Absurdity

Stop Paying to Market Your Book. You’re Being Hunted.

Book-marketing scammers prey on the desperation of aspiring authors, weaponizing fake promises to extract money from the vulnerable. But the real tragedy isn’t the scam itself—it’s that this predatory playbook is just a dark mirror of the legitimate self-publishing industry, which also profits from authors’ fading hopes.

Apple Didn’t Deprecate hdiutil to Improve macOS. They Did It to Control You.

Apple’s deprecation of hdiutil in macOS 27 Golden Gate isn’t a technical upgrade; it’s a deliberate assertion of power. By moving the exact same functionality to diskutil while breaking decades of stable legacy scripts, Apple is systematically eliminating terminal reliance. It’s not about fixing bugs—it’s about forcing power users into their walled garden and asserting total control over the OS.

AI Innovation Is Dead. Just Look at What They’re Naming Themselves.

The AI startup space has a copycat problem. From ElevenLabs to TwelveLabs and beyond, founders are using numerical naming schemes to borrow cultural cachet. But this lazy branding arbitrage is creating a sea of indistinguishable companies, proving that clever names can’t mask a lack of true innovation.

The Robot That Beat Usain Bolt Didn’t Just Break a Record—It Broke Itself

A Chinese humanoid robot just broke Usain Bolt’s 100m sprint record, but the real story isn’t the speed—it’s the crash. The robot shattering at the finish line proves machines are no longer just tools; they are athletes pushing the boundaries of mechanical integrity, forcing us to rethink what it means to be ‘the best.’