I finally got a new iPhone for the first time in six years and the difference is staggering. Things are advancing so fast that there’s really no reason to go cradle to grave anymore.

……… pation

Oh the antici

Huh. Who saw this coming besides literally everyone?

Correct. While neither are fit for office, one will staff smart people to do the job for him while the other will actively burn US democracy to the ground. A lot of us aren’t voting for Biden as much as we’re voting against Trump, and god damn do I wish this wasn’t the case (again).

How anyone could support Elon a few years ago baffles me. How anyone can support him today worries me

Gabe Newell: “We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem. If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate’s service is more valuable.”

My PT starts in earnest this week so I can start going back to the gym! Nine weeks of being stuck at home was not fun

Here’s some more reading on the subject:

https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/why-tiktok-isnt-really-a-social-media-app/

https://www.axios.com/2023/05/13/bytedance-executive-china-government-data

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/dec/28/tiktok-data-collection-inquiry-australia-privacy-watchdog-marketing-pixels

This has been a known entity since the Australian equivalent of the CIA released a report saying the exact same thing (and more) in 2022. The people who don’t want TikTok banned are either in the CCP’s pocket or are addicted to the platform.

I sincerely hope beehaw doesn’t federate with Meta. They’re pure evil

I am not a broker and this is not advice. But I think this is a fantastic short opportunity.

I’ll be shorting this

So far pretty slow. Work has been a slow drip (unsurprising) and everyone is just slowly getting back to normal after the holidays. But hey, I’m caught up on sleep so I’ve got that going for me!

OOTL - why is everyone blocking threads.net?

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The scope of this study is way too broad. People use the internet for countless different things, and in many ways using the internet is a daily requirement. They need to focus on specific buckets like news, social media, gaming, etc, of which there are mountains of evidence to show they can cause mental health issues

In other words, the FCC should absolutely investigate broadband prices

I’m in DC for a slew of meetings, all of which were cancelled. So I got to spend the day cruising the Smithsonian and vibing in a coffee shop