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What began as a goofy little Saturday afternoon experiment with a chatbot became, in some ways, one of the most interesting things I've ever had the pleasure of sharing with you all. I hope you enjoy My Dinner With Pyotr. https://paragraph.com/@thumbsup/my-dinner-with-pyotr

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Just beat Uncharted 4. What an absolute joy that game was. I have nothing but good things to say about it. Enthralling, action packed, and fun. Also it played super well on Steam Deck OLED. I was running it at max with FSR and LSFG, getting around 30 fps. Could easily get more at lower settings but I’m a sucker for good graphics.

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The way Ice Cubes and Mona are approaching UX in SwiftUI with user-centric interactions makes me enjoy using Mastodon more than Bluesky or Farcaster even though, it has less good content over all. It can’t be said enough that building native experiences is far more worthwhile than investing time in clunky, messy, or otherwise overly opinionated (especially when those opinions add nothing of value to the user) paradigms.

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I’ve talked before about TCL’s NXTPAPER displays and devices. I think these devices have the most interesting screen technology currently available. - Flicker-free - Low blue light - Tri-mode (full color, e-paper color, e-paper b&w) - High refresh rates - Low power consumption - Low reflection - Paper-like texture And the new Note A1 tablet combines that technology with a Remarkable/Boox-like UI. I will definitely be watching this one closely. https://www.tcl.com/global/en/tcl-nxtpaper-technology https://notea1.tcl.com/

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Dmytri Kleiner whose coined term *venture communism* was one of the key sources for my article “Tales From the Mushroom Commune” is a really interesting person to follow on Bluesky. His takes are edgy, techno-optimistic, but still rooted in leftist theory. https://bsky.app/profile/dmytri.to

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New issue of the monthly newsletter is out now 📬 On Sunday as I was finalizing the newsletter I got sidelined by some things that delayed finishing it and when I returned to it on the 1st, I realized there was so much more I wanted to say, so I basically rewrote it all. So here it is, a little late, but something I’m really proud of. This one focuses on Julian Assange and his role in the cypherpunk movement, and asks the question “what technologies do we need to build, strengthen, and protect?” Enjoy 💚 https://thumbsup.mirror.xyz/xd8jeGC04TN_C8RJzbKzS7C4uqu2zHRCTh-fpPezP4o

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