2026-08-05
Randomness and Doomsday for Weak agents
Most things that we model as random, are in fact deterministic. The outcome of a dice roll is determined by the initial momentum and angular momentum of the die, computer...
Navy Iowa-Class: 4 58,000 Ton Battleships, 36 Sixteen-Inch Guns, and Not One Shell Ever Fired at an Enemy Battleship (But The Best Ever)
The four Iowa-class battleships cost roughly $100 million apiece, fought from World War II through Desert Storm, and were reactivated three separate times — finishing with Tomahawk missiles alongside 16-inch...
Voyager 2 cheats the power budget for another year
Carefully choreographed shutdown gives probe's three remaining instruments more time
SuperGroupies Say it’s Time for Sega Watches
SuperGroupies, a Japanese fashion brand, has launched a range of three watches based around three of Sega’s best-loved retro consoles. SuperGroupies’ Sega watches are available in a choice of three...
Vertical Tabs in Chrome
When you have a lot of browser tabs open it can be very hard to tell them apart, especially if they're from the same site: Since monitors are wide and...
Beast of Reincarnation’s Dog Is A Huge Miss On Game Freak's Part
Beast of Reincarnation co-stars a cute fluffy dog... who won't stop sucking the fun out of exploring Game Freak's new action RPG.
Brandfetch MCP
Stop your AI from guessing brand logos Discussion | Link
The goalposts are shrouded, not moving
Alice: Are there any examples of X? Bob: Here. Alice: Okay, but are there any examples of X'? Bob: Yes, here. Alice: That has feature Y, which- Bob: Dude, stop...
Help (re)start AI Safety at UPenn!
(Cross-posted to EA Forum)Rhone and I, both rising sophomores, are restarting Penn's AI Safety group, which was quite active until late 2024. Please join us, or point us toward people...
UK charities count the cost of Beacon CRM cyberattack
Database backups likely stolen, potentially exposing donor, supporter, and service user details
UCP Radar
Make your product feed visible to AI shopping agents Discussion | Link
‘We Made a Mistake That’s Not Fixable’: The US Navy’s 70,000 Ton Montana-Class Battleship ‘Mistake’ Still Stings
Five Montana-class battleships were authorized in 1940: bigger than the Iowas, with twelve 16-inch guns and the only American armor designed to stop its own shells. Japan redesigned its next...
Stop Prompting AI. Start Directing It
James Yang/theispot.com The Research The authors drew on two streams of research for this article. The first was a qualitative study of AI-assisted discovery that identified four pathways by which...
Do teams actually need PMs?
Product management is a trade, not a qualification—a muscle built by reps—and every PM hired by default takes those reps away from engineers and designers, “infantilizing” people who are perfectly...
In Less Than One Minute, Star Wars' New Show Finally Does What Lucasfilm Never Could
The Ninth Jedi proves that the future of Star Wars should have nothing to do with anybody named Skywalker
Could Camera Hardware Be The Physical Equivalent to USB-C?
[Mansour] presents an interesting idea in his essay A Common Thread — just as USB-C has become the “One Connector To Rule Them All” in the world of electronics, so...
Benchmarking all the Macs I have around for fun
Just for fun, I've use quicksubs' benchmark mode to see how fast the 4 Macs I have access to are and how they heat up when under load.M2 Mac miniA18...
Mass layoffs may be in EA's near future after leveraged buyout raises company debt by $18 billion
EA has told debt investors that it will cut $700 million annually, including $170 million in 'organizational efficiencies.'
GB to GBA Fan Port Coder Leaves Behind GB Bridge for AI
We reported previously on the work of coder Iván Delgado, who built a souped-up Game Boy Color that he christened the “GB Bridge,” in order to help him with his...
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