One of the big things in Computer Science is "scalability". Scalability is how we get something that works quickly for a… [Read more]
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This rant has been a long time coming. I promise that we'll be back to regular programming soon. For now, please conside… [Read more]
by Jeffrey Tucker
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The recent suicides of designer Kate Spade and chef/writer/broadcaster Anthony Bourdain have shocked the worlds of fashi… [Read more]
by Logan Albright
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I've heard an assumption that because many alt-coins do "more" than Bitcoin and have a higher combined market cap, their… [Read more]
by David Veksler
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In 2013, I designed and built a cryptocurrency exchange for the China market. The basic concept & architecture only… [Read more]
by David Veksler
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I’m at dinner and the hostess serves me pie for dessert. I gobble it up. Then the hostess says, “Would you like another… [Read more]
by Jeffrey Tucker
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As the regular reader of this blog (Hi Sarah) knows, I'm not an American. When it came to the 2016 election I was a Neve… [Read more]
by Francis Turner
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Star Trek: The Original Series is recognized today not only for the enormous franchise birthed from it, but for the uniq… [Read more]
by Zeroth Position
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It was a lovely day otherwise but, for me, most of it was spent in jail. From one minute to the next, I went from see… [Read more]
by Jeffrey Tucker
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Sometimes you just get lucky. I was in Amsterdam when the Snowden story broke. CNN was non-stop asking politicians a… [Read more]
by David Montgomery
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On June 27, the US Marshals Service conducted the auction of 29,656.51306529 Bitcoins. They have been in the possession … [Read more]
by Zeroth Position
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A few years ago, I bought some fresh eggs from a friend who owned chickens. They were wonderful. I’m not fussy about th… [Read more]
by Jeffrey Tucker
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The gunman who attempted to slay Republican Congressmen at a baseball practice had a Facebook feed. Before it was delet… [Read more]
by Jeffrey Tucker
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100 years ago today, November 7th, the Bolskeviks seized power in Russia and ushered in a century of terror, murder and … [Read more]
by Francis Turner
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Dear Aarón Shelby Baca, Mackenzie Holst, and Cory Massimino, I would have liked to have prefaced this letter by point… [Read more]
by Zeroth Position
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The income tax is enshrined into law but it is an idea that stands in total contradiction to the driving force behind t… [Read more]
by Jeffrey Tucker
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The local press dutifully reprints government press releases, such as when a local restaurant fails a health-code inspec… [Read more]
by Jeffrey Tucker
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If you choose to live your life as an independent individualist, ... you will find yourself an alien in this world.… [Read more]
by Randall Chester Saunders
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Here’s what’s really going on. The incumbent rulers of the world’s most exciting technology have decided to lock down th… [Read more]
by Jeffrey Tucker
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I constantly get the question: why do we need this blockchain thing anyway? Here is why. Every society with a vibrant c… [Read more]
by Jeffrey Tucker
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It’s not too interesting to say that Donald Trump is a nationalist and aspiring despot who is manipulating bourgeois res… [Read more]
by Jeffrey Tucker
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There is a moment I found a bit startling in the new Anne of Green Gables series on Netflix. The farm is in trouble and… [Read more]
by Jeffrey Tucker
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Last night, a man I admire asked me what I would have to drink. I said a martini and it was served. On my way out, I ga… [Read more]
by Jeffrey Tucker
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For 100 years, the US government has tracked the birth rate. It is now at historic lows. There are many reasons, but one… [Read more]
by Jeffrey Tucker
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Predicting economic recession is like predicting earthquakes. It’s impossible to predict when the next Big One will hit… [Read more]
by David Veksler
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I first started writing before the Internet existed. We all wrote for an audience we mostly had to imagine in our minds… [Read more]
by Jeffrey Tucker
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Let's face it, friends. You can ignore politics, but politics won't ignore you. If somebody asks what you think of poli… [Read more]
by David Montgomery
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I wanted to avail myself to beautiful bird song such as that which inspired the great composers. Vivaldi! Messiaen! Wha… [Read more]
by Jeffrey Tucker
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I find myself a little speechless. It cannot be that all of these people only see evil when it wears the other team’s un… [Read more]
by Bretigne Shaffer
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So far, this year has been a time of debate and infighting amongst libertarians. Aside from the original disagreement wi… [Read more]
by Zeroth Position
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