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http://scripting.com/2026/04/01/135829.html
“As revolutionary as AI is, some things aren't going to be done with prompts, pretty sure of that… Think about how you drive a car, you don't slowly tell the car to "turn the wheel left and tap the brake, now right, and hit the gas." Maybe this will turn out to be like the difference between using a mouse or a keyboard. Some people thought keyboards were obsolete when the Mac came out in 1984. I'm using a keyboard right now.” @davew
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/03/31/ram-is-the-new-bearer-bond
“A good heist film targeting a big shipment of RAM chips would be very 2026.” @gruber
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/03/31/bi-fidji-simo
“Facebook is free to let product quality (and experience quality) fall by the wayside because their social platforms have such powerful network effects. People stay on Facebook and Instagram even as the experiences worsen because everyone they know is also still on those apps. There’s no network effect like that for ChatGPT.” @gruber
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/03/31/bi-fidji-simo
“It’s really something when the number in the company’s favor is a loss of $111 billion.” @gruber
https://kottke.org/26/04/andreessen-inability-sit-quietly
“He’s just describing psychopathy. Zero introspection, zero remorse, 100% actions that benefit you.” @kottke
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-entire-internet-is-a-ugc-reaction-video-now/
“nostalgia for "the old internet" has become its own genre of content (which is, of course, itself being optimized for engagement, because there's no exit door).” @Daojoan
I keep a folder in Apple Notes called “cursed websites,” where I save various artefacts that make me feel like the social contract has dissolved. Call it an act of self-loathing. Call it collecting evidence of the fall. Dansugc.com went straight into the folder this morning. It’s a
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-entire-internet-is-a-ugc-reaction-video-now/
“AI slop and human slop have now converged”@Daojoan
I keep a folder in Apple Notes called “cursed websites,” where I save various artefacts that make me feel like the social contract has dissolved. Call it an act of self-loathing. Call it collecting evidence of the fall. Dansugc.com went straight into the folder this morning. It’s a
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-entire-internet-is-a-ugc-reaction-video-now/
“There's a phrase you hear in marketing: "everyone is a creator now." It sounds democratizing, hopeful even, like the whole internet has become a Renaissance workshop where artisans and thinkers reach audiences directly. In practice, everyone is a marketer now.” @Daojoan
I keep a folder in Apple Notes called “cursed websites,” where I save various artefacts that make me feel like the social contract has dissolved. Call it an act of self-loathing. Call it collecting evidence of the fall. Dansugc.com went straight into the folder this morning. It’s a
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-entire-internet-is-a-ugc-reaction-video-now/
“The algorithmic timelines, the social media homogeneity, the death of truth, the proliferation of monetisation strategies and side hustles etc have all contributed to this moment: a growth hacked, engagement optimised, brand-building logic that has destroyed our ability to distinguish between a person sharing something they give a shit about, and a person executing a “content” strategy.” @Daojoan
I keep a folder in Apple Notes called “cursed websites,” where I save various artefacts that make me feel like the social contract has dissolved. Call it an act of self-loathing. Call it collecting evidence of the fall. Dansugc.com went straight into the folder this morning. It’s a
Kees van der Leun
