Can Quantum Computing Kill Bitcoin? [As a paid subscriber, the exclusive Q&A session will begin on Sunday at 8:00AM PT][I listened to this song while writing this article] The basics of quantum computing Computers we use today have “cla...

Good post.
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My Most Brutal Wingsuit Flight Ever | Täschhorn 4491m | Swiss YouTube video by JoHannes | Wingsuit

Nice flight! Bet he slept well after all that.
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Aye

Atomic Bomb Test YouTube video by Isaac_Vee

What a wild bit of archival footage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTdy...

Tether reported an all-time high investment in U.S. Treasuries at $97.6 billion via direct and indirect exposure as of July 31. This positions Tether as one of the largest holders of U.S. Treasuries in the world, ranking third after the UK and Cayman Islands. They are literally unstoppable now.

As of November 24, 2024, Tether (USDT) has reached a market cap of $132.22 billion, surpassing Citigroup and positioning itself as the 142nd largest entity globally by market capitalization. 100 ish employees.

This stuff is REALLY powerful tech with an incredible product market fit. I've been building toward using it for AI Agents for YEARS now. There's still some missing pieces and I am pretty slow. Most of the lib/left won't even look at this stuff because reasons, but it's quietly taking over.

Tether digital dollars have progressed from an alarmingly shonky quasi-scam run by twelve people in a tax haven to core global FinTech.
Cantor Fitzgerald, led by Trumps new commerce secretary invested. Lutnick owns 30% of Cantor, so a member of the Trump cabinet now has 1.5% ownership of Tether.

The government’s plan to break up Google On The Vergecast: Who wants to buy Chrome? Anybody? ANYBODY?

LOTS more detail on the DOJ antitrust aroung Google. The Vergecast does a great job of explaining the wild potential ramifications, which could meaningfully be the end of Google.
www.theverge.com/2024/11/22/2...

Cramer

Wait.... OpenAI will buy it...

Dutch police find 2kg gnome made of MDMA during drug bust Police say they tested the gnome after finding it among suspected narcotics.

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More to the point if they squirm round it there's the looming threat to make them divest Android and who would buy THAT? Presumably the Chinese would scoop it up. Wild times.

[snigger] still looks like a willy.

Google must sell Chrome to end search monopoly, says US justice department Court filing comes after landmark ruling in August and judge will consider arguments from both sides next year

Unexpectedly "Fuck Around and Find Out" ruling there...
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Mechanically strong yet metabolizable supramolecular plastics by desalting upon phase separation Plastics that can metabolize in oceans are highly sought for a sustainable future. In this work, we report the noncovalent synthesis of unprecedented plastics that are mechanically strong yet metaboli...

Mechanically strong yet metabolizable supramolecular plastics by desalting upon phase separation | Science www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Deus in machina: Swiss church installs AI-powered Jesus Peter’s chapel in Lucerne swaps out its priest to set up a computer and cables in confessional booth

I think the "top" is in on AI now.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Crypto industry jockeys for seats at Trump's promised council A slew of crypto companies including Ripple, Kraken and Circle are jostling for a seat on President-elect Donald Trump's promised crypto advisory council, seeking a say in his planned overhaul of U.S. policy, according to several digital asset industry executives.

Serious, next level, WTF is this version of the simulation up to now. You can hate it, but can anyone actually fight it any more?
www.reuters.com/technology/c...

It's a shame it's become political, and so lazily too. I am going to take the positive from it; that both sides of the pool of america wealth snapping up the supply might have been net negative. It's most useful as a truly global asset on a longer timescale. Nothing is likely to actually stop it.

I note bluesky SMASHED those svg down. Find on the github link if you're curious.

One of the best insights I have come across in GenAI development is the use of diagrams as code. This is about 1000 lines of densely packed information for my latest project, which can be used to preload a context window each time.

You can see these in context here.
github.com/jjohare/logs...

I have ALMOST made a thing. My first proper bit of software
More to follow soon. The insanely curious can find the open source code here. Emphasis on insanity.
github.com/jjohare/logs...

AI doesn’t stand a chance against actors, or Shakespeare: Ben Affleck YouTube video by CNBC Television

The clip of Ben Affleck wading lucidly into the AI / creator debate. It's been blowing up, but not here. This is the CNBC link so it's correctly attributed.
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OTOY, in association with William Shatner and the Nimoy Estate, releases ‘765874 Unification,’ commemorating 30th anniversary of “Star Trek: Generations” On the 30th anniversary of “Star Trek: Generations”, The Archive and William Shatner revisit Captain Kirk’s final appearance on screen in a new 8-minute video produced for The Archive app on Apple Vis...

home.otoy.com/unification/

Incredible data. Interactive vis-widgets. COVID remains a helluva thing.

Revolutionary high-speed 3D bioprinter hailed a gamechanger for drug discovery Revolutionary high-speed 3D bioprinter hailed a gamechanger for drug discovery

High speed biotissue printer.
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[8K21:9] Rome - most photorealistic game demo ever on Unreal Engine 5.4 - real ambient rain walk YouTube video by Digital Dreams

4k Realtime UE5.4 of Rome
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKrJ...

www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/3d-...