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2025-04-23

Baby Steps is a forthcoming walking simulator game from the makers of...

Baby Steps is a forthcoming walking simulator game from the makers of QWOP (a ridiculously hard sprinting game) in which you walk around an open world. 💬 Join the discussion...

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JuryNow: Gamifying King Solomon’s Paradox With No AI

I built JuryNow, a social game where 12 strangers anonymously vote on your personal or moral dilemma in 3 minutes. No AI, no comments, just real, raw human judgment. After...

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What AI safety plans are there?

Published on April 23, 2025 10:58 PM GMTI'm trying to make a list of every written plan for how to make AGI go well. I am interested in hearing about...

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The Testaments, Margaret Atwood’s 2019 sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, is getting...

The Testaments, Margaret Atwood’s 2019 sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, is getting a Hulu TV series of its own. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

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Since I, obviously, have too much time on my hands, I am thinking of trying myself with building a c

Since I, obviously, have too much time on my hands, I am thinking of trying myself with building a client for dosbox. Because I suck at configuring RetroArch. I miss...

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United States of Debt

No Mercy / No Malice“I would like to come back as the bond market. You can intimidate everybody.”— James CarvilleAmerica is blinking. The day after April Fool’s Day, President Trump...

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Stop Calling the Army’s M10 Booker a ‘Light Tank’

Key Points: The U.S. Army’s M10 Booker, produced by General Dynamics, fills a critical gap as a lighter, mobile armored vehicle to support infantry. -Although visually similar to the heavier...

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Whose Streets? Our Streets! Photos of NYC Protests, 1980-2000.

Whose Streets? Our Streets! is an exhibition of photos of protests in NYC taken from 1980 to 2000 by dozens of photographers. New York’s streets were turbulent in the 1980s...

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🚨 SPAMMER MADNESS: Facebook's Broken System That's Booting the Wrong Bloke! 🚨

Facebook's moderation system is a joke, says the author of a new book about the site. The author says the system is broken and that the real problem is with...

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Keycard Launches Pre-Sale For Shell: The Most Open, Modular Hardware Wallet To Date

Keycard, a hardware wallet company backed by the Status team, is proud to announce the pre-sale launch of its revolutionary, fully open-source hardware wallet. Shell enables users to seamlessly manage...

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Boston’s MFA had been working on transferring their Benin Bronzes back to...

Boston’s MFA had been working on transferring their Benin Bronzes back to their land of origin. But instead, the wealthy donor of the bronzes is taking them back and the...

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Scientists Hack Human Eye to See a Whole New Color, Called "Olo"

The human eye can see millions of colors — but no eyes have ever before beheld "Olo." Only five people on the planet — all from a team of researchers...

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Nintendo is trying to force Discord to give up the identity of the person behind last year's massive Pokémon leak

The 2024 'teraleak' saw a huge trove of previously unreleased Pokémon material released to the public, and Nintendo wants to know who's responsible.

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NYC People-Watching at 780 Frames Per Second

Filmed at 780 fps with a Phantom Flex from the back of a moving SUV, James Nares’ Street depicts people walking New York streets in super slow motion. The film...

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Analyzing the Satellite Internet Race

SpaceX’s Starlink, Amazon’s Project Kuiper, and China's GuoWang are all competing to provide high-speed internet via satellite constellations in low Earth orbit. Starlink uses laser-based inter-satellite connectivity to enhance data...

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China’s SSBN Nuclear Missile Submarines Have Just 1 Mission

Key Points: China currently fields six Type 094 Jin-class ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), carrying the JL-2 missile capable of striking Alaska and Hawaii. Most experts consider these subs built to...

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British Challenger 3 vs M1A2 Abrams: Which Tank Would Win a Battle?

Key Points: Britain’s Challenger 3 and America’s M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams represent cutting-edge upgrades to their respective main battle tanks. -The Challenger 3 boasts enhanced armor protection, especially in the turret...

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Twitter Appears to Be Shadow Banning Accounts That Criticize Elon Musk

On X, formerly Twitter, criticize the site's owner Elon Musk, and you may get secretly punished. The New York Times reports that three users who squabbled with Musk in December...

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o3 Is a Lying Liar

Published on April 23, 2025 8:00 PM GMTI love o3. I’m using it for most of my queries now. But that damn model is a lying liar. Who lies. This...

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