Thank You For Being a Friend đź”—
It's been one of those months, and by that, I mean one of the 663 months since I was born. This won't be a long post, because I only have two things t [...]
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Launching The Rural Guaranteed Minimum Income Initiative đź”—
It's been a year since I invited Americans to join us in a pledge to Share the American Dream: 1. Support organizations you feel are effectively helpi [...]
The Road Not Taken is Guaranteed Minimum Income đź”—
The dream is incomplete until we share it with our fellow Americans. [...]
Let's Talk About The American Dream đź”—
A few months ago I wrote about what it means to stay gold — to hold on to the best parts of ourselves, our communities, and the American Dream itself. [...]
Stay Gold, America đź”—
We are at an unprecedented point in American history, and I'm concerned we may lose sight of the American Dream. [...]
The Great Filter Comes For Us All đź”—
With a 13 billion year head start on evolution, why haven’t any other forms of life in the universe contacted us by now? (Arrival is a fantastic movi [...]
I Fight For The Users đź”—
If you haven’t been able to keep up with my blistering pace of one blog post per year, I don’t blame you. There’s a lot going on right now. It’s a bus [...]
The 2030 Self-Driving Car Bet đź”—
It’s my honor to announce that John Carmack and I have initiated a friendly bet of $10,000* to the 501(c)(3) charity of the winner’s choice: By Januar [...]
Updating The Single Most Influential Book of the BASIC Era đź”—
In a way, these two books are responsible for my entire professional career. With early computers, you didn’t boot up to a fancy schmancy desktop, or [...]
Building a PC, Part IX: Downsizing đź”—
Hard to believe that I’ve had the same PC case since 2011, and my last serious upgrade was in 2015. I guess that’s yet another sign that the PC is ove [...]
The Rise of the Electric Scooter đź”—
In an electric car, the (enormous) battery is a major part of the price. If electric car prices are decreasing, battery costs must be decreasing, beca [...]
Electric Geek Transportation Systems đź”—
I’ve never thought of myself as a “car person.” The last new car I bought (and in fact, now that I think about it, the first new car I ever bought) wa [...]
An Exercise Program for the Fat Web đź”—
When I wrote about App-pocalypse Now in 2014, I implied the future still belonged to the web. And it does. But it’s also true that the web has changed [...]
The Cloud Is Just Someone Else’s Computer 🔗
When we started Discourse in 2013, our server requirements were high: 1GB RAM modern, fast dual core CPU speedy solid state drive with 20+ GB I’m no [...]
What does Stack Overflow want to be when it grows up? đź”—
I sometimes get asked by regular people in the actual real world what it is that I do for a living, and here’s my 15 second answer: We built a sort of [...]