cube-farm
Übermensch in a Cubicle Farm - Post 2: The Valley Mythology Machine
The white collars met management with a twist of No California wackiness, and the die were cast.
Tech
Übermensch in a Cubicle Farm - Pt 1: The Collar Color Was Always a Con
Why doesn't Tech unionize? It isn't difficult to suss out, but you have to look at it in context. This is the start of a weekly series about the "why"
Tech
The Bait and Switch (TFG Pt 3)
The third and final episode of this trainwreck: I look at what this passel of chucklefucks is doing to smaller writers as they shred any fidelity remaining to their original mission statement. It's all about the bucks.
Tech
The Algorithm Is the Policy (Or: Nazis, Then Tate, Then Whatever's Next) (TFG pt 2)
Part 2 of the TFG Trilogy: the algorithm makes the shittiness endemic, and the progression of nazi -> Andy Tate -> (who the fuck knows what is next, but it ain't gon' be good) Yay, capitalism.
Newsletter
These Fucking Guys: Substack and the Original Sin (pt 1)
My history with Substack, fleshed out, and the realization that the founders are really pieces of human filth. The first of three posts (three founders) on these fucking guys, and how a noble idea gets ratfucked in Silicon Valley.
Politics
This Fucking Guy: Alex Karp (Reprise)
The Broligarchy's Court Philosopher drops a manifesto, and the discourse loses its entire mind
Politics
This Fucking Guy: Shayne Coplan
The biggest fucking douchebag you probably don't know, but goddamn, Shayne Coplan is the most punchable billionaire fucker on the planet, and that is saying something.
Tech
The Grubby Fingerprints They Won't Talk About
The fourth and final installment of my analysis of the Never Trump movement and what its effect was and may be in the future. It is both welcome, but not as beneficial as they seem to think.
Tech
AI seems to be stumbling, OpenAI and Palantir bookend chaos
OpenAI abandons their hail marys, trying to go legit (ha), and Palantir is being aided by the president, totally normal, amirite?
Tech
Where did all the fun in tech go?
Except for a brief time when labor had the upper hand in the Valley, working conditions in tech have sucked. The current grind is tied to Musk's purchase of the Bird app, but reality is that the trend was on the way out long before that trigger
Tech
Too far on AI
Executives are getting antsy that their HUGE investments in AI are not translating into measurable revenue or productivity gains. So they are pushing harder with more potential adverse effects.
Tech
Peeking Behind the Curtains - AI in corporate America
AI is the râison du jour for wave after wave of layoffs, but is it really to blame, or is it feckless executive wanking? You be the judge.