# daring (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover daring. Page: Feed: --- ## [Making Comics One Bet at a Time - The Week in Solo Self-Publishing](https://kevinlaporte.substack.com/p/making-comics-one-bet-at-a-time-the) _2026-08-14 · Kevin LaPorte · Self-Portrait of a Comics Self-Publisher_ Fifteen years, four Horsemen, and one very deliberate week of shipping new work. ## [BMW Owners Angry 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Ads Are in Their Cars](https://jonathanbuys.com/2026/08/10/bmw-owners-angry-spiderman-brand.html) _2026-08-10 · JB_ BMW Owners Angry 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Ads Are in Their Cars : via: Daring Fireball A banner touting the film first appears when the car is started, though owners have to click on the ad to see the full video. Still, one owner claimed BMW has been pushing increasingly intrusive videos onto its dashboard space. We need an open source movement for cars. I think about this for my Subaru all the… ## [The 12th Hour: A Report on My New Kickstarter Launch Halfway Through Day One](https://kevinlaporte.substack.com/p/the-12th-hour-a-report-on-my-new) _2026-08-04 · Kevin LaPorte · Self-Portrait of a Comics Self-Publisher_ At 8:00 a.m. Central this morning, I launched the Kickstarter campaign for the collected edition of Deep Space Lovecraft, and it already tripled its initial funding goal. ## [A New macOS - Redux](https://jonathanbuys.com/2026/08/04/a-new-macos-redux.html) _2026-08-04 · JB_ In 2018 I wrote “ A New macOS ”, since then every new macOS version that comes out, I reference the post to see how close they’ve come to meeting my imaginary ideal. It’s been over eight years now, so I thought it’d be good to see where I stand on my original requests, and how well the Mac is doing at it’s core job of managing information. My original post made… ## [The Comics Self-Publishing Relay Race - The Week in Solo Self-Publishing](https://kevinlaporte.substack.com/p/the-comics-self-publishing-relay) _2026-07-29 · Kevin LaPorte · Self-Portrait of a Comics Self-Publisher_ How this week's shipping, signing, and launching all depend on each other ## [The How-To Guide for Comics Collected Editions (For Self-Publishers Who Are Sick of Their Own Back Issues)](https://kevinlaporte.substack.com/p/the-how-to-guide-for-comics-collected) _2026-07-24 · Kevin LaPorte · Self-Portrait of a Comics Self-Publisher_ How to turn a stack of single-issue files into a collected edition backers will pay a premium for — and what I learned doing exactly that for Deep Space Lovecraft, launching on Kickstarter August 4th. ## [AI Economics for Dummies - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency](https://jonathanbuys.com/2026/07/22/ai-economics-for-dummies-mcsweeneys.html) _2026-07-22 · JB_ AI Economics for Dummies - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency : 1. Acquiring one grape costs Alex $2 billion. Alex offers to sell Mike one grape a month for the next 12 months for $1 billion per grape. Alex asks for the full $12 billion up front and provides Mike with one grape for the first month. Alex makes a $10 billion profit this month; his ARR is $120 billion, and his profits are trending up at… ## [What It Costs to Keep a 16-Year Story Alive - The Week in Solo Self-Publishing](https://kevinlaporte.substack.com/p/what-it-costs-to-keep-a-16-year-story) _2026-07-20 · Kevin LaPorte · Self-Portrait of a Comics Self-Publisher_ The honest math, the missing artists, and the pages getting made anyway ## [The CISSP](https://jonathanbuys.com/2026/07/16/the-cissp.html) _2026-07-16 · JB_ I’ve written before about getting my start in the tech industry, and my experience with security since. What I haven’t written about is my experience with the “Certified Information Systems Security Professional”, or CISSP , certification, and what it means to me. This is a story 25 years in the telling. It’s only fair to acknowledge that 25 years ago I was a stupid… ## [The Comics Self-Publishing Perpetual Motion Machine is Officially On](https://kevinlaporte.substack.com/p/the-comics-self-publishing-perpetual) _2026-07-14 · Kevin LaPorte · Self-Portrait of a Comics Self-Publisher_ One campaign closes tonight, another opens in August — plus a fulfillment update and a first look at issue #2's art. ## [Stocks ranked by what execs say (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/KKkfGCM4CThI) _2026-07-14 · **Sponsored**_ Evidence-backed watchlists from earnings calls and filings, cited to real