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Tante
Personal blog · tante.ccpoliticscultureai
Tante writes Smashing Frames, a personal blog at tante.cc about politics, culture and ai. Since 2013, 54 different Hacker News readers have linked it 71 times, most often “AI as a Fascist Artifact”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-26, and you can follow it by feed.
Most-linked posts?
- AI as a Fascist Artifact5 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2026-04-21
- The Third Web4 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2021-12-17
- Does Open Source AI Exist?3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-10-18
- 6 core falsehoods about the digital sphere2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-11-18
- AI bubble versus dotcom bubble are not the same2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-04-15
- Useful Is Not Sufficient2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-07-15
- A critical reflection on #GDPR2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-04-04
- The Test2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-09-24
- The Legacy of NFTs2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-01-12
- Who Is Free Software For?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-03-06
What Hacker News says?
Haven't you watched "Line Goes Up - The Problem With NFTs" yet? It's about a whole lot more than just NFTs. Your question is thoroughly addressed and truthfully answered in that video. Also see his references and citations in "Sources and Further Reading" for more proof. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9g Sources and Further Reading: https://web3isgoinggreat.com/ https://tante.cc/2021/12/17/the-third-web/ h…
Comment linking /2021/12/17/the-third-web/
on “Bitconnect founder indicted in global $2.4B cryptocurrency scheme”Submitted The Test as a story · 171 points
HN discussionAnd how about the push-back from game developers who don't want to spend the extra incredible amount of work they would have to invest to enable importing digital assets from other games to unbalance and pollute their own games and cut into their revenue? If you were an actual game developer yourself, this would be obvious to you. >The push back from gamers has been non-stop and intense. I don't get it. You should g…
Comment linking /2021/12/17/the-third-web/
on “SEC brought its first non-fungible token enforcement action”Submitted The Third Web as a story · 105 points
HN discussion"The third Web" by Tante is a really great write-up: https://tante.cc/2021/12/17/the-third-web/
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on “Is Web3 a Scam?”Submitted Omarchy Is a Power Grab as a story · 98 points
HN discussion2FA should IMHO be standard and not make headlines! On the other hand and with the latest Synology private cloud hacks, I am not sure if 2FA makes that much of a difference for private cloud servers. 2FA cannot be used for all logins and the solution therefore are usually additional passwords with limited user rights, however, if there is a security issue, such limited user rights are usually sufficient … Your milea…
Comment linking /2013/05/20/host-your-own-is-cynical/
on “Two Factor Authentication for Hybrid and Private Cloud”Submitted Who Is Free Software For? as a story · 65 points
HN discussionAI is a political ideology masquerading as technology https://tante.cc/2026/04/21/ai-as-a-fascist-artifact/
Comment linking /2026/04/21/ai-as-a-fascist-artifact/
on “AI is a technology not a product”Submitted Mozilla.ai did what? When silliness goes dangerous as a story · 64 points
HN discussionDiscussion on blog post version: https://tante.cc/2026/05/20/on-google-declaring-war-on-the-w... ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48214449 )
Comment linking /2026/05/20/on-google-declaring-war-on-the-web/
on “In Yesterday's IO Keynote Google Declared War on the Remnants of the Web”Submitted Friction and Not Being Touched as a story · 56 points
HN discussionConservatives loves AI because they see it as it is: not a technology, but a political framework to force their ideology on everyone AI is first and foremost a political artefact: https://tante.cc/2026/04/21/ai-as-a-fascist-artifact/
Comment linking /2026/04/21/ai-as-a-fascist-artifact/
on “Eric Schmidt booed during graduation speech about AI”Submitted Google Declaring War on the Web as a story · 42 points
HN discussionSubmitted On "Vibe Coding" as a story · 28 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI as a Fascist Artifact as a story · 24 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI as a Fascist Artifact as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Exiting the Billionaire Castle as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Third Web as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Test as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Are "AI" Systems Tools? as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Does Open Source AI Exist? as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Does Open Source AI Exist? as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Vulgar Display of Power as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted A critical reflection on #GDPR as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why We Can’t Have Nice Things, #Lessig2016 Edition as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted "AI" Centralization as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Useful Is Not Sufficient as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI as a Fascist Artifact as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI as a Fascist Artifact as a story · 3 points
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