Nostr notes by Steven Garrity (Unofficial)

Moats? I love a good metaphor, but I’m not sure moats were as ...

2026-10-31T03:46:26Z

Moats?

I love a good metaphor, but I’m not sure moats were as effective as everyone writing about AI in 2026 seems to think they were.

https://actsofvolition.com/2026/10/moats/

#moats

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C Sweet For more of my career than I care to admit, I thought the ...

2026-10-27T03:23:33Z

C Sweet

For more of my career than I care to admit, I thought the phrase “c-level executive” referred to executives who performed poorly (not like those A-level and B-level folks!).
I now know that the C stands for “Chief” as in, “Chief Executive Officer” or “Chief Technology Office”.
You can imagine how this led to some confusing conversations.

https://actsofvolition.com/2026/10/c-sweet/

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I’m a tax prude Sometimes a contractor or service-provider will ...

2026-10-20T03:18:00Z

I’m a tax prude

Sometimes a contractor or service-provider will ask if I’d rather pay in cash. The implication is that a cash transaction can be done without tax – and either or both of us can “save” some money.
What’s not said, in these exchanges is: Hey, want to cheat on our taxes together?
No thanks. I’ll pay the tax. I enjoy the schools, the roads, public broadcasting corporation.
I don’t have some sort of extra-strong moral muscle. It makes me sad that people see the collective pie as something they can skim from, no matter how little the amount. It makes me double-sad that they assume others want to as well, because they’re probably right – others do want to as well. It makes triple-sad that some think you’d be a fool not to.

https://actsofvolition.com/2026/10/im-a-tax-prude/

#tax #hey

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