Stories by walterbell

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World movie review (2003)

Shenzen's iterative ecosystem: parallel search vs. sequential optimization

Hard drive prices have surged by an average of 46% since Sept 2025

User Privacy: An Analysis of Frontier LLM Privacy Policies (2025)

The Mystery of Skype

Linux will be unstoppable in 2026 – but one open-source legend may not survive

Lawsuit could slow Micron DRAM chipmaking project in New York

The 2026 Global Intelligence Crisis

Pace Layering: How Complex Systems Learn and Keep Learning (2018)

Taiwan's PSMC Joins Intel, SoftBank's ZAM alternative to HBM AI Memory

Building DIY Split-Flap Displays (2021)

You Only Think the Service Provider Works for You

Observations from Building with AI Agents

2008 "Peak Oil" = 2026 "Peak Memory"

$30B for laptops yielded a generation less cognitively capable than parents

Boil the Ocean

Portable GELI block device encryption for Linux (2021)

Apple M5 Pro/Max and TSMC SOIC-MH 2.5D chiplet packaging

Cisco set to release hypervisor as VMware alternative

Org Politics 101 – The Myth of the Just World (2013)

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