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Today on Solutions Watch, James talks to Thomas Pedersen of Copenhagen Atomics about their next gen small modular reactors and how independent communities of the future will be powered

After doubt, grief, financial strain, and interrogation of ego, quitting would have been understandable. Instead, something quieter formed—not defiance, not ambition, but refusal. This chapter explores how conviction hardens into identity, and how continuing became less about success and more about coherence.

In late July 2025, a close family conversation cast doubt on Continuum’s seriousness. Eight weeks later, Andrew’s father passed away. Financial strain intensified. Writing accelerated. This chapter explores grief, doubt, relief through structure, and the quiet temptation to abandon the work that was simultaneously stabilizing him.

Il 19 febbraio 2021 Bitcoin ha raggiunto per la prima volta una capitalizzazione di mercato di 1 trilione di dollari, in soli 12 anni.

As the article count approached 700 and Bitcoin Chronicles expanded into hundreds of chapters, a sharper question emerged: is this discipline—or performance? AI acceleration, high velocity, and modest reception forced a confrontation with ego, authenticity, and the fear of “slopification.”

What began in mid-August 2025 as a contained six-part essay series titled *Bitcoin Chronicles* quietly expanded into hundreds of chapters—historical, theological, technological, philosophical. As Continuum’s features matured in parallel and the article count climbed toward 700, the broader ecosystem remained focused on spectacle. This chapter explores the ache of building something layered and enduring while appearing out of sync with the moment.

In mid-August 2025, output stopped being accidental and became structural. Five notes. Three articles. Every day. Discipline first. AI acceleration second. As the article count climbed toward 700, silence did not disappear—but conviction hardened.

Watching hype cycles surge while building foundations creates a specific tension—the ache of being early, and perhaps unseen.

A publishing cadence became a form of internal scaffolding. Five notes. Three articles. Every day. Not for applause—but for discipline.

I've long been resistant to the idea of accepting sponsorship for my blog. I value my credibility as an independent voice, and I don't want to risk compromising that reputation. Then I learned about

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SWE-bench February 2025 leaderboard update (https://www.swebench.com/) SWE-bench is one of the benchmarks that the labs love to list in their model releases. The official leaderboard is infrequently

That's a lot. The post Amazon alone is responsible for 52% of tech layoffs in 2026 so far

We've been here before. The post Nobody knows what programming will look like in two years

AI has increased the strain on already stretched maintainers. The post Open source has a big AI slop problem

How to overcome the scalability ceiling. The post A leader’s blueprint for scaling systems

Quantifying the engineering cost of customer support. The post The hidden costs of tech support

The Quiet Capture of the West We face a twin capture: narratives that shape what we believe and economic systems that shape what we can do, presented as loyalty to the civilisation we seek to defend.

LadybirdBrowser/ladybird: Abandon Swift adoption (https://github.com/LadybirdBrowser/ladybird/commit/e87f889e31afbb5fa32c910603c7f5e781c97afd) Back in August 2024

Inside Vinay Prasad's standoff with Moderna

A New York City man who attempted to claim ownership of the New Yorker Hotel has pleaded guilty to fraud, ending a lengthy legal saga involving an obscure tenant law that allowed the man to live rent-free for years in the storied Manhattan hotel.

The head of U.S. military operations in Latin America met with Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodriguez, and members of her cabinet during an hourslong visit Wednesday to the South American country's capital.

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Today Abraham Pittman joins us to discuss how to apply engineering (particularly field service engineering) to homesteading and prepping, so examples include: Triaging problems, ie, make sure your

On this  installment of the Gutowski Files we sit down with investigative reporter Stephen Gutowski of thereload.com and discuss an ongoing legal battle involving a Florida lawyer and 3D printed

Interview with Tish Rabe on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast! The post Tish Rabe — 200+ Children’s Books, Getting Picked for Dr. Seuss, Lessons from Early Sesame Street, How to Write 300+ Songs,

AI is getting the blame for deflation, but other forces may be driving it. What happens to Bitcoin in a world of falling prices? Then: BIP-110 and the biggest governance fight since the blocksize

Lent isn't just a season of giving things up — it's an invitation into something ancient, costly, and ultimately joyful. This piece traces the spiritual logic of these forty days from the earliest Christians through to the Prayer Book we use today, and asks what it might mean for us to take that invitation seriously. If Easter is the destination, Lent is how we learn to want it.

Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, is far more than an excuse for pancakes or parades. Its name comes from the practice of "shriving" — confessing sins and receiving absolution — reflecting the day's true purpose: spiritual preparation for the Lenten journey ahead. The tradition of feasting on rich foods before the fast is not mere indulgence, but a meaningful threshold moment, a conscious farewell to abundance before embracing simplicity and self-denial. In this way, Shrove Tuesday e...

A poem about amino acids forming in frozen protoplanetary ice under radiation — and mirror-image molecules that carry different histories in their isotopes.

Mike Novogratz is a veteran macro investor and the founder & CEO of Galaxy. This conversation was recorded live at Bitcoin Investor Week in New York. In this conversation, Mike shares why investing

Every Ash Wednesday, I walk out of church with a smudged cross on my forehead and inevitably catch a glimpse of myself in a car window or shop mirror. It's a strange sight — and that strangeness, I've come to believe, is exactly the point. In this piece, I dig into where this ancient practice actually comes from, what those ashes are made of (you might be surprised), and why wearing a public mark of mortality isn't the contradiction of Jesus' teachings of "in secret" it might seem to be. If you'...

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Dell and Google released notices on Tuesday about CVE-2026-22769, warning that a sophisticated Chinese actor has been targeting the bug since at least mid-2024.

Scientists in Berlin performed a battery of tests on a 3,400-year-old weapon The post Space Age Technology Reveals Secrets of Bronze Age Sword

A poem about a gyroscopic wave energy converter that turns chaotic ocean motion into smooth rotation — and achieves the theoretical maximum by not resisting.