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Why Socialism Just Won't Die - Reason https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVU8fS3IJuE An absolutely excellent video from Reason looking at the NYC mayoral race but zooming out of that to look at why Socialism is rising in the US. Well produced. Short and persuasive. But most importantly it is seeking to explain how we got here. Why is Socialism appealing and why liberal (libertarian) ideas are dying. I would argue on both political sides. In my circles I see two things. Friends worried about Christian Nationalism and Socialism. None of the people I know are concerned about both. Its one or the other. It is interesting to watch. @SimpleStacker they don't mention RR Reno but they should have. Really aligns with his book well. Just from a Libertarian view point looking outward. Like, how can Libertarians fix some of the weaknesses that may lead to Socialism having such an appeal. https://stacker.news/items/1267987

Don't Let Anyone Tell You You Can't Solo Mine A Bitcoin Block https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin-home-miner-finds-block/ https://stacker.news/items/1267740

This story is getting pushed as IBM and Bitcoin. There is no mention of bitcoin in the release. When will bitcoiners stop this nonsense. If they don't mention bitcoin... its just shitcoining. It comes off as weakness when people force "bitcoin" onto these weak PRs. https://newsroom.ibm.com/ibm-digital-asset-haven

No One Knows What Bitcoin is - Here’s Proof. Joe Nakamoto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPGFN-0IhlM > Bitcoin is "mainstream" they. Everyone knows about Bitcoin, they say. > Here's 21 people who would strongly disagree. I whole heartedly agree. We are VERY early no matter how many people in your personal circle know about it. Its easy to forget how early we are. https://stacker.news/items/1266978

Which is Worse: Taxes or Fiat Money * Taxes are theft. * Fiat is manipulation of the base money in an economy by a few. If you could snap your fingers and eliminate one forever but no other which would you choose to eliminate? https://stacker.news/items/1266726

Boy Who Cried Quantum - Google Claims Quantum Leap, Bitcoin Security Concerns https://bitbo.io/news/google-quantum-bitcoin-threat/ Just carry on. Bitcoin don't care. This is fiat Silicon Valley pumping tactics intended for the tradfi crowd that doesn't understand computers. https://stacker.news/items/1263531

TheWeeklyDrop Issue 705 is out. Get up to date on what's happening in Drupal this week. https://theweeklydrop.com/archive/issue-705

Letter to a Young Person Worrying About AI https://commoncog.com/letter-to-a-young-person-worrying-about-ai/ > It is possible to act without prediction. Most good businesspeople don't attempt to predict the future. They instead design their lives and organizations for fast adaptation under uncertainty. You can safely ignore any essay that attempts to predict the future. Just look at what is happening right now - you'll have plenty of time to adapt. ~ TLDR Newsletter https://stacker.news/items/1261393

Claude Code is unreasonably good at building MVPs | Aaron Brethorst https://www.brethorsting.com/blog/2025/10/claude-code-is-unreasonably-good-at-building-mvps In my experience this has been true. LLMs have plenty of flaws but many can be overcome with skill/knowledge about how they work and how to minimize the effects. Time will tell how valuable these tools become and if they are profitable but it is promising for sure. > The counterargument I hear most often is that AI-generated code creates technical debt and quality problems. That’s absolutely true if you’re trying to ship Claude’s output directly to production. But for prototyping and validation, those concerns are premature optimization. You don’t need perfect code to validate whether people want your product. Like many things there is a desire in many of us to say it sucks. Especially if we feel threatened by it. This is even more true when people are clearly hyping something and being lose with facts and logic while doing so. Also true of the AI hype cycle. But, I have tried to push that stuff aside and see for myself if I can find use for these tools. I have access to many tools through work that I've been encouraged to evaluate. What I have seen so far does not threaten me in the slightest. One of the biggest things is that you can't trust these tools yet. I am not convinced you will ever be able to trust them. But if you have people that know what they are doing and have actual real world experience shipping software that works, on time and on budget these tools could be a massive boost to productivity. They aren't for the lazy. They aren't a replacement for devs. They seem to be an accelerant. If an engineer has experience with breaking down a project into small chunks and delegating tasks they have some of the skills to use LLMs with code generation effectively. But like working with a new junior dev, there is a learning curve. It is interesting to watch people that are clearly intimidated by the perceived threat. There's this idea that if they ignore them or refuse to use them they will go away. I really think my study of economics and economic history has helped me understand where to point my attention. I'm not gonna stop progress (if this is progress). As an economic actor my goal with work should be to make myself effective and indispensable. Its hard to do that with your head in the sand. https://stacker.news/items/1261372

