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I believe it's an ESOP, but not a co-op because the workers don't have much voting control of the company.

Yea, I agree, it's a great book! It should be said that Sara [1] was also the founder of the Freelancers Union [2], offering solo benefits and other resources to freelancers. The b…

Let's do it fairly. Like 100s (?) of Americans killed by Iran ever. Compare to Iranians: Affected by the aftermath of the American coup of Mosaddegh (ultimately leading to IRGC's e…

"[T]he oddity I pointed out in that piece that the chuds are both really attached to classical antiquity and also don’t know very much about it." As a history nerd in the Bay Area …

Shoutout to https://libro.fm/ which is a non-Amazon Audible that lets you: - Buy nearly any audiobook that's on Audible or other services - Donate to your favorite local bookstore …

This is really cool and I want one, but please someone tell them to put a clear CTA button above the fold saying "Pre-Order" or something. Also, the bottom spinning button CTA does…

This is very cool to see - seems like soooo much efficiency waiting to be unlocked at the chip level. What's everyone think of Taalas? They're actually burning the LLM model into t…

I'm very sympathetic to cooperatives, have traveled/know the Mondragon people (largest coop federation), etc. However, I think there's a reason why coops seem to succeed at smaller…

Play with fire, and you get burned... These scams are all too frequent today, and putting these guys and others like them in prison would act as a deterrent. We'll see if our syste…

Unsure if this is the connection, but the guy who discovered Troy in the late 1800's (Heinrich Schliemann) actually brought Troy artifacts to a Berlin museum, which someone with mo…

It was oddly satisfying taking a file to my MacBook when a drop lifted a nasty burr on the edge. Very minor "you can just do things" collides with the "infallible object" presence …

I see them as morally equivalent in our current system - ie an illegitimate democracy without recourse for common people. If companies can do strategic bankruptcies, transfer prici…

During the 2008 Crisis, it was mortgage holders who got fucked and banks made whole, so risk asymmetries go far beyond just student loans.

Exactly! I like the analogy of: When the bank is giving you a sub-prime loan, who is more sophisticated in that transaction? If the bank (with their fancy risk models, etc.), why s…

Totally agree - there's a lot of double standards here: Bankruptcy is good for entrepreneurial risk, but not for human thriving apparently...

Interestingly, you can similarly friction weld wood without added adhesive. The welding utilizes the existing ligand glue that holds the wood fibers together, as it's essentially a…

Better late than never...

Haha - yes exactly.

Iran... if you're listening... We'd love to see all of those Epstein files.

That's a fun insight. Have you / others written about this?

Yea, they never mention that Europe also has way better social safety nets, mental healthcare, etc. I do think gun control can work, but these kinds of legislation feel like the "p…

Requiring people to drive to Nevada to buy a real 3DP? I'm a long time shooter of all kinds of firearms (bolt actions to full-autos). What people don't realize is that gun control …

"leaving nothing to the imagination of a single lens" - sick burn Waymo haha From: "Using these diverse inputs, the Waymo Driver can confidently navigate the "long tail" of one-in-…

I'm fine with the free love and debauchery, but just really keep it to adults and be safe.

Wow... Twitter being down today must mean the economy is losing billions of $ in lost procrastination.