Using Sun Ray thin clients in 2025
i’ve used thin clients at home for quite a while – both for their intended use (remotely accessing a desktop of another system); and in the sense of “modern thin clients are x86 boxes that are wildly overpowered for what they run, so they make good mini servers.” recently, i saw a bulk lot of […]
Effectiveness of trees in reducing temperature & outdoor heat exposure in Vegas
1. Introduction Many urban areas around the world suffer from excessive heat, exacerbated due to climate change and urbanization, resulting in a great burden for human health (Ebi et al 2021). Population exposure to extreme heat has been estimated to increase globally by 200% from 1983 to 2016 (Tuholske et al 2021), disproportionately affecting lower-income neighborhoods […]
The Roman Roads Research Association
FINAL TALK IN OUR 2024/5 SEASON WITH MIKE LUKE Our season of talks continues with The Roman road network around Sandy, Bedfordshire, by Mike Luke, on Thursday 24 April 2025 at 7:30pm GMT. Book your place through Eventbrite. NEW 2024/5 SEASON OF ONLINE TALKS CONTINUES WITH NEIL GODFREY Our new season of talks continues with […]
Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake product reviews
Today marks the end of an era. After nearly a decade of helping millions of shoppers navigate the murky waters of online reviews, Fakespot has officially closed its doors. If you tried to check a product listing this morning and found Fakespot not working, you’re not alone. The service has permanently shut down. TL;DR: Fakespot, […]
Figma Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering
Figma, Inc. (“Figma”) today announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) relating to a proposed initial public offering of its Class A common stock. Figma has applied to list its Class A common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol […]
1KB JavaScript Demoscene Challenge Just Launched
I just launched JS1024 — a creative coding challenge with a strict limit: 1024 bytes of JavaScript. No libraries. No frameworks. Just raw code. You can submit visual effects, generative art, tiny games, synths, or whatever you can fit into 1KB of JavaScript. → https://js1024.fun/ Think of it as a spiritual successor to JS1k or […]
Sam Altman Slams Meta’s AI Talent Poaching: ‘Missionaries Will Beat Mercenaries’
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is hitting back at Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s recent AI talent-poaching spree. In a full-throated response sent to OpenAI researchers Monday evening and obtained by WIRED, Altman made his pitch for why staying at OpenAI is the only answer for those looking to build artificial general intelligence, hinting that the company […]
The Hoyle State (2021)
Nuclear physics is complicated compared to atomic physics, because the strong force is complicated compared to the electromagnetic force, and nucleons—protons and neutrons—are bag-like groupings of quarks and gluons held together by the strong force. They resemble elastic bags that attract each other. They jostle each other in the nucleus… governed by the rules of […]
What should a native DOM templating API look like?
If you read my previous post, The time is right for a DOM templating API, you might be wondering what such an API would look like. Let’s dive into that question now. What are we building? First, let’s clarify what we’re trying to design here, because when people hear the abstract template API idea described, […]
Cua (YC X25) Is Hiring a Founding Engineer
Cua is building the infrastructure that lets general AI agents safely and scalably use Computers and Apps like humans do. With 8.9k+ GitHub stars in just 4 months and backing from Y Combinator, we’re providing: An open-source framework for building and evaluating general-purpose AI agents A cloud container platform for sandboxed, scalable agent execution environments […]