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The US is winning the AI race where it matters most: commercialization

Energy matters for AI, but the decisive layers are cloud infrastructure, data, and commercialization. On those layers the United States is ahead by a wide margin.

The Emacsification of Software

'A Four-Eyed World' Review: The Story of Spectacles

Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025)

In the US, you can get a domain name like `somename.city.state.us` for free. If your town has its own domain, you can get nameservers from Amazon Lightsail, send the *Interim .US Domain Template* to the delegated manager for your locality, then point DNS entries at your webhost.

Chess puzzle I found in my dad's old book

Princeton mandates proctoring for in-person exams, upending 133 year precedent

The faculty voted Monday to require universal proctoring for all in-person examinations in response to mounting concerns over AI-assisted cheating and declining student reporting of Honor Code violations. The policy, which takes effect July 1, preserves the student-run Honor Committee system while requiring instructors to serve as witnesses.

A History of IDEs at Google

Laurent Le Brun's blog

Launch HN: Ardent (YC P26) – Postgres sandboxes in seconds with zero migration

Create copies of any Postgres database in under 6 seconds. Let coding agents test, clean, and migrate data on isolated branches with zero risk to production.

Arena AI Model ELO History

Visualizing AI flagship model degradation and progression over time.

Twin brothers wipe 96 government databases minutes after being fired

A case study in why credentials are revoked before firings.

MacBook Neo Deep Dive: Benchmarks, Wafer Economics, and the 8GB Gamble

A18 Pro processor in the $599 MacBook Neo. Geekbench 6 scores 3,569 single-core, between M3 and M4. Full CPU benchmarks, power draw, and thermal analysis.

Avoiding and reducing microplastic false positives from dry glove contact

To attenuate microplastics pollution, we first must quantify the number and types of microplastics found in the natural environment and identify their sources. Quantifying environmental microplastics requires distinguishing synthetic polymers from other naturally occurring species. Quality assurance and cont

Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features

As time goes on, fewer games than ever are unplayable on Linux

Xs of Y – roguelike that names itself every run. Written in 4kLoC

Roguelike that names itself each run. WIP. Contribute to nooga/xsofy development by creating an account on GitHub.

Show HN: Nibble

Generating LLVM IR without malloc or external dependencies - GitHub - glouw/nibble: Generating LLVM IR without malloc or external dependencies

Cisco workforce reductions

Cisco announces a realignment of resources to support strategic investment areas and a workforce reduction. Cisco announces a realignment of resources to support strategic investment areas and a workforce reduction.

Claude for Small Business

We're launching Claude for Small Business, a package of connectors and ready-to-run workflows that put Claude inside the tools small businesses use every day.

Microsoft BitLocker – YellowKey zero-day exploit

Also, it's a twofer with the GreenPlasma zero-day local privilege escalation.