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  • Housing shortage: The problem and solution for US housing supply

    Housing shortage: The problem and solution for US housing supply
    2025/01/05

    Everything you did and didn't want to know about the US housing supply crunch...

    This podcast is Al-generated with NotebookLM, using the following sources, research, and analysis:

    • California housing shortage (Wikipedia, 2025.01.01)
    • Executive Order Establishing a White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing (The White House, 2019.06.25)
    • Homelessness in the United States (Wikipedia, 2025.01.01)
    • Housing in the United States (Wikipedia, 2025.01.01)
    • Housing insecurity in the United States (Wikipedia, 2025.01.01)
    • Housing underproduction in the US (Garcia/Kolachalam/MacArthur/Wilkerson, 2024)
    • HousingWire’s 2025 housing market forecast (Logan Mohtashami, 2024.12.30)
    • Make it count: Measuring our housing supply shortage (Brookings, 2024.11.26)
    • Overcoming the Nation’s Daunting Housing Supply Shortage (Parrott/Zandi, 2021.03)
    • President Biden Announces New Actions to Ease the Burden of Housing Costs (The White House, 2022.05.16)
    • The U.S. is now short 4.5 million homes as the housing deficit grows (Zillow, 2024.06.18)
    • The Understated Housing Shortage in the United States (Corinth/Dante, 2022.07)
    • Where do the estimates of a “housing shortage” come from? (Brookings, 2024.10.21)
    • Why Is There a Housing Shortage in the U.S.? (Bankrate, 2024.10.17)

    Not investment advice; do your own due diligence!

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    18 分
  • The Million Dollar Homepage: A viral sensation's checkered past

    The Million Dollar Homepage: A viral sensation's checkered past
    2025/01/02

    The story of an early internet artifact that was speedrunning the next two decades of business on the web – in 2005, The Million Dollar Homepage was a website that displayed one million pixels in a 1000x1000 grid, each of which were sold online for $1:

    1. Alex Tew
    2. Pixel counter and scarcity
    3. Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack
    4. Final sales via eBay auction
    5. Link rot
    6. Piexlotto sequel, copycats, and other inspiration
    7. The Calm app (meditation)
    8. The Million Dollar Homepage today

    This podcast is Al-generated with NotebookLM, using the following sources, research, and analysis:

    • A Million Squandered: The “Million Dollar Homepage” as a Decaying Digital Artifact (Harvard Law School Library Innovation Lab, 2017.07.21)
    • Alex Tew (Wikipedia, 2024.12.29)
    • ⁠FAQs⁠ (The Million Dollar Homepage, archived 2011.07.17)
    • How the Million Dollar Homepage kid became the $250M app man (The Hustle, 2018.05.12)
    • I Bought a Million Dollar Piece of Internet History (YouTube, Nostalgia Nerd, 2021.08.08)
    • Story of The Million Dollar Homepage (YouTube, Tech Inspection, 2022.05.10)
    • The Million Dollar Homepage (Wikipedia, 2024.12.29)
    • The man behind the million-dollar homepage (BBC, 2016.09.15)
    • This Entrepreneur Skipped College and Made $1,037,100 in Five Months (Entrepreneur, 2017.04.24)

    Not investment advice; do your own due diligence!

    # entrepreneurship digital advertising ads
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    18 分
  • CFAA: The imperfect criminal law and order of the digital land

    CFAA: The imperfect criminal law and order of the digital land
    2024/12/18
    Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) of 1986 is a controversial US law addressing computer crime – not only seeking to establish behavioral norms online, but also contributing to enforcement misuse/overreach with unintended consequences offline... History of CFAA legislationUS v Matthew Keys (2012)US v Derrick Lostutter (2017)HiQ Labs v LinkedIn (2019)US v Aaron Swartz (2011)"Unauthorized access" (web scraping and who owns data?)Safe harbor for ethical/white hat security researchersTerms of service (ToS) violations"Demonstrable harm" (proportionality of crime vs punishment)Aaron's LawTradeoffs of CFAA and reform thereof (free speech/privacy/AI/ML/etc) This podcast is Al-generated with NotebookLM, using the following sources, research, and analysis: California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act (Wikipedia, 2024.12.12)Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (Wikipedia, 2024.12.12)Critical Fixes for the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (EFF, 2013.01.29)Department of Justice Announces New Policy for Charging Cases under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (DOJ, 2022.05.19)Explanation of effects of Aaron’s Law with EFF proposed amendments to “access without authorization” (EFF public discussion draft, 2013.01.23)Is It Time to Rethink the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act? (GovTech, 2023.02.15)Justice Manual 9-48.000: Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (DOJ, 2022.05)Legal Risks of Adversarial Machine Learning Research (Kumar/Penney/Schneier/Albert, 2020.06.29)Rebooting Computer Crime Law Part 1: No Prison Time For Violating Terms of Service (EFF, 2013.02.04)Rebooting Computer Crime Law Part 2: Protect Tinkerers, Security Researchers, Innovators, and Privacy Seekers (EFF, 2013.02.04)Rebooting Computer Crime Part 3: The Punishment Should Fit the Crime (EFF, 2013.02.08)The Case to Update the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (GW Law, 2021.04.03)The Mirage of Artificial Intelligence Terms of Use Restrictions (Henderson/Lemley, 2024.12.10)Why the Government Went After Matthew Keys (Vice, 2015.10.09) Not investment advice; do your own due diligence! # cybersecurity cybercrime hackers hacktivism felony legal regulation social media networking internet IRL 1A
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    31 分
  • Ship of Theseus: The paradox of identity despite change

