Tristan Louis
@tnl.net
Optimist; builder; instigator; entrepreneur; writer; father; New Yorker; immigrant (not necessarily in that order)
CEO at @Casebook.net
Voted for the woman both times because =>÷
More at https://www.tnl.net
CEO at @Casebook.net
Voted for the woman both times because =>÷
More at https://www.tnl.net
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Tristan Louis
@tnl.net
· Jan 9
I wrote this on a mailing list as support for friends but figured I'd share more broadly:
Here are my 10 rules for these trying times
Here are my 10 rules for these trying times
A spirituality scholar on Peter Thiel's vision of the AntiChrist and religious dogma: arcmag.org/peter-thiels...
#longread #interesting
#longread #interesting
Peter Thiel’s Surprisingly Simple Antichrist | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
It was, admittedly, not a great reveal. Under the shroud of secrecy—no streaming, no phones, $200 tickets—Silicon Valley Svengali Peter Thiel, the billionaire co-founder of PayPal and Palantir (among ...
arcmag.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
A spirituality scholar on Peter Thiel's vision of the AntiChrist and religious dogma: arcmag.org/peter-thiels...
#longread #interesting
#longread #interesting
Reminder: The internet was built to route around damage on a communication route. By centralizing on #cloudflare, #AWS, #Azure, and #GoogleCloud, we've removed the redundancy model that was core to the initial internet principles.
www.techradar.com/pro/live/a-c...
www.techradar.com/pro/live/a-c...
A Cloudflare outage is taking down large parts of the internet - X, ChatGPT and more affected, here's what we know
Cloudflare issues are affecting many websites
www.techradar.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Reminder: The internet was built to route around damage on a communication route. By centralizing on #cloudflare, #AWS, #Azure, and #GoogleCloud, we've removed the redundancy model that was core to the initial internet principles.
www.techradar.com/pro/live/a-c...
www.techradar.com/pro/live/a-c...
This is absolutely brutal and also so clear-headed: investing101.substack.com/p/build-what...
“Build What’s Fundable”
YC’s Formula For Startup Manufacturing
investing101.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This is absolutely brutal and also so clear-headed: investing101.substack.com/p/build-what...
Reposted by Tristan Louis
I'm heartbroken to share that my friend of 30 yrs, Arthur Phillip Delchi, @delchi.bsky.social, DJ Delchi, has left us.
A founding force behind DEF CON’s Hackers with Disabilities, a member of cDc Ninja Strike Force, a L0pht regular who DJed our wildest parties (two of those moments captured below)
A founding force behind DEF CON’s Hackers with Disabilities, a member of cDc Ninja Strike Force, a L0pht regular who DJed our wildest parties (two of those moments captured below)
November 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I'm heartbroken to share that my friend of 30 yrs, Arthur Phillip Delchi, @delchi.bsky.social, DJ Delchi, has left us.
A founding force behind DEF CON’s Hackers with Disabilities, a member of cDc Ninja Strike Force, a L0pht regular who DJed our wildest parties (two of those moments captured below)
A founding force behind DEF CON’s Hackers with Disabilities, a member of cDc Ninja Strike Force, a L0pht regular who DJed our wildest parties (two of those moments captured below)
Findings:
A. Can't blame the users
B. If you used it, you have to pay for it.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Bad new for a lot of generative #AI companies. You can no longer use free labor.
A. Can't blame the users
B. If you used it, you have to pay for it.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Bad new for a lot of generative #AI companies. You can no longer use free labor.
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Findings:
A. Can't blame the users
B. If you used it, you have to pay for it.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Bad new for a lot of generative #AI companies. You can no longer use free labor.
A. Can't blame the users
B. If you used it, you have to pay for it.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Bad new for a lot of generative #AI companies. You can no longer use free labor.
Well, here's how @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social could easily pay for all the free stuff.
Here's an idea: if you're a billionaire, you should have to carry a billionaire license.
