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Ben McKenzie

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“Like come on. They are here for crime.” Easy Money, out now. Wherever you buy books

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Ben McKenzie(@ben_mckenzie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great story w/ Tether, Binance, and what sure as hell looks like money laundering. nytimes.com/2023/12/25/tec…

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Grady Booch(@Grady_Booch) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There is a disturbingly large set of researchers in artificial intelligence who believe that if you give them a collection of data big enough and mountain of GPUs on which to train, they can build a mind.

They are, respectfully, so very wrong.

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Stephen Diehl(@smdiehl) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The purpose of crypto has always been for a few insiders and hedge funds to rip off desperate (or stupid) retail investors who toss their money away into a rigged casino.

The tech and everything else is just marketing for the casino.

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Rho Rider(@RhoRider) 's Twitter Profile Photo

⚠️⛔️The misinfo regarding Cash Creates vs In-Kind $BTC ETFs is wild rn

Heres a simple Q&A for anyone still confused:

♦️1. What is a Spot Bitcoin ETF?

An investment vehicle designed to move w/ the price of Bitcoin. Each share represents the rights to redeem a % of physical…

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This year was unusually stuffed with great books about tech + society, so I considered myself contractually obligated to generate some best-of list content about it

10 essential tech books of 2023, including Malcolm Harris's Palo Alto, Naomi Klein's Dopelganger + lots others:

This year was unusually stuffed with great books about tech + society, so I considered myself contractually obligated to generate some best-of list content about it 10 essential tech books of 2023, including @BigMeanInternet's Palo Alto, @NaomiAKlein's Dopelganger + lots others:
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Judd Legum(@JuddLegum) 's Twitter Profile Photo

1. New ads by Coinbase 🛡️📞 prey on the financial anxieties of Gen Z

In one ad, a young woman gets good grades, goes to college, and ends up saddled with debt. She can't afford to start a family, buy a house, or even a used car

The solution to her problems? Crypto

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1. New ads by @coinbase prey on the financial anxieties of Gen Z In one ad, a young woman gets good grades, goes to college, and ends up saddled with debt. She can't afford to start a family, buy a house, or even a used car The solution to her problems? Crypto 🧵
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H.E. Cas Piancey(@CasPiancey) 's Twitter Profile Photo

When The Tether Papers were released some analyst said it “wasn’t news”

Others like Jeff John Roberts and Tim Copeland hand-waved the amazing work by Protos by saying I worked on it, therefore it wasn’t up to snuff.

Today we got mentioned in front of the senate.

Fuck you 3.

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