AWS services recover after daylong outage hits major sites https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/20/amazon-web-services-outage-takes-down-major-websites.html > The outage was first reported at 3:11 a.m. ET in AWS’ main US-East-1 region hosted in northern Virginia. A notice on AWS’ status page said it was experiencing DNS problems with DynamoDB, its database service that underpins many other AWS applications. > "There are no solutions, only trade-offs" ~ Thomas Sowell AWS and its toolchain is amazing. Its also a point of failure. https://stacker.news/items/1261362

Vision Restored Using Prosthetic Retinal Implant https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/health/retinal-implant-macular-degeneration.html [Unpaywalled](https://archive.is/cu1u7) > The device could help a million people with a severe form of macular degeneration to be able to see enough to read. https://stacker.news/items/1261352

From Resident Aliens For those Chriatians so concerned about saving "our democracy" and think the current admin is beyond the pale.

TheWeeklyDrop Issue 704 is out. Get up to date on what's happening in Drupal this week. https://theweeklydrop.com/archive/issue-704

AI, Automation, and the Human Advantage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnqrtL6Obqg > This week, Bob tackles growing concerns about artificial intelligence, automation, and mass unemployment. Using the principles of marginal productivity and comparative advantage, he shows how the standard economic arguments still apply—even in the age of ChatGPT and robotics. Responding directly to viral tweets from Matt Walsh, Bob dismantles the popular belief that AI will inevitably destroy human labor markets. He explains why highly skilled labor has always coexisted with less-skilled workers and why new technologies, despite their disruptive effects, tend to improve standards of living for everyone over time. https://stacker.news/items/1256679

LLMs are in trouble - Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2s8I6yBrxE The article Prime discusses was posted by @carter https://stacker.news/items/1252124 A relatively small amount of malicious data can poison LLMs of any size. Interesting idea for sure. https://stacker.news/items/1256173

Which president said this? No cheating. "We can have no ‘50-50’ allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all."

TheWeeklyDrop Issue 703 is out. Get up to date on what's happening in Drupal this week. https://theweeklydrop.com/archive/issue-703

Massie Explains How to Fix Government Shutdowns - 2018 https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1975963790597554541 The solution he proposes is to pass 12 separate bills. The real takeaway from all this is that these slimeballs know exactly what they are doing. Its all for show. They don't care. The fact that there aren't many people explaining this to you on either side is to me evidence of the absolutely abysmal lack of character in these politicians. I haven't always been anti-government and opposed to the system. How did my view change? Paying attention and thinking about solving problems. Then realizing that if someone like me could figure it out the people in DC don't actually want solutions. They get their power on the PROMISE of doing things. Not doing things that solve problems. They gain power by dividing. Not by finding workable solutions that work for most people. They divide and conquer. https://stacker.news/items/1251513

No more loud commercials: Governor Newsom signs SB 576 | Governor of California https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/06/no-more-loud-commercials-governor-newsom-signs-sb-576/ Its about time these politicians do something about the real problems in society. Thanks Gavin! https://stacker.news/items/1251505

The best part of Trump to me is still how he lowers the illusion of civility and prestige in government. Many people are offended by this. These people hold the state in some degree of reverence and respect. I love seeing that fade away.