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drak0n1c··on Omarchy Is a Power Grab
Even the most liberal Nozickean voluntary society existentially requires a mechanism to limit granting of membership to those who genuinely uphold its values, and limit intrusion and abuse by those who do not. The literature you linked shows that DHH is cognizant of Popper's Paradox and is willing to defend liberalism from exploitation.
drak0n1c··on U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective
You may be unaware, but the EU, India, and China have also engaged in their own versions of economically-pressured internet presence takedowns of international activists and dissidents they label subversive. The degree differs according to leverage and their constitutional reasoning, but there is no spirit of opposition to this type of policy if that’s what you’re imagining.
drak0n1c··on U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective
The point is that people who proclaim themselves "antifa", be they in dictatorial power over half of Korea, or merely a band of organized activists, are not automatically due credibility and trust because of some grammatical fixation that magically guarantees alignment. Do you only become skeptical when the message is twisted after winning power?

"Antifa" factions in the Spanish Civil War ultimately did not win and accidentally enable a Spanish DPRK, but they still were perfectly capable of being and doing evil, such as committing mass rape and shooting of nuns.

drak0n1c··on U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective
Nomenclature alone is meaningless. Is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea which professes anti-fascist messaging and motives both democratic and anti-fascist? I wouldn't assume every "antifa" group is principled and accurate in its diagnosis of what fascism is and who are acceptable targets for their outgroup directed aggression.
drak0n1c··on LLMs are proof that Unix won
Not only are LLMs perfectly equipped for command-line interfaces, Linux is also the most performant OS for hosting the models locally.
drak0n1c··on Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative
Lancet is run by left-wing academic ideologues who do not practice medicine clinically, the publication advanced untested theories as policy during COVID and then recommended exceptions for BLM protesting.
drak0n1c··on GPT 5.6 Sol is the best "vision" model OpenAI ever released
Seed Turbo 2.1 is incredibly detailed in describing every physical feature. I use that one for vision tool calls through Venice API.
drak0n1c··on SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth
With modern automation and AI, tracking and adjusting paths is better every year. Also, anything with malfunctioning movement will quickly descend and burn up in the atmosphere at that very low orbit.
drak0n1c··on My Steam Machine is a 50ft HDMI cable
Apple TV is affordable and has a Steam Link app that works pretty well.
drak0n1c··on U.S. science is in chaos
There are many biotech startups and private research labs thriving and paying high salaries with excellent benefits for that specialty right now - focused on genetic testing, editing, and longevity. Before moving abroad, widening the search outside of academia and considering moving internally might be worthwhile.
drak0n1c··on Texas grid flags risks as data centers, crypto sites fail voltage tests
Texas was the leading state in new grid battery installs for the last few years.
drak0n1c··on SpaceX's IPO is a disaster waiting to happen for your pension fund
Correct, everyone complains about "enshittification" but they fail to recognize that the most egregious cases occur when a company with a dedicated founder/leader transitions to rule by committee.
drak0n1c··on OpenRouter raises $113M Series B
Venice (uncensored privacy AI API and app co) took a year to expand their self-hosted model selection to routing hundreds of other models. It's harder than it looks to get customers. But they did grow to 3M users and >$50M ARR as of a few weeks ago. So go for it if you've found an easy way to do it.
drak0n1c··on OpenRouter raises $113M Series B
If you want to avoid bans, Venice is another good option since their focus is uncensored and privacy. They run models themselves alongside offering OpenRouter-style routing for frontier and niche models - but at least they fully anonymize the user and never ban.
drak0n1c··on Tesla's lithium refinery discharges 231,000 gallons of polluted wastewater a day
Or you can get mad at journalist-bloggers for writing unscientific selective fearmongering hit pieces catering to culture-war-polarized confirmation biases.
drak0n1c··on Tesla's lithium refinery discharges 231,000 gallons of polluted wastewater a day
His operation tangibly and physically contributes more to the material advancement of humanity than most of the armchair critics in the comments do - I think that matters more for character allegations. And this first of its kind refinery in America is far better than the alternative of continuing to rely on far dirtier refineries in other countries.