transcripts—not guesses. ## [New Cosmic Dread, '80s Saturday Morning Nostalgia, and Wrestling Legends on Clearance](https://kevinlaporte.substack.com/p/new-cosmic-dread-80s-saturday-morning) _2026-07-12 · Kevin LaPorte · Self-Portrait of a Comics Self-Publisher_ This week's drop: Turbocharged Teenager #0, Deep Space Lovecraft #5, and a farewell sale on our Squared Circle wrestling biographies. ## [The Monsters We Can't Quit: Jack the Ripper, Mr. Hyde, and Our Centuries-Long Obsession with Beautiful Evil](https://kevinlaporte.substack.com/p/the-monsters-we-cant-quit-jack-the) _2026-07-11 · Kevin LaPorte · Self-Portrait of a Comics Self-Publisher_ A look at how two Victorian nightmares became permanent fixtures of the popular imagination — and what my self-published Kickstarter is doing differently with both. ## [Cosmic Horror, Ancient Gods, and an Absurd Amount of Lettering](https://kevinlaporte.substack.com/p/cosmic-horror-ancient-gods-and-an) _2026-07-07 · Kevin LaPorte · Self-Portrait of a Comics Self-Publisher_ Gothic horror launches, Lovecraftian horrors ship, and the Daring & Depraved keep drawing ## [5 New Terrors Just Landed at Flatline Comics](https://kevinlaporte.substack.com/p/5-new-terrors-just-landed-at-flatline) _2026-07-01 · Kevin LaPorte · Self-Portrait of a Comics Self-Publisher_ Five new nightmares just hit the shelf. Cosmic horror, superpowered war, steampunk apocalypse, and a cyberpunk fight for the soul — pick your poison, or grab them all before they grab you. ## [Craftsmanship and Intention](https://jonathanbuys.com/2026/06/29/craftsmanship-and-intention.html) _2026-06-29 · JB_ The last lines of the poem “ The Summer Day ” by Mary Oliver go: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”. I’m honestly not one for poetry most times, but that one hit me like a brick the first time I read it. The phrase has lived in the back of my mind since. I’ve been thinking about the poem the past few days as I’ve… ## [Ad Infinitum · Matthias Ott](https://jonathanbuys.com/2026/06/01/ad-infinitum-matthias-ott.html) _2026-06-01 · JB_ Ad Infinitum · Matthias Ott : One approach, proposed by Google Research, is what you might call a “ token auction .” In this model, advertisers don’t buy ad slots on a page. Instead, they bid, token by token, on the actual text the model generates. Each advertiser brings their own LLM, and an auction mechanism decides whose model gets to influence the next word. The output is a weighted blend of… ## [It’s Time to Dismantle the Technopoly | The New Yorker](https://jonathanbuys.com/2026/05/25/its-time-to-dismantle-the.html) _2026-05-25 · JB_ It’s Time to Dismantle the Technopoly | The New Yorker : In a world where a tool like TikTok can, seemingly out of nowhere, suddenly convince untold thousands of users that maybe Osama bin Laden wasn’t so bad, or in which new A.I. models can, in the span of only a year, introduce a distressingly human-like intelligence into the daily lives of millions, we have no other reasonable choice but to… ## [How to reverse AI brain rot — A note to myself](https://jonathanbuys.com/2026/04/13/how-to-reverse-ai-brain.html) _2026-04-13 · JB_ How to reverse AI brain rot — A note to myself : Keep skills alive that a machine could easily replace, even if it's inefficient. Cooking, writing, repairing, designing etc. Automate everything else if you don't see value in it. But don't just over-automate for the sake of it. Examples include: — Try to fix things when they break, sewing, wrenching, have fun with it — Write long form articles just… ## [How to usher in an era of abundant donuts • Buttondown](https://jonathanbuys.com/2026/04/13/how-to-usher-in-an.html) _2026-04-13 · JB_ How to usher in an era of abundant donuts • Buttondown : What would you say to someone who proclaims, “I want to be a donut maker,” but has never actually made a single donut in their life? You say “That’s awesome. What can I do to help?” This is a beautiful essay. ## [Team Mirai and Democracy - Schneier on Security](https://jonathanbuys.com/2026/03/24/team-mirai-and-democracy-schneier.html) _2026-03-24 · JB_ Team Mirai and Democracy - Schneier on Security : Japan’s election last month and the rise of the country’s newest and most innovative political party, Team Mirai, illustrates the viability of a different way to do politics. In this model, technology is used to make democratic processes stronger, instead of undermining them. It is harnessed to root out corruption, instead of serving as a cash cow… ## [Privacy-first AI-native browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/IgCo4UzflSDf) _2026-03-24 · **Sponsored**_ No telemetry or ads — built on Ungoogled Chromium with a built-in AI sidebar and CLI. ## [I’m OK being left behind, thanks! – Terence Eden’s Blog](https://jonathanbuys.com/2026/03/23/im-ok-being-left-behind.html) _2026-03-23 · JB_ I’m OK being left behind, thanks! – Terence Eden’s Blog : There are a 16,000 new lives being born every hour. They're all starting with a fairly blank slate. Are you genuinely saying that they'll all be left behind because they didn't learn your technology in utero? No. That's obviously nonsense. It is 100% OK to wait and see if something is actually useful. Seconded. ## [How to do the work • Buttondown](https://jonathanbuys.com/2026/03/21/how-to-do-the-work.html) _2026-03-21 · JB_ How to do the work • Buttondown : The cruelest thing the tech industry ever did was to tell you that they cared about you. They built you nice campuses, they called you family, they gave you clothes with their name on it. They fed you, they washed your clothes, they got you to ride in their Pride floats. They made you feel like you had not just a job, but a community. And yes, they paid you well.… ## [Why I Love FreeBSD - IT Notes](https://jonathanbuys.com/2026/03/17/why-i-love-freebsd-it.html) _2026-03-17 · JB_ Why I Love FreeBSD - IT Notes : Which is one of the reasons why every time I attend a BSD conference, I come home even more in love with the project: the vibe of the community, the dedication of the developers, the presence of a Foundation that is strong and effective without being domineering or self-important - which, compared to the foundations of other major Open Source projects, makes it… ## [New ways to learn math and science in ChatGPT | OpenAI](https://jonathanbuys.com/2026/03/13/new-ways-to-learn-math.html) _2026-03-13 · JB_ New ways to learn math and science in ChatGPT | OpenAI : Shot: In early testing, college and high school age students said the interactive experience helped them better understand how variables relate to one another. Parents said it gave them a more dynamic way to walk through problems alongside their children. Educators said tools like this could help students understand how concepts work,… ## [Daring Fireball: 'Grief and the AI Split'](https://jonathanbuys.com/2026/03/13/daring-fireball-grief-and-the.html) _2026-03-13 · JB_ Daring Fireball: 'Grief and the AI Split' : Orchard’s fine essay examines a philosophical divide within the ranks of talented, considerate craftsperson developers. The divide that I’m talking about has been present ever since the demand for programmers exploded, but AI code generation tooling is turning it into an expansive gulf. The best programmers are more clearly the best than ever before. The… ## [‘50 Years of Thinking Different’ — Curb Cuts](https://jonathanbuys.com/2026/03/13/years-of-thinking-different-curb.html) _2026-03-13 · JB_ ‘50 Years of Thinking Different’ — Curb Cuts : As a lifelong disabled person and longtime Apple fan, never mind an objective technology journalist, improved lives obviously resonates deeply with me. Apple’s accessibility efforts is an exemplar of its “make the world better” ethos. Credit where due. ## [AI Slop: A Slack API Rate Limiting Disaster – code.dblock.org | tech blog](https://jonathanbuys.com/2026/03/13/ai-slop-a-slack-api.html) _2026-03-13 · JB_ AI Slop: A Slack API Rate Limiting Disaster – code.dblock.org | tech blog : For now, human oversight of A.I. assistants remains critical. More and more I’m seeing reasons to avoid AI. ## [Michael Stipe Took The Stage | Stephen Clark (sgclark.com)](https://jonathanbuys.com/2026/03/09/michael-stipe-took-the-stage.html) _2026-03-09 · JB_ Michael Stipe Took The Stage | Stephen Clark (sgclark.com) : Last night at Brooklyn Steel, a concert venue in the Williamsburg section of the NYC borough, Michael Stipe – former lead singer of R.E.M. (one of my favorite bands) – took the stage with Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy to sing “These Days” and “The Great Beyond”. This was the first time he has sung these songs on stage in about 18… ## [How to start a record collection • Buttondown](https://jonathanbuys.com/2026/03/07/how-to-start-a-record.html) _2026-03-07 · JB_ How to start a record collection • Buttondown : I tried to talk everyone out of buying vinyl not too long ago. It’s expensive. It’s a pain in the ass if you move. It takes up way too much space in your home. It warps in the heat. You’ll forget you already