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Space Scientists Wince as Astronauts’ Lives Depend on Artemis 2’s Controversial Heat Shield During Plunge Back to Earth

"What they’re talking about doing is crazy." The post Space Scientists Wince as Astronauts’ Lives Depend on Artemis 2’s Controversial Heat Shield During Plunge Back to Earth appeared first on...

Pause menu design! Persona 5 is a great example #gaming #gamedev

AI Subagents: What Works and What Doesn't

Experimenting with #AI #subagents. I delegated 4 GitHub issues to parallel subagents. The biggest win wasn't the speed — it was context isolation. Here's how I did it.

Tennessee Lawmakers Pass Fix to School Threats Law After Kids Were Arrested for Jokes and Misunderstandings

The post Tennessee Lawmakers Pass Fix to School Threats Law After Kids Were Arrested for Jokes and Misunderstandings appeared first on ProPublica.

ChatGPT voice mode is a weaker model

I think it's non-obvious to many people that the OpenAI voice mode runs on a much older, much weaker model - it feels like the AI that you can talk...

hifox: Deterministic Firefox Hardening as an Enforcement Workflow

Traditional Firefox hardening relies on static configurations that degrade over time due to updates, exceptions, and unnoticed changes. This article introduces a Git-based approach that treats hardening as a continuous...

China Said Its J-20 Fighter Beats the F-22 Raptor 95% of the Time. They Left Out the Part Where It Loses 90% of the Time Without Drones

China published a study claiming the J-20 defeats the F-22 Raptor 95% of the time. What the headlines didn’t mention: the same study showed a single J-20 without drones loses...

Even the French government is switching to Linux now in a bid for 'digital sovereignty'

This is an attempt to "reduce the state's extra-European digital dependencies."

‘I Live to Work’: MrBeast Admits His Work-Life Balance Isn’t ‘Healthy’ — Here’s How He Built YouTube’s Biggest Audience

Climbing to the top of the YouTube charts comes with a hefty price.

Electronics industry says FCC's foreign-made router policy is a bit of a mesh

Trade group warns onshoring demands will leave Americans stuck with older gear The Global Electronics Association (GEA) warns that the US ban on foreign-made network routers is impractical because few...

Charcuterie is a visual Unicode symbol explorer. Click...

Charcuterie is a visual Unicode symbol explorer. Click around, search, or use the pencil in the upper left to draw the shape you’re looking for. This is very cool.

Treasure Beach is a scavenger game where you can sell what you find hidden in the sand to stingy shoppers—and let me warn you, it isn't easy

These shoppers are having me on.

Don't like the MacBook Neo's storage options? Well, with lots of electronics gear, years of experience, and nerves of steel, you too can have a 1 TB model

Shame you can't embiggen your own gaming SSDs like this. Or can you?

Honkai: Star Rail version 4.2 livestream codes

Our guide lists out the Honkai: Star Rail version 4.2 livestream codes so you can redeem them quickly.

China Is Watching: Iran Fired 101 Missiles at the U.S. Navy’s USS Abraham Lincoln Aircraft Carrier. None Landed.

The U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, USS Abraham Lincoln, has enjoyed a successful Iran war. The operational tempo and sortie rate have been high. Aircraft launch from the deck 24/7....

Why Discounts Are No Longer Optional For Your Business or LLC

Discounts have evolved from optional promotions to an essential competitive tool that shapes customer decisions, drives growth and defines how businesses compete.

Foundational Beliefs

I see a lot of AI safety strategies that don’t fully engage with the complexity of the real world—and therefore are unlikely to succeed in the real world. To take...

During a memory crisis do you really need fast memory for PC gaming? No, no you do not

Does fast DDR5 make a difference to gaming, you know what? It doesn't. Mostly.

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The Ultimate Laptop Anti-Theft & Remote Monitoring App Discussion | Link

Look, 16 GB of RAM is absolutely fine for PC gaming in 2026. Though there are some caveats to that...

If it's good enough for consoles, surely it's good enough for a gaming PC?