Unicode Binary Input Terminal
I’m a big fan of toggle switches and tactile human-machine interfaces: think swathes of switches on the control panel of an old mainframe, or the cockpit of an airliner. For years the vague idea of a binary data input panel has been kicking around my head, driving the occasional purchase of satisfying looking switches, but […]
Nano Banana can be prompt engineered for nuanced AI image generation
You may not have heard about new AI image generation models as much lately, but that doesn’t mean that innovation in the field has stagnated: it’s quite the opposite. FLUX.1-dev immediately overshadowed the famous Stable Diffusion line of image generation models, while leading AI labs have released models such as Seedream, Ideogram, and Qwen-Image. Google […]
Rand Paul: Congress bill destroys hemp farmer livelihoods
In true Washington swamp fashion, this hemp ban is not being debated on its own. Once again, Congress created a crisis, then conveniently used the crisis to jam through new laws without debate. Rand Paul | Opinion contributor Show Caption Hide Caption What’s in the shutdown deal to reopen the government? Congress passed a funding […]
BAML is hiring compilers/rust engineers (YC W23)
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Open Source and Local Code Mode MCP in Deno Sandboxes
No. pctx runs locally on your development machine, in Docker containers, or on any cloud platform (AWS, GCP, Azure, Vercel, Railway, etc.). There’s no cloud dependency or required subscription. You have full control over where and how pctx runs, making it ideal for both local development and production deployments.
The Monks in the Casino
“Saint Jerome in His Study,” Albrecht Dürer German 1514 I want to tell you about two young men. First, there is “Spishak,” the online pseudonym of a 28-year-old living at his parents’ home in Los Angeles. Spishak considers himself a pornosexual, which is exactly what it sounds like. He is a virgin whose carnal relations […]
Launch HN: Tweeks (YC W25) – Browser extension to de-enshittify the web
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Zed Is Our Office
It’s Monday, 12 PM ET, and the entire Zed Industries team is piled into our weekly all-hands meeting. Some teammates jot down their schedule deviations, while others detail what they intend to focus on for the week. Nathan just wrapped up top-of-mind announcements and Morgan is sharing trends from our metrics and covering operational updates. […]
The marriage proposal that’s hidden in two 1990s PlayStation games
Also: World League Basketball How many video games include a marriage proposal? At least one! Plug in a second controller and use it to enter this sequence at the main menu of NCAA Basketball Final Four 97: Select, Start, Triangle, Up, X, Square, Up, X, Left, Up, X A new PUZZLE item will appear: If […]
SIMA 2: An Agent That Plays, Reasons, and Learns with You in Virtual 3D Worlds
Acknowledgements This research was developed by the SIMA 2 team: Maria Abi Raad, John Agapiou, Frederic Besse, Andrew Bolt, Sarah Chakera, Harris Chan, Jeff Clune, Alexandra Cordell, Martin Engelcke, Ryan Faulkner, Maxime Gazeau, Arne Olav Hallingstad, Tim Harley, Ed Hirst, Drew Hudson, Laura Kampis, Sheleem Kashem, Thomas Keck, Matija Kecman, Oscar Knagg, Alexander Lerchner, Bonnie […]