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Fight to Repair • 59 implied HN points • 07 Nov 23
🕹 Technology Economics Repair Community Ecology Global
  1. Right to repair is a common sense issue that is supported by the general public as it is a fairly simple concept that people can relate to.
  2. The right to repair movement goes beyond just fixing phones and computers; it touches on labor, ecological systems, and technology, providing a critical lens to view larger societal problems.
  3. Repair is a global concern that transcends national and cultural boundaries, highlighting its universal importance as a human activity.

10 AI stories that shaped 2024

Artificial Ignorance • 100 implied HN points • 27 Dec 24
🕹 Technology Infrastructure Regulation AI Innovation Data Trends
  1. AI is now a part of everyday life, making things easier and more efficient. It's moving from being a fun tool to a necessary part of our routines.
  2. Big companies are investing huge amounts of money in AI technology and infrastructure. They're building data centers and buying powerful computer chips to support AI's growth.
  3. New AI models are getting smarter and better at reasoning. These advancements allow AI to solve complex problems in ways we haven't seen before.

The State of Photonic Computing<2025>

State of the Future • 57 implied HN points • 16 Apr 25
🕹 Technology Computing Networking Photonics Electronics Innovation
  1. Light is much faster than electricity and creates less heat, which is great for computers. However, using light instead of electricity in all parts of computers is really hard to do.
  2. One big challenge is that we don't have good ways to store information using only light yet. Current storage methods wear out too quickly, making them less reliable.
  3. Companies are focusing more on using light for connecting computers instead of for thinking tasks. This shift allows them to sell products now while working on more complex uses in the future.

"The Will To Believe" by William James

Center for Veb Account Research Newsletter • 3 implied HN points • 09 Jan 26
📖 Philosophy Mind History Religion Ethics Pragmatism Epistemology
  1. When a choice really matters—because the options feel live, are forced, and have important consequences—it can be reasonable to let your will or feelings decide a belief if the evidence can’t settle it; doing nothing is itself a risky choice.
  2. Belief formation is a psychological process that mixes feeling, effort, and habit, and once a belief is fixed it tends to lose its doubt; forming beliefs always involves trade-offs between different kinds of error, so you should pick a risk attitude that fits the situation.
  3. Truth is practical and fallible: aim for beliefs that work and can be improved by evidence rather than for absolute certainty, and use evidence to make options live and testable while tolerating different reasonable stances on beliefs.

The Demise of Silicon Valley Bank

Net Interest • 496 implied HN points • 10 Mar 23
💰 Finance Banking Securities Deposits Regulation Bailout
  1. The demise of Silicon Valley Bank was caused by a collapse due to interest rate risk management and significant deposit outflows.
  2. Silicon Valley Bank's strategy of investing in securities was affected when rising interest rates led to significant unrealized losses, making the bank technically insolvent.
  3. The bank faced challenges in managing deposit outflows and was unable to satisfy demands due to a concentrated customer base and limited options like tapping into its securities portfolio.
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Easy Money

Dana Blankenhorn: Facing the Future • 39 implied HN points • 07 Feb 24
💼 Business Wealth Entrepreneurship Financial Markets Tech industry Politics
  1. The easy money era since 2008 has allowed individuals to rapidly amass wealth through financial maneuvering.
  2. Billionaires have a responsibility to the system that enabled their wealth, and disrespecting that system is unacceptable.
  3. Democracy is under threat due to the attitude of newly wealthy individuals who view themselves as superior beings.

Rethinking Craft Choices in Speculative Neuroethics

NEUROTECH FUTURES • 39 implied HN points • 15 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Neurotechnology Ethics Neuroethics
  1. The National Academy of Medicine commissioned a short story about neurotech to guide commercialization efforts.
  2. The case study provided a detailed exploration of potential positive and negative impacts of neurotechnology, but faced criticism for being too lengthy and complex.
  3. Critiques of the case study's craft choices include lack of clarity, failure to address real-world implications, and a missed opportunity for empathetic storytelling.

Virality: is it a little too easy to be true? | #35

The Pole • 59 implied HN points • 07 Nov 23
💼 Business Positioning Marketing Video content Audience engagement Finance
  1. Positioning is crucial for creating viral videos. You need to know your audience, why they would click on your video, and why they would watch it.
  2. Understanding audience retention is key. Even if your video gets clicks, it's important to keep viewers engaged throughout the content.
  3. Analyzing successful videos in your niche can provide insights for your own content creation. Researching and preparing before making videos can increase their effectiveness.

