I run a small puzzle app called Dayzle. I’m a numbers guy, so a marketing optimization problem is right up my alley. Two weeks ago I turned on a Google Ads campaign for Android at CA$40 a day, with the … Read more
My Amazon Fire HD tablet cost $114.26 on eBay in November 2022, new and sealed. Owning it for real cost another $266.15: Kimi K3 found the exploit for $164.25, GLM-5.2 caught its fatal bugs for $21.90, and GLM-5.3 finished the … Read more
19 Aug, 2026 In February 2024, I defended my second dissertation and earned the highest academic degree Russia awards. By June, I knew I wanted out. Out of this kind of research, out of this academic system and out of … Read more
Height 4.75mm Width 299mm Depth 116.5mm Firmware ZMK, Zephyr-based Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) Switches Dual steel arm scissor switch w/ retention spring, 40gf actuation force Materials Regen polymer, 6061 aluminium, TPU footpad, silicone membrane, FR4 logic board Battery Life Up … Read more
Abstract:Pearl, a Layer-1 blockchain with high-profile AI industry endorsements, markets its Proof-of-Useful-Work (PoUW) protocol as simultaneously securing the network and performing AI inference. We present the first systematic empirical measurement of a deployed PoUW system, finding that Pearl’s 24 EH/s … Read more
Hand drawing data visualizations with artist Doug MacDowell Description: I used to live on a quiet road on top of a huge hill. When leaves were on the trees it felt secluded, and when the leaves fell, the entire city … Read more
I spent the last month building a power meter for sledgehammer strikes: a pad you hit that tells you how hard you hit it, and whether you can do it again tomorrow. This is the founder story: what I built, … Read more
Prologue: The Dragon That Couldn’t Be Slain A Denver company that developed legal software tried. They failed. A game studio that made software for Disney tried. They spent over a year and hundreds of thousands of dollars. They had a … Read more
Group: D propaganda Published: 2025/10/23 | Updated: 2025/10/23 … and it’s still nowhere near complete. In this post I’ll just rambling about ASN.1; parts of the compiler implementation, and some of the tool’s output rather than the tool itself as … Read more
Honestly, I think Apple really needs to simplify the iPhone for the elderly. I know there are accessibility modes, but you don’t want to have to go through all that and spend hours trying to customize the phone. Also, the … Read more