2025-05-11
Characters from The Witcher and Five Nights at Freddy's are joining Dead by Daylight, with a hint of The Walking Dead to follow
The crossover vortex draws in new victims.
Why can't language models come up with new ideas?
Why can’t large language models come up with new ideas? Human polymaths routinely come up with interesting new ideas by combining insights from different areas. But language models have not...
Invention is Drudgery
Having skipped to the last page of other people's books, we forget the rest of the journey. And, that we have to take that journey, too.
Zombie Light Tank: The M10 Booker Problem No One in the Army Saw Coming
The M10 Booker is officially a dead end. With the Cancelation of the project, the US is down a light tank and needs a replacement. However, the US has already...
Canada’s Air Force Is Falling Apart (The F-35 Debate Is Making It Worse)
Since the end of the Cold War, the Royal Canadian Air Force has been in decline. This follows the recent downward spiral seen in the CAF as a whole. According...
It's Okay to Feel Bad for a Bit
Published on May 10, 2025 11:24 PM GMT"If you kiss your child, or your wife, say that you only kiss things which are human, and thus you will not be...
False Debate? Canada Might Never Have Needed the F-35 Fighter
One thing we don’t discuss enough when investigating the future of the F-35 in Canada is the Great White North’s overall defense strategy and how this affects procurement decisions. For...
Forget the F-35: Canada Could Buy South Korea’s ‘F-35 Lite’ (Meet the KF-21)
In a world swirling with geopolitical uncertainties caused by the bellicose rhetoric from the White House, one of America’s oldest and dearest allies is thinking the previously unthinkable: should Ottawa...
Why Doesn’t Trump Have Ambassadors in India or Pakistan?
The crisis that no one saw coming defines the foreign policy and national security legacy of every U.S. president. For George H.W. Bush, it was Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. During...
2025-05-10
G.D. as Capitalist Evolution, and the claim for humanity's (temporary) upper hand
Published on May 10, 2025 9:18 PM GMT1. The Spark of G.D.@David Duvenaud's recent Guardian op‑ed on gradual disempowerment [1] sketches an original foresight: it frames the AI‑alignment problem not...
PC gaming remains undefeated: Nintendo now says it has the right to brick your Switch if it thinks you're pirating games or modifying the console
Citizen, we have detected installation of an unlicensed "Bowsette" software modification. Prepare for interdiction by a licensed Nintendo paramilitary subcontractor.
Where is the YIMBY movement for healthcare?
Published on May 10, 2025 8:36 PM GMTIn the progress movement, some cause areas are about technical breakthroughs, such as fusion power or a cure for aging. In other areas,...
Become a Superintelligence Yourself
Published on May 10, 2025 8:20 PM GMT"Crystallect" stands for the crystal transparency and order in empowering the user’s intellect in contrast to the black box of neural-network-based Artificial Intelligence.Nerds...
Code Smell 299 - How to Fix Overloaded Test Setups
Bloated setup that's only partially used makes your tests more coupled and harder to understand.
Investigating Ring's Crime Alert System for Police Departments: How We Did It
The Markup sought to get a better understanding of what kind of information is sent to police from Ring’s companion app and hyperlocal social platform Neighbors
The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No
The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 2/20 - Agent USA...
One of the most visually stunning roguelikes just overhauled its graphics to look even gnarlier, but you can still toggle back to the OG art style at will
Mortal Sin now has two art styles for the price of one.
Introducing Rust 1.86.0: Trait Upcasting, HashMaps, and More
Rust is a programming language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
Mind the Coherence Gap: Lessons from Steering Llama with Goodfire
Published on May 9, 2025 9:29 PM GMTTL;DRContext. Feature‑steering promises a cleaner, more interpretable way to shape LLM behavior than other methods, such as plain prompting. But does it actually...
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