Zero trust is one of the most annoying developments as a consumer of software and services. There has to be a better solution out there.

Blake Crouch David McCloskey Erik Larson

My wife tried to get a replacement for a Home Depot order where the wrong item was delivered. The AI chatbot told her to report it to the police as theft. She had to override it to speak with a representative who quickly resolved the issue. Still a long way to go…

europeans prepared to respond… on monday

Where does this “more data” come from? Has anyone figured out that out?

I should know better, but $DSGR reaction a bit overdone.

2026 property tax assessment is up 53% from 2024...local government taxing phantom value. Time to fire up Claude and write the most polite "hell no" appeal letter of my life.

Well observed. One of the more accurate takes on the international feel of different parts of the US.

Frictionless access means the best music ever made now competes directly. Why listen to a mediocre 2026 album when you can listen to Led Zeppelin?

This morning I read BuccoCapital Bloke's "Friction is a Feature" and Morgan Housel's "Long-Term Money." Both address friction in modern life, one broadly pessimistic and the other optimistic. My key takeaway is that the examined life is both harder and more necessary than ever.

Turns out Thomas Merton rode the Jungfraubahn as a child and hated it.

Just got quoted $450 to replace a hose bib today... A HOSE BIB! These plumbers have lost their minds.