Category: zine
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Quantum Behavioral Analysis as Rehabilitative Justice
The criminal justice system has long been criticized for its punitive approach towards offenders. While punishment is necessary to maintain law and order in society, it often fails to address the root cause of criminal behavior. In recent years, a new approach has emerged that seeks to use the principles of quantum mechanics to develop…
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Cryptocurrency Mining and the Myth of “Securing the Network”
Today, I’d like to explore the intricacies of ‘cryptocurrency mining. I’ve been mining cryptocurrency in some form or another since 2012 starting with Litecoin. Previously, I was interested in distributed computing projects like BOINC or Folding@Home. At the time, neither had any sort of incentive structure to them, so naturally I was attracted to the…
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A Case for Cryptocurrency as Fuel for the Infinite AI
We are running out of silicon and the cost of computation is moving to the cloud. Gamers are familiar with this concept, with services like GeForce Now or Xbox Cloud Gaming coming into stride recently. People who run websites might want to get a Kubernetes cluster to offload compute processes from their website. Or you…
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The Future of Licensing Generative Content
When I create something, I’m given de facto copyright over the work the instant that it exists. With artificially generated content, the legal system has yet to completely define who owns the intellectual property. Rather, it’s uncertain as to whether the produced result is even technically ‘intellectual property.’ I’d like to explore a potential framework…
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Meditations On Ma’at
Nearly a decade ago, a gentleman approached me asking me to write a response to “Meditations on Moloch.” I told him no. I laughed. I always identified more with Babalon, the infinite void you reach once you cross the abyss. In my mind, we were already at the bottom. We had already lost, and there…
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Existence as Performance Art
When I say that existence is performance art, I don’t mean some sort of cliche Shakespearean trope. Yes, the world is a stage. We are all actors. However, I mean more from a semiotic perspective. After years studying semiotics from traditional academic viewpoints as well as through ritual and occult symbolism, I’ve noticed that ‘existence’…
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Performative Cruelty
If you only know me online, you probably have a different perception of me than the people I have met in real life. I have intermittent explosive disorder. Sometimes it expresses itself in physical ways and sometimes it manifests in more verbal ways. It’s defined by short bursts of anger inappropriate to the severity of…