Steve Mroszczak
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This is technically the longest piece we have published on @crazystupidtech.com thus far. It is long because @rodneyabrooks.bsky.social is an interesting guy and I can wait to go for round two!
Are you in the mood for a 6000-word interview about AI, Robotics, and get a lowdown on the hype and reality of the two of the hottest tech trends? Well, we have you covered in this chat with @rodneyabrooks.bsky.social (Also, please sign up for our newsletter) crazystupidtech.com/2025/09/29/i...
iRobot Founder: Don’t Believe The (AI & Robotics) Hype!
Rodney Brooks, co-founder of three robotic companies and an AI guru has a pragmatic and honest opinions about the state of AI and Robotics. An interview!
crazystupidtech.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This is technically the longest piece we have published on @crazystupidtech.com thus far. It is long because @rodneyabrooks.bsky.social is an interesting guy and I can wait to go for round two!
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“Out of… contempt for liberal democratic governments that attempted to hold them to the obligations of citizenship and the law, Andreessen and his peers have betrayed the very arrangement that made them wealthy and influential.”
www.liberalcurrents.com/marc-andrees...
www.liberalcurrents.com/marc-andrees...
Marc Andreessen Is a Traitor
It is the tech oligarchs, not young radicals, who have turned against the system that made them.
www.liberalcurrents.com
July 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
“Out of… contempt for liberal democratic governments that attempted to hold them to the obligations of citizenship and the law, Andreessen and his peers have betrayed the very arrangement that made them wealthy and influential.”
www.liberalcurrents.com/marc-andrees...
www.liberalcurrents.com/marc-andrees...
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Fun with numbers:
Alberta’s 1200MW “temporary cap” on new data centres is the demand equivalent of 3.5 million EVs, or roughly replacing Alberta’s *entire* light duty vehicle fleet.
calgaryherald.com/business/aes...
Alberta’s 1200MW “temporary cap” on new data centres is the demand equivalent of 3.5 million EVs, or roughly replacing Alberta’s *entire* light duty vehicle fleet.
calgaryherald.com/business/aes...
'Surge' of data centre proposals prompts temporary load cap
A temporary cap on the connection of power-hungry projects to Alberta's grid is needed for electricity system reliability, AESO said.
calgaryherald.com
June 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Fun with numbers:
Alberta’s 1200MW “temporary cap” on new data centres is the demand equivalent of 3.5 million EVs, or roughly replacing Alberta’s *entire* light duty vehicle fleet.
calgaryherald.com/business/aes...
Alberta’s 1200MW “temporary cap” on new data centres is the demand equivalent of 3.5 million EVs, or roughly replacing Alberta’s *entire* light duty vehicle fleet.
calgaryherald.com/business/aes...
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Got a ConEd alert telling me to use less energy during the heat wave and this is all I can think about.
June 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Got a ConEd alert telling me to use less energy during the heat wave and this is all I can think about.
Amazing..love the part about battery swapping and using the fresh batteries at home for induction-stove cooking at night
www.fastcompany.com/91336984/thi...
www.fastcompany.com/91336984/thi...
This ex-Tesla employee just launched a cheap electric motorcycle
Zeno, a startup aimed at markets in Africa and India, makes an electric bike that outperforms gas motorcycles and costs less—so customers don’t need a green incentive to buy them.
www.fastcompany.com
May 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Amazing..love the part about battery swapping and using the fresh batteries at home for induction-stove cooking at night
www.fastcompany.com/91336984/thi...
www.fastcompany.com/91336984/thi...
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This is a *fantastic* CNBC appearance by @dkthomp.bsky.social — the kind of thing that more people need to see: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRWs...
The Atlantic's Derek Thompson: 'Completely reject' the idea that tariffs will lead to abundance
YouTube video by CNBC Television
www.youtube.com
April 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This is a *fantastic* CNBC appearance by @dkthomp.bsky.social — the kind of thing that more people need to see: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRWs...
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Unfortunately, much of the coverage on DeepSeek and R1 is, frankly, bad. The stories tend to follow conventional narratives and miss the point. Instead, I recommend the following three things to read.
One, Ben Thompson's DeepSeek FAQ.
stratechery.com/2025/deepsee...
(cont)
One, Ben Thompson's DeepSeek FAQ.
stratechery.com/2025/deepsee...
(cont)
DeepSeek FAQ
DeepSeek has completely upended people’s expectations for AI and competition with China. What is it, and why does it matter?
stratechery.com
January 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Unfortunately, much of the coverage on DeepSeek and R1 is, frankly, bad. The stories tend to follow conventional narratives and miss the point. Instead, I recommend the following three things to read.
One, Ben Thompson's DeepSeek FAQ.
stratechery.com/2025/deepsee...
(cont)
One, Ben Thompson's DeepSeek FAQ.
stratechery.com/2025/deepsee...
(cont)
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A universe in motion seen from the International Space Station during a night pass over Earth (view fullscreen).
January 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A universe in motion seen from the International Space Station during a night pass over Earth (view fullscreen).
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This is great!
Digitization as public performance-- visit the Vancouver Public Library's prominent book scanner!
"Bringing Vancouver’s Past to the Present: Digitizing Rare Collections with Vancouver Public Library and Internet Archive Canada". internetarchivecanada.org/2024/12/18/b...
"Bringing Vancouver’s Past to the Present: Digitizing Rare Collections with Vancouver Public Library and Internet Archive Canada". internetarchivecanada.org/2024/12/18/b...
December 23, 2024 at 4:18 AM
This is great!
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Opinion: Bluesky is a dangerous echo chamber because no one wants to hear from me, specifically
Opinion: Bluesky is a dangerous echo chamber because no one wants to hear from me, specifically
They just… blocked me. Like I’m some kind of annoyance, rather than the iconoclastic and fascinating truth-teller which I know myself to be.
www.thebeaverton.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Opinion: Bluesky is a dangerous echo chamber because no one wants to hear from me, specifically
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A newspaper editor — Chris Quinn of the Cleveland Plain Dealer — says it as clearly as he can:
"Our Trump reporting upsets some readers, but there aren’t two sides to facts." www.cleveland.com/news/2024/03...
Quinn writes of a different kind of access. Access to our own eyes and ears:
"Our Trump reporting upsets some readers, but there aren’t two sides to facts." www.cleveland.com/news/2024/03...
Quinn writes of a different kind of access. Access to our own eyes and ears:
March 30, 2024 at 4:25 PM
A newspaper editor — Chris Quinn of the Cleveland Plain Dealer — says it as clearly as he can:
"Our Trump reporting upsets some readers, but there aren’t two sides to facts." www.cleveland.com/news/2024/03...
Quinn writes of a different kind of access. Access to our own eyes and ears:
"Our Trump reporting upsets some readers, but there aren’t two sides to facts." www.cleveland.com/news/2024/03...
Quinn writes of a different kind of access. Access to our own eyes and ears: