Articles by walterbell
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World movie review (2003) (rogerebert.com)

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Shenzen's iterative ecosystem: parallel search vs. sequential optimization (twitter.com/bettercallmedhi)

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Hard drive prices have surged by an average of 46% since Sept 2025 (tomshardware.com)

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User Privacy: An Analysis of Frontier LLM Privacy Policies (2025) (arxiv.org)

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The Mystery of Skype (clevcode.org)

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Linux will be unstoppable in 2026 – but one open-source legend may not survive (zdnet.com)

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Lawsuit could slow Micron DRAM chipmaking project in New York (syracuse.com)

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The 2026 Global Intelligence Crisis (citadelsecurities.com)

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Pace Layering: How Complex Systems Learn and Keep Learning (2018) (longnow.org)

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Taiwan's PSMC Joins Intel, SoftBank's ZAM alternative to HBM AI Memory (trendforce.com)

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Building DIY Split-Flap Displays (2021) (partsnotincluded.com)

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You Only Think the Service Provider Works for You (steveblank.com)

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Observations from Building with AI Agents (tomtunguz.com)

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2008 "Peak Oil" = 2026 "Peak Memory" (twitter.com/benkizemchuk)

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$30B for laptops yielded a generation less cognitively capable than parents (yahoo.com)

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Boil the Ocean (garryslist.org)

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Portable GELI block device encryption for Linux (2021) (bijanebrahimi.github.io)

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Apple M5 Pro/Max and TSMC SOIC-MH 2.5D chiplet packaging (reddit.com)

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Cisco set to release hypervisor as VMware alternative (theregister.com)

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Org Politics 101 – The Myth of the Just World (2013) (manager-tools.com)

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Org Structure Is My Opportunity (nikunjk.com)

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Top Lawyers' Fees Have Skyrocketed. Be Prepared to Pay $3,400 an Hour (wsj.com)

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Micron Is Spending $200B to Break the AI Memory Bottleneck (wsj.com)

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Halt and Catch Fire: TV’s best drama you’ve probably never heard of (2021) (sceneandheardnu.com)

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The Cost of Staying vs Judgement, Surface Area and Compute (twitter.com/amytam01)

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China's CXMT and YMTC to expand memory output amid global crunch (kr-asia.com)

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Major PC OEMs Reportedly Exploring Chinese CXMT Memory Amid Shortages (techpowerup.com)

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Economic Espionage and Innovation Restrictions (2025) [pdf] (andrew-kao.github.io)

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iOS 26 is a flop with iPhone users, and you can guess why (macworld.com)

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Foursquare scrapped engineering manager titles (sfstandard.com)

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Friends Might Be Sharing Your Number with ChatGPT Contacts Sync (pcmag.com)

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The Cultural Normalization of Correctness Deviance in AI (embracethered.com)

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Journalism may be too slow to be credible as events are filtered by social media (japantoday.com)

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Speed Can Reindustrialize America (austinvernon.substack.com)

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Modular Inch Increment Plastic Drawer Organizers (schallercorporation.com)

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Babylon 5 is now free to watch on YouTube (cordcuttersnews.com)

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Extracting and Analyzing Apple sysdiagnose Logs (2025) (elcomsoft.com)

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Best of 2024 Data Center Podcast [video] (youtube.com)

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U.S. Senate bill exempts isolated power loads from FERC, DOE regulation (utilitydive.com)

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Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish (2005) (stevejobsarchive.com)

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The First Person Project: How to prove you are a real person online (firstperson.network)

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Surety Industry Makes Progress in Reaching Goal of Digitized Bonding (2022) (suretybondquarterly.org)

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Schedules of Reinforcement in Psychology (Examples) (simplypsychology.org)

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Oliver Evans (wikipedia.org)

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Linux USB iPhone Tethering (archlinux.org)

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AI doesn’t reduce work, it intensifies it (simonwillison.net)

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Can You Fly That Thing? (tomtunguz.com)

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Monopoly Round-Up: The $2T Collapse of Terrible Software Companies (thebignewsletter.com)

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A single solid that casts three different shadows (ooousay.com)

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SOK: On the Analysis of Web Browser Security (2021) (arxiv.org)

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Arcan Explained – A browser for different webs (arcan-fe.com)