(🧵 1/)
#BillionaireLicense
(🧵 1/)
#BillionaireLicense
November 15, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Well, here's how @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social could easily pay for all the free stuff.
I love NYC. Even more so tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I love NYC. Even more so tonight.
Regarding the #IceBlock story:
"I told you so"s can be so annoying but...
tnl.net/blog/2010/05...
I told you so...
"I told you so"s can be so annoying but...
tnl.net/blog/2010/05...
I told you so...
Internet Lockdown – TNL.net
I examine the new points of lockdown to Internet access.
tnl.net
October 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Regarding the #IceBlock story:
"I told you so"s can be so annoying but...
tnl.net/blog/2010/05...
I told you so...
"I told you so"s can be so annoying but...
tnl.net/blog/2010/05...
I told you so...
Reposted by Tristan Louis
Now this is Content
September 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Now this is Content
Getting 1 paper in Nature is a big deal. This team has 3... in the current issue... and they built a 3,000 qubits computer... and it ran for 2 hours before they shut it down... these advancements should be a much bigger story in the mainstream press:
phys.org/news/2025-09...
phys.org/news/2025-09...
Physicists demonstrate 3,000 quantum-bit system capable of continuous operation
One often-repeated example illustrates the mind-boggling potential of quantum computing: A machine with 300 quantum bits could simultaneously store more information than the number of particles in the...
phys.org
September 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Getting 1 paper in Nature is a big deal. This team has 3... in the current issue... and they built a 3,000 qubits computer... and it ran for 2 hours before they shut it down... these advancements should be a much bigger story in the mainstream press:
phys.org/news/2025-09...
phys.org/news/2025-09...
Interesting idea of using the 21st amendment as a template. This should be on every democrats and Republicans sponsorship list. Not just because of #CharlieKirk but also because of #MelissaHortman and because of off the children and adults killed in mass shootings recently and before.
Hey @aoc.bsky.social here's something YOU could do: how about intriducing the following:
"The #CharlieKirk amendment (amendment 28)": repealing the 3nd amendment. Content below
#becauseguns #gunlaw #2ndamendment #guncontrol
"The #CharlieKirk amendment (amendment 28)": repealing the 3nd amendment. Content below
#becauseguns #gunlaw #2ndamendment #guncontrol
September 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Interesting idea of using the 21st amendment as a template. This should be on every democrats and Republicans sponsorship list. Not just because of #CharlieKirk but also because of #MelissaHortman and because of off the children and adults killed in mass shootings recently and before.
September 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This, right here, articulates so much of what I've been thinking lately:
www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...
#AI
www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...
#AI
None of this is real and it doesn't matter - Raw Signal Group
The difference between the theater of work and actual work.
www.rawsignal.ca
September 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This, right here, articulates so much of what I've been thinking lately:
www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...
#AI
www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...
#AI
This seems increasingly relevant these days:
Third Amendment
No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Third Amendment
No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
August 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
This seems increasingly relevant these days:
Third Amendment
No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Third Amendment
No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
I've just learned that PR maven and proto-blogger Shel Israel has passed away, 5 weeks after getting hit by a car. RIP.
August 14, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I've just learned that PR maven and proto-blogger Shel Israel has passed away, 5 weeks after getting hit by a car. RIP.
While the tech world is abuzz with #superintelligence, can someone do something to improve normal intelligence?
#AI #Meta
#AI #Meta
August 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
While the tech world is abuzz with #superintelligence, can someone do something to improve normal intelligence?
#AI #Meta
#AI #Meta
We are 6 months into the #Trump presidency (from day 1)
The average price of gas is 3.16$/gallon (flat)
The average price of eggs is $4.82/dozen (+$.67)
Inflation rate is 2.7% (+.2%)
Unemployment rate is 4.4% (+.3%)
The average price of gas is 3.16$/gallon (flat)
The average price of eggs is $4.82/dozen (+$.67)
Inflation rate is 2.7% (+.2%)
Unemployment rate is 4.4% (+.3%)
100 days ago: bsky.app/profile/tnl....
