

We’re two steps away from Snow Crash, where the pizza Deliverator carries a gun and a katana.


We’re two steps away from Snow Crash, where the pizza Deliverator carries a gun and a katana.


Damn, now I have to throw out my Namiki Yukari Maki-e - Apricot Tree and Warbler Urushi fountain pen…


The whole thing as far as I understand it was “vibe coded” it doesn’t take much to spin up a new startup without a patent blocking it.
There’s no users/infrastructure to retain. The whole thing is just smokes and mirrors all the way down. I’m actually impressed and jealous someone will be making bank from this.


What profit? Are they gonna show ads to AI? Sell the data of AI for marketing research?


I honestly don’t see a problem. Nobody ever promised that it would act as a tugboat. In this particular case, it’s doing perfectly fine as a tuggedboat.
His name is Hiro Protagonist.
The other lead character is called Yours Truly.
There are very few people who do post-cyberpunk better than Stephenson.