three links for a Monday

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ONE. https://computer.rip/2025-06-08-Omnimax.html - the history of Omnimax°hard word (one form of IMAX°hard word).

The TLDR°hard word - never profitable°hard word; it's°hard word amazing°hard word a project kept°hard word afloat°hard word by "science museums" for decades did as°hard word well as°hard word it did.

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TWO. - LLMs°hard word are Cheap ⚙️ https://www.snellman.net/blog/archive/2025-06-02-llms-are-cheap/

It may be time to start a "LLM-powered°hard word widgets°hard word" business.

The word widgets°hard word is a bit of legerdemain°hard word; it distracts°hard word from the details. the process would be:

* choose a vertical°hard word (education, "personal°hard word productivity°hard word", law, medicine, etc°hard word.)

* get a team of about five (one designer, two developers°hard word, one quality-assurance°hard word, and me)

* build a suite°hard word of tools (for "education", not°hard word just "a reading game to learn -op°hard word", but "reading games for everything in the 1st°hard word grade°hard word curriculum°hard word) ⚔️ for "law", my cheapest estimate°hard word includes°hard word $500k to train models on specific°hard word corpuses°hard word of government legal°hard word codes°hard word and court decisions. for education and "personal°hard word productivity°hard word", the regular APIs°hard word are enough.

* get to an MVP°hard word within°hard word 3 months

* sell sell sell

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THREE https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2025/6/8/fifa-club-world-cup-why-is-yamal-salah-ronaldo-barcelona-not-playing

There's°hard word a new soccer tournament°hard word ⚙️ the Club°hard word World°hard word Cup, and it probably will suck°hard word.

but: it is a dry-run°hard word for the World°hard word Cup next year. and, for "does Trump°hard word blow up border-control°hard word to the point this doesn't°hard word work". ⚙️ we invoke°hard word Guild°hard word Law: no discussion of politics°hard word or religion