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apenwarr.ca
wvdial, bup, sshuttle, netselect, popularity-contest, redo, gfblip, GFiber, atlogin.net, and now Top Chicken @Tailscale.com doing WireGuard mesh. First search result for "epic treatise."
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Starting today, Aperture has a new runs-anywhere javascript chat UI. And universal authenticated data connectors. And a sandbox system. And works with any LLM including self-hosted. And you can swap out each of those components at will. Now talk to me about ecosystems tailscal…
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Creepy post-AI scifi novel where nothing is wrong, everyone is happy, money and resources are plentiful, and nobody is worried about this suspicious state of affairs except the reader who knows better. Suddenly, at the end, still nothing happens
A useful exercise is "even as an AI maximalist, what shows no sign of improving faster?" Construction. Government. Toilet plunging. Organizing my calendar. Space exploration. Airports. Human happiness. Cleaning toddler barf. Teaching kids to be good people. Assembling Ikea furniture. Wealth gaps.
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