Richard Gargan

It is inflation though, a $50 game in 1995 would be $105.41 in 2025, so games are actually cheaper today - www.dollartimes.com/inflation/in...

In case you missed it: Gemini (and consequently AI Mode) IS BEING TRAINED by Google's traditional search signals (cough, *PageRank*)

Talk about the death of link building or SEO 😎

/weekend reading

YouTube video by The Wall Street Journal We Tested Google Veo and Runway to Create This AI Film. It Was Wild. | WSJ

Just watched @joannastern.bsky.social's AI-made film (she used 1000 AI clips to keep one robot's face straight!)

Tool stack Veo3, Runway, Midjourney + Suno and a lot of editing! Film: youtu.be/US2gO7UYEfY

Need to play around with this myself.

Could I ask what made you switch from Netmaker to Headscale? Super curious

I used to laugh at the "em dash = AI" meme...

Now I’m convinced it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy:

Writers loved —, so AI copied it, then the crowd yelled “bot!”, so writers will now ditch it.

Chart + data:
github.com/v4nn4/em-das...

@cap.so any plans to support Windows with Snapdragon ARM processors? Their market share is increasing - www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

Currently the camera isn't working properly with Cap on my Snapdragon laptop

+1 on Netmaker, but I'm biased as I'm on their team :)

@liverpoolecho.co.uk 👀

Ex-Google insider reveals: Google only sends you to other websites when forced to.

Link to Bloomberg article - archive.md/j0GoX

Plus I don't think governments will let them kill local media. eg France just fined them $270m - archive.md/wJn6D

1100% growth in 3 months to a European SaaS alternatives site 🚀

- Reddit sending more traffic than Google
- LinkedIn = #1 social referrer
- Americans = 4th largest visitor group

The privacy revolution isn't just European - it's global.

Link to their @plausible.io - plausible.io/european-alt...

Why pay for search?

Because Google bombards you with ads & irrelevant results.

@kagi.com ($10/mo):

No ads.
No tracking.
Block annoying sites like Pinterest.
Create custom "lenses" to see only results you trust.

Simple trade: you pay $10, Kagi gives you the internet you actually want.

Thanks so much, just installed the ARM version 👌

Thanks, that's awesome 🙇

Qualcomm claims it owns 10% of U.S. Windows PC retail market for devices priced $800 and up A lot of qualifiers are required to get to the 10% figure.

Are you guys planning a Windows ARM version of Element? It's getting more and more market share www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

Why the Swedish Armed Forces’ switch to Signal misses the mark Genuine security requires a holistic approach that considers not just encryption but also data governance, accessibility, interoperability...

Swedish Armed Forces opts for Signal as a quick fix. A more strategic approach would ensure communications remain sovereign, interoperable, resilient, and secure.

Something unusual is happening - during a risk-off period, the US dollar is weakening while the Euro strengthens.

Last time this happened was March 2020, as SaaS companies saw deal slowdowns and contract cancellations.

It proved SaaS isn’t immune to economic turmoil - it’s deeply connected!

🌎 "Gulf of America" on Google Maps? Nope.

Tested every alternative app. Winner? 👇

HERE Maps

✓ Cleaner UI than Google/Apple.
✓ Offline maps: Download entire countries.
✓ No sneaky name changes. Just geography.

👉 Grab it:

apps.apple.com/us/app/here-... play.google.com/store/apps/d...

OpenAI's o3 model is live! openai.com/index/openai...

Awesome, thanks so much, queued it up 👌

Thanks, where can I watch more, can you post the YouTube link please?

There’s a FREE AI (DeepSeek) that rivals ChatGPT Plus—same quality, $0/month.

👉 Writes like a pro
👉 Handles complex questions
👉 Learns in real-time

But wait - what’s the catch? Nothing.

Link: chat.deepseek.com
Benchmarks: livebench.ai#/

Haha yes I just Googled it and got the carnivorous plants, almost perfect analogy to trap web spiders!

I found the fastest way to vanish from search results - without using “noindex!”

Say hello to Nepenthes: It traps web crawlers in an endless maze of nonsense 😂

Link to demo - zadzmo.org/nepenthes-de...
Link to install it on your site - zadzmo.org/code/nepenth... (don't install it lol)

Is it just me or is Tether printing new USDT to prop up the falling BTC price? If I was brave enough, I'd be shorting Bitcoin right now! #bitcoin #crypto #tether

But why is it insane, you haven't said anything

Is Iceland getting ready to join the EU? A new change in Iceland’s government means that joining the EU is back on the cards for Iceland.

Would you consider writing a Substack about Iceland possibly joining the Euro @pkrugman.bsky.social? This Substack article needs a counterbalance from someone who knows what they're talking about! mikegalsworthy.substack.com/p/is-iceland...
Hacker News comments - news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4253...

Curious as to what implicit subsidies are? Things like health costs?

The founding of the NHS: 75 years on On 5th July 1948 the National Health Service was established in the United Kingdom. Britain was the first western country to offer free at the point of use medical care to the whole population.[1] Sev...

UK was the first country history.blog.gov.uk/2023/07/13/t...

They did it by the Labour Party winning a landslide victory in the election. You are actively harming social reform because extremists don't win elections, in fact you put people off

Why Anthropic’s Claude Is a Hit with Tech Insiders A.I. insiders are falling for Claude, a chatbot from Anthropic. Is it a passing fad, or a preview of artificial relationships to come?

I'm 100% with you, thought this was an interesting read
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/t...

Non-paywall version: archive.md/wrPpP