SelfHosting
Note 70: Me and my POSSE
Some notes on my move to replacing centralized services with self-hosted ones.
Chris J. Karr
Politics
Intermission: The spoils system
I have a guest post over at "The Racket News" about President Andrew Jackson, the spoils system, and the origin of the modern federal civil service system.
Newsletter
Intermission: Ghost
"Notes from the Void" moves from Substack to Ghost.
Newsletter
Note 69: Make no little plans
"Gentlemen, we can rebuild her. We have the technology."
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Note 68: America is Dead
"Enter now: The Age of Apocalypse"
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Note 67: What if... Trump wins the presidency in two weeks?
Uatu the Watcher isn't going to be much help.
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Note 66: Goodbye, Little Buddy
When fifteen years isn't nearly long enough.
Newsletter
Note 65: Consumer AI - A simple proposal
Let's learn from the mistakes of the past three decades, instead of repeating them once again.
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Note 64: Holiday Notes, 2023 Edition
The great British Christmas ads are back!
Newsletter
Intermission: Weird Fiction Quarterly
Becoming a book publisher was not on my 2023 Bingo card.
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Note 63: The Exponential Treadmill
... and ChatGPT vs. Clifford Clavin.
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Note 62: Breaking in 2023 on the right footing
Enter 2023.