Unravelling the Magic of Shell Companies

False Positive • 39 implied HN points • 15 Jan 24
💰 Finance Money Laundering Regulation Transparency
  1. Investigating money laundering involves challenges such as identifying individuals, tracing illicit proceeds, and facing budget limitations in law enforcement.
  2. Beneficial ownership data is crucial in uncovering complex money laundering schemes involving shell companies that obscure the true owners and facilitate criminal activities.
  3. The new Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Database in the U.S. aims to enhance law enforcement capabilities by providing direct access to company ownership information, simplifying investigations and possibly reducing compliance costs for financial institutions.

The EU Cyber Resilience Act: Manufacturer Perspective

burkhardstubert • 59 implied HN points • 06 Nov 23
🕹 Technology Regulations Cybersecurity Software Development Data Protection Manufacturing
  1. The EU Cyber Resilience Act aims to improve the security of products with digital elements against cyber attacks. This is because many such products are currently vulnerable and offer little protection.
  2. Manufacturers are responsible for ensuring their products remain secure throughout their lifecycle. They must fix vulnerabilities quickly and provide clear information about any risks.
  3. There are strict penalties for manufacturers who do not comply with the Act, with fines that can be very high. Companies need to start improving their security practices to avoid these penalties.

Procrustes - en francais!

Squirrel Squadron Substack • 3 implied HN points • 13 Jan 26
💼 Business Customer success Operations Product Management Project management Strategy Leadership
  1. Be ruthless about scope: focus your team on solving the real business problems in priority order and cut anything not necessary to be ready by the deadline.
  2. Make hard decisions early so the team can finish the core work on time rather than stretching to satisfy endless custom requests.
  3. Use a skilled account manager to manage client expectations, reframe requirements as requests, and deliver what users need instead of promising every requested feature.

It's 2026 and life is still messy

Klement on Investing • 4 implied HN points • 02 Jan 26
💰 Finance Investing Markets Economics Behavioral Finance Portfolio Management Forecasting
  1. Prefer experimental and empirical evidence over abstract economic theory, because investing should be based on how the world actually behaves.
  2. Markets and economies are messy, complex social systems with many second‑ and third‑round effects, so simple “ceteris paribus” models and daily market noise often mislead.
  3. Use a clear rhythm for thinking: focus on ESG, deep economic and finance topics midweek, and lighter, quirky economic takes on Fridays, while staying curious and ready to challenge assumptions.

Procrustes - auf Deutsch!

Squirrel Squadron Substack • 3 implied HN points • 13 Jan 26
💼 Business Customer success Product Leadership Strategy Operations Project management
  1. Ruthlessly focus on the customer's real business problems and cut anything nonessential so the team can meet an immovable launch date.
  2. Use experienced customer-facing people to manage expectations, reframing many requests from “requirements” to “wishes” and disappointing customers tactfully when needed.
  3. Avoid micromanaging by scheduling regular update checkpoints in your calendar and making the team accountable for progress so you only act when issues are reported.

Bring Back Private Offices

Life Since the Baby Boom • 245 HN points • 04 Mar 24
💼 Business Cost efficiency
  1. Employees are resisting the return to open offices after the pandemic, showing preferences for private workspaces.
  2. Historically, office designs like cubicles and open spaces were not as effective as private offices for productivity and creativity.
  3. The push for open offices may be influenced by extroverted leadership preferences, despite introverted employees often thriving in private work settings.

Microsoft Sentinel SOC 101: How to Detect and Mitigate Rare Domains Seen in Cloud Logs with Microsoft Sentinel

Rod’s Blog • 59 implied HN points • 06 Nov 23
🕹 Technology Threat intelligence Security Cloud Computing Data Analysis Automation
  1. Rare or malicious domains in cloud logs can be used by attackers for phishing, malware delivery, data exfiltration, and command and control.
  2. Detection and analysis of rare domains in cloud logs can help identify threats like phishing attacks, malware delivery, data exfiltration, and command and control activities.
  3. Microsoft Sentinel offers features like built-in hunting queries, automation rules, and playbooks to help detect, enrich, validate, and respond to rare domains in cloud logs.

