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The Diff

The Diff

By: Byrne Hobart
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The Diff is a newsletter exploring the technologies, companies, and trends that are making the future high-variance. Posts range from in-depth company profiles, applied financial theory, strategy breakdowns and macroeconomics.The Diff Economics Personal Finance
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  • Ad-Based Platforms Have Mostly Solved Optimal Taxation

    Ad-Based Platforms Have Mostly Solved Optimal Taxation
    Apr 20 2026
    This is an audio version of the free newsletter. Read the newsletter at thediff.co, and subscribe for an additional 3 posts (and podcasts!) per week.
    • (00:00) - Ad-Based Platforms Have Mostly Solved Optimal Taxation
    • (08:06) - The Infrastructure Put Option
    • (09:14) - Monetization
    • (10:03) - Headless SaaS
    • (11:36) - Gazumped!
    • (12:49) - Bits and Barrels
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    14 mins
  • Ring, Cloudflare, and the Supply Chain of State Capacity

    Ring, Cloudflare, and the Supply Chain of State Capacity
    Apr 13 2026
    This is an audio version of the free newsletter. Read the newsletter at thediff.co, and subscribe for an additional 3 posts (and podcasts!) per week.
    • (00:00) - Ring, Cloudflare, and the Supply Chain of State Capacity
    • (08:32) - Work Trials
    • (09:43) - The Mezzanine Tranche
    • (10:29) - Politics by Other Means
    • (12:51) - Lawyers
    • (13:51) - Token Shortages
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    15 mins
  • Uncanny AI

    Uncanny AI
    Apr 6 2026
    This is an audio version of the free newsletter. Read the newsletter at thediff.co, and subscribe for an additional 3 posts (and podcasts!) per week.
    • (00:00) - Uncanny AI
    • (05:39) - Organic Content
    • (06:22) - Inconsistent Candor
    • (07:28) - Liquidity
    • (08:22) - Return to Office
    • (09:06) - Long-Lead Time Hacking
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    10 mins
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