SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B

GrapheneOS has been ported to Android 17

GrapheneOS discussion forum

10Gb/s Ethernet: switching to a Broadcom SFP+ module

As predicted by several people, one of my Marvell-based SFP+ modules had overheating problems. I've switched it over to a Broadcom-based one, and it looks better, though I can't be certain.

Humiliating IIS servers for fun and jail time

A friend of mine once told me: If you ever spot an IIS blue screen, don’t stop there; there must be something.

TIL: You can make HTTP requests without curl using Bash /dev/TCP

Minimal container images often ship without curl, wget, or any HTTP client at all. Bash can open a TCP socket through /dev/tcp, which is enough to write a tiny HTTP/1.1 request by hand for quick checks.

All about the IBM 1130 Computing System

The Magic Roundabout of Seattle Area

Navigate the chaos of Kirkland's real roundabouts. A free browser game.

Running local models is good now

Local agentic coding has gotten great over the past few months,Local agentic coding has gotten great over the past few months

But yak shaving is fun (2019)

KO | EN This blog doesn’t use a static site generator or framework like Jekyll, Hugo, or Gatsby. I tried a few of them at first, but they gave me too little freedom to customize, so I decided to build the blog myself. Early on I just wrote posts in HTML, but that was so inconvenient that I built a s...

Mechanical Watch (2022)

NLnet announces funding for 67 more open-source projects

A brief tour of the PDP-11, the most influential minicomputer of all time (2022)

It helped popularize the interactive computing paradigm we take for granted today.

GPT‑NL: a sovereign language model for the Netherlands

With GPT‑NL, TNO - together with SURF and the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) is building an independent Dutch language model and ecosystem. This strengthens the digital autonomy of the Netherlands and Europe, and provides a solid foundation for responsible AI applications.

Wolfram Language and Mathematica Version 15, AI Assistant, Symbolic Music, More

AI-related upgrades like the built-in AI Assistant, extended computation-augmented generation and the Wolfram Agent Tools framework. Advances in TimeSeries & Tabular. New categorical data, ModelFit automated model selection, symbolic music. Efficient handling of gigabyte-sized notebooks. Gains in the already-robust visualization functionality. New functions for algebra, matrices, PDE modeling.

Correlated randomness in Slay the Spire 2

Here are three true statements about the game of Slay the Spire 2 (in single player): If you pick Neow's Bones in the Underdocks, the random curse is ~54% likely to be Debt.* It is impossible to receive Rebound from the Trash Heap event. Your first fight is 76% likely to drop a potion in Underdocks, and 4% likely to drop a potion in Overgrowth.**

A Nipkow Disk Mechanical TV Simulator

Run a real Nipkow disk mechanical television simulation in your browser. All 8 signal-chain passes from the iOS app, every control, live webcam input. Baird 30-line, Jenkins 48, German 180, CBS Colour.

Calvin and Hobbes and the price of integrity

How Bill Watterson Stuck to His Guns — and Vanished

Stop Using JWTs

Stop using JWTs. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness

Apple’s Vehicle Motion Cues promise tap into your device’s accelerometer and gyroscope to reduce or, in my case, even eliminate motion sickness.

Has AI already killed self-help nonfiction books?

My head has been spinning after getting a spreadsheet roughly a week ago.Before we dive into my dirty laundry, let’s state the obvious: millions of people have a vague sense that AI is changing things. And LLMs sure are convenient for getting answers quickly.