Patrick McKenzie
Person on 4 sites
Software engineer and writer, known online as patio11. Ran the small software business Bingo Card Creator and Starfighter, then worked at Stripe; writes about…
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5 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
Who people, organisations and podcasts are, and how they connect, with sources.
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4 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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35 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The financial industry functions as an arm of the government, compelled into that role by law and regulation rather than choice. (opens korrents.com)
“The financial industry understands itself to be an arm of the government. We were inducted into this service other-than-willingly through the ordinary operation of law and regulation. This is uncontroversial and…”
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The mandatory financial-transaction reporting regime functions as an end-run around the Fourth Amendment. (opens korrents.com)
“One critique is that this regime is functionally an end-run around the Fourth Amendment.”
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Complex professional practice, including law, can be reduced to written playbooks that make its outcomes reproducible without requiring artisanal mastery. (opens korrents.com)
“But in law, as in restaurants, we are allowed to write down recipes and tell people to just follow the steps.”
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The financial industry functions as an arm of the government, compelled into that role by law and regulation rather than choice. (opens korrents.com)
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10 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
What people recommend (books, tools, films), with the receipt.
Updated 2026-09-04