FYI lithium is fine at those levels, and is even biologically beneficial, commonly taken as an OTC daily supplement at much higher doses.

drak0n1c··on Project Glasswing: what Mythos showed us
They got privileged early access to an unreleased frontier model to harden their systems, with Anthropic engineer support, and likely were able to use it to make other product optimizations tangential to security too. A blog article afterwards is a cheap price for unlocking that access, regardless of how well it paid off.
drak0n1c··on AI ruling prompts warnings from US lawyers: Your chats could be used against you
That's why they added a verifiable E2EE mode that encrypts before leaving your device all the way to the GPU's TEE. You can proxy and see the shape of the request if you like. The platform supports no-KYC signups too, so if you care you can disguise your user too.

When using their platform via web/app there's a temporary chat option that avoids local browser storage entirely. You can also wipe the local browser storage whenever you want.

drak0n1c··on AI ruling prompts warnings from US lawyers: Your chats could be used against you
Yes, local for anything that can run locally. For higher-end model needs there are privacy platforms like Venice (https://venice.ai/privacy) with ZDR legal contracts and multiple E2EE options for their open-weight models. The OpenAI/Anthropic/Google models are also available through through them but at least your identity is anonymized, though the contents of your prompt could still be stored by the destination company.
drak0n1c··on US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional
That would be an improvement in the same spirit, as the modern CRAs are also unconstitutionally limiting over what one chooses to do with their own property. The scope should be limited to government-involved services and facilities, as those must serve all possible taxpayers. We live in a more connected, option-saturated information age where even bigots more often than not understand the utility of at least doing business politely and making nuanced exceptions. Egregious offenses are corrected by social pressure and business competition. The current regime of ambulance-chasing liabilities inserted into every organizational, contracting, and hiring process harms far more people of every race and sex than it helps.
drak0n1c··on Local LLM App by Ente
Osaurus is what I use for local - it's a native Swift macOS app with sandboxing, agent tooling, and server capabilities. Mac only though.
drak0n1c··on Missile defense is NP-complete
The "pen-testing" discoveries go both ways. In Iran, Chinese HQ-9B surface-to-air missile systems and YLC-8B anti-stealth radars failed to intercept any aircraft. In Venezuela, Chinese JY-27A early warning radars failed to detect approximately 150 incoming U.S. aircraft. In Pakistan, Chinese HQ-9B and HQ-16 systems failed to intercept Indian strikes.
drak0n1c··on US tech firms pledge at White House to bear costs of energy for datacenters
Most forms of company civic greatness in the past were essentially pledges, much of the time unspoken. It's certainly possible, we don't need to be cynical.
drak0n1c··on We do not think Anthropic should be designated as a supply chain risk
Coworker? They're competitors. This is simply good business.
drak0n1c··on Following 35% growth, solar has passed hydro on US grid
If you are planning to get a Tesla car with PowerShare (it's slowly expanding to the Model Y and other vehicles) then you only really need one Powerwall 3, because the car when charged acts as ~7+ powerwalls worth of backup.
drak0n1c··on [dead]
Joe Gebbia (Airbnb cofounder) explains the website design at 10:40 in the announcement video: https://youtu.be/m9qh6bSoaQQ?si=ZIzAwWh45sn5FtQ2
drak0n1c··on Xcode 26.3 – Developers can leverage coding agents directly in Xcode
Unfortunately the MCP for external agent tools is flawed at the moment, it returns a format differing from its stated schema. So it doesn't work with OpenCode.
drak0n1c··on Tesla kills Autopilot, locks lane-keeping behind $99/month fee
There are unsupervised HW4 Tesla robotaxis in Austin open to public use as of yesterday. Lemonade Insurance announced an FSD plan where the price is half the market rate while using FSD. So unless there are specific regulatory barriers for personal vehicles unsupervised should be available for their latest gen personal cars sometime this year.
drak0n1c··on What a year of solar and batteries saved us in 2025
I had a good experience using EnergySage, a free marketplace that sources competitive detailed bids - it just needs your address and electric bill.
drak0n1c··on Eat Real Food
Joe Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb is the head of the new national design studio. You can direct feedback to him.
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