angrytechie

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by angrytechie 1y ago
As always, a reminder that this administration has Silicon Valley money and people up and down its roster. The founders should refuse to take money from the VCs that support this regime, and the engineers should refuse to work for portfolio
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by angrytechie 1y ago
Obligatory response: https://angrytechie.substack.com/p/dont-take-money-from-a16z Founders need to stop taking money from a16z et al. These VC's brands should be so completely tarnished that they are never given a
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by angrytechie 2y ago
luxury beliefs from people who have never imagined a world where their basic security and economic success was not guaranteed by the mere fact of being US citizens. Founders have so much power to just not take their money, so why do we take
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by angrytechie 2y ago
Even before getting into the geopolitics, isn't this almost exactly what the CHIPS act was supposed to do? You know, the one that the Trump team cut to shreds? This feels like it's all TV. Trump is doing what he's great at: s
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by angrytechie 2y ago
This is a really generous take. Much more likely is that the Trump admin is very friendly with Putin, sees Putin as an ally, and sees Ukraine as an enemy. (I'll leave the 'why' for future speculation)
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by angrytechie 2y ago
A massive part of modern military operations, including cyberwarfare, is the understanding that a battle happening in someone else's territory is better than one happening at home. Or, more prosaically, "the best defense is a good
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by angrytechie 2y ago
He's been "represented by the media, both mainstream and popular-alternative, as some kind of anti-vaxx leader" because he has gone on record multiple times questioning the efficacy of vaccines and advocating for people not t
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by angrytechie 2y ago
One way is to stop taking their money: https://open.substack.com/pub/angrytechie/p/dont-take-money-...
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by angrytechie 2y ago
True of Thiel. Andreessen though should be ashamed. He's become everything his techno optimist manifesto calls out as the enemy
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by angrytechie 2y ago
What's really infuriating to me is the way in which members of the startup world -- people who claim to wear the mantle of creators and builders -- have actively supported this nonsense. A16Z, Founders Fund, Sequoia all talk a big game