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Scavenge-friendly electronics are parts that are no longer manufactured, but that are available by the billions in landfills. Those who can manage to create new designs from scavenged parts with low-tech tools will be able to preserve electronics.
A Holistic Approach to Computing and Sustainability Inspired From Permaculture.
xxiivv.com
Politics legendarily creates strange bedfellows. Crypto companies are now asking the CFPB to revive a regulation protecting a business the first Trump administration kneecapped, after which the second Trump administration hollowed out that same agency, despite campaigning against kneecapping tech and crypto—leaving the CFPB, long a sworn enemy of big banks, in Chase’s corner dismantling the crypto industry and suppressing competing payment methods, because the administration apparently thinks that’s what its backers want.
Open Banking and Payments Competition
Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
In conditions of uncertainty, you might be tempted to use a low mark to reward your loyal investors. If you run a hedge fund, the main temptation is to report better performance.
Money Stuff: CoinDeal’s Bentleys Weren’t Real
Matt Levine
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