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Scientists reverse Alzheimer's in mice and restore memory (2025) (sciencedaily.com)

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KV Cache Transform Coding for Compact Storage in LLM Inference (arxiv.org)

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From Human Thought to Machine Coordination (psychologytoday.com)

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Privacy Pass: upgrading to the latest protocol version (2024) (cloudflare.com)

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"Slow Tuesday Night" by R. A. Lafferty (2015) (apbsal.blogspot.com)

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Apple Is Hiring a Shortcuts Tech Lead Manager (matthewcassinelli.com)

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Thought-Terminating Cliché (wikipedia.org)

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Marc Andreessen: Defining the Voice of a Startup (2011) [video] (youtube.com)

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TWIRL Integer Factorization (wikipedia.org)

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AgentSight: Zero-Instrumentation LLM Agent Observability with eBPF (github.com/eunomia-bpf)

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The Ambient AI Era: Clawdbot (OpenClaw)'S Ripple Effects (nextword.substack.com)

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Linux Emulation on Apple iPads: iSH, JIT, and the EU Digital Markets Act (2024) (ish.app)

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Japan's Kioxia extends memory chip JV with SanDisk, receiving $1B (nikkei.com)

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Generate RSS feeds for all the blogs that don't have one (github.com/olshansk)

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Should I Switch From Git to Jujutsu (2025) (etodd.io)

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The cumulative cost of additional wakefulness (2003) (nih.gov)

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Mistakes to Avoid in Equity Compensation for Startup Employees (2024) (lightercapital.com)

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U.S. threat of 100% tariff on Korean memory chips at odds with reality (joins.com)

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Deep Dive on HBM (nomadsemi.com)

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LLMs and Executive Function (andrew-quinn.me)

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Apple TV 4K Keychain and Full File System Acquisition (2022) (elcomsoft.com)

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Samsung May Raise iPhone RAM Prices by 80% QoQ; SK Hynix Reportedly Near 100% (trendforce.com)

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Meta Is Being Sued over Whether WhatsApp Encrypts Your Messages (lifehacker.com)

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Hacking Clawdbot and eating lobster souls (twitter.com/theonejvo)

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GPUs Became the Newest Financial Asset (davefriedman.substack.com)

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Oculomics and AI: The eye as a biomarker for health span (sciencedirect.com)

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Clawdbot Showed Me What the Future of Personal AI Assistants Looks Like (macstories.net)

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Xiaomi Blames iPhone for EV Taking Off on Its Own (msn.com)

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Should I Form an LLC or Register a Domain First? (domainregistry.com)

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China tests hypergravity centrifuge that compresses time and space (futura-sciences.com)

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Consumer electronics are unique because they sit on a deeply modular foundation (a16z.news)

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Blue4est Paper – BPA-Free Thermal Print Camera Compendium (thermalprintcameras.wordpress.com)

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Long-Term Data Storage: ATA Write-Read-Verify on FreeBSD with Camcontrol (2023) (dapperdrake.neocities.org)

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A Reminder Why Digitising Old Printed Material Is Important (2025) (decryption.net.au)

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Memory supply shortfall will cause chip shortage to spread to other segments (tomshardware.com)

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PCB Gerber Merging – Why We Gave Up on KiCad Native Files (phaestus.app)

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Physical address issues with Mercury Bank (virtualpostmail.com)

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WebRTC VPN Tunnel (github.com/manav1011)

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Exploring the role Delaware plays as a domestic tax haven (2013) (sciencedirect.com)

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Legal Structures for Latin American Startups (2021) (latamlist.com)

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Can Highlighting Help GitHub Maintainers Track Security Fixes? (arxiv.org)

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Why Can't Your AI Agent Book a Flight? (aleximas.substack.com)

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Wireless Earbuds Can Be Hacked (nytimes.com)

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ESXi Exploit Breaks VM Isolation and Compromises Hypervisors (petri.com)

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Book Review: Ping by Andrew Brodsky (mattrutherford.co.uk)

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Germany's shut down of nuclear plants a 'huge mistake', says Merz (brusselssignal.eu)

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Scientists create sci-fi-like spray that heals wounds in seconds (dexerto.com)

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Within months, UK smartphones could be subjected to client scanning surveillance (telegraph.co.uk)

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Local File over Cloud App for Fast Context (2023) (stephango.com)