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It’s pretty telling that 80% of the newsletters that add my email address to their list without permission are focused on AI. The entire industry is almost as grifter-friendly as the crypto industry.
Transcript - America This Week, Mar 28, 2025: "A Good Leak Scandal is Hard to Find"
Has NPR turned over a new leaf? What really happened with Chatgate? and I discuss all this, the Alien Enemies Act, and Flannery O'Connor's classic, "A Good Man is Hard to Find."
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I'm on a plane with not much to do. Let's do a flash AMA. Ask questions I can answer in three sentences or less poking away on my phone plz. This will last until the plane WiFi goes out, my little fingies get tired, or an hour passes, whichever happens first.
Update: all right we got some turbulence. It no longer scares me AS YOU ALREADY KNOW IF YOU READ MY NEWSLETTER RELIGIOUSLY but I'm getting planesick looking at my phone. I'll do another one of these soon and will circle back later to see if…
First night in Xi’An, got in near closing time. Went to place down street and everyone was drunk inside. One guy was being carried out as I went in. No idea what to order, since no cell service, so I pointed.
Got pile of bean sprouts and peppers & some massive dish of diced chicken and somehow more peppers. I don’t think I’ve had a dish …
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It’s very tough for a composite of “experts” to beat betting markets in Big Dance handicapping challenges.
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Decided to turn this into a HW problem for my sports analytics methods class… I love my job lol
