2025-07-27
Insanity is trying the same thing over again expecting a different result
Megan Brenan writing for Gallup: Independents Drive Trump's Approval to 37% Second-Term LowSix months into his second term, President Donald Trump’s job approval rating has dipped to 37%, the lowest...
Can small AI models think as well as large ones?
An AI trend that’s emerged in the last few months1 is the idea of a “cognitive core”. Instead of trying to build the largest, most capable model we can, should...
Max MRR: Your growth ceiling
Your company will stop growing sooner than you think. The "Max MRR" metric predicts revenue plateaus based on churn and new revenue.
Ahey
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Team Fortress 2 gets a boost on Steam charts with summer update, including a slew of community creations
Even 18 years after release, TF2 is still a top-seller on Steam.
Techland bumps back Dying Light: The Beast release by a month 'to allow for extra polishing work'
Despite the delay, Techland promises The Beast will be the best Dying Light game yet.
Rematch devs call it a 'samurai game' and give a timeline for player reports, new ranked queues
Plus a patch adds colorblindness features, gamepad remapping.
COTI Launches Monthly DeCC Space In Collaboration With Secret Network
layer 2 COTI has launched a monthly DeCC (Decentralized Confidential Computing) space to unite web3 projects exploring onchain privacy implementations. The virtual events bring together developers and teams working on...
A Non-cynical View of Colleges and Power
Published on July 26, 2025 10:20 PM GMTA lot of noise has been made about the admissions policies of elite colleges. Are they really selecting the most deserving? Do they...
Bethesda promises 'exciting things' ahead for Starfield while releasing the teeny-tiniest patch
Bethesda insists big things are ahead for Starfield, with no word on what or when
The Purpose of a System is what it Rewards
Published on July 26, 2025 10:08 PM GMTIt’s become fashionable recently to say that the purpose of a system is what it does - the true purpose of an institution...
Status Traps
Published on July 26, 2025 10:07 PM GMTA common pattern I’ve observed is that people find themselves stuck in careers they don’t really like because what they are doing feels...
D&D's doing a bundle based on the Hellfire Club from Stranger Things
Plus some digital-only adventures.
2025-07-26
AlphaGo Moment for Model Architecture Discovery (arXiv)
Published on July 26, 2025 9:31 PM GMTA new paper picking up steam on twitter/X AI discourse, mostly thanks to its absurdly boastful title and abstract. I'm trying to figure...
Where are the AI safety replications?
Published on July 26, 2025 9:29 PM GMTA popular topic on LessWrong is that much of science fails to replicate, because of bad incentives and increasingly complex statistics. I think...
Remember the guy who lost a bitcoin wallet worth millions in a landfill? There's a game about that now
Well, inspired by it: You're looking for 'Pitcoin.'
SafeBase by Drata
My thanks to Drata for sponsoring this week at DF to promote SafeBase. SafeBase eliminates the friction of inbound security reviews. It helps you automate inbound requests, use AI to...
To Trust ICEBlock’s Anonymity, You Have to Trust Apple
Dominic Preston, writing at The Verge, regarding Android fans’ bristling at ICEBlock developer Joshua Aaron’s claims that an Android (or web) version of ICEBlock couldn’t provide the same level of...
New York Times’ Style Guide Substitutions for ‘The President Violated the Constitution’
Carlos Greaves, writing for McSweeney’s: “The president remained steadfast in his novel interpretation of constitutional law.” “Faced with the choice between clinging to the letter of the law and marching...
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