempered scales that have better
fifths than any scale with fewer notes. Mathematically this means you want
to fi...
SIGCSE 2026: Love and learning
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[image: A brick, circular, windowed facade against a cloudy, sunny morning
dawn.]The America’s Center convention center.
I didn’t want to go to St. Louis t...
ANALYSIS OF THE UKRAINE WAR, 2026
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Bill Kerr Q&A format: What is the situation on the battlefield? The
situation changes everyday. To keep up to date follow some of the links
here to regular...
Interpreting Tron: Ares
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*** Warning: This post contains spoilers *** I guess since it’s been so
long since “Tron Legacy,” there really isn’t much continuity between it and
this mo...
Processing JSON with Kafka Connect
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In this post, I’ll share examples of how to process JSON data in a Kafka
Connect pipeline, and explain the schema format that Kafka uses to describe
JSON e...
Trevisan Award for Expository Work
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[Guest post by Salil Vadhan; Boaz’s note: I am thrilled to see this award.
Luca’s expository writing on his blog, surveys, and lecture notes was and
is an ...
Mankind versus YHWH-Elohim
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Your Honor, this Complaint seeks declaratory and equitable relief on the
ground that the Edenic Covenant was structurally defective ab
initio—lacking infor...
Predictions Scorecard, 2026 January 01
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Nothing is ever as good as it first seems and nothing is ever as bad as it
first seems. — A best memory paraphrase of advice given to me by Vice
Admiral Jo...
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