2025-04-17
NASA Has No Comment on New Signs of Alien Life
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have discovered the strongest signs of alien life to date — and NASA has nothing to say about it. Following news that a...
The American Revolution by Ken Burns
Filmmakers Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt have made a 12-hour documentary series on the Revolutionary War that will debut on PBS in November 2025. Here’s a preview (YouTube,...
Staff+ self-onboarding questions
Useful questions to get a head start as a newly hired Staff, Principal, or Distinguished engineer
Host Keys and SSHing to EC2
Published on April 17, 2025 3:10 PM GMT I do a lot of work on EC2, where I ssh into a few instances I use for specific purposes. Each time...
Understanding Concentrability in Direct Nash Optimization
In this section, we provide detailed theoretical proofs supporting the Direct Nash Optimization (DNO) framework. The proof of Theorem 2 involves a two-step procedure, beginning with regression using logarithmic loss...
Without design systems, your product is already failing
Ever abandoned an app because the layout felt chaotic or the interface was riddled with inconsistencies? That’s what happens when design inconsistency takes over — it frustrates users, slows teams,...
Why the U.S. Navy Is Forced to Take an Aircraft Carrier ‘Out of Service’ for 6 Years
The RICOH Challenger for U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers: Refueling a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is among the most complex industrial tasks. It involves lengthy, highly specialized procedures to ensure the carrier...
Leaked: Palantir’s Plan to Help ICE Deport People
Internal Palantir Slack chats and message boards obtained by 404 Media show the contracting giant is helping find the location of people flagged for deportation, that Palantir is now a...
US-made chip prices could soar if the rumour that TSMC might charge 'as much as 30%' more for its Arizona chips pans out
So tariffs on foreign chips and hiked prices on domestic ones?
Forget the F-47: China’s New J-50 6th-Generation Fighter Is Already Flying in Public
Summary and Key Points: China’s new sixth-generation fighter, the J-50, recently captured in images and video, indicates rapid advancement in Beijing’s aviation capabilities. -Built by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, this tail-less...
How the Top 1% PMs Use AI
Understand the difference of those leveraging AI and those ignoring it
Baldur's Gate 3's excellent new photo mode is full of details, dances, and poses for your cat—as well as 7 different ways to vogue, because why not
Subclasses? New builds? I'm out here voguing in the Forgotten Realms.
An Internal Tesla Analysis Found the Robotaxi Would Lose Money, and You'll Never Guess What Elon Musk Did in Response
Back in October of 2024, Tesla investors and fanboys alike flocked to Hollywood for the company's "We, Robot" event. The company's backers hoped Musk would finally unveil the long-awaited "$25,000...
RuneScape: Dragonwilds has fixed the classic survival crafting trope of endlessly chopping down trees thanks to an excellent spell system that does the hard work for you
How am I supposed to play other survival crafting games without my spectral axe?
China’s New CH-7 Stealth Drone Has the U.S. Military Asking Hard Questions
Summary and Key Points: China’s CH-7 drone, developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, is a stealthy, long-range unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed to rival the US Navy’s...
The LA Times gives mealy-mouthed AI the last word on its opinion pieces
Is it raining? Yes—and also no.
About those stories of the detection of a possible molecular signature of...
About those stories of the detection of a possible molecular signature of life on a distant planet: the molecule they are talking about can also arise without life. “That’s a...
How worker co-ops can help restore social trust
Published on April 17, 2025 2:14 PM GMTThe US is experiencing a great decline in trust. According to the US General Social Survey, people who agreed with the statement "most...
Forget the SR-71 Darkstar: The SR-91 Aurora ‘Might’ Have Hit Mach 6
Summary and Key Points: Rumors of America’s hypersonic spy plane, the SR-91 Aurora, have intrigued aviation enthusiasts for decades, yet evidence strongly suggests it never existed. -Budget references in the...
James Webb Spots Signs of Life on Nearby Planet
Astronomers say they've spotted a possible sign of life in the atmosphere of K2-18b, an exoplanet some 124 light-years away, using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. As detailed in a...
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