Seven Diabetes Patients Die Due to Undisclosed Bug in Abbott’s Glucose Monitors
by Bradley M. Kühn on December 23, 2025 I wrote last month about my diabetes diagnosis this year and my difficult choice to wear a proprietary device (called a CGM) on my arm 24/7 to continuously monitor my glucose levels. Like my friend and colleague, Karen M. Sandler — who previously made a much higher-stakes […]
Maybe the default settings are too high
I’ve been reading Lord of the Rings for two months and I’m just at the end of the first part. It’s not because I’m not enjoying it. It’s one of the most enjoyable reading experiences I can remember. From the beginning, I’ve read the whole thing aloud. I’ve found reading aloud helpful for staying engaged […]
Fahrplan – 39C3
All Sorted by Machines of Loving Grace? ”AI”, Cybernetics, and Fascism and how to Intervene Katika Kühnreich Ethics, Society & PoliticsOne Brennende Wälder und Kommentarspalten – Klimaupdate mit dem FragDenStaat Climate Helpdesk Joschi Wolf Ethics, Society & PoliticsFuse Not an Impasse: Child Safety, Privacy, and Healing Together Kate Sim Ethics, Society & PoliticsGround RedScout42 – […]
Clearspace (YC W23) Is Hiring a Founding Network Engineer (VPN and Proxy)
About Clearspace Clearspace is building the intentionality layer of the internet. Our mission is to build technology as effective at protecting human attention as social media is at exploiting it (infinite scrolling, short-form feeds, manipulative notifications, etc). Our category defining mobile app has been featured on Huberman Lab, New York Times Wirecutter, NPR Marketplace, Forbes, […]
Ask HN: What is the international distribution/statistics of HN visitors?
Dear all, do we have an statistics on visitor location/country here? Would be curious: Is it US-centered? How much people from LatAm or SEA? EU? Maybe there was a question like this in the past, but I couldnt find it. (Maybe this is a question for @dang?)
Why FedRAMP Authorization and CMMC Level 2 Are Now Table Stakes for GovCon AI
Everyone knows FedRAMP is a massive investment. For us, it was table stakes when you serve the world’s top government contractors. AI is no longer a side experiment in government contracting. It now touches opportunity discovery, capture strategy, compliance tracking, proposal development, reviews, and pipeline management. As AI becomes embedded in these workflows, one reality […]
Alzheimer’s can be reversed to achieve full neurological recovery in animals
New study shows Alzheimer’s disease can be reversed to achieve full neurological recovery—not just prevented or slowed—in animal models | CWRU Newsroom | Case Western Reserve University Skip to main content
Salesforce regrets firing 4000 experienced staff and replacing them with AI
Executives Acknowledge Overconfidence in AI Benioff Walks Back Earlier Confidence Internal Disruption and Hidden Costs From Replacement to Rebalancing A Cautionary Signal Salesforce’s aggressive push to automate customer operations has entered a phase of public reckoning after senior executives publicly admitted that the company overestimated AI’s readiness for real-world deployment and moved too quickly in […]
Asahi Linux with Sway on the MacBook Air M2
2024-12-01 I bought a MacBook Air M2. As of writing, it’s very affordable with the 16 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, 13.6” model available for $750. As of writing, also Asahi Linux doesn’t support anything newer than M2. buy on amazon FIGURE 1 Pic of my laptop. EXIF data Camera FUJIFILM GFX100S Lens GF55mmF1.7 R […]
Python 3.15’s interpreter for Windows x86-64 should hopefully be 15% faster
24 December 2025 Some time ago I posted an apology peice for Python’s tail caling results. I apologized for communicating performance results without noticing a compiler bug had occured. I can proudly say today that I am partially retracting that apology, but only for two platforms—MacOs AArch64 (XCode Clang) and Windows x86-64 (MSVC). In our […]