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In the 1970s and 1980s, my father, Sam Merrill, had an interview segment on a local radio show in New York City: Direct News.
Oct 10
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Nick Merrill
July 2025
The Internet During World War
A repost from OECD's Forum Network
Jul 23
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Nick Merrill
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Along for the Ride
I joked to a friend, recently, that when you start a fresh chat with an LLM, it’s like talking to a character in Severance the moment they come to on…
Jul 19
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Nick Merrill
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August 2024
Updates on dreaming
I recently read Rahul Jandial’s This Is Why You Dream.
Aug 7, 2024
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Nick Merrill
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How secure is the Great Firewall of China?
Why China should be nervous about its tech monoculture—and so should the West
Aug 1, 2024
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Nick Merrill
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April 2024
Why aren't co-ops everywhere?
Why co-ops face structural disadvantages in equity markets
Apr 26, 2024
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Nick Merrill
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March 2024
AI is the internet
OpenAI's Sora: amazing, right?
Mar 5, 2024
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Nick Merrill
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February 2024
The U.S. military loses satelite internet access in Taiwan
Thanks, Elon.
Feb 28, 2024
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Nick Merrill
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November 2023
IETF 118 - CDNs and States
Content distribution networks (CDNs) handle most internet traffic.
Nov 13, 2023
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Nick Merrill
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October 2023
First, the burning sandalwood
First, the burning sandalwood Rising past my leaded glass. Then, the light.
Oct 31, 2023
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Nick Merrill
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Merrill's razor
Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by depression or anxiety.
Oct 23, 2023
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Nick Merrill
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August 2023
What is progress?
Have we made progress?
Aug 22, 2023
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Nick Merrill
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