rmason

Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:35pm PST

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Serial entrepreneur based in East Lansing, Michigan. Code Michigan founder. On Twitter as Rick_Mason

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Wed Feb 4, 2026 11:24pm PST

We Used To Build Things. What Happened?

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Wed Feb 4, 2026 9:31pm PST

How to know if you're an engineer? (3 min video/comedy)

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Wed Feb 4, 2026 9:14pm PST

Nuke Map

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Tues Feb 3, 2026 12:32am PST

The Singularity Is Always Near (2006)

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Mon Feb 2, 2026 9:41pm PST

Statue of computing pioneer Ada Lovelace unveiled in Hinckley

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Sun Feb 1, 2026 10:51pm PST

People keep probing my static site for WordPress stuff. Built them a login page

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Sun Feb 1, 2026 10:33pm PST

Why a hot drone startup ditched California for Detroit

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Sat Jan 31, 2026 10:05pm PST

Lawnchair Larry's Flight over Los Angeles

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Sat Jan 31, 2026 10:00pm PST

Factify Raises $73M to Create AI Infrastructure for Documents

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Fri Jan 30, 2026 9:24pm PST

Former Google engineer found guilty of espionage and theft of AI tech

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Thurs Jan 29, 2026 9:39pm PST

A short video from KIMI AI founder, Zhilin Yang

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Thurs Jan 29, 2026 9:37pm PST

Tim Berners-Lee says he is in a 'battle for the soul' of the internet

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Wed Jan 28, 2026 10:08pm PST

Major US city (LA) takes bold decision to ban single-use printer cartridges

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Tues Jan 27, 2026 8:05pm PST

'Ralph Wiggum' loop prompts Claude to vibe-clone commercial software for $10 HR

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Mon Jan 26, 2026 2:38am PST

SF Microclimates

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Sun Jan 25, 2026 9:27pm PST

Software Design Principles That Matter

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Fri Jan 23, 2026 9:33pm PST

Tim O'Reilly – AI and the Next Economy

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Fri Jan 23, 2026 9:32pm PST

Tiny Sand Grains May Solve 5k-Year-Old Stonehenge Mystery

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Wed Jan 21, 2026 8:47pm PST

Texas tech executive is newest owner of Detroit's largest mansion

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Tues Jan 20, 2026 11:58pm PST

Drivers divided on 'American Autobahn' plan to pull speed limits of highways

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Tues Jan 20, 2026 10:28pm PST

How a Norwegian weather rocket almost sparked a nuclear war

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Tues Jan 20, 2026 9:35pm PST

Are 'tech dense' farms the future of farming?

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Tues Jan 20, 2026 9:34pm PST

The world of Japanese snack bars

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Mon Jan 19, 2026 8:09pm PST

There's a hidden Android setting that spots fake cell towers

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Sat Jan 17, 2026 9:52pm PST

University student vibe-codes an operating system from scratch

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Sat Jan 17, 2026 8:46pm PST

Detroit's streetlights are becoming EV chargers

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Sat Jan 17, 2026 8:37pm PST

Former USDS Leaders Launch Tech Reform Project to Fix What DOGE Broke

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Fri Jan 16, 2026 9:27pm PST

Ammobia says it has reinvented a century-old technology

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Fri Jan 16, 2026 9:25pm PST

A16Z: The Power Brokers

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Thurs Jan 15, 2026 11:11pm PST

The Golden Thread

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Thurs Jan 15, 2026 10:01pm PST

First 'dark factory' where robots build the car tipped to open by 2030

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Tues Jan 13, 2026 8:17pm PST

U.S. has been testing device linked to Havana Syndrome, sources say (12M video)

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Mon Jan 12, 2026 8:17pm PST

How a record-breaking drive on a frozen Lake helped create Ford Motor Company

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Mon Jan 12, 2026 8:11pm PST

Sergei Fedorov's Escape from Soviet Union Helped Save Red Wings (2020)

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Fri Jan 9, 2026 7:29pm PST

Ford Will Debut Eyes-Off Autonomous Driving on Its Upcoming $30K EV

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Fri Jan 9, 2026 7:24pm PST

Snow Melt System (City of Holland, MI)

