2025-04-17
Rolling Coffins: Meet the 5 Worst U.S. Tanks Ever
RANKED: The 5 Worst U.S. Tanks Ever They can be rolling coffins, trapping their crew inside in a deathly inferno. They can have inferior armor or an underpowered gun. They...
Man of the Hour: Judge James Boasberg
Josh Kovensky, reporting for TPM: In a withering 46-page opinion on Wednesday, D.C. Chief Judge James Boasberg laid out how he came to believe that the Trump administration was acting...
Wink Martindale Dies at 91
Dennis McLellan, writing for the Los Angeles Times (News+ link): Over the decades, according to his website, Martindale either hosted or produced 21 game shows, including “Words and Music,” “Trivial...
2025-04-16
Mass Exposure Paradox
Published on April 16, 2025 8:18 PM GMTWhy are so many health-related anxieties related to things that we're all exposed to? Here's a model that offers some explanation — I'm...
Seth Rogen goes rogue at science awards show to slam tech billionaires for backing Trump: 'It's amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr'
You invite Seth Rogen on stage, you take your chances, as the scientific community recently discovered.
Meta Botches Redaction of Slides in Antitrust Trial, Angering Google, Apple, and Snap
Wes Davis, The Verge: During Meta’s antitrust trial today, lawyers representing Apple, Google, and Snap each expressed irritation with Meta over the slides it presented on Monday that The Verge...
Skyblivion fan project lead sends 'all love and no hate' to the official Oblivion remaster devs: 'This always was a passion project and still is until the end'
"The real remake is the friends we made along the way."
Trump's Tariffs Are Wrecking Elon Musk's Hail Mary to Save Tesla
Elon Musk has gambled Tesla's future on the Cybercab — a small, autonomous vehicle to spearhead the automaker's charge into the robotaxi business. It was an already questionable move. And...
ALLFED emergency appeal: Help us raise $800,000 to avoid cutting half of programs
Published on April 16, 2025 9:47 PM GMTSUMMARY: ALLFED is making an emergency appeal here due to a serious funding shortfall. Without new support, ALLFED will be forced to cut...
While World of Warcraft players wait for bad-loot-luck protection, I have a humble suggestion for Blizzard
Bad luck sucks. But there's a solution better than Dinar that would fix it for both raid and dungeon loot.
How EODHD APIs Quietly Built a Six-Figure Business by Fixing Financial Data
EODHD APIs provides affordable, high-quality financial data APIs for developers, investors, and fintechs. With strong technical expertise and a user-focused approach, the team has grown rapidly since pivoting to a...
A Guide on How to Use the Excel DAYS360 Function - Excel 24x7
The DAYS360 function in Excel is used to calculate the number of days between two dates based on a **360 day year. This function is especially useful in financial analysis...
The WSJ Reports on How Elon Musk Manages His ‘Legion’ of Children and Harem of Mothers
Dana Mattioli, reporting for The Wall Street Journal (main link is a gift link; also, here’s a News+ link): Musk has had at least 14 children with four women, including...
Prodromes and Biomarkers in Chronic Disease
Published on April 16, 2025 9:30 PM GMTMidjourneyThanks to Renaissance Philanthropy for their support of my research on this topic.Why Prodromes?A lot of chronic diseases, particularly autoimmune and neurodegenerative disorders,...
Ben Werdmuller on how he would run Bluesky. “Anyone will be able...
Ben Werdmuller on how he would run Bluesky. “Anyone will be able to permissionlessly build on that platform, but Bluesky’s services will be there to provide the best-in-class experience and...
Government Hires Controversial AI Company to Spy on "Known Populations"
What happens when you combine Palantir — the not-at-all evil AI company named after an all-seeing orb from "The Lord of the Rings" — with an immigration agency that's disappearing...
How EnclaveX Is Bringing Wall Street-Grade Trading to Any Wallet
How EnclaveX is using encrypted enclaves to bring pro-level futures trading to everyday users—without sacrificing privacy or performance.
DOGE Dingalings Cut Off Funding for CVE Program
Jessica Lyons, reporting for The Register: US government funding for the world’s CVE program — the centralized Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures database of product security flaws — ends Wednesday. The...
The RuneScape: Dragonwilds early access roadmap lays plans for a new biome, dragon fight, and even more skills to grind
Here's everything Jagex has planned for early access updates so far—but no promises on dates.
The Practical Imperative for AI Control Research
Published on April 16, 2025 8:27 PM GMTAs we continue to develop increasingly capable AI systems, many of us have noted the striking contrast between two areas of research. On...
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