Civilization Is Not the Default. Violence Is
https://apropos.substack.com/p/civilization-is-a-public-good
https://apropos.substack.com/p/civilization-is-a-public-good
Substack
Civilization Is Not the Default. Violence Is.
On feudalism, Pax Americana and the changing world order
The FCC just saved Netgear from its router ban for no obvious reason
https://www.theverge.com/tech/911888/netgear-router-ban-conditional-approval
https://www.theverge.com/tech/911888/netgear-router-ban-conditional-approval
The Verge
The FCC just saved Netgear from its router ban for no obvious reason
How did Netgear do it? Nobody’s saying.
OpenAI's $852B valuation faces investor scrutiny amid strategy shift, FT reports
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/openai-investors-question-852-billion-valuation-strategy-shifts-ft-reports-2026-04-14/
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/openai-investors-question-852-billion-valuation-strategy-shifts-ft-reports-2026-04-14/
Amazon to acquire Globalstar and expand Amazon Leo satellite network
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260414237496/en/Amazon-to-Acquire-Globalstar-and-Expand-Amazon-Leo-Satellite-Network
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260414237496/en/Amazon-to-Acquire-Globalstar-and-Expand-Amazon-Leo-Satellite-Network
Businesswire
Amazon to Acquire Globalstar and Expand Amazon Leo Satellite Network
Today Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Globalstar, Inc. (NASDAQ:GSAT) announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Amazo...
MDalgorithms (AI Healthcare) – Hiring Growth Marketer – Remote – $80K-$140K
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/mdalgorithms-inc/jobs/LVODKN7-growth-marketer-for-a-rapidly-growing-consumer-ai-healthcare-startup
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/mdalgorithms-inc/jobs/LVODKN7-growth-marketer-for-a-rapidly-growing-consumer-ai-healthcare-startup
Y Combinator
Growth Marketer for a Rapidly Growing Consumer AI Healthcare Startup 🚀 at MDalgorithms Inc. | Y Combinator
About the company & mission
Today 90% of people can't afford to visit a Dermatologist. Our brands, MDhair, MDacne and Nuvane automatically analyze
the skin or hair using our AI technology and then deliver a customized treatment kit to the customers' doorstep.…
Today 90% of people can't afford to visit a Dermatologist. Our brands, MDhair, MDacne and Nuvane automatically analyze
the skin or hair using our AI technology and then deliver a customized treatment kit to the customers' doorstep.…
Anna's Archive Loses $322M Spotify Piracy Case Without a Fight
https://torrentfreak.com/annas-archive-loses-322-million-spotify-piracy-case-without-a-fight/
https://torrentfreak.com/annas-archive-loses-322-million-spotify-piracy-case-without-a-fight/
Torrentfreak
Anna's Archive Loses $322 Million Spotify Piracy Case Without a Fight * TorrentFreak
Spotify and several major record labels have secured a $322 million default judgment against the unknown operators of Anna's Archive.
Projected warming will exceed the long-term thermal limits of rice cultivation
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-03108-0
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-03108-0
Nature
Projected warming will exceed the long-term thermal limits of rice cultivation
Communications Earth & Environment - Asian rice cultivation has remained within consistent thermal limits for 9000 years while areas in Asia’s rice-producing nations exceeding these...
'Seeking connection': video game where players stopped shooting, started talking
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/apr/15/arc-raiders-players-stopped-shooting-started-talking
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/apr/15/arc-raiders-players-stopped-shooting-started-talking
the Guardian
‘Seeking connection’: the video game where players stopped shooting and started talking
In a post-apocalyptic landscape of cutthroat scavengers, surprisingly peaceful players are opting to team up and open up – a phenomenon that’s intriguing game developers and psychologists alike
New bill would let New Yorkers hang solar panels from windows
https://gothamist.com/news/here-comes-the-sun-new-bill-would-let-new-yorkers-hang-solar-panels-from-windows
https://gothamist.com/news/here-comes-the-sun-new-bill-would-let-new-yorkers-hang-solar-panels-from-windows
Gothamist
Here comes the sun: New bill would let New Yorkers hang solar panels from windows
The Sunny Act could remove barriers and allow all New Yorkers to hang their own solar panels.
Proliferate (YC S25) Is Hiring Founding Engineers
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/proliferate/jobs/L3copvK-founding-engineer
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/proliferate/jobs/L3copvK-founding-engineer
Sam Vimes 'Boots' Theory of Socio-Economic Unfairness
https://terrypratchett.com/explore-discworld/sam-vimes-boots-theory-of-socio-economic-unfairness/
https://terrypratchett.com/explore-discworld/sam-vimes-boots-theory-of-socio-economic-unfairness/
Terry Pratchett
Sam Vimes ‘Boots’ Theory of Socio-Economic Unfairness | Terry Pratchett
Perhaps one of the most popular quotes from the Discworld series is Sam Vimes’s ‘Boots’ Theory of Socio-economic Unfairness, propounded in Men at Arms: The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take…