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Thurs Jan 8, 2026 10:24pm PST

Flint Confirms Biodegradable Paper Batteries Are Now in Production

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Wed Jan 7, 2026 11:56pm PST

Om Malik – Who decides what's real in the age of AI? Instagram does

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Wed Jan 7, 2026 11:22pm PST

Google co-founder (Larry Page) leaves California amid wealth tax fears

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Wed Jan 7, 2026 9:11pm PST

Water Heater Mines Bitcoin. It Could Help Solve AI's Energy Problem

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Tues Jan 6, 2026 11:42pm PST

Startup develops inflatable fall-protection pants to prevent hip fractures

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Tues Jan 6, 2026 9:16pm PST

My Venezuela experience as head of trading in the region for Cargill

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Tues Jan 6, 2026 9:13pm PST

Fred Wilson – What Will Happen in 2026

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Mon Jan 5, 2026 8:54pm PST

LuCli – Run Lucee, manage servers, and execute CFML – all from your terminal

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Sun Jan 4, 2026 10:14pm PST

BoxLang: A Dynamic Renaissance – From Zero to Release in 21 Months

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Sun Jan 4, 2026 10:12pm PST

Meet The cowboy who never clocks out

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Thurs Jan 1, 2026 11:16pm PST

Inside China's AI coders' 'village' (2 min video)

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Thurs Jan 1, 2026 8:34pm PST

Om Malik – What DeepSeek Means for Everyone

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Thurs Jan 1, 2026 8:18pm PST

Om Malik – China's EV Boom Is Bad for U.S..Tech

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Thurs Jan 1, 2026 7:56pm PST

A Man Who Was Supposed to Kill Martin Luther King Jr

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Thurs Jan 1, 2026 3:54am PST

25 Lessons from the first year of Solo Founders

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Wed Dec 31, 2025 9:06pm PST

Baffling purple honey found only in North Carolina

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Wed Dec 31, 2025 9:03pm PST

100K-Watt Iron Beam laser becomes first drone defense zapper to be deployed

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Tues Dec 30, 2025 9:22pm PST

Humans May Be Able to Grow New Teeth Within Just 4 Years

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Sun Dec 28, 2025 10:57pm PST

Two strangers. A terrorist bomb. An extraordinary tale of courage

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Sun Dec 28, 2025 9:50pm PST

Meet The South Pacific Ponzi King with a Bogus Bank – and a Global Fan Club

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Sun Dec 28, 2025 9:48pm PST

Trump to hire 1k specialists for 'Tech Force' to build AI, finance projects

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Thurs Dec 25, 2025 3:50am PST

The battle to stop clever people betting

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Tues Dec 23, 2025 8:18pm PST

Plane makes safe emergency landing with first use of Autoland system (2M video)

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Mon Dec 22, 2025 11:11pm PST

Making complex web apps faster

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Sat Dec 20, 2025 5:07am PST

How I Bought A Car Factory at 34, Explained (13 min video)

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Fri Dec 19, 2025 11:41pm PST

Humanoid Robots for War and Work: Startup Plans to Build 50K by End of 2027

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Tues Dec 16, 2025 11:27pm PST

More than 100 rally against data centers at Michigan Capitol

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Sun Dec 14, 2025 10:24pm PST

Sloot Digital Coding System

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Sat Dec 13, 2025 9:43pm PST

21 Lessons from 14 Years at Google

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Sat Dec 13, 2025 8:54pm PST

Purdue University approves new AI requirement for all undergrads

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Fri Dec 12, 2025 9:30pm PST

Can a slow-release bolus crack methane reduction for pasture raised cattle?

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Thurs Dec 11, 2025 10:46pm PST

Cursor Launches an AI Coding Tool for Designers

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Wed Dec 10, 2025 9:56pm PST

Windows 3.1 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme, original UI designer explains why

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Wed Dec 10, 2025 8:38pm PST

SpaceX Installs Starlink Vending Machine in Iowa

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Wed Dec 10, 2025 2:25am PST

Tech In the D: MOT MOT (3 min video)

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