I’m reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online services
Identity verification and age verification is an increasinly common policy conversation at the moment, in numerous countries. Often, this is in combination with proposals to ban children from varying concepts of “social media”, which generally means that everyone would have to prove that they were not a child. I have yet to see a well-considered […]
Don’t Become an Engineering Manager
Over drinks a few weeks ago, a friend told me he’d been offered a promotion, to an Engineering Manager role. He planned to decline it, but wanted to hear my take first. Until recently, my answer in such conversations was always “100% go for it”. My logic was that it’s a super valuable experience, even […]
Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with M5
March 3, 2026 PRESS RELEASE Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with M5 The world’s most popular laptop gets even better with the incredible performance of M5, double the starting storage, and improved wireless connectivity, packed into a thin, light, and durable aluminum design CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced the new MacBook Air with M5, bringing exceptional […]
Apple Introduces MacBook Pro with All‑New M5 Pro and M5 Max
March 3, 2026 PRESS RELEASE Apple introduces MacBook Pro with all‑new M5 Pro and M5 Max, delivering breakthrough pro performance and next-level on-device AI The world’s best pro laptop raises the bar again with blazing-fast CPU and GPU performance, plus up to 2x faster SSD speeds and 1TB of starting storage CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced the latest […]
Apple unveils new Studio Display and all-new Studio Display XDR
March 3, 2026 PRESS RELEASE Apple unveils new Studio Display and all-new Studio Display XDR Studio Display XDR is the world’s best pro display, featuring a 27-inch 5K Retina XDR display with a mini-LED backlight, 2000 nits of peak HDR brightness, and a 120Hz refresh rate CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced a new family of displays engineered to […]
Ask HN: How many of you hold an amateur radio license in your country?
Humans can be so different, it’s fascinating and awesome. I’m quite the opposite. Where I wanted to talk to people from around the world and have some interesting conversations about everything, the fact that they are mostly ”Hello, I’m calling from x, using radio y, and your signal is z. 73” is a big let […]
Querying 3B Vectors
Recently, I got nerd-sniped by this exchange between Jeff Dean and someone trying to query 3 billion vectors. I was curious to see if I could implement the optimal map-reduce solution he alludes to in his reply. A vector is a list/array of floating point numbers of n dimensions, where n is the length of […]
Stolen Gemini API key racks up $82,000 in 48 hours
Original post Conclusion: Always set billing caps and alerts on cloud API keys. A compromised key without spending limits can bankrupt you overnight. tldr: A stolen Google Cloud API key generated $82,314 in Gemini charges in 48 hours — normal monthly spend was $180.
India’s top court angry after junior judge cites fake AI-generated orders
In its order, the high court said that ”the citations may be non-existent, but if the learned trial court has considered the correct principles of law and its application to the facts of the case is also correct, mere mentioning of incorrect or non-existent rulings/citations in the order cannot be a ground to set aside […]