2026-05-17
On getting unstuck
After more than a year of trials and new models, Anthropic's Claude AI has finally managed to beat Pokémon Red. The writeup that clued me in to this is worth...
Middle Age and the Art of Self-Renewal: An Extraordinary Letter from Pioneering Education Reformer Elizabeth Peabody
"The perilous time for the most highly gifted is not youth... The perilous season is middle age, when a false wisdom tempts them to doubt the divine origin of the...
Reflections on FMX 2026
A round up of chatting to Roland Emmerich, Then & Now sessions, and AI. The post Reflections on FMX 2026 appeared first on befores & afters.
How I use LLMs as a staff engineer in 2026
A bit over a year ago I wrote How I use LLMs as a staff engineer. Here’s a brief summary of what I used AI for last year: Smart autocomplete...
New AI Model SHOCKED Me
This might be the first AI demo in a LONG time that felt like there was actually a big step up in intelligence. Thinking Machines Labs just showed off their...
1.1 Million Casualties: The Ukraine War Means Russia’s Military Is ‘Bleeding Out’
A New York Times report published in May 2026 estimates that as many as 1.1 million Russians have been killed or severely wounded during the war in Ukraine. The May...
Lego racing game 2K Drive will be delisted next week, but online multiplayer won't shut down until next year
It released just three years ago.
2026-05-16
Reddit Is Blocking Some Users From Accessing Its Website From Mobile Devices
Nate Anderson, writing at Ars Technica: But I was surprised this weekend to suddenly find myself cut off; Reddit simply would not let me visit the site on my mobile...
A relatively brief explanation of Boltzmann Brains
(Initially written for the LW Wiki, but then I realized it was looking more like a post instead.)In 1895, the physicist Ignaz Robert Schütz, who worked as an assistant to...
Santa Clara County Sues Meta Over Alleged Scam Ads
Brandon Pho, reporting for San Jose Spotlight: The lawsuit filed Monday alleges that instead of cracking down on deceptive ads designed to trick users out of their money, Meta has...
One-On-One Fighter Blueblood Arena Kicking Out On Steam Now
Blueblood Arena is a one-on-one fighting game from developer Team Blueblood that has been in development for many years. The game was seemingly lost following a few teaser videos a...
Benchmarking Real Work
Thanks to Megan Kinniment for helpful comments and discussion.TL;DR: Benchmarks like HCAST undersample fuzzy (hard to evaluate) tasks, meaning they might overestimate capability on long-horizon work. To sample fuzzy tasks...
★ AI Is Technology, Not a Product
It’s not even a feature. It’s just technology.
Warelay -> OpenClaw
In preparation for a lightning talk I'm giving at PyCon US this afternoon I decided to figure out how many names OpenClaw has actually had since that first commit back...
61 Blog Posts To Learn About Transformers
Let's learn about Transformers via these 61 free blog posts. They are ordered by HackerNoon reader engagement data. Visit the Learn Repo or LearnRepo.com to find the most read blog...
Dr.Margo - Dr.Mario unofficially arrives on the Commodore Plus/4 thanks to Csabo & KiCHY
Dr. Mario.....I mean, Dr.Margo! Has officially arrived on the Commodore Plus/4, delivering a brilliant clone of the iconic puzzle classic Dr. Mario directly to Plus/4 owners that loved this game...
Claims that Mixtape will be delisted over music licenses are 'a lie,' says publisher
The developer paid for perpetual music licenses to avoid that problem.
Ancient MMO Final Fantasy 11 still has new things on the horizon 24 years after launch
The other Final Fantasy MMO is still doing its thing.
ECLIPTIC - A turn based tactical combat and role playing game arrives on the Amiga
Ecliptic is the latest homebrew experience to hit the Commodore Amiga scene, courtesy of independent developer bwldrbst. The highly anticipated game masterfully bridges old-school mechanics with an immersive sci-fi premise,...
ArXiv to Ban Researchers for a Year if They Submit AI Slop
Samantha Cole, writing for 404 Media: Late Thursday evening, Thomas Dietterich, chair of the computer science section of ArXiv, wrote on X: “If generative AI tools generate inappropriate language, plagiarized...
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