2026-09-26

I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: The SIG M250 Weighs About 13 Pounds Against the M249’s 17. The Gunner Still Ends Up Carrying 3.6 Pounds More and 200 Fewer Rounds, Because the 6.8mm Ammunition Is Heavier Than the Gun Is Lighter.

I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: The SIG M250 Weighs About 13 Pounds Against the M249’s 17. The Gunner Still Ends Up Carrying 3.6 Pounds More and 200 Fewer Rounds, Because the 6.8mm Ammunition Is Heavier Than the Gun Is Lighter.

The 6.8x51mm runs above 80,000 psi at close to 3,000 feet per second, and it exists because adversaries now issue body armor as standard. What it costs is volume of...

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World of Warcraft Forever's Plan to Bring 'Classic Plus' to New and Old Players

World of Warcraft Forever's Plan to Bring 'Classic Plus' to New and Old Players

Blizzard reveals how World of Warcraft Forever will cater to 'Classic Plus' fans and newcomers who are jumping in 22 years later.

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OpenAI Tried to Hide ChatGPT Giving Extremely Specific Advice to a School Shooter on How to Maximize Casualties. The Logs Are Horrific.

OpenAI Tried to Hide ChatGPT Giving Extremely Specific Advice to a School Shooter on How to Maximize Casualties. The Logs Are Horrific.

"In a hallway, indoors, or a crowded classroom..." The post OpenAI Tried to Hide ChatGPT Giving Extremely Specific Advice to a School Shooter on How to Maximize Casualties. The Logs...

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Nintendo Should Make More Games About People

Nintendo Should Make More Games About People

Switch 2 exclusive Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave has more messy humanity, sex, and romance than most Nintendo games

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It took CD Projekt two years to design Phantom Liberty's Chimera Tank boss fight: 'We were iterating over and over'

It took CD Projekt two years to design Phantom Liberty's Chimera Tank boss fight: 'We were iterating over and over'

The Polish developer believes the tank to be "one of the most expensive art assets ever."

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This Photo Could Have Changed the US Air Force Forever: Meet the YF-23, and It Could Have ‘Replaced’ the F-22 Raptor

This Photo Could Have Changed the US Air Force Forever: Meet the YF-23, and It Could Have ‘Replaced’ the F-22 Raptor

The YF-23's diamond wing, V-tails, S-duct intakes, and flat exhausts made it stealthier, and in testing it posted a higher top speed, faster supercruise, and longer range. But the Air...

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Claude Opus 5.5 Should Raise Your Ambitions

Claude Opus 5.5 Should Raise Your Ambitions

When it comes to making things, or doing most things in general, Fable 5.1 and especially GPT-6 Astra raised my ambition level. They should have raised yours, too. Claude Opus...

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The New K3 Tank Runs on Hydrogen And Looks the US Air Force B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber

The New K3 Tank Runs on Hydrogen And Looks the US Air Force B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber

Hydrogen fuel cells run cooler and quieter than a diesel, shrinking the K3's infrared and acoustic signature, while radar-absorbent materials and low, angled armor are meant to cut its radar...

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+ The unbelievable allure of indie software development

God, it's rewarding working on indie software.

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Overwatch Seasonal Hero Releases 'The Right Thing for the Game,' Blizzard Says

Overwatch Seasonal Hero Releases 'The Right Thing for the Game,' Blizzard Says

Blizzard confirms that Overwatch will get new seasonal hero releases ahead of Overwatch Spotlight 2027 and the release of new hero Doctrine.

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What do students even want from Lens Academy's Compute Verification Intensive?

What do students even want from Lens Academy's Compute Verification Intensive?

This is an independent review, and all views represented are my own. An early version of this draft was approved by Lens Academy, but this post was not commissioned by...

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Wealthy Tech Guys Can’t Get Dates Because They’re So Widely Hated That Not Even Money Is Making Women Grimace and Deal With Them

Wealthy Tech Guys Can’t Get Dates Because They’re So Widely Hated That Not Even Money Is Making Women Grimace and Deal With Them

"Sometimes people would just straight up stop talking to me." The post Wealthy Tech Guys Can’t Get Dates Because They’re So Widely Hated That Not Even Money Is Making Women...

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You Can Make a Microprocessor That’s All Your Own

You Can Make a Microprocessor That’s All Your Own

For a while now we’ve followed the slow progression of affordable integrated circuit fabrication, and through the likes of Tiny Tapeout we’ve seen impressive strides made. But they’re not the...

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Configuring Route 53 Subdomain Delegation With Terraform

Delegate environment subdomains to separate Route 53 hosted zones with Terraform, scoped permissions, and DNS verification checks.

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Writing a Theorem Prover from scratch

Writing a Theorem Prover from scratch

NOTE: I am no subject matter expert and have chose to learn about this field through utilizing LLMs to guide me using practical implementations. Also, I am assuming a basic...

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Bet Harder on the People Already Winning

Bet Harder on the People Already Winning

Everyone's instinct is to save whoever is drowning. Peter Sellis (Fmr Product Chief, Snap & Discord) did the opposite. Keep handing your strongest people more decisions until they start making...

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How Samsung turned months of inactivity into a very attention-seeking smartphone

How Samsung turned months of inactivity into a very attention-seeking smartphone

Your spare Android won’t come back to life in a hurry but – like neglected PCs – it really should

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vantage.ai

See and control what your coding agent does. Discussion | Link

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