Grand Paris Express – 15 ans…
Trump Action Tracker…
Wonder how long this stays up…
Fascism For First Time Founders | Techdirt
there’s a reason this “tech-friendly dictator” fantasy has been bubbling up in VC circles and startup accelerators for years. It’s not just about cutting red tape—it’s about the fundamental belief that techbros like themselves shouldn’t have to deal with the messy compromises that democracy itself requires. They’d rather sweep away all those pesky democratic institutions and let the “smart people” (spoiler: they mean themselves) run things.
The basic pitch is seductive: democracy is messy, slow, and often staffed by people who don’t understand technology. Wouldn’t it be better to have someone in charge who just… gets it?
No. No, it would not.
The Paradox of India…
“Change, when it comes to India, comes not as revolution but as a tidal shift.”
“Corporate cafeterias became inadvertent experiments in managing this complexity. Visit any IT campus in Bangalore: separate counters for vegetarian, non-vegetarian, Jain, vegan, North Indian, South Indian, Chinese (Indianized, of course), and Continental. The logistics would break most societies. In India, it’s Tuesday.”
“Where festival holidays meant everyone got days off for Diwali, Eid, Christmas, Guru Nanak Jayanti, and Good Friday. Where secularism isn’t the absence of religion but the presence of all religions.”
Ending ‘The Late Show’…
Daring Fireball: Network Pinheads at CBS Are Ending ‘The Late Show’
If it’s really a financial only decision, let Colbert buy the name and the theatre. My bet is within three years he’ll be worth more than CBS.
Historical Tech Tree…
The historical tech tree is a project by Étienne Fortier-Dubois to visualize the entire history of technologies, inventions, and (some) discoveries, from prehistory to today. Unlike other visualizations of the sort, the tree emphasizes the connections between technologies: prerequisites, improvements, inspirations, and so on.
So Grok is useless…
Grok: searching X for “from:elonmusk (Israel OR Palestine OR Hamas OR Gaza)”
What does it do when he changes opinion?