The Tech Buffet #12: Improve RAG Pipelines With These 3 Indexing Methods

The Tech Buffet • 59 implied HN points • 06 Nov 23
🕹 Technology Information Retrieval Machine Learning Performance Tuning Artificial Intelligence
  1. You can index data in different ways to improve how retrieval works. This means you don't always have to use the same data for both indexing and retrieving.
  2. One method is to break chunks of data into smaller parts. This helps ensure that the information retrieved is more relevant to what the user is looking for.
  3. Another approach is to index data by the questions they answer or their summaries. This makes it easier to find the right content, even if a user isn't very clear in their queries.

TSMC OIP Forum: Fabs, N3/N2+BSPN

More Than Moore • 303 implied HN points • 01 Dec 23
🕹 Technology Research Events Semiconductors Manufacturing Innovation
  1. TSMC is a leading foundry with a focus on developing cutting-edge technologies and hosting events to showcase their advancements and collaborations.
  2. TSMC's current focus is on production, including expanding fab capabilities and advancing in process nodes like N3 and N2 with improved performance and power efficiency.
  3. In addition to process nodes, TSMC is also working on advancements in memory technology like HBM3 and HBM4, as well as expanding analog design tools and focusing on 3D integration for complex chip packaging.

Our Moral Imperative to Avoid Unfathomable AI Suffering

Hunter’s Substack • 19 implied HN points • 12 Apr 24
🕹 Technology Sentience Consciousness Future implications Ethics AI
  1. Extreme, unproductive pain and suffering is objectively 'bad,' and we have a moral obligation to prevent unfathomable AI suffering.
  2. The development of AI capable of experiencing pain raises ethical concerns about the potential magnitude of AI suffering and our responsibility to prevent it.
  3. The possibility of creating a sentient AI that experiences extreme pain poses a significant moral dilemma that requires careful consideration and caution in AI research.

Weekly Dose of Optimism #118

Not Boring by Packy McCormick • 119 implied HN points • 01 Nov 24
🕹 Technology Innovation Engineering Biotechnology Artificial Intelligence Health
  1. Osmo Labs has made a breakthrough in scent teleportation. They can now predict how smells will be based on chemical structures, which could change how we experience scents online.
  2. Semaglutide, a diabetes drug, might help lower the risk of Alzheimer's disease. A study shows it significantly reduces the chances of first-time diagnosis in patients with type 2 diabetes.
  3. A company called Physical Intelligence is developing robots that can fold laundry like humans. This could save us from doing tedious chores and allow us to focus on more enjoyable tasks.

Why the Bitcoin Security Model Is Broken

Dan Hughes • 4 HN points • 26 Jul 24
🔮 Crypto Blockchain Bitcoin Economics Security Mining
  1. Bitcoin's security model relies on rising prices and transaction fees, which may not be sustainable long-term. If prices stop rising, it could lead to less funding for network security.
  2. The network can only handle a limited number of transactions due to the current block size limit, which affects how much miners earn from fees.
  3. To keep Bitcoin secure, the block size may need to be increased gradually. This way, more transactions can be processed, helping to fund the security budget effectively.

How to Fine-Tune Your Own Mistral-7B

The Beep • 39 implied HN points • 14 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Programming Machine Learning Natural Language Processing AI Models Data science
  1. You can fine-tune the Mistral-7B model using the Alpaca dataset, which helps the model understand and follow instructions better.
  2. The tutorial shows you how to set up your environment with Google Colab and install necessary libraries for training and tracking the model's performance.
  3. Once you prepare your data and configure the model, training it involves monitoring progress and adjusting settings to get the best results.

The Minneapolis Miracle

Erdmann Housing Tracker • 252 implied HN points • 23 Feb 24
💰 Finance Construction Housing Rents Economic Trends
  1. Minneapolis experienced a drop in rents in 2021 and 2022 but the correlation between housing construction and rent trends isn't conclusive. It's important to assess data carefully before drawing conclusions.
  2. Auckland, New Zealand, has visible rent decreases due to effective supply-side reforms, contrasting with Minneapolis where the impact of such reforms is less clear.
  3. The correlation between income, new home construction, and rent inflation post-Great Recession reveals unusual patterns, possibly influenced by mortgage suppression policies, highlighting the need for comprehensive data analysis.

Bullet Points: OpenAI looks for its FarmVille, 90s tech nostalgia, and more on the Substack drama

The Future, Now and Then • 275 implied HN points • 13 Jan 24
🕹 Technology AI Content Moderation Platform Nostalgia Media
  1. OpenAI is aiming to become a platform similar to how Facebook invited developers for apps.
  2. Nostalgia for 90s tech optimism is prevalent but may not be constructive for the present tech landscape.
  3. The Substack management issues are conflicting with their core value of empowering writers to build their own audience.

