It’s your fault my laptop knows where I am
#Attendance I’m in Introduction to Algorithms (577) this semester at UW, and I’ve been enjoying hearing Renault explaining how to prove program correctness, DP, network flow, and the circumstances under which Dijkstra invented his shortest-path algorithm. However… algos is a somewhat unique class for me, given that it’s the first course I’ve taken that mandates […]
Screw it, I’m installing Linux
I don’t like where Windows is going. Gaming on Linux has never been more approachable. Time to give it a shot. I don’t like where Windows is going. Gaming on Linux has never been more approachable. Time to give it a shot. by Nathan Edwards Nov 19, 2025, 1:00 PM UTC Nathan Edwards is a […]
How Slide Rules Work
[TOC] The survival of our species owes much to our brain, specifically, its ability to observe, analyse, and plan. Planting crops and storing grains for the winter were some of the earliest uses of these abilities. Measuring and calculating are foundational elements of observation, analysis, and planning. Computation, upon which our modern society depends, is […]
Researchers discover security vulnerability in WhatsApp
IT-Security Researchers from the University of Vienna and SBA Research identified and responsibly disclosed a large-scale privacy weakness in WhatsApp’s contact discovery mechanism that allowed the enumeration of 3.5 billion accounts. In collaboration with the researchers, Meta has since addressed and mitigated the issue. The study underscores the importance of continuous, independent security research on […]
Loose Wire Leads to Blackout, Contact with Francis Scott Key Bridge
Blackouts led to loss of steering and propulsion on 984-foot-long vessel WASHINGTON (Nov. 18, 2025) — The NTSB said Tuesday that a single loose wire on the 984-foot-long containership Dali caused an electrical blackout that led to the giant vessel veering and contacting the nearby Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, which then collapsed, killing […]
Adafruit on the Death of Arduino
Qualcomm-owned Arduino quietly pushed a sweeping rewrite of its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, and the changes mark a clear break from the open-hardware ethos that built the platform. The new documents introduce an irrevocable, perpetual license over anything users upload, broad surveillance-style monitoring of AI features, a clause preventing users from identifying potential […]
Measuring Political Bias in Claude
We work to train Claude to be politically even-handed in its responses. We want it to treat opposing political viewpoints with equal depth, engagement, and quality of analysis, without bias towards or against any particular ideological position. “Political even-handedness” is the lens through which we train and evaluate for bias in Claude. In this post, […]
Pozsar’s Bretton Woods III: Sometimes Money Can’t Solve the Problem
In March 2022, as Western nations imposed unprecedented sanctions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Zoltan Pozsar published a series of dispatches that would become some of the most discussed pieces in financial markets that year. The core thesis was stark: we were witnessing the birth of “Bretton Woods III,” a fundamental shift in how the […]
What AI Is Really For
Best case: we’re in a bubble. Worst case: the people profiting most know exactly what they’re doing. After three years of immersion in AI, I have come to a relatively simple conclusion: it’s a useful technology that is very likely overhyped to the point of catastrophe. The best case scenario is that AI is just […]
I am just sooo sick of AI prediction content, let’s kill it already
I swear to God if I read another sensationalist headline that says “How AI will change software engineering” I will set the us-east-1 and us-west-2 data centers on fire myself. I mean jeez, that has been the only topic of discussion for years in tech circles. How many more of those blogs, podcasts, YouTube videos […]