macOS code injection for fun and no profit (2024)
2024-07-20 Look, ma, code injection I love Live++ by Molecular Matters, aka Stefan Reinalter. It’s an exceptionally fantastic C/C++ hot-reload/live coding solution for Windows, Xbox, and PlayStation 5. If you do any kind of C/C++ development on these platforms, you absolutely owe it to yourself to get a license. I’ve been using it to work […]
CBP tapped into the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples’ movements
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) bought data from the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples’ precise movements over time, in a process that often involves siphoning data from ordinary apps like video games, dating services, and fitness trackers, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) document obtained by 404 Media. The document shows […]
Something is afoot in the land of Qwen
4th March 2026 I’m behind on writing about Qwen 3.5, a truly remarkable family of open weight models released by Alibaba’s Qwen team over the past few weeks. I’m hoping that the 3.5 family doesn’t turn out to be Qwen’s swan song, seeing as that team has had some very high profile departures in the […]
Rijksmuseum researchers discover new painting by Rembrandt van Rijn
Rembrandt’s oeuvre Thematically, the work also fits seamlessly into the oeuvre of the then 27-year-old artist, alongside Daniel and Cyrus Before the Idol Bel (1633, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles), Simeon’s Song of Praise (1631, Mauritshuis, The Hague), and Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem (1630, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Government grant-funded research should not be published in for-profit journals
photo cred: my dad If you ever want a good laugh, ask an academic to explain what they get paid to do, and who pays them to do it. In STEM fields, it works like this: the university pays you to teach, but unless you’re at a liberal arts college, you don’t actually get promoted […]
”It Turns Out”
”It turns out” became a favorite phrase of mine sometime in mid 2006, which, it turns out, was just about the time that I first started tearing through Paul Graham essays. Coincidence? I think not. It’s not that pg is a particularly heavy user of the phrase—I counted just 46 unique instances in a simple […]
In 1985 Maxell built a bunch of life-size robots for its bad floppy ad
Via WorthPoint The idea of robots literally eating your precious and portable files must have been far more terrifying than it was exciting that Maxell’s 5.25” disks were on some Michelin-rated menu of computer hardware. That could be oil in their glasses but it sure looks like white wine. And what, they’re going to season […]
Apple Introduces MacBook Neo
March 4, 2026 PRESS RELEASE Say hello to MacBook Neo Apple’s all-new MacBook features a durable aluminum design, a stunning 13-inch Liquid Retina display, the power of Apple silicon, and all-day battery life — all for the breakthrough starting price of just $599 CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today unveiled MacBook Neo, an all-new laptop that delivers the […]
MacBook Neo
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The Collective Ambition Behind Odysseus, a Game-Changing Sci-Fi Larp
Last year, hundreds of players inhabited a spaceship on the run, scrambling to keep one step ahead of the enemy. The sci-fi larp Odysseus was inspired by Battlestar Galactica’s “33“, but where that episode only lasted 45 minutes, Odysseus’ players worked, fought, ate, and slept in-game for fifty non-stop hours. Odysseus is widely recognised as […]