2025-04-27
MiG-29K: Russia’s Lost Aircraft Carrier Fighter Is a ‘Cautionary Tale’
Key Points: The Russian MiG-29K naval fighter serves as a “cautionary tale” about the necessity of functional carrier operations. -Despite being a modernized jet with decent speed (Mach 2) and...
I doubt model collapse will happen
Published on April 27, 2025 2:08 PM GMTA common idea held by people debating AI art is that the growing amount of AI-generated images present in training data will cause...
Most People are Building AI Products Wrong - Here's How to do it Right
We're all tasked with building AI products these days as PMs and product builders. But most people are getting it wrong. Today, we're going to break down how to build...
Eli Lilly's New Weight Loss Drug May Have the Worst Name in Pharmaceutical History
Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly announced promising clinical trial results for a daily pill to treat obesity and diabetes, a considerable advantage over other GLP-1-based weight-loss drugs that have to be...
Man Tries to Perform Exorcism, Instead Allegedly Murders His Mother
When it comes to battling demons trapped inside your loved ones, it's best to leave it to the pros. Take that from Alexander Valdez, the 23 year old man accused...
Canada’s Military Is Slowly Rotting Away
Key Points: The Canadian Army is facing severe, interconnected crises threatening its operational capability. -Chronic shortfalls in recruitment and retention, driven by poor living conditions and inadequate support, leave units...
Russia’s 48,000 Ton Typhoon-Class Sub: It Had a Swimming Pool and Nukes
Key Points: Russia’s formidable Typhoon-class (Project 941 Akula) submarines, the largest ever built, have all been retired, with the final boat, Dmitriy Donskoy, decommissioned in 2021 after 40 years. -Designed...
Why We’re Not Worried About China’s J-20 Stealth Fighter
Key Points: This analysis challenges recent Chinese claims, based on simulations, that its J-20S fighter dominates the US F-22 Raptor in dogfights. -While a 95% win rate was cited, this...
Floating Coffins? Why We’re Worried About U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers
Key Points: Since displacing the battleship in WWII due to superior aircraft range, the US aircraft carrier has been central to global power projection, disaster relief, and potential sea control...
Experts Alarmed by China's Enormous Army of Robots
As Trump's trade war brings new levels of uncertainty to American manufacturing, it seems one aspect has been overlooked: China's massive legion of robot workers. A new report by the...
Why We’re Worried About the SR-72 Darkstar
Key Points: This analysis argues Lockheed Martin’s proposed SR-72 “Darkstar” hypersonic aircraft, despite its Mach 6 speed, is a strategically flawed and costly “vanity project.” -It contends the SR-72 is...
Propaganda-Bot: A Sketch of a Possible RSI
Published on April 27, 2025 12:15 PM GMTSomeone asked me for an example of Recursive Self Improvement (RSI). I tried writing a sketch of a possible future where things go...
The U.S. Military Worried Russia’s Admiral Kuznetsov Aircraft Carrier Might Sink
Key Points: Russia’s sole aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, is portrayed as an aged, unreliable Soviet-era disaster unlikely to sail again after eight years in refit. -Plagued by design flaws,...
MBT-70 Tank Dilemma the Army Never Saw ‘Rolling’
Key Points: The MBT-70 was an ambitious 1960s joint US-West German project to develop a “super tank” countering Soviet armor during the Cold War. -Despite incorporating advanced features like hydropneumatic...
Warship Goes Boom: Navy F/A-18 Warplane Fired a ‘Stealth Munition’
Key Points: The US demonstrated a key capability at RIMPAC 24 with the successful live-firing of the AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) from an F/A-18 Super Hornet, sinking two decommissioned...
Japan’s New Taigei-class ‘Big Whale’ Submarines are Something Special
Key Points: Japan’s new Taigei-class (“Big Whale”) submarines represent a significant leap in undersea technology, designed to be quieter and more capable than the preceding Soryu-class. -Incorporating advanced features like...
Professors Staffed a Fake Company Entirely With AI Agents, and You'll Never Guess What Happened
If you've been worried about the AI singularity taking over every job and leaving you out on street, you can now breathe a sigh of relief, because AI isn't coming...
Inside monday.com’s transformation: Radical transparency, impact over output, & the path to $1B ARR
Daniel Lereya, the Chief Product and Technology Officer at monday.com, shares how he and his team realized they were being outpaced by competitors and how that realization completely transformed how...
The MyPillow Guy's Lawyers Used AI in Court and You'll Never Guess How That Turned Out
Pillow Fight We all remember Mike Lindell, the now disgraced MyPillow founder who lost everything fighting to prove the 2020 US election was stolen from Donald Trump. Well, he's in...
Scientists Identify Ideal Amount of Boinking for Maximum Mental Health
Getting it on on the regular appears, per a new study, to be a massive safeguard against the blues. In a new paper published in the Journal of Affective Disorders,...
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