2026-04-04
Simulating a glowing fireplace with an RP2040
Today, fireplaces, their cozy glow once a household staple, are mostly a thing of the past. In fact, a decent amount of old fireplaces are completely blocked up! [David Capper]...
Chokepoints
No Mercy / No MaliceOverlooked vulnerabilitiesNo Mercy / No Malice has been nominated for two Webby Awards: Best Newsletter and Thought Leadership. We’d appreciate your vote for the People’s Choice...
China Is Iran on Steroids — Better Missiles, Better Air Defenses, and the Strait of Hormuz Just Proved the U.S. Navy Isn’t Ready
Forget Iran: China’s DF-21D and DF-26 Carrier-Killer Missiles Can Hold U.S. Surface Ships at Risk Beyond the First Island Chain More than a month after the start of Operation Epic...
Trump wants to take a battle axe to CISA again and slash $707M from budget
Ex-CISA official tells The Reg: 'this would weaken the system for managing cyber risk' The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's budget will see yet another deep cut if Congress...
Every Peanuts strip ever is now available for $25
As part of Fantagraphics Books’ 50th anniversary, the comics publisher is teaming up with Humble Bundle on a charity deal for Charles Schulz's work.
Two OpenAI Execs, Including CEO of AGI, Going on Medical Leave
"We're well-positioned to keep executing with continuity and momentum." The post Two OpenAI Execs, Including CEO of AGI, Going on Medical Leave appeared first on Futurism.
Two Theories for Cryopreservation
Why cryonics, and the two main methods, with practical discussion and philosophical musings on both.Epistemic status: Cryonics is a scientific field that is long established, yet long underfunded, and uncertain....
I thought eight metrics could capture my mental state. I was wrong.
Morning and night, I pronounce "Hey Exo"[1], and my phone beeps once. I begin describing events and what's going on in my mind – where my attention is, my present...
How Anthropic shipped 120 features in 90 days (and how to use them)
Here's how to use all of the 120+ features Anthropic released across Claude, Claude Cowork, and Claude Code this year
AgentPulse by Rectify
Everything in OpenClaw's terminal, you can now do visually Discussion | Link
Why do I believe preserving structure is enough?
There's a lot even our best neuroscientists don't know about the human brain. How can we have any reasonable hope for preservation given those unknowns? What if there are crucial...
2026-04-03
This AI startup envisions '100 million new people' making videogames
Tesana says we can create our "dream game" with prompts, but would 100 million people doing that actually be "exciting"?
Quoting Willy Tarreau
On the kernel security list we've seen a huge bump of reports. We were between 2 and 3 per week maybe two years ago, then reached probably 10 a week...
Quoting Daniel Stenberg
The challenge with AI in open source security has transitioned from an AI slop tsunami into more of a ... plain security report tsunami. Less slop but lots of reports....
Quoting Greg Kroah-Hartman
Months ago, we were getting what we called 'AI slop,' AI-generated security reports that were obviously wrong or low quality. It was kind of funny. It didn't really worry us....
Hapax
Watches your workflows. Builds your Agents. Automatically. Discussion | Link
Slay the Spire 2 adds end-of-run badges 'to let you know what was unique about each adventure' in latest beta patch
The update, available in the public beta branch, makes numerous reworks, tweaks, and fixes, and so far hasn't sparked nearly the level of backlash the last one got.
Magazine generates fake AI interview with One Piece actor Mackenyu
The faux interview "was produced with Claude, Copilot, and edited by humans."
The White House Is Still Desperately Trying to Slash NASA’s Budget
"This proposal needlessly resurrects an existential threat to US leadership in space science and exploration." The post The White House Is Still Desperately Trying to Slash NASA’s Budget appeared first...
A Tale of Two Rigours
A familiarity with the pre-rigor/post-rigor ontology might be helpful for reading this post.University math is often sold to students as imbuing in them the spirit of rigor and respect for...
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