2026-09-12

Move Over, Patton: 276 Years Ago, Frederick the Great’s Famous Line on Defense Is Still of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History

Move Over, Patton: 276 Years Ago, Frederick the Great’s Famous Line on Defense Is Still of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History

Between the wars he rebuilt the state. He banned torture, pushed for a uniform national criminal code, loosened control of the press, allowed a degree of religious freedom, split the...

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EyedBall - A charming yet challenging game for the C64 by LC-Games

LC-Games—the talent behind unofficial ports such as H.E.R.O. Is Back, Lock'n'Chase, and Dig Dug—has launched their latest title for the Commodore 64 as a charming yet tense puzzle-platformer titled EyedBall....

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College Students Using AI to Cheat Are Going to Absurd Lengths to Avoid Detection

College Students Using AI to Cheat Are Going to Absurd Lengths to Avoid Detection

Have they considered simply using their time to do the work instead? The post College Students Using AI to Cheat Are Going to Absurd Lengths to Avoid Detection appeared first...

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The ‘World’s First Soulslike FPS’ Is a Brutally Fun Take On the Apocalypse

The ‘World’s First Soulslike FPS’ Is a Brutally Fun Take On the Apocalypse

Guns of Eschaton is an upcoming Soulslike FPS set in the middle of an apocalypse, where every enemy has very specific weaknesses.

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Why SPIFFE Agent Identities Can Still Be Replayed, and How WIMSE Fixes It

Why SPIFFE Agent Identities Can Still Be Replayed, and How WIMSE Fixes It

SPIFFE identity tokens for AI agents can still be replayed if intercepted. The IETF WIMSE group built the fix, and SPIFFE just adopted it.

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The Blood of Dawnwalker is a good game, but one change would make it a great RPG

The Blood of Dawnwalker is a good game, but one change would make it a great RPG

The prologue promises something the game never quite delivers.

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Tristan Buckmaster’s Statement on Getting Scooped by OpenAI on the Navier–Stokes Problem

Tristan Buckmaster, professor of mathematics at NYU, in his own statement, regarding his and Levent Alpöge’s interactions with employees at OpenAI regarding this week’s math-proof controversy: I asked when the...

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45,000-Ton US Navy Battleship USS Alabama Was Towed Through the Panama Canal With 11 Inches of Clearance on Each Side. She Carried 9 16-Inch Guns Firing 2,700-Pound Shells, Earned 9 Battle Stars Across the Pacific, and Never Lost a Sailor to Enemy Fire.

45,000-Ton US Navy Battleship USS Alabama Was Towed Through the Panama Canal With 11 Inches of Clearance on Each Side. She Carried 9 16-Inch Guns Firing 2,700-Pound Shells, Earned 9 Battle Stars Across the Pacific, and Never Lost a Sailor to Enemy Fire.

At the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June 1944, battleship USS Alabama's SK-2 radar picked up incoming Japanese aircraft at roughly 190 miles and confirmed the threat at about...

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BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony recap and live blog—what's next for Warcraft, Diablo, and StarCraft

BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony recap and live blog—what's next for Warcraft, Diablo, and StarCraft

There were big announcements at Blizzard's first fan convention since 2023.

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The Mach 3 US Air Force SR-71 Blackbird Ran on a Fuel So Stable You Could Put Out a Match in It. Then They Had to Invent a Way to Light It.

The Mach 3 US Air Force SR-71 Blackbird Ran on a Fuel So Stable You Could Put Out a Match in It. Then They Had to Invent a Way to Light It.

No tanker on earth could carry JP-7, so the Air Force built one for the SR-71 Blackbird. The KC-135Q had isolated tanks and separate plumbing to keep JP-7 apart from...

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Gary Marcus on This Week in AI Drama

I have been busy with new-iPhone-week stuff, so I haven’t been able to follow either of these stories closely, but Marcus summarizes them both well. First: the drama regarding OpenAI...

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"Pacing the Frontier": Dario Amodei Essay Linkpost

This is a linkpost for https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontierDiscuss

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Federal Agents Are Secretly Monitoring Americans’ Financial Transactions So Cops Can Arrest People They Find Suspicious

Federal Agents Are Secretly Monitoring Americans’ Financial Transactions So Cops Can Arrest People They Find Suspicious

"If we can't meaningfully review and evaluate these systems, we can't trust them." The post Federal Agents Are Secretly Monitoring Americans’ Financial Transactions So Cops Can Arrest People They Find...

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Supercon is Nigh!

Supercon is Nigh!

The 2026 Hackaday Superconference is just around the corner in November. It’s hard to believe that we’ve been having an annual gathering for so long, but this is number ten....

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Anne Hathaway's Next Movie Might Just Be the Sexiest Thriller of 2026

Anne Hathaway's Next Movie Might Just Be the Sexiest Thriller of 2026

Verity director Michael Showalter answers are five biggest questions

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Nvidia's Groq acquihire is on the DOJ's radar, but it's already too late

Nvidia's Groq acquihire is on the DOJ's radar, but it's already too late

Even if regulators did somehow unwind the $20B deal, there's a growing list of alternatives ready to take Groq's place, no merger required

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Russia Built a Titanium Hulled ‘Golden Fish’ Nuclear Submarine That Could Hit 44 Knots That Had 2 Reactors. The Goal Was to Hunt US Navy Aircraft Carriers

Russia Built a Titanium Hulled ‘Golden Fish’ Nuclear Submarine That Could Hit 44 Knots That Had 2 Reactors. The Goal Was to Hunt US Navy Aircraft Carriers

Ordinary pressure hulls were steel. Project 661 (also known as the Papa-Class or the K-222 submarine) used titanium alloy, which meant the Soviet Union had to invent an industry to...

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