AI continue to accelerate and dominate the schedule, which is why this is a bit late, but we do occasionally need to pay our respects to the Goddess of Everything Else.

There's cool or interesting things everywhere. Also maddenning things. But did you hear, for example, that they’re making some exceptions to the Jones Act?

Table of Contents

Bad News.
Good Advice.
Opportunity Knocks.
Who Judges The Judges.
Close Socrates.
While I Cannot Condone This.
Good News, Everyone.
Violence Is Never The Answer.
For Your Entertainment.
Gamers Gonna Game Game Game Game Game.
I’ve Got The Magic In Me.
I Was Promised Flying Self-Driving Cars.
Sports Go Sports.
Robot Umps Now.
The NBA Needs A Redesign.
Government Working.
Levels of Friction.
Jones Act Watch.
Technology Advances.
Variously Effective Altruism.
Copious Free Time.
The Lighter Side.

Bad News

Seth Burn points out that if Google wanted to avoid fake reviews, the ‘report review’ feature would have an option for ‘this is a fake review.’ It doesn’t.

Apple by default stores [...]

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Outline:

(00:32) Bad News

(05:16) Good Advice

(06:28) Opportunity Knocks

(06:57) Who Judges The Judges

(08:47) Close Socrates

(14:24) While I Cannot Condone This

(15:47) Good News, Everyone

(16:39) Violence Is Never The Answer

(17:17) For Your Entertainment

“Monthly Roundup #41: April 2025” by Zvi