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v48 - Coil Whine

Breaking Change

I'm experiencing what breathing out of my nose properly feels like for the first time. Everything is new and wondrous and I've never felt so optimistic. This sensation lasted for two days and now I'm used to it and existence is once again pain.

Share your existential musings at podcast@searls.co and I'll nod and sigh along. I might even nod and sigh performatively for you on the show!

Important ground covered in this episode:

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<p>Share your existential musings at <a href="mailto:podcast@searls.co">podcast@searls.co</a> and I'll nod and sigh along. I might even nod and sigh performatively for you on the show!</p>
<p>Important ground covered in this episode:</p>
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<li>My new gaming PC's <a href="https://pcpartpicker.com/user/searls/saved/8WK7pg">final parts list</a></li>
<li>This nifty <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wake-me-up-wake-on-lan/id1465416032">Wake-on-LAN app for iOS</a></li>
<li>The POSSE Party has <a href="https://posseparty.com">STARTED</a>!</li>
<li>Aaron's <a href="https://justin.searls.co/puns/">puns, ranked</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-04/polymarket-builds-in-house-trading-team-as-it-re-enters-the-us?embedded-checkout=true">Polymarket Builds In-House Trading Team as It Re-Enters the US</a> (<a href="https://archive.is/2025.12.04-152701/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-04/polymarket-builds-in-house-trading-team-as-it-re-enters-the-us">Archive</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/04/usps-amazon-delivery/">Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network</a> (<a href="https://apple.news/A-j8RtJQyT32WRd2_Yi8Wnw">News+</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/ram-shortage-comes-us-all">The RAM Shortage Comes for Us All</a> (Another <a href="https://www.mooreslawisdead.com/post/sam-altman-s-dirty-dram-deal">good take</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/kirby-air-riders-tops-the-japanese-physical-charts-as-switch-and-switch-2-games-sweep-the-top-15/">Kirby Air Riders tops the Japanese physical charts as Switch and Switch 2 games sweep the top 15</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-04/meta-s-zuckerberg-plans-deep-cuts-for-metaverse-efforts">Meta confirms cuts for Metaverse Efforts</a> (<a href="https://archive.is/kQ8yV">Archive</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-03/apple-design-executive-alan-dye-poached-by-meta-in-major-coup">Alan Dye is leaving apple</a> (<a href="https://archive.is/XxwV6">Archive</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://stratechery.com/2025/google-nvidia-and-openai/">Ben Thompson on Nvidia and OpenAI</a></li>
<li><a href="https://jonready.com/blog/posts/everyone-in-seattle-hates-ai.html">Everyone in Seattle Hates AI</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blog.google/technology/developers/gemini-3-pro-vision/">Gemini 3 Pro: the frontier of vision AI</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluribus_(TV_series)">Pluribus</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Enterprise">Star Trek: Enterprise</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Section_31">Section 31</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Lower_Decks">Lower Decks</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.soulframe.com/">Soulframe</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outer_Worlds_2">Outer Worlds 2</a></li>
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