Oooohhhh
Watching a press conference and listening to the journalist questions does make me wonder about the core intelligence of the ‘fourth estate’.
Shameful. I hope these idiots feel ‘patriotic’.
Back in the 80s I remember a piece of PC software in the UK called something like “The Last One”.
40 years later they are still trying to get there : No Code Software
Only 8 months later! Here we are in August, introducing you to Robin Rendle’s Essay on Newsletters from January 1st!
Nicely summarized. Nicely laid out.
In fact it has given me an idea for spinning out something I have been writing behind the scenes.
Study: Evolution now accepted by majority of Americans.
The worrying part of that headline?
“NOW ACCEPTED”
Writing as usual - Publishing like never before.
Anyone trying out mirror DOT xyz ?
“How we spend our time is how we spend our days. How we spend our days is how our life goes. How our life goes determines whether we thought it was worth living."
💬 Keith Yamashita
“We no longer interact. We transact.”
Om Malik
Palantir invested $25 million in Faraday.
Buy a new electric car from Faraday and Palantir provides the software that powers it.
Gold Bars and SPAC stocks are two more kinds of investments that the Thiel company invests in.
Meanwhile (2017) - Palantir and the ‘spy’ agencies.
South Dakota Attorney General who killed pedestrian won’t serve jail time
- He was reading his phone when driving.
- He hit someone and killed them.
- He left the scene of the crime and came back the next day.
Result? A $5,000 fine!
Moore’s Law of Politics - Facing the Future
Generational Delay. More interesting words, ideas and thoughts from the inimitable Dana Blankenhorn.
”To overcome the anxieties and depressions of contemporary life, individuals must become independent of the social environment to the degree that they no longer respond exclusively in terms of its rewards and punishments.”
💬 Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
I had an unused domain, so thought that I would try out Apple’s Beta on Custom EMail - and FAIL!
Anyone else tried it? Does it work for you?
Asking before I spend too much time down the rabbit hole.
“Cocoon remains independent and not be part of Substack. Design and engineering talent will be joining team to contribute their skills, creativity, and vision to strengthening Substack’s community.
(Quote edited to fit space)
What exactly is Substack announcing? Confused.
Originally aimed at the U.S.A. .. this seems to be the N.Z. Strategy … let’s see if it works.
Of course the US tends to think that if if it’s alright - then so is the world.
Down here in N.Z. we know we also have to think of borders.
Only 8 months later! Here we are in August, introducing you to Robin Rendle’s Essay on Newsletters from January 1st!
Nicely summarized. Nicely laid out.
In fact it has given me a idea for spinning out something I have been writing behind the scenes.
Tim Cook’s Apple, ten years later.
“Apple now makes an average of $10,000 every second, $3,600 of which is pure profit. How long ago did you start reading this story? Chances are Apple grossed half a million dollars by the time you finish this sentence.”
Yikes