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Latest — Jan 9, 2026

Money is a Technology

I often tell people money is a technology. That's a strange notion to many people because we think of technology as computers, cell phones, and other electronics. This article is for technologists, people who love technology, or anyone who wants to understand what money actually is and what

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What the Argentina bailout is really about

Even though Halloween has passed I have a ghost story to tell. The US government is providing $20 billion in emergency assistance to Argentina through a currency swap and another $20 billion in private financing under discussion. The official narrative is emphasizes supporting President Milei's free-market reforms and

Don't Be a Sucker, We are In This Together

If you think immigration debates don't affect you, consider this: the people building the technology you use every day are now advocating for who deserves to be here, and you might not make the cut. Masked federal agents in unmarked vehicles are now detaining people on the streets

Why AI Has Knowledge But Humans Have Creativity

The real constraint on human creativity isn't talent, it's time and autonomy. There's a popular narrative that AI is more creative than humans. I understand why. Ask ChatGPT for a poem, and it delivers instantly. Request code, and it produces working solutions. But we&

The Cynic Wasps in the Beehive

We call her the Queen Bee, evoking images of large hats, courts, and command. In reality the Queen Bee is a slave to the hive, laying thousands of eggs a day. She does not command anything. Bees function through a complex system of chemical communication in a deeply decentralized fashion.

A Different Kind of Camera

When the camera was invented, painters were worried they would be replaced. Upon seeing an early photograph, French painter Paul Delaroche exclaimed “From today, painting is dead.” We now know that painting has not died. Painting is alive and well. However, the camera did change what kind of paintings we

All Watched over By Machines of Insanity

In Adam Curtis’s TV series “All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace”, he outlines a future where machines create a static and powerless world. A recent paper published in Nature demonstrates how AI trained on data AI itself generates leads to model collapse. Maybe Adam Curtis was wrong!

AI Efficiency and the Acceleration of Everything

Imagine preparing for a really long hike. There are bears and cougars out there. You need to decide whether to bring bear mace and a gun. They take up precious space in your backpack and over a long hike will slow you down, make you use more energy, and therefore

Accessing Dell Server Remotely Using iDRac

Do you need to access a Dell server remotely using iDRac outside it’s intranet? iDRac, or Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller, is a powerful tool that allows for remote management. It uses a dedicated IP and operates through a web interface on HTTPS (port 443). Here’s a step-by-step

Bugs Faster than the Speed of Thought

I got access to OpenAI’s GPT-3 last year and one of the first things I did was prompt it with a C++ interface struct and have it write the implementation. I was generally surprised by the results. Some of the completions were even code that was clearly from Github