2025-04-15
Harvard Tells Trump to Go Pound Sand
Harvard is refusing to comply with Trump’s demands related to his regime’s racist, xenophobic political agenda, including a threat to cut $9 billion in research funding. From the AP: Harvard...
SR-91 Aurora Might Have Had 1 Weapon Russia and China Never Could Match
Summary and Key Points: The SR-91 Aurora remains one of aviation’s most intriguing mysteries, rumored to have been a hypersonic reconnaissance aircraft capable of flying between Mach 5 and Mach...
SR-72 Son of Darkstar Has 1 Feature Russia and China Can’t Match
For many decades, Lockheed’s SR-71 Blackbird held the lofty title of the fastest air-breathing crewed aircraft ever built. Developed during the Cold War, the SR-71 was designed to conduct high-speed...
Katy Perry Boasts About Ridiculous Rocket Launch While NASA Is Scrubbing History of Women in Space
Upon returning to Earth on Monday following her 11-minute into Earth's outer atmosphere onboard a Blue Origin spacecraft, the pop star Katy Perry — still in her blue Monse flightsuit,...
‘Play with Fire’: China Warns U.S. over New F-16 Fighter Sales
China Warns US Over Sale of F-16s to Taiwan and the Philippines: China, already angry over the tariff issue with Washington, is now upset over the sale of upgraded F-16s...
Ars Technica is doing a three-part series on the history of the...
Ars Technica is doing a three-part series on the history of the internet; here’s part one, which covers ARPANET, IMPs, TCP/IP, RFCs, DNS, CompuServe, etc. “It was the first time...
$2.1 Trillion for the F-35? Yes, But That’s the Total Fighter Cost for Almost 100 Years
Summary and Key Points: The Pentagon recently detailed the F-35 fighter’s enormous $2.1 trillion lifetime cost, clarifying the figure covers all expenses—procurement, maintenance, upgrades, spare parts, and fuel—over a 94-year...
3M Subscriber YouTube Account 'Channel 5' Reporting On Rationalism
Published on April 15, 2025 1:02 PM GMTHi, I thought it might be interesting to some here to take note of the 3M subscriber YouTube channel "Channel 5 with Andrew...
Phanteks Evolv X2 PC case review
Monolithic, monstrous and beautiful, but at a cost.
Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms, Once and For All: PoW, PoS, and Rollups
This section explains various methods by which blockchain systems decide on the correct state, focusing on Proof of Work, Proof of Stake, ZK rollups, and optimistic rollups. It highlights the...
Why L2s on Public Chains Offer the Best of Both Worlds
Public L1s with private L2s present an optimal architecture for cross-border CBDCs, offering decentralization without infrastructure bloat. Simulations show that a multi-AMM model on L2-L3 outperforms L1 systems across all...
Inside the Economy of AI Spammers Getting Rich By Exploiting Disasters and Misery
How AI spammers monetized the LA fires and other natural disasters.
How to use the brick press in Schedule 1
Squish your products into convenient chunks.
Russia’s Kilo-Class Submarine Nightmare Summed Up in 2 Words
Summary and Key Points: Russia’s Kilo-class submarines, nicknamed “Black Hole” for their stealth, remain a significant naval asset decades after their Cold War introduction. -Designed originally to operate in shallow...
All drones in REPO and what they do
Your guide to every drone available in the game.
The real reason AI benchmarks haven’t reflected economic impacts
Published on April 15, 2025 1:44 PM GMTBasically, the linkpost argues that the broad reason why benchmark progress is disconnected from broader progress is because AI progressed so fast that...
I've found great deals on some of our favorite wireless gaming mice starting at just $30, even amid the ongoing price apocalypse
I would stake my virtual life on any one of these squeakers.
ASI existential risk: reconsidering alignment as a goal
Published on April 15, 2025 1:36 PM GMTDiscuss
The Navy’s F/A-XX Fighter Has a New Problem No One Saw Coming
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s next-generation F/A-XX fighter boasts improved range, approximately 1,550 kilometers, significantly extending beyond current fighters. -Yet this advantage may be undermined by a crucial...
The Oblivion remaster is real: Doubters in shambles as developer Virtuos accidentally leaves the door open to trailer screenshots and assets
I have seen the gates of Oblivion, beyond which no waking eye may see.
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