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Optus outage and cashless payments - 2023 November 08
Going entirely cashless means your business shuts down entirely whenever there's an internet outage, the Optus outage gives us a very clear example of these risks.
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Optus outage and cloud software - 2023 November 08
Cloud only software exposes you to massive risks, the Optus outage gives us a very clear example of these risks.
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Mobile vs desktop browsing in 2023 - 2023 November 08
I've started to notice a divergence in the experiences you have when browsing the internet on desktop vs mobile. It also seems to be getting worse.
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Bumble red flag advertisement - 2023 November 07
I came across one of the most toxic advertisements I've ever seen and feel compelled to warn all healthy people out there to avoid the Bumble dating app as a result.
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Content moderation inversion - 2023 November 04
Recent geopolitical events have reminded me of something I noticed for the first time some years ago with the degradation of engagement online.
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Brexit and voice referendums - 2023 October 13
There's a few similarities between the upcoming referendum in Australia and the Brexit referendum.
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Iron dome economics - 2023 October 08
With the outbreak of military hostilities in the Israel Palestine conflict this weekend there's been a constant stream of bad takes about the Iron Dome system and wartime economics in general.
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The death of full employment - 2023 September 21
Technology is moving in such a way that advances in AI will mean that barring massive changes some fraction of people will now be permanently unemployed. This effect of technological unemployment will be most harshly felt in locations with a combination of high wages and high cost of living since the equilibrium forces push more strongly towards replacing labor with capital expenditure in such places. AI is a crucial change because it greatly expands the types of jobs that can be replaced and progress in technology means that the capital expenditure needed to replace labour with technology has dropped. We should revisit assumptions that people who's jobs are destroyed will be able to move to other jobs easily.
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You don't have all the time in the world - 2023 September 21
Figuring out what to do with your life in your 20s is incredibly important. Some people treat this casually but most of those people deeply regret it later in life. Don't fall into this trap, even if other people are.
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End of the golden era of internet searching - 2023 September 19
Noticed how it is now far harder to find some things on the internet these days? You aren't alone.
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