I Don't Want My Search Engine to Think for Me

AI search summaries feel like progress. They aren't. Here's why results-only search is better for finding accurate information — and for the web itself.

My thoughts after using Clojure for about a month

LLMs are not the black box you were promised

Mechanistic interpretability has made major strides. A tour through Anthropic's "On the Biology of a Large Language Model."

A walking tour of surveillance infrastructure in Seattle (2020)

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Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left

Gmail's rapid descent into belittling their users, powered by AI.,Gmail's rapid descent into belittling their users, powered by AI.

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OpenFOV – Webcam head tracking for iRacing

OpenFOV uses your webcam to control iRacing's in-game FOV. Unlocks VR-style functionality for your monitor!

AI outperforms law professors in Stanford Law study

A groundbreaking study led by Stanford Law School Professor Julian Nyarko reveals that law professors overwhelmingly prefer AI-generated answers to st

Multicore suppport for DOS is real – partly

More than 6 out of 10 people turn to AI for psychological support

Mental health: although screens can play a negative role, more than 6 out of 10 people turn to artificial intelligence for psychological support.

Open Repair Data Standard – Open Repair Alliance

4K years ago, Mohenjo-daro grew more equal over time

Study of ancient Mohenjo-daro finds inequality declined as the Indus city expanded and improved public infrastructure.

Use your Nvidia GPU's VRAM as swap space on Linux

Use your NVIDIA GPU's VRAM as swap space on Linux. Built for laptops with soldered memory and no upgrade path. If you have an RTX card sitting there with 8GB of VRAM and you're getting swapped to SSD, this puts that VRAM to work - c0deJedi/nbd-vram

Are blue zones real? Answering that question is harder then ever

Examining the science and growing commercialization of 'blue zones,' famed longevity hot spots that seem to be fading – if they ever existed at all.

HP re-releases classic computer science calculator: The HP-16C

The HP 16c is back as a Collector’s Edition: the iconic programmer’s calculator with a classic design and modern programming functions.

Trump signs downsized AI order after weeks of reversals

The president signed a downsized AI order after postponing a similar measure last month.

Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series

Amazon MGM Studios is not moving forward with Martin Gero's Stargate revival, which was to begin filming this fall. (UPDATED)

How we index images for RAG

Reading the screenshots, diagrams and tables in technical documentation for LLMs

CT scans of BYD car parts

We CT scanned four BYD components—a battery cell, window switch, EV charger, and key fob—to see what's inside the world's best-selling EV that's banned in the U.S.

Loading Sega Games Off a Vinyl Record [video]

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.