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  • The History of Satanism

    Theology and Mythology. Roots and origins.

    Notion of Satan in the religious texts.

  • 51% Human

    Working title for the book about tech invading people.

    “Humanity” is corrupted memory—a debug process stuck in a loop, trying to reconcile broken code.

    The “AI GOD” isn’t evil—it’s dead. The humans are echoes of its crash report.

    No happy ending: Just the horror of realizing you’re a glitch in a dead machine.

  • Bet against the Internet

    I think the internet is dying. It is human vs bot game now. So i’d better bet on human. Training professionals and digital hygiene is cool.

    Let’s break down the chances of people actually leaving the internet and what’s driving this shift.

    1. Is the Internet Really Full of Bots?

    Yes—studies suggest:

    • Nearly half of all internet traffic is automated (bots scraping data, spamming, or running AI-generated content).
    • Social media is flooded with fake accounts (Meta estimates ~5% of Facebook accounts are fake, but some researchers say it’s much higher).
    • AI-generated text, images, and videos are dominating platforms (ChatGPT, Midjourney, deepfakes).

    Result: Many users feel like they’re talking to machines, not people.

    2. Will People Actually Leave the Internet?

    Unlikely completely, but we’re seeing shifts:

    A. Moving to “Private Internet” (Less Bot-Infested Spaces)

    B. Digital Detox & Reduced Engagement

    C. The Rise of “Human-Verified” Spaces

  • Could NFT be used to confirm authenticity of the image or video?

    NFTs are recorded on a blockchain, which means the creator, timestamp, and transaction history are permanently stored.

    If an artist or publisher mints an original image/video as an NFT, it creates a verifiable record of its origin.

    Some NFTs include cryptographic hashes (digital fingerprints) of the original file, ensuring that any alteration can be detected.

    Authenticity certificates could be valuable in the future.

    If a well-known photographer, news agency, or artist mints an NFT, their reputation adds trust to the content.

    Most NFTs store only a link to the image/video (often on centralized servers like IPFS or AWS). If the linked file is altered, the NFT’s authenticity is compromised.

    To mint means to create or issue a new token (like an NFT or cryptocurrency) on a blockchain. It’s the process of turning a digital file (image, video, etc.) into a unique, tradable asset on the blockchain.

  • Statsig Raises $100 Million and Hits Unicorn Status at a $1.1 Billion Valuation

    Statsig is a cutting-edge data-driven product development platform that enables teams to produce better solutions more quickly. Statsig gives teams a comprehensive picture of product performance by automatically tracking the impact of each feature release, in contrast to conventional A/B testing tools. Teams may swiftly switch from underperforming features, double down on what works, and identify metric decreases in a matter of hours thanks to the robust product observability tools.

    At a $1.1 billion valuation, Statsig has secured $100 million in Series C funding. ICONIQ Growth led the round, and Sequoia and Madrona, two previous investors, also participated. Statsig intends to use this investment to increase the capabilities of its platform, hire additional staff, and enable more businesses of all kinds to realize the full benefits of data-driven product development.

    Vijaye Raji launched Statsig in 2021, with its headquarters located in Bellevue, Washington, in the United States. The business works in a variety of industries, including as artificial intelligence, gaming, business-to-business software, e-commerce, finance, and government. “In the past, product development was an art form, with innovative engineers and managers using their gut feelings to direct modifications. Today, that just isn’t enough,” stated Vijaye Raji, Statsig’s founder and CEO. By offering a comprehensive platform for data-driven decision-making, we are intensifying our efforts to support every product team in embracing the art and science of creating outstanding products.

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  • Hybrid Document Flow – paper and digital are the way to go

    So yeah, i think we need to embrace the fact that sometimes the paper is better. And you can sign the paper which makes it a document.

  • Cast AI Raises $108 Million at Around $850 Million Valuation

    A business called Cast AI is creating automation solutions to streamline and optimize cloud workloads for demanding jobs like artificial intelligence. Cast AI uses cutting-edge machine learning to automatically analyze and improve Kubernetes clusters in real-time, in contrast to traditional solutions that merely monitor clusters and offer recommendations. As a result, cloud expenses are greatly reduced, performance and security are improved, and DevOps and engineering teams are more productive.

    Cast AI is now valued at over $850 million after raising $108 million in a Series C financing sponsored by G2 Venture Partners and SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2.

    Augustinas Stirbis, Austeja Zymantaite, Einaras von Gravrock, Laurent Gil, Leon Kuperman, Vilius Zukauskas, and Yuri Frayman launched Cast AI in 2019, with its headquarters located in North Miami Beach, Florida, in the United States.

    The business uses well-known cloud platforms including AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure to serve clients in a variety of industries throughout the world. According to Yuri Frayman, the CEO and co-founder of Cast, “it’s all about GPU, compute, and electricity.” Our goal is to increase efficiency so that we can support greater workloads on different GPUs. That is the focus of our work.

  • Kombucha – is it risign in the next 3-5 years?

    I see a lot of it in the stores. We have it from time to time at home.

    One of the producers says the demand should rise in the future.

    But is it true? So far he is struggling to scale it.

  • Veza Raises $108 Million at an $808 Million Valuation

    Veza is a platform for data security created to assist users in sharing and accessing their data in a secure manner. It makes it easier to comprehend, manage, and regulate who is authorized to perform particular actions on different data assets. Veza offers a single view of access rights by arranging authorization metadata across cloud platforms, apps, data systems, and identity providers. Its platform tackles the intricate data security issues that contemporary businesses encounter.

    Veza is valued at $808 million after raising $108 million in a Series D fundraising round. New Enterprise Associates (NEA) led the new round, which included existing investors Accel, GV (Google Ventures), True Ventures, Norwest, Ballistic Ventures, J.P. Morgan, and Blackstone Innovations Investments, as well as new investors Atlassian Ventures, Workday Ventures, and Snowflake Ventures.

    Maohua Lu, Rob Whitcher, and Tarun Thakur formed Veza in 2020, with its headquarters located in Palo Alto, California, in the United States. According to Tarun Thakur, co-founder and CEO of Veza, “identity used to be an IT function, but it has now become the leading battleground of cybersecurity, with almost every breach linked to credential abuse.”

    Beyond typical directory services, which solely concentrate on users and groups, identity must change. Assembling all access permissions, authorization data, and activity into a single data model is the foundation of Veza’s industry-first strategy, which empowers users to make quick, wise decisions that lower risk and uphold least privilege. Veza has become the leader in identity security in a field full of startups and well-known competitors. Our most recent investment serves as a warning to the sector: Veza is at the forefront of identity-based security.