Can Solar Costs Keep Shrinking? – by Tomas Pueyo

The PV (photovoltaic) module is still 39% of the cost (about $0.39 per watt). That will go down fast—probably faster than the historic 12% annual drop because the investments are so much higher now. The world average is already around $0.25/watt. In some places in the US, solar panels already cost $0.20/watt. Overseas, it can […]

End of the Road: An AnandTech Farewell

Still, few things last forever, and the market for written tech journalism is not what it once was – nor will it ever be again. So, the time has come for AnandTech to wrap up its work, and let the next generation of tech journalists take their place within the zeitgeist. … Finally, I’d like […]

The real “Wolf of Wall Street” sales script | Hacker News

This is not the actual sales script. It’s a script for the so-called canvassing call. Or so it was called back when I worked in boiler rooms cca. 2007. You hire a bunch of losers pay them no wage and all they do is telemarketing “can I call you with an opportunity?” i.e. you simply […]

Friendly Google and Enemy Remedies – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

The reason to start this Article with railroads and Rockefeller and the history of the Sherman Antitrust Act is not simply to provide context for this case; rather, it’s important to understand that antitrust is inherently political, which is another way of saying it’s not some sort of morality play with clearly distinguishable heroes and […]

 I just coded “Angry Pumpkins 🎃” (any resemblance is purely coincidental 😂) using GPT-4 for all the coding and Midjourney / DALLE for the graphics

I just coded “Angry Pumpkins ” (any resemblance is purely coincidental ) using GPT-4 for all the coding and Midjourney / DALLE for the graphics. Source: Javi Lopez ⛩️ on X: “Midjourney, DALL•E 3 and GPT-4 have opened a world of endless possibilities. I just coded “Angry Pumpkins 🎃” (any resemblance is purely coincidental 😂) […]

You win or you learn

an internal Automattic memo Source: @waxpancake • This is apparently an internal Automattic memo making the rounds on Tumblr, indicating that they?… • Threads

Typing fast is about latency, not throughput | Hacker News

It occurs to me that because we use both hands, the way we type is inherently ‘asynchronous’. For example, when trying to type(‘the’), the individual ‘function calls’, typechar(‘t’), typechar(‘h’), typechar(‘e’) may be initiated (i.e. fingers begin moving towards their target keys) in that order, but there’s no guarantee they are terminated (i.e. fingers hitting their […]

What I learned getting acquired by Google

Working at Google is like having a second passport. Go to any major city in the world and your badge2 unlocks a beautiful office with great food, desks, and a high speed link to every person in Google’s 200,000+ person network. And like visiting America as a foreigner, everything you see inside feels oddly familiar […]