Crypto Mirrors AI: Questionable Societal Value
I see crypto the way leftists see AI What good is this technology providing us, as a society, that justifies its role in propping up evil regimes and criminal enterprises worldwide? Wouldn’t society be better off if it did not exist?
Built a Multi‑Factor Tool for Choosing Where to Live
I had never seen a really robust tool that allowed me to set + weight all the things I might care about when picking a new place to live So over the past week I built it Sort by weather, crime, income,...
Ukraine War Reveals Future Drone‑Fiber Battlefield
Ukraine war is a glimpse into the future of warfare and everyone should be paying attention Photo of the year candidate here. (Jamming means drones increasingly use fiber optic wire, leaving frontline towns enveloped in a web of fiber)
AI Writing Now Matches Human Quality, Slight Preference Shift
The proper takeaway from this is not "people prefer AI writing" - 54/46 isn't a wide margin - but that properly-trained AI writing is effectively indistinguishable from human output at this point
Cross‑subsidize Market Housing, Not Futile No‑tower Campaign
The problem with the NYCHA no-new-towers campaign is it's a bridge to nowhere. No white knight is coming in to bankroll $80 billion in repairs. There's an actual plan to fund better public housing by cross-subsidizing with market-rate housing. The alternative...
Blaming Boogeymen Masks Need for Housing Deregulation
There's always another boogeyman waiting around the corner to explain high home prices without admitting we need to deregulate It was Airbnb - banned in NY Then it was rent algorithms - banned in NY Now it's private equity Meanwhile rents just keep...