    Ship of Theseus: The paradox of identity despite change
    2024/12/04

    What gives any object a constant identity even though its materials, components, and matter are constantly evolving and gradually being replaced over time?

    1. Plutarch's "Theseus paradox"
    2. Hobbes' "second ship"
    3. Hume's "Bundle Theory"
    4. Spatiotemporal continuity
    5. Savage's "Gradual Replacement"
    6. Popular public intuition
    7. Engagement history criterion

    This podcast is Al-generated with NotebookLM, using the following sources, research, and analysis:

    • Bundle Theory (Wikipedia, 2024.11.29)
    • ⁠Davidson's Swampman theory⁠ (Wikipedia, 2024.11.29)
    • Haecceity (Wikipedia, 2024.11.29)
    • How to Test the Ship of Theseus (Campdelacreu/García-Moya Marti/Terrone, 2022.11)
    • In the Mind of Theseus or Hobbes and the Paradox of the Second Ship (Lupascu, 2019.01)
    • Mereological essentialism (Wikipedia, 2024.11.29)
    • Neurath's boat (Wikipedia, 2024.11.29)
    • Perdurantism (Wikipedia, 2024.11.29)
    • Philosophy of self (Wikipedia, 2024.11.29)
    • Ship of Theseus (Wikipedia, 2024.11.29)
    • Sorites paradox (Wikipedia, 2024.11.29)
    • Teletransportation paradox (Wikipedia, 2024.11.29)
    • Two Ships of Theseus (Dranseika, 2024.06.08)

    Not investment advice; do your own due diligence!

    # philosophy biology
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    15 分
  • Fourth dimension: Fractals, 4D, and higher dimensionality

    Fourth dimension: Fractals, 4D, and higher dimensionality
    2024/11/27
    Little ditty about 4-D... What is 4D? What are higher dimensions and how many could there be? Hypercube tesseract Sphere packing (kissing number) Geometric spatial dimensions (string theory) vs temporal Minkowski spacetime (time as the 4th dimension) Fractal dimensions (Coastline Paradox) Knots in 2D/3D/4D Brane worlds (aka brane cosmology/membrane theory) and gravity leakage (wormholes and black holes) Life in higher dimensions This podcast is Al-generated with NotebookLM, using the following sources, research, and analysis: A Mathematician’s Guided Tour Through High Dimensions (Quanta Magazine, 2021.09.13) Four-dimensional space (Wikipedia, 2024.11.21) Four-dimensionalism (Wikipedia, 2024.11.21) Fractal (Wikipedia, 2024.11.21) Fractal dimension (Wikipedia, 2024.11.21) Higher Dimensions in physics and mathematics (UT Austin) Large extra dimensions (Wikipedia, 20224.11.21) Minkowski space (Wikipedia, 2024.11.21) Spacetime (Wikipedia, 2024.11.21) The Fractal Geometry of Invention (Durham, 2012.04.18) The things you'll find in higher dimensions (YouTube, Zach Star, 2019.06.07) Toward a Visualization of the Fourth Dimension (Michielli, 2022.09.25) Not investment advice; do your own due diligence! # physics mathematics geometry science astrology astrophysics
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    26 分
  • Flying cars: If the future's not now, then who/what/where/when/why/how?

