Scientists now know that bees can process time, a first in insects
Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found. This is the first evidence of such an ability in insects, according to doctoral student Alex Davidson and his supervisor Elisabetta Versace, a senior lecturer in psychology at Queen Mary […]
My stages of learning to be a socially normal person
a slow progression The other day, someone told me, “I can’t imagine you ever being awkward with people.” And I thought, oh God, yes, say it to me again, again, put it in my veins. Tell me I’m a natural performer. There are no sweeter words. Because of course the absolute opposite is true. I’ve […]
WebAssembly from the Ground Up
Patrick is a programmer and independent researcher based in Munich, Germany. He’s a co-creator and the primary maintainer of Ohm, a user-friendly parsing toolkit for JavaScript. At the beginning of his career, he spent four years working on the J9 Java VM at IBM. Since then, he’s worked at companies like Google (on Chrome and […]
Kagi Bloopers – Search Results Gone Wrong
We’re relentless in our pursuit of delivering the best quality search possible. But we’re only human (well, mostly!) and building a search engine is complex, so sometimes Kagi serves up results that are more hilarious than helpful. This is our blooper reel of these moments. Enjoy and share your own! NZ Dollar to US […]
The twin probes just launched toward Mars have an Easter egg on board
The mission aims to aid our understanding of Mars’ climate history and what was behind the loss of its conditions that once supported liquid water, potential oceans, and possibly life on the surface. Plaques and partner patches In addition to the kiwi-adorned plates, Rocket Lab also installed two more plaques on the twin ESCAPADE spacecraft. […]
Our investigation into the suspicious pressure on Archive.today
14 Nov 2025 UPD: We have updated the article with more information on the bailiff reports sent to us and the person who ordered them. The FBI has been investigating Archive.is (also known as Archive.today), as was recently revealed. The agency issued a subpoena to the site’s domain registrar, asking for information about the person […]
One Handed Keyboard
我们收到了一封特殊的邮件。来信者的女儿在上学途中不幸遭到重型卡车碾压，右手永久失去了功能，用电脑的时候手得在键盘和鼠标之间频繁切换，打字很慢，很累。他想让我们帮他女儿做一个单手键盘。 这是一把单模且集成了轨迹球的机械键盘，固件使用QMK，感谢所有为 QMK 社区做出贡献的开发者。 键盘制作参考：【何同学】我们做了个特别的键盘… 硬件开源：HTXStudio单手键盘 GitHub repository Gitee repository 开发环境与搭建参考这里，固件源码在这里。 本仓库的资料内容包括： 左右手一共三款键盘的8块PCB，提供立创EDA工程。 VIA改键配置文件，以及编译完成的固件。 模型设计文件。 仓库目录结构 Docs（文档） 芯片的数据手册与图片。 Firmware（固件） 三款不同型号键盘的QMK固件，以及用于VIA改键的JSON文件。 Hardware（硬件） 嘉立创EDA的项目文件。 Model（模型） 每个型号键盘使用到的模型文件，加工文件。 制作指南 1-右手键盘-热插拔(大)：板材FR-4，板厚1.6mm，四层板，层压结构JLC04161H-3313，阻抗管控+/-20%。 1-左手键盘-焊板(小)：板材FR-4，板厚1.6mm，双层板，ALPS黄轴插入时需稍用力安装到位。 1-左手键盘-热插拔(大)：板材FR-4，板厚1.6mm，四层板，层压结构JLC04161H-3313，阻抗管控+/-20%。 2-TypeC：板材FR-4，板厚1.6mm，双层板，标识CON1（仅适用于大键盘）。 3-轨迹球：板材FR-4，板厚1.6mm，双层板，模块需注意焊接方向，标识CON3。 4-鼠标滚轮：板材FR-4，板厚1.6mm，双层板，建议使用7mm高编码器，6mm高按键，按键触发压力≤180g，标识CON2。 5-方向按键：板材FR-4，板厚1.6mm，双层板，ALPS黄轴插入时需稍用力安装到位，标识CON4。 6-主控板-左手(小)：板材FR-4，板厚1.6mm，双层板。 其中3款为键盘控制公用小板 《3-轨迹球》《4-鼠标滚轮》《5-方向按键》。 《5-方向按键》和 《1-左手键盘-焊板(小)》，按键轴使用ALPS黄轴。 注意左右手大键盘并非完全镜像。 轨迹球控制使用SPI1通道，滚轮有单独两条信号线，这可以使得替换其它控制设备而不需要较大的调整。 主控使用 STM32G431CBU6。 兼容A to C 或 C to C 数据线。 打印件： 键帽：树脂、PLA等。 轨迹球座：树脂、PLA等。 鼠标左右键：树脂、PLA等。 外壳：树脂、PLA等。 底座：树脂、PLA等。 […]
Spec-Driven Development: The Waterfall Strikes Back
Spec-Driven Development (SDD) revives the old idea of heavy documentation before coding — an echo of the Waterfall era. While it promises structure for AI-driven programming, it risks burying agility under layers of Markdown. This post explores why a more iterative, natural-language approach may better fit modern development. Coding assistants are intimidating: instead of an […]
Messing with Scraper Bots
13 Nov, 2025 As outlined in my previous two posts: scrapers are, inadvertently, DDoSing public websites. I’ve received a number of emails from people running small web services and blogs seeking advice on how to protect themselves. This post isn’t about that. This post is about fighting back. When I published my last post, there […]
The Internet Is Cool. Thank You, TCP
The Internet is Cool. Thank you, TCP The internet is incredible. It’s nearly impossible to keep people away from. But it can also be unreliable: packets drop, links congest, bits mangle, and data corrupts. Oh, it’s dangerous out there! (I’m writing this in Kramer’s tone) So how is it possible that our apps just work? […]