This week I return from a 10 day Vipassana mediation retreat. It's a 10 day silence retreat where you renounce to all your possessions except clothes and hygiene products. No talking, no reading, no listening to music are allowed, and not even looking at other participants directly, least
In ancient Rome, when a general returned from a successful campaign, a victory parade on his honour was organised. It must have happened that Generals would grow too cocky after one too many parades, the adulation and glorification, and then they would get sloppy and lose. Romans introduced a little
It is no secret I am a great fan of cyberpunk. I wrote this to illustrate how Dappnode could be used for a self-sovereign, self-hosted AI assistant that doesn't rely on providing your data to a big tech company. Then added a bit of a "noir"
There's no normal life, Wyatt. It's just life. Get on with it. Doc Holliday
In the blockchain world the phrase "Bitcoin is digital gold" gets thrown around a lot. They are considered "stores of value": they supposedly preserve purchasing power over time - at least better than other alternatives. The properties that make for a good store of value are
You have tens of conversations per day. Hundreds per week. Imagine you could store and index all of this to quickly find whatever you have ever said. That would potentially be of use to you, but imagine you could put these thoughts for sale to a network of data? And
It's a micro-world where you can see a lot of the product cycle happen in a weekend. Nothing can keep your startup skills sharper than one of these. 1. The Idea * It better be good, you're going to be suffering a lot over it. * Bounties and
I'll begin by saying I'm not expert in the far east. I've spend a lot of time in South and South East Asia, but other countries, in particular Japan, are a complete mystery to me. That said, I had a great conversation with my
Universe cooling to standstill > Black hole sucking up the whole galaxy > Death of our Sun > Our own planet's destruction > War > Your loved one's birthday All of the above is happening, with or without you. What will you do?
If I want to eat something but I don't want to cook or I'm in a place where we can't share cooking duties, I go to a restaurant. It's a pain in the ass, I'm not gonna lie. I'
Humans maintain a mind space - an ever-present consciousness occupied and filled permanently with experiences and thoughts. Sharing this mind-space with others is a push action that we receive. Sure, in conversations one asks questions and this is a pull, but the responder always filters through the lens of their
A daily blog. Written by a human. Why? Is it desirable to interact with humans instead of AIs? Of course, the answer is "it depends". AIs have very vast specific knowledge. Embedded within their knowledge are documentation, manuals, guides, how-tos... and they never get tired of repeating those