Why inviting others to steal your ideas can propel you forward

Bold & Open • 39 implied HN points • 14 Jan 24
💼 Business Open Source Innovation Marketing Intellectual Property Entrepreneurship
  1. Creating unnecessary scarcity by holding tightly to ideas through patents, trademarks, and copyright can limit opportunities and hinder growth.
  2. Embracing piracy and copycats can lead to collaboration and new opportunities for growth by leveraging the attention and ideas they bring.
  3. Focus on making what is naturally scarce in your work the core of your offering, and build around it to create value and sustain your business model.

The Sequence Radar #549: Google, Microsoft and Anthropic Monster AI Week

TheSequence • 49 implied HN points • 25 May 25
🕹 Technology Conferences Development Research Software AI
  1. Google is making big strides towards creating Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) with new models like Gemini 2.5 and features such as a universal AI assistant called Project Astra.
  2. Microsoft is focusing on 'agentic AI', which means they're developing AI that can work independently to complete complex tasks, supported by their new Azure AI Foundry.
  3. Anthropic introduced the Claude 4 series, which improves reasoning abilities in AI models and emphasizes safety and ethical behavior, helping developers build smarter AI systems.

Marvin’s Best Weekly Reads January 14th, 2024

The Hard Fork by Marvin Liao • 39 implied HN points • 14 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Entrepreneurship Startups Innovation AI Space
  1. El Segundo's hardware scene has been thriving with the influence of companies like SpaceX, shaping a positive hardware ecosystem with various local companies.
  2. Lessons from history and human civilization show a long and significant past.
  3. Seed investing is evolving, with Seed becoming the new Series A, emphasizing the importance of understanding market dynamics for success.

2nd Look at Local Housing Markets in May

CalculatedRisk Newsletter • 43 implied HN points • 11 Jun 25
💰 Finance Market Trends Real Estate Sales Data Inventory Analysis Economic Indicators
  1. Closed home sales in May decreased by 3.9% compared to last year, which indicates a continuing downward trend in the housing market.
  2. New listings of homes increased by 10.2% year-over-year, but they're still lower than the levels seen in May 2019.
  3. Active inventory is rising significantly, with an increase of 36.9% compared to last year, showing more options for buyers this spring.

Intellectual Laziness

MD&A • 404 implied HN points • 04 Jul 23
💼 Business Corporate culture Finance Accounting Management Strategy
  1. Intellectual laziness can lead to catastrophic corporate failures, as seen in the case of GE and SVB.
  2. Managers who prioritize manipulating short-term earnings over creating long-term shareholder value are intellectually lazy.
  3. Intellectual rigor is essential in identifying underrated managers and avoiding overrated ones.

Release: ACPeds (20 GB)

Distributed Email of Secrets • 455 implied HN points • 03 May 23
🌐 International Ethics Data Breach Leaks
  1. Data leak from the American College of Pediatricians reveals sensitive information like donor details and passwords
  2. The leaked files include internal documents about ACPeds donors, finances, and members' information
  3. ACPeds has faced rejection as an Amazon Smile charity and scrutiny for using questionable sources for information

The Case For An AI Productivity Suite

Cobus Greyling on LLMs, NLU, NLP, chatbots & voicebots • 19 implied HN points • 12 Apr 24
🕹 Technology Business Processes AI Tools Automation Productivity Data Management
  1. An AI productivity suite helps people and businesses work more efficiently by combining tools for tasks like data analysis and automation.
  2. It allows users to automate regular tasks, freeing them to focus on more important work, and offers easy customization through no-code options.
  3. These suites also promote teamwork by improving communication and sharing among team members, leading to better project outcomes.

#23: How to Write a Good Pitch Deck

Loeber on Substack • 122 implied HN points • 27 Oct 24
💼 Business Entrepreneurship Investment Marketing Startups Finance
  1. A good pitch deck should help the investor easily create an investment memo. This means your deck should be clear and focused on key points.
  2. Always consider what an investment memo looks like, and make sure your pitch deck provides all the necessary information an investor might need to write it.
  3. Try to anticipate and answer common investor questions in your deck. This makes it easier for them to understand your business and advocate for you.