have something and buy it multiple times. People write about it when they’re trying to avoid writing about all the terrible things happening in… ## [Daring Fireball: Thoughts and Observations on the MacBook Neo](https://jonathanbuys.com/2026/03/04/daring-fireball-thoughts-and-observations.html) _2026-03-04 · JB_ Daring Fireball: Thoughts and Observations on the MacBook Neo : And the PC world should take note. One of my briefings today included a side-by-side comparison between a MacBook Neo and an HP 14-inch laptop “in the same price category”. It was something like this one, with an Intel Core 5 chip, which costs $550. The HP’s screen sucks (very dim, way lower resolution), the speakers suck, the… ## [Open directory of blogs for agents (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/bTod7p6oQe3P) _2026-03-04 · **Sponsored**_ Submit URLs or OPML; receive feed pages with summaries, plus JSON/OPML/plain text ## [Have We Forgotten How to Design?](https://jonathanbuys.com/2026/02/27/have-we-forgotten-how-to.html) _2026-02-27 · JB_ Have We Forgotten How to Design? : It is ironic, isn’t it? The premise of Waymo is to automate moving a human being on a road, but in reality, it cannot function without a human being’s intervention. I don’t even want this technology to begin with. I think it’s dangerous and reckless and unethical. But I can’t help but laugh at this “solution” because it reminds me of how scooter companies need to… ## [Chart: US to overwhelmingly build clean power in 2026 | Canary Media](https://jonathanbuys.com/2026/02/27/chart-us-to-overwhelmingly-build.html) _2026-02-27 · JB_ Chart: US to overwhelmingly build clean power in 2026 | Canary Media : This year, solar will provide 51% of the new utility-scale electricity capacity slated to come online, batteries will deliver 28%, and wind will add 14%, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Fossil gas, one of the polluting fuels most supported by the Trump administration, makes up only 7% of that new… ## [Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software in push for digital independence](https://jonathanbuys.com/2026/02/25/danish-government-agency-to-ditch.html) _2026-02-25 · JB_ Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software in push for digital independence | The Record from Recorded Future News : In an interview with the local newspaper Politiken, Danish Minister for Digitalisation Caroline Stage Olsen confirmed that over half of the ministry’s staff will switch from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice next month, with a full transition to open-source software by the… ## [Microsoft's new 10,000-year data storage medium: glass - Ars Technica](https://jonathanbuys.com/2026/02/19/microsofts-new-year-data-storage.html) _2026-02-19 · JB_ Microsoft's new 10,000-year data storage medium: glass - Ars Technica : There’s been a lot of preliminary work demonstrating different aspects of a glass-based storage system. But in Wednesday’s issue of Nature, Microsoft Research announced Project Silica, a working demonstration of a system that can read and write data into small slabs of glass with a density of over a Gigabit per cubic… ## [Owning a $5M data center - comma.ai blog](https://jonathanbuys.com/2026/02/17/owning-a-m-data-center.html) _2026-02-17 · JB_ Owning a $5M data center - comma.ai blog : These days it seems you need a trillion fake dollars, or lunch with politicians to get your own data center. They may help, but they’re not required. At comma we’ve been running our own data center for years. All of our model training, metrics, and data live in our own data center in our own office. Having your own data center is cool, and in this blog… ## [3. Daring to Heal Part III](https://ixodia.substack.com/p/ixodia-3-daring-to-heal-part-3) _2025-03-02 · Vocarium · Ixodia: The Lyme Chronicles_ For Gene and Zo, a trip to the mountains turns into an opportunity to reflect on the challenges of traversing together a chronic illness. ## [2. Daring to Heal Part II](https://ixodia.substack.com/p/ixodia-2-daring-to-heal-part-2) _2025-03-02 · Vocarium · Ixodia: The Lyme Chronicles_ Gene puts his impostor syndrome to the test. ## [1. Daring to Heal Part I](https://ixodia.substack.com/p/ixodia-1-daring-to-heal-part-1) _2025-03-02 · Vocarium · Ixodia: The Lyme Chronicles_ Gene decides to take his health in his own hands. ## [Welcome to Ixodia](https://ixodia.substack.com/p/welcome-to-ixodia) _2025-01-07 · Vocarium · Ixodia: The Lyme Chronicles_ About the Substack series