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Sam Clemente
A canyon with an obelisk featuring Robinhood's logo, overlaid over the image is the text: "Robinhood Presents: The Lost City of Gold"

Finance

Robinhood Just Made the Banking Product Apple Should Have

Just this week Robinhood announced a comprehensive set of banking products as Apple struggles to keep its credit card alive

By Sam Clemente 29 Mar 2025
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Social Issues

Know Thy Enemy

It’s important to understand the systems you are trying to dismantle so that you can do it without unintended consequences

By Sam Clemente 23 Mar 2025
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Apple

On: Apple Intelligence

If I’m being honest, I’m not really concerned about Apple’s ability to make this happen

By Sam Clemente 21 Mar 2025
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Apple

Who Is All This Power For?

As Apple’s silicon has evolved over the past few years people are asking “who can use this power” well, here’s who

By Sam Clemente 12 Mar 2025
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Artificial Intelligence

On: The State of Artificial Intelligence

There’s a lot of shit going on with AI, let’s talk a little bit about it

By Sam Clemente 03 Mar 2025
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Technology

My Home on the Internet

Basically this is my digital fort.

By Sam Clemente 16 Feb 2025
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Music

Music Blog Challenge

Here’s my attempt at the music blog challenge—I don’t know how but I think this is more chaotic than the tech one

By Sam Clemente 06 Feb 2025
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Technology

Technology Blog Challenge

Here's my sleep-deprived attempt at the technology blog challenge going around—I'm sorry (no I'm not)

By Sam Clemente 05 Feb 2025
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Social Issues

On: Choosing How You React

Sometimes people like to conflate “choose how you react” with “ignore the problem” but that’s just not it

By Sam Clemente 01 Feb 2025
A person sitting at a desk surrounded by plants with a HomePod mini

Technology

What’s the Matter with Matter?

I only use Matter over Thread smart home devices—here’s how it’s going

By Sam Clemente 30 Jan 2025
A photo of the DeepSeek AI app running on a phone

Artificial Intelligence

DeepSeek Didn’t Win Anything, but It is Interesting

Hey maybe open source and regulation is a good thing—who'da thunk it

By Sam Clemente 28 Jan 2025
A US$100 bill on a wooden table

Social Issues

Voting With Your Dollar Doesn’t Mean Shit Anymore

Hooray for late-stage capitalism

By Sam Clemente 09 Jan 2025
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Exploring the New Intersection Between Technology and Liberal Arts

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Exploring the New Intersection Between Technology and Liberal Arts