When an irresistible force meets an immovable object.

If the TikTok divest or ban law goes to court and the US government loses, does this open the door for other forced sales such as Grindr’s to be reversed?

We need to figure out the cultural norms around AI generated content quickly as witch hunts because people used big isn’t going to work.

Besides false positives, it should be fine to use a tool to rewrite text like we’ve used spellcheck or grammar check.
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My favorite defense of communism is that it isn’t evil, it’s just that every government that’s tried it has been.

Is there really much demand by either customers or merchants to accept payments in Ethereum or Solana? The most interesting thing about crypto is buying low and selling high.

Who is sad they can’t buy a pair of boots with tokens that this addresses? This is a genuine question.

I’ve been enjoying the 3 Body Problem on Netflix and it’s cool to see so many Asian people in a science fiction story which actually mirrors the lived experience of anyone in tech.

I did also appreciate the reminders of exactly how terrible communism was given how people forget.

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I still can’t believe this is really happening and Biden signed it into law.

The saving grace for the Biden administration is the deadline is after the elections so if TikTok actually ends up being banned or shutdown, it won’t have election consequences.

A bit of cognitive dissonance that everyone just accepts is that no one thinks Waymo or Cruise are trillion dollar opportunities but if Tesla says “robotaxi” then investors lose their minds.

Google’s founders came up with an ownership structure such that they could run the company without being beholden to shareholders.

They eventually became rich and delegated the company to a leadership team that optimizes for shareholders.

Capitalism always finds a way.