GPT-5.6 used a prompt to close a 30-year gap in convex optimization

Qubes OS Security in the Public Record

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2607.14587: Qubes OS Security in the Public Record

What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph

Learning a few things about running SQLite

Learning a few things about running SQLite

EU ban on destruction of unsold clothes and shoes enters into application

Under the new rules, businesses must prioritise keeping products in use by selling them or preparing them for reuse.

Funny item co-occurrences in 3.2M Instacart orders

The strangest things people buy at the grocery store

Reviving a 15-year-old netbook with Arch Linux

KO | EN I still have a netbook I bought back in 2009. The ASUS Eee PC 1000HE has an Intel Atom N280 and 1GB of DDR2 RAM. The Atom N series was Intel’s line of cheap, low-performance CPUs for netbooks. The chip has 56KB of L1 cache and 512KB of L2 cache, and its clock speed is 1.667GHz. Compare that ...

Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol on an NP-Hard Problem: Does /goal help?

I gave Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol the same unpublished NP-hard optimization problem, with and without their native /goal mode. Fable 5 is a beast; /goal is not a game changer.

Regressive JPEGs

The Zilog Z80 has turned 50

Roko's Dancing Basilisk

Roko's dancing basilisk

The Computer at the Bottom of a Canal

LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent

Connecting some LG monitors to a Windows PC may automatically install software that promotes McAfee subscriptions.

Is this the end of the once-mighty GoPro?

Once the biggest brand in action cameras, it all seems to be heading in one direction for the once mighty GoPro, unless a buyer can be found

Tech note: making your own V-I plots at home

When working on my latest book, The Secret Life of Circuits, I wanted to keep the artwork real.

First atmosphere found on Earth-like planet in habitable zone of distant star

Researchers have found an Earth-like, rocky planet orbiting within the habitable zone of a distant star with an atmosphere.

TP-Link Kasa cameras leaked home GPS via unauthenticated UDP for 6 years

Independent IoT security research, vulnerability disclosures, and PoCs focusing on firmware analysis, hardware interfaces, and cryptographic flaws. - IoT-Vulnerability-Research-Public/TP-Link_Kasa_EC71/Kasa_EC71.md at main · BadChemical/IoT-Vulnerability-Research-Public

Waldi: A quiet place to write, and to be read

A quiet place to write, and to be read. Contribute to waaldev/waldi development by creating an account on GitHub.