    Flying cars: If the future's not now, then who/what/where/when/why/how?
    2024/11/20
    They promised us flying cars and instead of breaking their promise, they're probably going to deliver: History of flying carsStatus of today's industry (How many players; who are the players; what do the cars look like; and how do they function?)When early and mass market adoption?Autonomous vehicles vs flying cars (Are flying cars going to be autonomous or automated? How will they compete with autonomous vehicles like self-driving cars?) See also: Where's my flying car (Search Engine, PJ Vogt, 2024.04.19) This podcast is Al-generated with NotebookLM, using the following sources, research, and analysis: 1935 Waterman Arrowbile Roadable Aircraft (YouTube, Story Cars, 2021.02.07)1949 Molton Taylor Aerocar Newsreel (YouTube, Classic Airliners & Vintage Pop Culture, 2014.05.25)Dude, Where's My Flying Car? (YouTube, IITV, 2024.11.07)Flying car (Wikipedia, 2024.11.14)Intermodal passenger transport (Wikipedia, 2024.11.14)Study on flying car transportation system (Feng/Huang/Wang/Xu/Zhang, 2023.11) Survey data on public perceptions towards flying cars and flying taxi services (Eker/Fountas/Ahmed/Anastasopoulos, 2021.10.12)The state of urban air mobility research: An assessment of challenges and opportunities (Ahmed/Fountas/Lurkin/et al, 2023.01.26) [PREPRINT]Toyota and Joby Aviation Complete Historic Air Taxi Test Flight in Japan (TechHub, 2024.11.05)Transport by Land and Air Vehicles, Advantages, Literature Review and Classification of Flying Cars (Sahin, 2024.10)Trends and Challenges in Realizing a Flying Car (Al Farsi, 2024.04)Urban air mobility and flying cars: Overview, examples, prospects, drawbacks, and solutions (Marzouk, 2022.11.11)Where are the flying cars? (Science News Explores, 2024.07.15) Not investment advice; do your own due diligence! # automobiles VTOL AV EV $joby
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    31 分
  • Quantum computing: Encryption, cryptography, crypto, chips, and AI

    Quantum computing: Encryption, cryptography, crypto, chips, and AI
    2024/11/13
    The state of quantum computers and their disruptive threats/benefits: Quantum mechanics (quibits, superposition, entanglement) Tech's cutting edge (noisy intermediate-scale quantum NISQ era, trapped ions, photonics, threshold theorem, error engineering, networking, repeaters) Effects on cybersecurity, encryption, and cryptography (RSA, Shor's algorithm, and post-quantum cryptography PQC like quantum key distribution QKD, lattice-based cryptography, and code-based cryptography) Effects on Bitcoin and blockchains (ECDSA 256, indistinguishability obfuscation, Ethereum account abstraction, multiparty computation MPC) Effects on chips and AI paradigms (generalizable GPUs vs application-specific QPUs, and quantum as a complement to – not replacement of – traditional cloud-based computing) Simulations and sensors Other challenges (scalability, quibit decoherence, and sector-specific risks) See also:🧵https://x.com/AnthPB/status/1456748882503913479 This podcast is Al-generated with NotebookLM, using the following sources, research, and analysis: Advancing International Collaboration in Quantum Information Science and Technology (National Science & Technology Council, 2024.08.08) Analytical Exploration of the Effects and Implications of Quantum Computing on Cryptocurrency Systems (Zhang, 2023) Cryptography (Wikipedia, 2024.11.06) Current state on quantum computing: What are the major companies/startups making progress? (Reddit, r/QuantumComputing, 2024.06) Decrypting Crypto: Cryptocurrencies and the Quantum Computer Threat (Hudson Institute, Herman/Butler/Pagano, 2022.04) Encryption (Wikipedia, 2024.11.06) From GPUs to AI and quantum: Three waves of acceleration in bioinformatics (Schmidt/Hildebrandt, 2024.04.23) How Quantum Computing Could Impact the Future of Bitcoin Mining (AlexaBlockchain, 2024.09.12) Keep Your Crypto Safe Around Quantum Computers with Guest Pierre-Luc Dallaire-Demers of Pauli Group (YouTube, Anastasia Marchenkova, 2023.08.29) Long-Term Forecast for Quantum Computing Still Looks Bright (Boston Consulting Group, 2024.07.18) Myth 5: Quantum Computers Will Replace Digital Computers (Medium, Chris Ferrie, 2024.05.26) NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization (Wikipedia, 2024.11.09) National Quantum Initiative Supplement To The President’s FY 2024 Budget (National Science & Technology Council, 2023.12.01) Possible futures of the Ethereum protocol, part 6: The Splurge (Vitalik Buterin, 2024.10.29) Quantum Computing: Progress and Innovation (Byrd/Ding, 2023.12) Quantum Machine Learning Algorithms: Read the Fine Print (Aaronson) Quantum Vision Transformers (Cherrat/Kerenidis/Mathur/Landman/Strahm/Li, 2024.02.20) Quantum computers and the Bitcoin blockchain (Deloitte) Quantum computing (Wikipedia, 2024.11.06) Quantum computing: What leaders need to know now (MIT Sloan, 2024.01.11) Quantum cryptography (Wikipedia, 2024.11.06) Quantum key distribution (Wikipedia, 2024.11.06) Reality check for quantum computing: One GPU can be faster (The Register, 2023.05.03) Why quantum computing isn’t a threat to crypto… yet (Cointelegraph, 2022.09.09) Will Quantum Computers Replace Classical Computers? (Quantum Computing Inc) Will Quantum Computing Break Crypto? The Future at Risk (Cointelegraph, 2024.09.25) Not investment advice; do your own due diligence! # innovation disruption security blockchain Bitcoin $btc Ethereum $eth
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    20 分
  • Mesh networking: A fully decentralized P2P internet

