we love our stories and ai-nalogies.

plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

  • hotz: hacked the iphone, wanted OS his way
    rotten: “i hate pink floyd”, wanted rock his way

  • hotz: hacked the ps3
    rotten: “god save the queen”

  • hotz: legal trouble with sony
    rotten: dublin pub arrest, mountjoy jail, overturned

  • hotz: sony rap diss
    rotten: bill grundiss

  • hotz: more famous for establishment spat
    rotten: more famous for establishment spat

  • hotz: weed arrest
    rotten: speed bust

  • hotz: big tech hires the hacker
    rotten: big music hires the punk

  • hotz: professional hacking less fun than vibes hacking
    rotten: professional rebellion less fun than actual rebellion

  • hotz: let's build. self-driving car in his garage
    rotten: let's build. public image ltd.

  • hotz: weird public challenge with elon musk
    rotten: weird public fights with powers that be

  • hotz: ai before “hacker”
    rotten: post-punk music before “punk legend”

  • hotz: commaai to add layers, tinygrad to strip them down
    rotten: pistols to strip rock down, pil to build it up stranger

  • hotz: streams instead of podcasts
    rotten: screams instead of interviews

  • hotz: aged out “teen hacker”, avoided tech suit trap
    rotten: aged out “terrifying punk”, avoided pop rock trap

  • hotz: “obviously right” vs “what the fuck is he talking about”
    rotten: “obviously right” vs “what the fuck is he talking about”

  • hotz: lovable renegade ...?
    rotten: ❤︎ renegade (!)

anyway why did I start writing this.

ah right. life imitates art. art imitates life. programming as it meets punk.

better to burn out than to fade away.