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  1. Internet Version 4.0 and GameStop

    I invented a way to gain insight about the Web 3.0 to Web 4.0 transition (or at least understand some effects of the transition).

    Step one: Write down your 5 favorite websites, the ones you visit all the time (not 'work' ones i.e. work, bank, school). Add 5 more websites (ones that relate to news, commerce, entertainment, maybe exclude modern socials like tiktok and any site launched during 2019 or later).

    Step two: Research the 5 year histories of those sites, specifically ...
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  2. Digital Meme Coins

    How to use AI for increasing a coin's value, seems to be part of the system.

    "How to form a coin where owners earn extra compute time (access) to the digital coin's proprietary AI model?" might be the type of question asked in Silicone Valley.

    Could understanding the intersect of AI and digital currency, lead to understanding part of the reasoning for the corporate and political urgency around AI?

    I used to be anti-nuclear power, but recently ...
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  3. Two Extremely Impressive Tools

    Here are two very impressive tools that I found recently.

    1) HF 9" orbital pole sander. It's marketed for use on drywall, it works great for sanding larger rough cut beams and timbers. It has a variable speed and other uses are possible, like decks or siding (works best on a flat deck or siding, with recessed screws/nails).

    2) The 4.5" replacement disc sold at Home Depot they recommend for use with the Wagner Paint Eater. They are 100 grit, marked as 'use ...
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  4. Air Gapped Personal AI

    This isn't even a soundbite, because I don't know what to make of it.

    I found the topic of locally run and/or air gapped personal AI programs, as I look to increase my productivity. It led to things like GPT4 pro EDU edition, GPT free download version, open source LM Studio, open source Jan AI, et cetera, and more importantly work product and project examples made with such programs.

    Can you envision an anti-technologist fully embracing technology solely for the purpose ...
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  5. Starbucks and Radioshack

    https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/...y/84424643007/
    "China's largest coffee chain known for cashier-less stores opens US locations"

    https://www.newsweek.com/mcdonalds-d...-chain-2040724
    "McDonald’s Dethroned as World’s Biggest Fast Food Chain by Surprise Upstart"

    Radioshack was a joke, but just imagine how many brick and mortar stores might end up connected more ...
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