2025-05-04
[X] Bitcoin, Currencies, and Fragility (Bitcoin Black Paper)
Link to Paper – arxiv.org/pdf/2106.14204 The post [X] Bitcoin, Currencies, and Fragility (Bitcoin Black Paper) appeared first on Nassim Taleb.
The Ukraine War and the Kill Market
Published on May 4, 2025 7:50 AM GMTPolitico writes:The [Ukrainian] program […] rewards soldiers with points if they upload videos proving their drones have hit Russian targets. It will soon...
The TechBeat: Dear ChatGPT, I'm Alone and Depressed—Can You Help? (5/4/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what's trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set...
URSUS TURBO zaorał zachodnią konkurencję - MotoBieda
Ore ore łyse pole, a Ty kup se mubi: http://Bonus.mubi.pl/id-motobieda-0525-01 Moje wyprawy na IG: instagram.com/motobieda/ Film powstał we współpracy z Mubi.pl Program przeznaczony dla widzów powyżej 16. roku życia.
PSA: Before May 21 is a good time to sign up for cryonics
Published on May 4, 2025 4:10 AM GMTCryonics Institute and Suspended Animation now have an arrangement where Suspended Animation will conduct a field cryopreservation before shipping the body to Cryonics...
Today's Wordle answer for Sunday, May 4
Help with solving Sunday's puzzle.
GTFO of the Social Internet Before you Can't: The Miro & Yindi Story
Published on May 4, 2025 1:08 AM GMTRecommended music to read this to (If you like ambience)IYindi had sent him a link, "You've gotta see how this guy speedruns Mario...
Fallout 1 and 2's source code isn't lost after all, thanks to one hero programmer: 'I made it a quest to snapshot everything'
Rebecca Heineman, one of Interplay's founders, kept the receipts.
The F-16XL Fighter Has a Message for the U.S. Air Force
Key Points and Summary: The F-16XL was an experimental fighter developed in the 1980s, featuring a distinctive cranked-arrow delta wing design. It could have made a big difference for the...
Product Purgatory: When they love it but still don't buy
When even "free" is too expensive.
China’s New H-20 Bomber Has a Message for the U.S. Air Force
Key Points: China’s development of the H-20 stealth bomber marks its ambition to field a long-range strategic strike capability comparable to the US B-2 and B-21. -While images suggest an...
"Superhuman" Isn't Well Specified
Published on May 3, 2025 11:42 PM GMTStrengthIn 1997, with Deep Blue’s defeat of Kasparov, computers surpassed human beings at chess. Other games have fallen in more recent years: Go,...
‘Mach 5 Monster Incoming’: SR-72 Darkstar Hypersonic Jet Set to Break All the Rules
Key Points and Summary: The secretive SR-72 “Son of Blackbird” program envisions an uncrewed hypersonic aircraft capable of Mach 6+ speeds for intelligence gathering (ISR) and potential strike missions using...
GCAP 6th-Generation Fighter Has a Message for the F-35 and F-47
It is far from certain that Saudi Arabia will manage to join the GCAP program. While the initiative could indeed benefit from a rich surplus of Saudi Riyals, potential blockades,...
The B-52J Bomber Has a Message for Every Air Force on Earth
The B-52 is a tried and proven aircraft, the longest-serving aircraft in the US inventory for a reason. However, the Air Force has to prepare for future combat by looking...
Navigating burnout
Published on May 3, 2025 10:07 PM GMTBurnout. Burn out? Whatever, it sucks. Burnout is a pretty confusing thing made harder by our naive reactions being things like “just try...
2025-05-03
EVE Online studio CCP is making a medieval-style tome of epic poetry inked with the blood of players to commemorate the game: 'It turns out, to store information, a really good way is to take blood and write on calfskin'
CCP is giving most of the fan blood to the Blood Bank of Iceland, while keeping some to write a calfskin illuminated manuscript about EVE Online.
What is your favorite podcast?
Published on May 3, 2025 9:25 PM GMTI'm looking for podcast recommendations from the LessWrong community. If you have a favorite podcast, please share:What is the podcast?What specifically do you...
Valve only wants to make new Half-Life games if they push the medium forward, but what could it push forward next?
If Half-Life 3 ever happens, what big innovation would justify it in Gabe Newell's eyes?
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