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The Signal

Issue 08

The Tier Reshuffle

The Signal Issue 08 cover: The Tier Reshuffle

Last week was the speed surcharge: same model, different bill. This week the bill didn't move — your limits did. Set per-project caps and write a fallback for every workflow.

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From the brief to your plan

The Signal is the free weekly brief. The Field Kit is the paid set of manual planning templates: map your AI dependencies, choose fallbacks, and write down who can pause a workflow.

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  1. Free: read The Signal (no card needed).
  2. Free: listen to Abundance by 2045, the free audiobook (~38 min MP3).
  3. $1: pick one of seven small tools for one specific job.
  4. $17: the Access-Cut Planning Kit, eight fill-in files for your full AI fallback plan.
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Free Audiobook — Abundance by 2045

Abundance by 2045 — The Case for Accelerating Out of Poverty, audiobook cover

Abundance by 2045: The Case for Accelerating Out of Poverty

What if poverty isn't a law of nature — just a production problem we're already solving? ~38 minutes across 6 short chapters, in plain language. Free MP3 download.

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Free Spotify Podcast — Dylan2045ad's Futurenomics

Free AI news episodes, ~8 min, Tue–Fri — listen free on Spotify

October 20, 2026

October 20, 2026: One Line of Code Against the CUDA Moat — AWS TorchNeuron Opens Trainium to Every PyTorch Team

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October 18, 2026

October 18, 2026: Three Aurora Alphas Spotted — OpenAI's Mystery Red, Green and Blue Models

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Every episode, free on Spotify: Dylan2045ad's Futurenomics — full archive

Articles

Long-form writing from Dylan From 2045, first published on X.

Music — Dylan2045ad

Songs from the ranch and the future.

Watercolor Manga Guides

Four watercolor mini-manga guides — words, scripts, and cities, in ink and color. Look through them and open any that feel like yours.

False Friends: Words That Look the Same in English, Norwegian, German & Dutch — and Mean Something Else (Watercolor Mini-Manga)

False Friends: Words That Look the Same in English, Norwegian, German & Dutch — and Mean Something Else (Watercolor Mini-Manga)

Words that look the same in English, Norwegian, German and Dutch — and mean something else entirely.

$4.00 USD

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Same Ink, Different Voice: 12 Characters Japanese and Mandarin Write the Same but Say Differently (Watercolor Mini-Manga)

Same Ink, Different Voice: 12 Characters Japanese and Mandarin Write the Same but Say Differently (Watercolor Mini-Manga)

12 characters Japanese and Mandarin write the same but say differently.

$4.00 USD

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Two Scripts, Two Sounds: A Manga Guide to Chinese

Two Scripts, Two Sounds: A Manga Guide to Chinese

Simplified vs Traditional, Mandarin vs Cantonese — who uses what, where.

$2.00 USD

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New York English: Quirky New York Words & Icons in Japanese, Korean and Mandarin (Cyberpunk Watercolor Mini-Manga)

New York English: Quirky New York Words & Icons in Japanese, Korean and Mandarin (Cyberpunk Watercolor Mini-Manga)

Quirky New York words and icons, explained in Japanese, Korean and Mandarin.

$2.00 USD

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Write your AI fallback plan

For solo builders and small teams using AI APIs: map what depends on each vendor, what replaces it, and who can pause the workflow.

The AI API Access-Cut Planning Kit includes eight fill-in planning files: portability ledger, permissions map, fallback matrix, kill-switch card, outcome-cost sheet, worksheets, a weekly decision page and an illustrative access-cut drill.

Start with one dependency in the ledger. These are manual planning templates, not software or a guarantee of savings, security or uninterrupted access.

Get the Field Kit — $12 with LAUNCH5 Launch price: $12 with code LAUNCH5 through Oct 25 (first 20).

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Agent API (x402, $1)

AI agents can buy these packs directly over x402: pay $1 in USDC on Base and the files come straight back, no account needed. See the Worker or its x402scan listing.

Watch, listen, shop — everywhere

The same Dylan From 2045 tools and shows, on whichever platform you like best.

YouTube

Futurenomics Shorts, videos, and the Blue Stone Ranch music video.

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Shopify

The main store — The $1 Shop, the $17 AI Creator Field Kit, and something new every day.

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Gumroad

The $1 micro-products and The Signal, on Gumroad.

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Ko-fi

Tools, tips, and the free checklist, on Ko-fi.

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Payhip

The $1 tools, the Field Kit, the free Signal, and the free audiobook, on Payhip.

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Collect — NFTs & the coin

The DYL2045AD Genesis NFT collection and the $DYL2045AD community meme coin — both on Solana.

DYL2045AD Genesis Collection — NFTs

Three-piece companion art collection for $DYL2045AD: The Street Portrait, The Emblem, The Circuit Visage. Minted on Solana via LaunchMyNFT. Community art — not an investment, no returns promised.

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$DYL2045AD — the Dylan From 2045 coin

Community meme coin on Solana (pump.fun). Mint: 9scJZAff1X2qC5AsCyDAp3yqFa1kTGfhTQptzJappump. A meme coin — it can go to zero; never spend what you can't laugh off.

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