New post format: a weekly rollup of links, comments on those links, activity updates and attempts at humor. The intention is quicker hits in addition to the less frequent big posts and more timely hammering on my favorite themes. This is my primary hangout until the contours of the post-Twitter world become clear. Be sure to subscribe below and to the right to receive all my output via email.
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New Relic to Become a New (Private Equity) Relic
When private equity comes amalgamating, it is time to start migrating.
Previous: Perfidious Private Equity
Related: “An eponymous conclusion”
A European Regulation Too Far? AI Edition
The day will come when, instead of accommodating increasingly surreal bureaucratic edicts, companies may just decline to serve Europe or provide a neutered product (“EI: its AI, but for Europe”).
Previous: Italy Makes OpenAI Offer They Can’t Refuse
A European Regulation Too Far? Antitrust Edition
The day will come when, instead of accommodating increasingly surreal bureaucratic edicts, companies may just decline to serve Europe or provide a neutered product.
Previous: A New Antitrust Doctrine
When Nuclear-Powered Data Centers?
If Dow Chemical and Nucor can do it, so can the hyperclouds.
Previous: Cloud Power Up
Winnie-the-Pooh: Lover of Honey, Champion of Freedom
Much to Disney’s distress, Winnie-the-Pooh has emerged as the anti-totalitarian icon of our times. And the test case for China’s GPT censorship.
Previous: Press Releases We’d Like to See, Best Nickname for Emmanuel Macron
Volkswagen’s Death Throes Continue
“VW talks to Huawei to boost flagging EV presence in China“
Previous: The Fate of the European Economy: Automotive Edition, Europe: Investing in Slave Labor
Oh Canada
The Twitter Doom Loop
“Twitter reminds me of the area outside its company’s San Francisco headquarters on Market Street.” — Om
Related: What if San Francisco never pulls out of its ‘doom loop’?
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