How much revenue is needed to justify the current AI spend?
Think about the railroads in the second half of the 19th century. When they failed, it wasn’t just the collapsing bonds held by investors, often pledged as collateral for other loans, that pulled down the economy. It was also the inability of the railroads to raise additional capital to order new steel and railroad ties, […]
MIT physicists improve the precision of atomic clocks
Every time you check the time on your phone, make an online transaction, or use a navigation app, you are depending on the precision of atomic clocks. An atomic clock keeps time by relying on the “ticks” of atoms as they naturally oscillate at rock-steady frequencies. Today’s atomic clocks operate by tracking cesium atoms, which […]
Is Odin Just a More Boring C?
15 min read Saturday, October 4, 2025 Exploring Odin Through a Tiny Key-Value Store with Pub/Sub Why I Tried Odin Background My recent posts have been diving deep into Zig and C, a shift from my earlier focus on React and JavaScript. This isn’t a pivot but a return to my roots. I started programming […]
Discord hack shows risks of online age checks
Messaging platform Discord has said the official ID photos of around 70,000 users have been stolen by hackers. The app, which is popular with gamers and teenagers, said the hackers targeted a firm responsible for verifying the ages of its users. Discord said its own platform was not breached. The stolen data could include personal […]
Microsoft only lets you opt out of AI photo scanning 3x a year
I uploaded a photo on my phone to Microsoft’s “OneDrive” file-hosting app — and there was a surprise waiting under Privacy and Permissions. “OneDrive uses AI to recognize faces in your photos…” And… “You can only turn off this setting 3 times a year.” If I moved the slidebar for that setting to the left […]
Rating 26 years of Java changes
I first started programming Java at IBM back in 1999 as a Pre-University Employee. If I remember correctly, we had Java 1.1.8 installed at that time, but were moving to Java 1.2 (“Java 2”), which was a massive release—I remember engineers at the time grumbling that the ever-present “Java in a Nutshell” book had grown […]
Tennessee Man Arrested, Gets $2M Bond for Posting Facebook Meme
After the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in September, many on the political right set out to punish anyone making light of the tragedy, or even simply being insufficiently upset. In one of the more brazen examples, a Tennessee man was arrested, accused of threatening a school shooting, and held on a $2 million […]
Anthropic’s Prompt Engineering Tutorial
Course introduction and goals This course is intended to provide you with a comprehensive step-by-step understanding of how to engineer optimal prompts within Claude. After completing this course, you will be able to: Master the basic structure of a good prompt Recognize common failure modes and learn the ’80/20′ techniques to address them Understand Claude’s […]
Show HN: Gnokestation Is an Ultra Lightweight Web Desktop Environment
Gnoke Station The Ultra-Lightweight Industrial Desktop Environment A WebDesktop by edmundsparrow Initializing system… ⚡Loading core services 🖥️Initializing Gnoke Station desktop 📦Loading applications 🎨Preparing user interface ✅Ready to launch
Read Your Way Through Hà NộI
Disclaimer: This sample is based on an essay published in the New York Times. Whereas the source removed diacritical marks, this sample brought them back for English and Vietnamese readers. Hà Nội has always been a city of tales and legends. Its ancient name, Thăng Long, which means “the Rising Dragon,” comes from a tale […]