My Rambling Review of Andor — (No spoilers of any major plot points, but some general descriptions might let you know more than you want if you’re being strict.) Andor is a good show. Well acted, good dialog, nice effects, fresh storylines… if you were on the fence about watching more Star Wars content after the…

Turns out, the central bankers had a point — Whenever I speak to someone who is new to the world of cryptocurrency and they’re asking me how it all works, I always begin with the same introduction. “It’s a great technology that would be super useful for the world, were it not completely buried under an incredibly stupid market.” …

I wonder if everyone feels the same hubris I do I remember clearly standing near the side of the stage at a comedy show, while another comedian was on stage, and he was killing it. I had been on before him, and I viscerally felt the difference in the mildly amused response I had got compared to the laughs and…

It would be super easy, barely an inconvenience — The monarchy stands for everything that I think Canada shouldn’t. Inherited privilege, institutionalized nepotism, unaddressed complicated history, and more. It is, by definition, an anti-democratic institution, and I don’t think that’s a good look for Canada. We’re a democracy* with an asterisk. *Actual head of state is not democratically elected.

A woman who was born into maximum privilege and never had to do anything to earn anything she has, is being mourned today, with people praising her for having been alive during events that she had no particular influence on. She lived to meet so many prime ministers, presidents, and…

Recently, some dude won an art competition by submitting a picture that was created with AI software. He was open about the fact that he used AI software, so this wasn’t an attempt to trick anyone. …

“I thought it was supposed to be an admirable quality for a man to keep trying.” That was something a friend said to me, in a conversation that was partly about how it seemed to him that modern “woke” culture was making him feel like a criminal for actions that…

In a very morose frame of mind, I looked up my life expectancy online. There are a bunch of different calculators, but they all generally agreed I’ll live to about 86, which means I have about 41 years to go, which means I’ve crossed over the halfway point. …