Today is the first full day of the Trump presidency.
The average price of gas is $3.164/gallon
The average price of eggs is $4.15/dozen
Inflation rate is 2.9%
Unemployment rate is 4.1%
NASDAQ closed its last session at 19,630.20
DJI (Down Jones) closed its last session at 43,487.83
The average price of gas is $3.164/gallon
The average price of eggs is $4.15/dozen
Inflation rate is 2.9%
Unemployment rate is 4.1%
NASDAQ closed its last session at 19,630.20
DJI (Down Jones) closed its last session at 43,487.83
July 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
We are 6 months into the #Trump presidency (from day 1)
The average price of gas is 3.16$/gallon (flat)
The average price of eggs is $4.82/dozen (+$.67)
Inflation rate is 2.7% (+.2%)
Unemployment rate is 4.4% (+.3%)
The average price of gas is 3.16$/gallon (flat)
The average price of eggs is $4.82/dozen (+$.67)
Inflation rate is 2.7% (+.2%)
Unemployment rate is 4.4% (+.3%)
Call me nerdy if you want but I found this exploration of the history of Mac System settings absolutely fascinating: aresluna.org/frame-of-pre...
#ComputerHistory #Mac
#ComputerHistory #Mac
Frame of preference
A story of early Mac settings told by 10 emulators.
aresluna.org
July 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Call me nerdy if you want but I found this exploration of the history of Mac System settings absolutely fascinating: aresluna.org/frame-of-pre...
#ComputerHistory #Mac
#ComputerHistory #Mac
I worry that human stupidity is growing at a faster rate than artificial intelligence.
July 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I worry that human stupidity is growing at a faster rate than artificial intelligence.
Today is July 4th and this document feels more relevant than ever:
www.archives.gov/founding-doc...
Read it, preferably out loud and in public.
#FourthOfJuly #US #USPolitics #DeclarationOfIndependence
www.archives.gov/founding-doc...
Read it, preferably out loud and in public.
#FourthOfJuly #US #USPolitics #DeclarationOfIndependence
Declaration of Independence: A Transcription | National Archives
Note: The following text is a transcription of the Stone Engraving of the parchment Declaration of Independence (the document on display in the Rotunda at the National Archives Museum.) The spelling and punctuation reflects the original.
www.archives.gov
July 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Today is July 4th and this document feels more relevant than ever:
www.archives.gov/founding-doc...
Read it, preferably out loud and in public.
#FourthOfJuly #US #USPolitics #DeclarationOfIndependence
www.archives.gov/founding-doc...
Read it, preferably out loud and in public.
#FourthOfJuly #US #USPolitics #DeclarationOfIndependence
#GOP talks about #fraud in #Medicare and #Medicaid but no one asks how many: last year, it was 1,151 cases.
For comparison, there were 1,677 cases of COVID-related tax fraud for the same period and 979 defense spending tax fraud cases in the same period (each with larger $$$)
#USPolitics
For comparison, there were 1,677 cases of COVID-related tax fraud for the same period and 979 defense spending tax fraud cases in the same period (each with larger $$$)
#USPolitics
July 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
#GOP talks about #fraud in #Medicare and #Medicaid but no one asks how many: last year, it was 1,151 cases.
For comparison, there were 1,677 cases of COVID-related tax fraud for the same period and 979 defense spending tax fraud cases in the same period (each with larger $$$)
#USPolitics
For comparison, there were 1,677 cases of COVID-related tax fraud for the same period and 979 defense spending tax fraud cases in the same period (each with larger $$$)
#USPolitics
We are now closer to 2050 than 2000.
July 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We are now closer to 2050 than 2000.
There was the Emoji movie and now the #F1 movie. There was a TV series call Spacebar... Now I understand the expression "Inspiration starts at the keyboard."
June 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
There was the Emoji movie and now the #F1 movie. There was a TV series call Spacebar... Now I understand the expression "Inspiration starts at the keyboard."