2026-08-14
Uninvasive EEG Interface Could Be Used To Play Games
These days, most of us interface with our computing devices in the same old-fashioned ways—via keyboards, mice, and touchscreens. The idea of a more direct brain-to-machine interface remains appealing to...
Scrying, Modeling, and Nerdsnipe
Epistemic status: Exploratory thinking.After attending ILIAD: Aeneid and talking with @Richard_Ngo, I've been thinking a bit about how to get ideas, particularly by doing mathematics.In scientific inquiry, the true hypothesis...
Warner Bros Quickly Deletes Behind-the-Scenes Video That Seems to Show Use of AI Slop During “Supergirl” Production
"Gotta feel for all the artists watching their career fields diminish and dreams shatter right before their very eyes." The post Warner Bros Quickly Deletes Behind-the-Scenes Video That Seems to...
The Plane That Lost to the A-10 Warthog Flew for 307 Hours. The Winner Is Still Flying 53 Years Later.
Northrop built two YA-9A prototypes for the Air Force's A-X competition. Between them they flew 123 times, totaling 307.6 flight hours, before the service chose the Fairchild Republic A-10 in...
Who we’d like as regrantors
Following up on Regranting in 2026, here are some people we’d be excited to have as regrantors!Good regrantors have at least one, and preferably more than one, of taste, dealflow,...
KPop Demon Hunters Criterion Collection Release Includes New Features, Physical Goodies
Netflix's Oscar-winning animated film KPop Demon Hunters is getting a ton of goodies in Criterion Collection release.
1.6M RingCentral accounts' data dumped after ShinyHunters extortion attack
Another one bites the dust
1 in Every 15 US Navy A-4 Skyhawks Ever Built Was Shot Down Over the Vietnam War
Douglas built 2,960 A-4 Skyhawks between 1954 and 1979. The National Naval Aviation Museum counts 195 carrier-based Skyhawks lost to enemy fire in Vietnam — roughly one in every fifteen...
Sydney Sweeney’s 116-Minute R-Rated Thriller Is Officially One of the Biggest Movies on HBO Max
Sydney Sweeney’s The Voyeurs is surging on HBO Max, with the R-rated 2021 thriller climbing the worldwide streaming charts.
★ You Don’t Need to Worry About Scratching Your iPhone Camera Lenses
The exposed lens covers are made of sapphire, not glass, and are thus incredibly scratch resistant. And even if, somehow, do you pick up a scratch on a lens cover,...
The US Marine Corps Had More Than 450 M1 Abrams Tanks. Force Design Reduced the Number to Zero
The Marine Corps had more than 450 M1A1 Abrams tanks before Force Design 2030. It deactivated two active and one reserve tank battalion, cut most cannon artillery and invested in...
A dev tried to warn WB Games not to launch Lord of the Rings: War in the North 10 days before Skyrim, but was 'overruled'
As a wise tree guy once said, "We must not be hasty."
The 5 Greatest New Games to Play on Steam This Weekend
PC players have a handful of games to try on Steam this weekend, including some modern-retro throwbacks.
Prefill/Decode Disaggregation Can Make Tail Latency Worse
Prefill/decode disaggregation can worsen tail latency through queue imbalance and KV transfer. Measure the full TTFT path and use load-aware routing.
Why Your Top Performers Quit Right After Their Biggest Wins (and How to Prevent It)
Your best people are not quitting after their worst years. They are quitting after their best ones. That is the problem nobody is tracking.
One AI Output Is an Example, Not an Evaluation
One output cannot establish how well an AI system performs. Evaluate with multiple representative inputs, repeated runs, and confidence intervals.
Psychological Ownership: Own the Right Things
Psychological ownership can make you more effective, but you’ll struggle if it attaches to things you can’t control. Spot misplaced ownership and redirect it.
2026.33: The CapEx Train Keeps Rolling
The best Stratechery content from the week of August 10, 2026, including the capital constraint, AI writing, and a tale of two cities.
The Pride of Greenville, South Carolina: 4,600 F-16 Fighting Falcon Fighters Have Been Built Since 1976 But Stealth Fighters Like the F-35 and J-20 Have Arrived
Upgrades can’t make the jet stealthy or fifth-generation. But the F-16’s longevity demonstrates how important growth potential can be for keeping an aircraft relevant decades after its original design function...
Russian missile uses Nvidia AI chip to help target Ukraine
Kyiv wants tighter controls to keep foreign silicon out of Moscow's weapons
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