2025-03-09
Broccoli, the Man — and Vegetable — Behind the Bond Franchise
This whole 1989 profile of Albert “Cubby” Broccoli by John Culhane for the LA Times is full of enjoyable nuggets, but this fact blew my mind: Giovanni Broccoli and his...
The wrongness of relativism
Comparing yourself to other startups? Focus on yourself instead.
2025-03-08
Yours Truly on The Vergecast, on the Cinematic Future of James Bond Under Amazon’s Stewardship
Pierce, David Pierce: On this episode of The Vergecast, we talk about the future of Bond. (James Bond.) John Gruber, the author of Daring Fireball and a preeminent Bond expert,...
Simon Willison on the Privacy/Security Risks of Personalized Siri, vis-à-vis Prompt Injection
Simon Willison: These new Apple Intelligence features involve Siri responding to requests to access information in applications and then performing actions on the user’s behalf. This is the worst possible...
Apple Pulls Bella Ramsey Ad That Promoted Vaporware Personalized Siri Feature
Zac Hall, 9to5Mac: Since last fall, Apple has been marketing the iPhone 16 and Apple Intelligence with an unreleased Siri feature. After confirming today that the more personal version of...
How to Deploy Go + Templ + HTMX + TailwindCSS to Production
In this article, I will be showing you how to deploy the GoTTH stack (Go Templ htmx tailwind) to production.
Here's Why Your AI Has Bad Humor
Have you ever asked an AI model to tell you a joke and received something painfully unfunny?
The Migration to Coldware (COLD)
Coldware (COLD) is quickly emerging as the next big thing, with its decentralized Layer 1 blockchain providing a solution to the limitations faced by Solana. As more developers make the...
PayFi Revolution on the Horizon
Coldware (COLD) has made a bold move by launching its PayFi ecosystem — a decentralized finance platform integrated with IoT technologies. This move places Coldware at the cutting edge of...
The Woman Accused of Running a Murderous Cult Linked to Roko's Basilisk Faked Her Own Death Before "Coming Back to Life"
The leader of an alleged cult that hoped to usher in a murderous artificial superintelligence a la "Roko's Basilisk" once faked her death in the months before the first of...
Pinterest Changes User Terms So It Can Train AI on User Data and Photos, Regardless of When They Were Posted
Pinterest quietly updated its privacy policy to allow it to swallow up user data to train AI. A new clause, which appeared earlier today on the company's website, declares that...
Images Show Entire "Universe" of Circular Structure That Can Only Be Seen as Radio Signals
The vast realm probed by radio astronomers is one invisible to the naked eye, and even most kinds of telescopes. Now, thanks to the latest advances in radio observatories, scientists...
WebAssembly on Kubernetes: What You Need to Know
WebAssembly is a new programming language for the web. It can be written in Go, Rust, Kotlin, Python or other languages. This post explains how to use WebAssembly on Kubernetes.
The PlumTree Algorithm (PTA) in the Solana Gossip Protocol: Some Thoughts
This article delves into the implementation of the Plumtree algorithm in the Solana network and its role in increasing the speed of message propagation
How I Made Autonomous Vehicle AI 40% Faster Without Losing Accuracy
Autonomous vehicles need to see the world fast and with precision. But real-time perception is tough when your model is drowning in millions of LiDAR points and high-res images. The...
Lunar Lander Trips and Dies Inside South Pole Crater
Houston-based space company Intuitive Machines' Athena lunar lander isn't doing so hot. The lander made its attempt to land near Mons Mouton, a flat-topped mountain roughly 100 miles from the...
The HackerNoon Newsletter: Ham vs Spam: How to Identify and Classify Spam E-mail (3/8/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, March 8, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, IBM Introduces PC-XT...
If You Still Think Bodybuilding Is Healthy, This Woman Just Died at Age 20
The bodybuilding industry has claimed another victim: a 20-year-old
The DOGE Helpline
Comms from Armageddon
In Further Assault on Cinema, Amazon Is Deploying AI-Aided Dubs on Streaming Movies
From the streaming service that brought you crappy AI-generated movie posters and totally nonsensical AI-generated synopses, Amazon Prime Video presents: "AI-aided" dubbing! Which will supplant actors' original dialog with a...
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