Clarence Cai
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Stop Channeling. Start Thinking Again
A new kind of practitioner has emerged in the age of generative AI. They prompt, copy, paste, and publish. No verification. No critical thinking. No human layer added anywhere in the process. They function almost like conduits, not contributors, not value-adders.
How to setup an Openclaw instance on Proxmox securely
If you have been following the AI agent space, you have probably come across OpenClaw. It’s an open-source, self-hosted AI assistant that connects to your messaging platforms and runs as a persistent daemon on your machine. It can execute shell commands, manage files, and automate tasks.
Even if you are physical and low cost, you will be automated
Recently, there was a news article about a Singaporean firm using robots to do painting. This shatters two commonly made assumptions. One is that many people assume that remote work would make their jobs easy to replace, easy to outsource.
Amortization Mindset
How much do you spend on subscriptions every month? Do you even know it offhand or do you have to check it? I know I can only recall 60-70% of them. But if you think about how much you spent on your last laptop, your last mobile phone, you typically can remember if it cost almost $2,000.