The Sound of FuryFeb 23
inside anduril's race to build america's first autonomous fighter jet — and the pentagon's bet that robotic airpower will redefine warfare in the decades to come
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A Eulogy for Dial-Up
aol announces it's shutting down dial-up, marking the end of an era when the internet was a new frontier. soon the sound of dial-up will be a curious relic, like the telegram. rest in power.
Visakan Veerasamy
Aug 15, 2025
Earlier this week, AOL said it was killing dial-up internet. And the feeling for many is bittersweet. In this piece for Pirate Wires, Visakan Veerasamy — best known for his book Friendly Ambitious Nerd, and for essays about that ethos — eulogizes the end of an era, and what's worth remembering. RIP AOL. RIP the sound of beeps and boops. RIP the under-optimized internet that once was.
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The SpaceX Merger: If You Want More Compute, Leave EarthFeb 12
the real chokepoint in the ai race is power, and elon is betting he can generate power in space faster than our glacial bureaucracy will allow down here on earth
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Polymarket v. Kalshi: A Complete Timeline of The Prediction Market Meme WarsFeb 6
this week, two leading betting platforms upped the ante in their blood feud by surprising broke new yorkers with free groceries. how did we get here?
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