    Mesh networking: A fully decentralized P2P internet
    2024/11/08
    The research, development, and launch of permissionless mesh networks: Wireless ad hoc networks (WANETs) and mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) Benefits, risks, and tradeoffs of mesh networking Delay-disruption tolerant networking (DTN) Empirical mesh networks in military, community, and commercial use (NYC's Red Hook wifi, SMesh, Spain's Guifi, and Amazon Sidewalk) Can a fully decentralized, peer-to-peer mesh network replace incumbent ISP-intermediated internet connectivity? Challenges to proliferation and adoption How to setup your own small-scale mesh network See also:🧵https://x.com/AnthPB/status/1308104246655619073?t=WC4ViVWa8v_OJ6aXSFA94w&s=19 This podcast is AI-generated with NotebookLM, using the following sources, research, and analysis: A New Clustering Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks (Zanjireh/Shahrabi/Larijani, 2013) A Survey on Trust Management for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (Cho/Swami, 2011.12) AODV Implementation Design and Performance Evaluation (Chakeres/Belding-Ryer) An Overview of Wireless Mesh Networks (Parvin, 2019.06) An overview of mobile ad hoc networks: Applications and challenges (Hoebeke/Moerman/Dhoedt/Demeester, 2004.07) Applications, Advantages and Challenges of Ad Hoc Networks (JAIR, Helen/Arivazhagan, 2014.01.08) DTC Mesh Radios Integrated onto U.S. Army Tactical Network (UST, 2020.08.31) DTC Offers Enhanced MANET Mesh Networkings (SoldierMod, 2018) Delay- and Disruption-Tolerant Networks (DTNs): A Tutorial (NASA, 2015.09.14) Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking Overview (NASA, 2023.09.20) Everything I could find out about Amazon's Sidewalk Network (Stacey on IoT, 2022.09.16) Experimenting with an Ad Hoc Wireless Network on Campus: Insights & Experiences", ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review (Toh/Chen/et al, 2001) Functions and structure of a packet radio station (Tomlinson/Beeler/Burchfiel, 1975) Future Research Challenges for Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks (IEEE, Toh, 2002) How Wi-Fi mesh networks work (Android Central, 2018) Is it possible to use the internet without any sort of isp, like if you could build your own router without authentication from an isp or even faking the authentication of a real isp. I suppose anything is “possible” but could it realistically be done? (Reddit, 2022.12) Long-lived Ad Hoc Routing based on the Concept of Associativity (Toh, 1999) Mesh Networks (Cardullo/Roio, 2019.02) Mobility Increases the Capacity of Ad Hoc Wireless Networks (Grossglauser/Tse, 2002) Protocols and Applications of Ad-hoc Robot Wireless Communication Networks: An Overview (Jaisal, 2011.12) Spatial Node Distribution of the Random Waypoint Mobility Model with Applications (Hyytia/Lassila/Virtamo, 2006) The Resurrecting Duckling: Security Issues for Ad-hoc Wireless Networks (Stajano/Anderson, 1999) The SMesh Wireless Mesh Network (Amir/et al, 2010) Three Ways Mesh Networks with Peer-to-Peer Connections Can Revolutionize Communications without the Internet (Brookings Institution, 2014.04.25) Want To Guarantee Net Neutrality? Join Peer-To-Peer, Community-Run Internet (Fast Company, 2017.12.19) Wireless Mesh Networks in IoT Networks (Liu/Tong/Qiu/Liu, 2017.05) Wireless ad hoc network (Wikipedia, 2024.11.01) Wireless community network (Wikipedia, 2024.11.03) Wireless mesh network (Wikipedia, 2024.11.01) Not investment advice; do your own due diligence! # telecom internet service providers cellular 5G nodes consumer web
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    29 分