# bits

> Short-form musings, sent quickly (inspired by AVC)

## Recent Posts

- [How ‘homeland’ put America on the path to illiberalism | bits from mc](https://paragraph.com/@miguelito.eth/how-homeland-put-america-on-the-path-to-illiberalism-or-bits-from-mc): Hadn’t read Simon in a long time. 

This article is very much worth your time. 

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- [Agentic fraud | bits from mc](https://paragraph.com/@miguelito.eth/agentic-fraud-or-bits-from-mc): When I was in high school, I heard about AllAdvantage, a company that would stroke you a check for spending time online.

As I recall, you just had to down...
- [fish and chips | bits from mc](https://paragraph.com/@miguelito.eth/fish-and-chips-or-bits-from-mc): Homemade fish and chips tonight. 

Looks promising. 

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- [A free BJJ progress tracker | bits from mc](https://paragraph.com/@miguelito.eth/a-free-bjj-progress-tracker-or-bits-from-mc): I’ve been training BJJ for a while now, and I’ve been pretty terrible about tracking my mat time.

I have a composition book filled with notes diligently s...
- [Delight from Robin Sloan | bits from mc](https://paragraph.com/@miguelito.eth/delight-from-robin-sloan-or-bits-from-mc): Particularly enjoyed the olive tree anecdote and the final section.  

Enjoy!

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- [Developing thesis | bits from mc](https://paragraph.com/@miguelito.eth/developing-thesis-or-bits-from-mc): Setting aside the question of how much to allocate to domestic (US) markets, I’m teasing out a thesis for US small caps. 

Not going to write the whole thi...
- [Armin van Buuren on Piano | bits from mc](https://paragraph.com/@miguelito.eth/armin-van-buuren-on-piano-or-bits-from-mc): This was a delightful discovery on a Sunday morning: trance DJ Armin van Buuren released a classical album.

Apple Classical has an enjoyable ‘’ with Armin...
- [A quick puttanesca | bits from mc](https://paragraph.com/@miguelito.eth/a-quick-puttanesca-or-bits-from-mc): Decided to use up some ingredients in the cupboard and had a marvelous fusilli alla puttanesca this evening:









Buon appetito 

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- [Farcaster S2 | bits from mc](https://paragraph.com/@miguelito.eth/farcaster-s2-or-bits-from-mc): It was a week filled with people  .

Mask  Lens (which I never used), and   Farcaster (which I used for several years).

Before my departure, Neynar enab...
- [Feynman on the mats | bits from mc](https://paragraph.com/@miguelito.eth/feynman-on-the-mats-or-bits-from-mc): I was reading Feynman’s  this morning.

The following passage made me think about jiu jitsu:


On the mats, there is an instinctual ‘gravitational pull’ ...
- [It's all over | bits from mc](https://paragraph.com/@miguelito.eth/its-all-over-or-bits-from-mc): 


~ Justin Smith, 

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- [Metanomad | bits from mc](https://paragraph.com/@miguelito.eth/metanomad-or-bits-from-mc): One of the writers I've  since I started using Bear Blog is .

I've enjoyed going through his archive of posts at a leisurely pace, and decided to give his...
- [Will data center capex crowd out private investment? | bits from mc](https://paragraph.com/@miguelito.eth/will-data-center-capex-crowd-out-private-investment-or-bits-from-mc): Interesting  from Carlyle's Jason Thomas:



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- [The Fear of Failure | bits from mc](https://paragraph.com/@miguelito.eth/the-fear-of-failure-or-bits-from-mc): I received a note this morning from a founder in the frontier hardware space. 

After a grueling process over many months, he was able to consummate the sa...
- [The Tincture of Nihilism | bits from mc](https://paragraph.com/@miguelito.eth/the-tincture-of-nihilism-or-bits-from-mc): I was keen to turn the page on 2025 and usher in the new year with vision, verve, and vigor.

Alas, I am neither energized nor optimistic. 

This may be ...
- [Lawlessness | bits from mc](https://paragraph.com/@miguelito.eth/lawlessness-or-bits-from-mc): I wrote  on the main website.

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- [Antimemetics | bits from mc](https://paragraph.com/@miguelito.eth/antimemetics-or-bits-from-mc): I recently finished Nadia Asparouhova's .

It's a breezy read that explores how ideas transmit through internet cultures.

One of the more interesting se...
- [Setting up my dev environment | bits from mc](https://paragraph.com/@miguelito.eth/setting-up-my-dev-environment-or-bits-from-mc): New year, new setup.

Going to give a vertical monitor a shot. I used it for some writing and really enjoyed the focus it enabled with iA Writer. (On Linux...
- [AI & the extractive era | bits from mc](https://paragraph.com/@miguelito.eth/ai-and-the-extractive-era-or-bits-from-mc): I recently finished Anil Ananthaswamy’s .

Would I recommend it? 

Depends on you, tbh, and how deep down the rabbit hole you wish to go. 

If you’re k...
- [Where my head is | bits from mc](https://paragraph.com/@miguelito.eth/where-my-head-is-or-bits-from-mc): 


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