2025-05-03
Canada Could Make a Radical Choice: Dump the F-35 and Buy the F-47 Fighter
Key Points: Canada’s urgent need to replace its aging CF-18 fighters makes waiting for the newly announced US F-47 NGAD impractical. -The F-47’s projected operational timeline (late 2020s for USAF,...
Visa Announces Plans to Give AI Agents Your Credit Card Information
Visa — yes, that Visa — is wading into the world of AI agents. On Wednesday, the credit card monolith announced it would be teaming up with some of the...
SimpleStories: A Better Synthetic Dataset and Tiny Models for Interpretability
Published on May 3, 2025 2:04 PM GMTThe dataset and model suite TinyStories is widely used as a toy setup for mech interp research. Searching for the term on this...
JAS 39 Gripen: A Better Choice for F-35? We Know It Can Fight
Key Points: Sweden’s JAS 39 Gripen fighter, lacking real-world combat experience, builds its reputation through strong performance in international exercises. -Notably, Thai Gripens dominated Chinese Su-27s in beyond-visual-range simulated combat...
Project Management Styles: Oppressive, Aloof, and Active - Which Is the Best?
Project management has three primary styles - oppressive, laid-back or active. The characteristics of each style are outlined, along with a comparative table. What is your project management style?
Godot 4.5 dev 3: Script Backtracing, Inspector Section Toggles, and More
Progress has been booming, and the amount of new features added even compared to the previous release is staggering; curating this selection was especially difficult.
Once hidden in a Friday Night Funkin' fangame, surreal free exploration sandbox Garn47 gets a major makeover with the 'Glorgle update'
We've no idea what a Glorgle is but I'm sure someone's going to find out soon.
Ukraine Has a Clear Message for Russia’s Nightmare T-72 Tank
Key Points: Russia’s ubiquitous T-72 tank, a Cold War mainstay, has suffered catastrophic losses in Ukraine, with estimates exceeding 1,200 destroyed. Its outdated design proves highly vulnerable to modern anti-tank...
Worldcon Is Getting Eviscerated for Using AI to Select Panelists
In the world where even our refrigerators are imbibed with AI, it seems nothing good is safe from the perfidious and error-prone tech. Even Worldcon, the beloved World Science Fiction...
Terror Attack Could Mean a Pakistan-India War Is Coming
Following the deadly April 22 terrorist attack on pilgrims in Pahalgam, Kashmir, the US offered swift support to India, recognizing that regional stability is crucial. Kashmir had seen significantly reduced...
What's up with AI's vision
Published on May 3, 2025 1:23 PM GMTThis week I've read 2 pieces of interesting information:Apparently current models (in particular o3) are really good at GeoGuessr (Testing AI's GeoGuessr Genius),Apparently...
Canada Should Forget the JAS 39 Gripen Fantasy and Stick with the F-35
Key Points: Cutting Canada’s F-35 order to just 16 jets for European alternatives like Gripen would be a strategic mistake driven by political reaction to the US, not sound defense...
There Are Reportedly Serious Concerns About John Fetterman's Health Following His Stroke
Beyond the obvious "big two," you'd be hard-pressed to find a more contentious political figure than Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman. Sporting a Carhartt hoodie and Steve Austin-style goatee, Fetterman rocketed...
Stunning Chinese Fighter Breakthrough: Stealth J-50 Has Message for the F-22 Raptor
China has been busy the past few months broadcasting the arrival of two new aircraft, the J-36 and the J-50, which are both considered 6th-generation stealth fighters. The J-50 has...
15,000 Built: The M60 Tank Has a Powerful Message for Any Army On Earth
Key Points: The M60 Patton stands as one of the most successful US main battle tanks, widely produced (>15,000 units) and serving globally since the Cold War, with many still...
Facebook Allegedly Detected When Teen Girls Deleted Selfies So It Could Serve Them Beauty Ads
You might have heard the famous maxim, "if something is free, you're the product." That's true in a sense — 21st century tech has heralded a previously unseen era of...
The M26 Pershing Heavy Tank Never Had a Chance
Key Points: The M26 Pershing, though overshadowed by the M4 Sherman, was a pivotal US tank developed late in World War II specifically to counter heavy German armor like the...
The M551 Sheridan Light Tank Never Had a Chance
Summary and Key Points: The M551 Sheridan, a unique US Army light tank designed for mobility and airborne operations, ultimately proved a flawed concept. -Its innovative 152mm gun/launcher system, firing...
The M41 Walker Bulldog WWII Tank Was Fast But Flawed
Key Points and Summary: The M41 Walker Bulldog was the US Army’s primary light tank during the 1950s and 60s, designed post-WWII to replace the M24 Chaffee with better firepower...
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