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English programmer, libertarian,UNIX, bookworm, space, crypto centralist, sane transhumanism, space, Tesla, Radical Thatcherite, go/nvim/Linux/BSD

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Woz's love for simplicity was born from a love of engineering. When he designed the controller for the first Apple floppy drive, he used only 2 chips and a bit of programming. Competitors at the time used 22 chips. Woz realized that he could use the CPU, rather than outsourcing…

Steve Wozniak is the engineer who quietly built Apple. Here are 26 ideas I took away from this episode and my research you can use. 1. Constraints force deep understanding. 2. Focus on the step, not the outcome. 3. Committees kill revolutions. 4. Learning is the…



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Did you know that NASA's Orion program has spent over $30b in 20 years and still -hasn't flown people -has a fundamentally unsafe heat shield -hasn't tested life support yet -is too heavy to go to the Moon, or pretty much anywhere Why are we putting this useless boondoggle on…


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From @JoannaStern's great video review of the @1x_tech Neo of today (she makes it clear this isn't what's shipping in 2026). For now, it's all remote operated and it's *still* struggling a little to do basic stuff. This isn't crapping on it, it just that this stuff is HARD.


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So let me get this straight: the government takes money from you in taxes, then overspends. To pay off the overspending, they tax you again through tariffs, but don't stop overspending.


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Signal is great. The second it’s not great I’m going to be the first person telling you that.


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Why are Republicans cheering on this socialist behavior its just insane!!!! Where are thebbrave souls who are still Conservative? @NewReaganCaucus is there anyone left?

Price controls never work. They’ve been tried dozens of times in US history and they constantly fail.



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Digital-ID: we need to get the Petition against it from 2.88m to 3m. Please RT and sign it if you have yet to. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7301…


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The human alignment problem is much more serious than the AI alignment problem


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President Reagan dreamed of the miracle of innovation. @Apple co-founder @stevewoz weighs in on what’s missing from today’s innovators.


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No surveillance state. No police state. No standing army on America’s streets. Unfortunately, people often excuse or even promote these colossal abuses of government as the price of safety until they become the innocent target and it’s much too late.


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Merkel’s legacy. Now she blames others for prolonged dependence on Russian gas, but we remember.

ziontree's tweet image. Merkel’s legacy. Now she blames others for prolonged dependence on Russian gas, but we remember.
ziontree's tweet image. Merkel’s legacy. Now she blames others for prolonged dependence on Russian gas, but we remember.

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Unpopular opinion: Software engineering is the only job where the interview is harder than the actual job Interview: Design a distributed system for 10M users Job: The login button moved 2 pixels, please fix


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Poverty is natural. Capitalism created prosperity. Prosperity is manmade.

Capitalism is unnatural. Capitalism created poverty. Poverty is manmade.



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Milton Friedman on “reliable e-cash”

MiltonFriedmanW's tweet image. Milton Friedman on “reliable e-cash”

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It is nonsense to suggest you can’t write any app, of any complexity, in C. I do find a light level of C++ beneficial for many larger projects, but it can also go tragically wrong. Sometimes, specific language features can be transformative valuable, but not nearly as often as…


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Just in - ISRO announces that the space agency is targeting early 2027 for the first crewed flight of Gaganyaan, making India the fourth nation to independently launch humans into orbit. This historic mission will host a 2 or 3 crew for a 7 day mission in orbit. #SERASpace

tobyliiiiiiiiii's tweet image. Just in - ISRO announces that the space agency is targeting early 2027 for the first crewed flight of Gaganyaan, making India the fourth nation to independently launch humans into orbit.

This historic mission will host a 2 or 3 crew for a 7 day mission in orbit. #SERASpace

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Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973) was one of the most influential economists and philosophers of liberty in the 20th century. As a leader of the Austrian School of economics, he championed the ideas of free markets, sound money, and individual choice at a time when central planning…

LPTexas's tweet image. Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973) was one of the most influential economists and philosophers of liberty in the 20th century. As a leader of the Austrian School of economics, he championed the ideas of free markets, sound money, and individual choice at a time when central planning…

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Free minds, free markets, free speech, that's how we build a better tomorrow in the UK


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