2025-05-16
It Is Untenable That Near-Future AI Scenario Models Like “AI 2027” Don't Include Open Source AI
Published on May 16, 2025 2:20 AM GMTNote: This post is the second in a broader series of posts about the difficult tradeoffs inherent in public access to powerful open...
Steam's monthly top-seller list is automated now, and goes all the way back to 2004 when it's just Half-Life 2
The top 50 was a lot simpler back then.
Here's the Summer Game Fest 2025 schedule, including where to watch each showcase
Clear your schedule for a long June 6 weekend.
Researching Synthetic Consciousness: sound appealing?
Published on May 15, 2025 10:29 PM GMTWithout going into the philosophical or technical underpinnings too much, several individuals I know from a wide range of backgrounds—computational neuroscience, computer science,...
★ 15 Years Later: ‘Very Insightful and Not Negative’
So, what would *you* do if Steve Jobs was quoted in a viral blog post saying, “We think «*Your Name Here*»’s post is very insightful and not negative”? I decided...
Bay Area Summer Solstice
Published on May 16, 2025 12:20 AM GMTWhat: Secular celebration of the Summer Solstice. It's a big picnic at the park, basically.When: Saturday, June 21st, the Summer SolsticeWhere: Point Pinole...
Staying in a Capsule Hotel
Published on May 16, 2025 12:20 AM GMT A hotel room generally feels way bigger than I need when traveling: I'm really just looking for somewhere to sleep. When I...
Civil war breaks out in Helldivers 2 as players spawn infinite mechs to crash each other's games
Moderators of the Helldivers subreddit have threatened to ban players for showing off the game-breaking technique.
Godot 4.4.1: The Maintenance Release - Changes, Incompabilities, and More
See below for a list of the most relevant changes. This release includes fixes to security vulnerabilities in the mbedTLS third-party library
A Roundup of Things Wearing Other Things
We all recall the revelation last year that the ocean’s rebellious teenagers, orcas, have started wearing salmon on their heads. Again. (The official state animal of Connecticut is the sperm...
Starting Over: What to tell Sarah, at the edge of professional oblivion.
Published on May 15, 2025 9:34 PM GMTI came across a sad post recently from a woman on LinkedIn— let’s call her Sarah—who spent over a decade, in her words,...
Rust Is Adopting FLS: What Does This Mean for the Rust Reference?
Rust is adopting the FLS into the Rust Project as part of its ongoing specification efforts. This adoption is being made possible by Ferrous Systems.
Donald Trump’s F-55 Fighter Fantasy Makes Little Sense
Key Points – President Trump’s May 15th suggestion in Qatar of developing an “F-55″—a twin-engine “super upgrade” of the single-engine F-35 because he “doesn’t like single engines”—is as an overly...
Furious Former Twitter Advertisers Tell Elon Musk They've Had Enough of His Tantrums
Elon Musk's social media company X-formerly-Twitter sued several major advertising brands last year, accusing them of conspiring to "collectively withhold billions of dollars in advertising." It's an easily debunked claim...
Everything You Need to Know About Go 1.23
Go 1.23 comes with many improvements over Go 1.22. Some of the highlights include: language changes, tool improvements, and standard library improvements.
2025-05-15
What It’s Like to Be a Professional Card Counter. “Suddenly, I get...
What It’s Like to Be a Professional Card Counter. “Suddenly, I get a tap on the shoulder from security telling me that they don’t want my business anymore.” 💬 Join...
Turkish vs. Israeli Jets Over Syria: The Middle East Has A New Crisis Brewing
Tensions are escalating between US allies Turkey and Israel in Syria following Bashar al-Assad's ouster in December 2024 and the rise of HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa. The post Turkish vs....
Yours Truly With Nilay Patel on ‘Decoder’
Nilay Patel: There’s a lot of tactical stuff you might talk about in the aftermath of this ruling — about what Apple might do next, how it might impact revenue,...
RevenueCat Report Suggests In-App Purchases Perform Noticeably Better Than Link-Outs to the Web
Speaking of Jacob Eiting, his company RevenueCat today posted some interesting findings from a test comparing conversions rates for IAP vs. web checkout for the same app: Two weeks ago,...
Andy Allen on the App Store’s Feature Stagnation
Andy Allen, of Not Boring Software, last week on Threads: While the focus on the App Store injunction has been mostly on the commission rate, what’s been overlooked is just...
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