2026-03-31
Quantum Computers Exist. Making Them Useful Is the Hard Part
Quantum computers already exist, but making them useful is now an engineering challenge shaped by error correction, hardware quality, and architecture.
The Internalization of Gradients: From Prebiotic Chemistry to Mesa-Optimizers
A framework connecting gradient geometry, symmetry internalization, and the emergence of internal optimization — grounded in empirical training dynamics and the thermodynamics of the origin of life.AbstractWe propose that neural...
AI Doesn’t Lie - It Reflects How Fragmented Signals Distort What LLMs Think Your Company Is
AI systems don’t “understand” your company—they reconstruct it from public signals. When those signals are fragmented, outdated, or inconsistent, AI outputs become distorted. This creates hidden friction in trust, slows...
Slack in Cells, Slack in Brains
[A veridically metaphorical explanation of why you shouldn't naïvely cram your life with local optimizations (even for noble or altruistic reasons).]TL;DR: You need Slack to be an effective agent. Slack...
A new study shows that since 1990, the United States has...
A new study shows that since 1990, the United States has caused $10 trillion in global climate damages. China is responsible for $9T. “Our emissions have caused damage not only...
D&D.Sci Release Day: Topple the Tower Analysis & Ruleset
This is a follow-up to last week's D&D.Sci scenario: if you intend to play that, and haven't done so yet, you should do so now before spoiling yourself.There is a...
Your Team Doesn’t Need a ‘Work Family’ — It Needs This System That Holds Up When It Counts
If calling your company a "family" feels good, wait until you miss a number — real cultures aren't built on sentiment, but on clarity, ownership and how teams perform when...
datasette-files 0.1a3
Release: datasette-files 0.1a3 I'm working on integrating datasette-files into other plugins, such as datasette-extract. This necessitated a new release of the base plugin. owners_can_edit and owners_can_delete configuration options, plus the...
Design: When Does It Stop Being Enough?
There's a specific kind of dissatisfaction that's hard to name when you're in the middle of it. It's not burnout, I've had burnout; I know what that feels like. It's...
Clever WoW players exploited bugs and some poor little rats to try and kill a Midnight raid boss early, but Blizzard was one step ahead
Can a group of monks and some rats kill a god?
Take note of how brightness makes you feel
I just moved into a new apartment and am working on getting my lighting set up. Like polyamory and group housing, lighting is one of those things that rationalists sometimes...
Cost of Cultured Meat: workshop, modeling, resources, feedback
Event: "What will cultivated meat cost?", online workshop April/May date tbd, apply here. We've been building resources for our cultivated meat Pivotal Questions project. We're running an online workshop[1] on...
Jesus Clarifies Return Will Be Strictly Limited To...
Jesus Clarifies Return Will Be Strictly Limited To Carpentry Business. “My sole focus during this Second Coming will be various woodworking projects and not the establishment of a messianic kingdom.”
Navigating Claude Code: CLAUDE.md Done Right
CLAUDE.md is not a single file — it is a hierarchy that Claude Code merges at launch. This article covers the full resolution order, the @import mechanism, path-scoped rules via...
Maybe No F-35: Canada JAS 39 Gripen Fighter Talks Are Now ‘Intensive’
Saab’s JAS 39 Gripen and F-35 Are Locked Into Drama over Canada Deal Canadian defense procurement remains at a crossroads. Saab still seems to be pushing hard to sell the...
Pangram (AI detection software) can be evaded
Pangram is ostensibly very good. They claim their program detects all LLMs, outperforms trained humans, and has 99.98% accuracy. This means that Pangram correctly identifies AI-written text 99.98% of time....
Can the New U.S. Army M1E3 Abrams Survive a Drone War? The Honest Answer Is Uncomfortable
The M1E3 Abrams Tank Is One Giant Question Mark In January, the Army unveiled a pre-prototype version of the M1E3 Abrams, which is expected to serve as the Army’s next-generation...
Artificial Intelligence: The Hidden Cost of Learning
AI didn’t just accelerate content creation; it commoditized it. Beginners mistake polished output for real knowledge, while experts use AI as a tool, not a crutch, guided by experience and...
You Got It All Wrong: The CIA Had a Spy Plane Faster Than the SR-71 Blackbird
The SR-71 Blackbird Story (and Nearly Forgotten A-12) The SR-71 Blackbird was a fantastic aircraft. It was designed and built by Clarence “Kelly” Johnson’s Lockheed Skunk Works in Burbank, California....
This Front Panel Makes Its Own Clean-Edged Drill Guides
We haven’t seen an instrument panel quite like [bluesyann]’s, which was made by curing UV resin directly onto plywood with the help of a 3D printer and a bit of...
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