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  • Implications of the failure of the Adobe-Figma deal.

    Personally, I’m very glad this deal panned out the way it did… we’re beyond time where blitz-scaling in healthy for an innovation eco-system. Hopefully we’ll start to think small and profitable again… nah, who the fuck am I kidding? With that said, I have a firm belief in the entrepreneurial ethos — figure out a…

  • Vanquishing ‘Big Tech’ For Good | Cory Doctorow | TMR

    When the tech platforms promised a future of “connection,” they were lying. They said their “walled gardens” would keep us safe, but those were prison walls. The platforms locked us into their systems and made us easy pickings, ripe for extraction. Twitter, Facebook and other Big Tech platforms are hard to leave by design. They…

  • Historical Buddhist site master plan looks like a fantasy biodiversity space

    By virtue of it’s role… large scale religious architecture is always stunning and inspiring. Picking up Apple campus vibes 🫠 Located in western Nepal, the Stupa or “heap” of Ramagrama is one of the most important locations in Buddhism, combining religious, historical, and cultural heritage in a single place. A centuries-old Bodhi tree sits on…

  • Entanglement on-demand achieved in breakthrough study pointing to “new frontier” in quantum science

    [Lawrence] Cheuk calls the utilization of molecules for quantum science “a new frontier”, adding that the team’s ability to showcase entanglement essentially on-demand represents a significant step toward eventually demonstrating that molecules could be used in practical systems for the application of quantum science. “Our results demonstrate the key building blocks needed for quantum applications…

  • I made a (useless) quantum computer at home

  • Monopoly Round-Up: We’re Slowly Breaking the Will of the Bad Guys

    This week was the 250th anniversary of the most famous anti-monopoly protest in history, the Boston Tea Party. In a nice coincidence, this week also saw multiple important victories for antitrust enforcers and private litigants, including some ground-breaking legal precedents and a circuit court win. Let’s start with the squealing from the baddies. Big tech proponents got…

  • Honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi

    In recent decades, we’ve seen a growing understanding of the importance of honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi, including amongst tauiwi (non-Māori). Many of us have experienced the benefits of Māori leadership and changes which reflect Te Tiriti commitments to work together and share decision making on important issues. We value the development of respectful and…

  • Is it too much to not be a hypocrite?

    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/504994/christopher-luxon-s-reo-maori-lessons-paid-for-by-taxpayer

  • Why Does The Law Fail Women So Badly? (w/ Julie Suk)

    Julie Suk is a professor of law at Fordham University. Her new book “After Misogyny: How the Law Fails Women and What to Do About It” is about why the law has not succeeded at eliminating patriarchy despite advances in formal gender equality. Suk acknowledges that legal feminists like Ruth Bader Ginsburg helped bring about…

  • Photonic Crystals Could Be Exactly What Breakthrough Starshot is Looking For

    The team show how a silicon nitride photonics crystal with a thin silicon membrane can achieve the high levels of reflectivity in the 1300nm to 1500nm wavelengths required for light sails. The potential in the sails is significant with the manufacturing techniques able to scale up to several metres which may well set the scene…