2025-05-19
The Navy’s Great Nuclear Attack Submarine Shortage Has No Easy Fix
Key Points – The US Navy faces a critical “submarine deficit,” operating only 53 of the 66 fast attack submarines it requires, a gap projected to persist until mid-century due...
NASA engineers fixed some thrusters on Voyager 1 from 15 billion miles...
NASA engineers fixed some thrusters on Voyager 1 from 15 billion miles (almost 1 light-day) away. They’d been broken for 20+ years and the fix was tricky. “If the heaters...
Why we're still playing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10 years later
Revisiting the Bloody Baron, Gwent, and everything else that kept us coming back.
China’s J-35A Looks More and More Built to Battle F-22 and F-35 Fighters
Key Points – China’s J-35A stealth fighter, derived from the FC-31, is envisioned as a crucial “coordinator” within its air defense network, designed to enable “kill chains” against advanced threats...
Nine 16-Inch Guns Roar: The Firepower of U.S. Navy Battleship USS Alabama
Key Points – The USS Alabama (BB-60), a South Dakota-class fast battleship commissioned in 1942, played a significant role in World War II. -Initially tasked with escorting Allied convoys to...
Scientists Thought They Had Spotted Flowing Water on Mars. It Turned Out to Be Something Else Entirely.
Images sent back by NASA's Viking spacecraft in the 1970s revealed some highly unusual streaks stretching across the arid landscapes of Mars. The sighting had scientists excited about the possibility...
Haunted looking art director livestreams apology for Marathon theft scandal, but chat is merciless: 'Would write an original comment, but I don't see any good ones to plagarize'
In other not-great signs, the game's tagline has also become a meme about art theft.
[Beneath Psychology] Introduction Part 2: The Solution and What's to Come
Published on May 19, 2025 6:02 PM GMTIn the opening post we introduced a challenge in which you're sitting in a jacuzzi and you have the opportunity to convince a...
US credit rating downgraded, $1T in Gulf state investments in the US, Kurdistan Workers’ Party disbanded | Sentinel Global Risks Weekly Roundup #20/2025
Published on May 19, 2025 5:59 PM GMTExecutive summaryMoody’s downgraded the US credit rating as the US budget deficit grows and US borrowing costs rise. House Republicans are advancing a...
Justice Sotomayor’s Message to Lawyers: Stand Up, Fight and Win. “Those on...
Justice Sotomayor’s Message to Lawyers: Stand Up, Fight and Win. “Those on the high court often exercise caution in their choice of words. That’s why it was striking when she...
What Will History Say About Joe Biden?
How Will Historians Treat the Biden Presidency? – In a shot heard around the world that provoked an outpouring of grief and emotion, former President Joe Biden’s office announced on...
Survey of Multi-agent LLM Evaluations
Published on May 19, 2025 5:42 PM GMTDisclaimer for LessWrong: This is a project I worked on for a college class. I think it’s useful for people working on evaluations...
Reviving Naval Giants: Multiple Navy Battleships Are Getting Rebuilt
Key Points – World War II battleships are experiencing major restoration projects to preserve their legacy and ensure future generations can experience their historical grandeur. -The USS Texas is undergoing...
The Real Cost of Chinese Open-Source AI
Don’t believe the Chinese AI open-source hype, warns good friend, Pete Warden. Their large language models come at a price — the models are programmed to deliberately obscure historical truths, ...
Trump Wants a F-22 Super Fighter. It Looks Like It Will Never Fly
President Trump recently unveiled ambitions to work on a “F-22 Super,” a heavily modernized and upgraded variant of the F-22 Raptor. The F-22 has struggled to remain relevant in modern...
Telegram Gave Authorities Data on More than 20,000 Users
According to its newest transparency report, Telegram complied with more than 5,000 requests from authorities in the first three months of 2025.
We’re testing a new feature! Starting this week, select accounts can add a livestream link to site
We’re testing a new feature! Starting this week, select accounts can add a livestream link to sites like YouTube or Twitch, and their Bluesky profile will show they’re live now.
2,200 and Counting: Why Turkey Has So Many Tanks
Why Turkey Has So Many Tanks: The Turkish military is the second largest of any NATO member. The Turkish Army maintains over 2,200 main battle tanks (MBT), 700 modern and...
Elon Musk’s AI Just Went There
Fresh off its "white genocide" freakout, Elon Musk's Grok AI is now doing Holocaust denial. Over the weekend, a random provocateur asked the chatbot built into Musk's social network about...
Fastest Rubik’s Cube Solve Ever
A group of three students at Purdue University have shattered the world record for the fastest Rubik’s Cube solve by robot — their bot solved the cube in just 0.103...
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