Why PCs Never Got Their Own Android
What's missing isn't technology — it's the power to set a standard.
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The Impossible Triangle of Consumer Operating Systems
Security, freedom, low cognitive load — pick two.
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No Root, No Agent
Permission is the AI's hand. An agent with tied hands is a consultant, no matter how smart.
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My Server Uploads, My Phone Downloads
The middleman isn't a technical necessity. It's the rent on scarce addresses.
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Microsoft Can't Even Say Whether the App Opened
The strongest parts were rewritten on blank paper; the worst parts carry thirty years.
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Microsoft Won Purely by Being Early
Being first is a lottery ticket. Lock-in is a craft.
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A Model's Memory Is Vendor Lock-In
Switching models is easy today because models have no memory. It won't stay easy.
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How I Interrogate an AI
Testimony isn't trustworthy; experiments are. Four moves: real commands, inventory, re-runs, same-code-two-machines.
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No Games, No WeChat. No Games, No CUDA.
Games are an incubator — and what hatches rarely belongs to the incubator's owner.
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AI Writes Everything Now. What's Left for Frameworks?
AI eats the flesh and can't eat the skeleton.
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The Feigou Plan: Essentially, I'm Selling Insurance
Turn an 8,000-yuan subscription into a 1,500-yuan buyout.
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Everything Is a Prompt
A skill is experience written as a prompt; design is taste written as a prompt; law is society written as a prompt.
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