A Collection of Eclipse Glasses (1793-2019)
Oh wow, Williams College’s Hopkins Observatory has a huge collection of eclipse glasses & viewers (and other eclipse ephemera), some of them dating back to 1793. Here are a few of…
No Bosses: Ancient Engineering Marvel Was Built Without Rulers, Study Suggests
A 2,000-year-old canal system in Colombia visible from space was long assumed to be built at the direction of powerful rulers. New evidence is turning that assumption on its head.
It's Not Just RAM: Windows Licenses Are Also Pushing Up PC Prices
It's not just RAM prices that are going up, writes CNET. "Reports suggest the cost of Windows licenses for manufacturers is rising by up to 10%." Several sites that closely follow…
I'm starting a interview series of people working in Lean / formal methods / math formalization
I think the topics of discussion would be of interest to a lot of people here, so I thought I'd share the first episode: Tanner Duve is a Member of Technical Staff at Logical…
Major Update: Pentagon Attacks my Reporting, I Expose More Exclusive Messages, Judge Torches DOJ Over Epstein, McConnell Update, and More
Good evening, everyone.
Newsmax host attacks Pete Hegseth over conditions aboard the USS Lincoln: "I suspect that Pete has Pete in mind more than the military"
Terabytes of credentials leaked in massive supply-chain attack
The data was scraped and exfiltrated from 2,500 users of a compromised AI package.
Temperature Zero for Culture: Why Everything Is Starting...
Temperature Zero for Culture: Why Everything Is Starting to Look the Same . “A recommender that’s a mediocre predictor of what you’d love in a rich, diverse world becomes an…
AI Fails to Deliver a 4-Day Work Week - Especially at AI Companies
"An engineering director at Google said four years ago that AI would deliver a four-day work week by 2025," remembers the BBC. And earlier this year OpenAI "formally urged…
Doctors, Medical Associations Already Giving A Giant Middle Finger To Trump’s Vaccine EO
As expected, this didn’t take very long. Earlier this week we pointed out that Donald Trump supplanted RFK Jr. as the world’s most infamous anti-vaxxer when he vomited out a…
Metaphilosophy II: Empirical Flywheels
1.4 Two philosophical methods 1.4.1 Philosophy consists of updating the highest-level concepts of the mind. As discussed above, this 'updating' process can ultimately involve…
'I've Been Handed a Death Sentence, and My Crime Is Being a Cancer Patient From Gaza'
Israel’s genocide is destroying the health system in Gaza and the West Bank – leaving Palestinian cancer patients with few to no options for treatment.
EPA Has Stopped Including Cancer Risk Estimates in Air Pollution Data
Researchers say the Trump administration has made it harder for the public to access and understand environmental data.
Rudy Giuliani: Young people struggling economically are "privileged little shits" who need "somebody like my father to kick the shit out of them"
“Draw any shape and hear it as a drum.”...
“Draw any shape and hear it as a drum.” Eigendrum : a drum simulator where you can change the shape of the drum to see how it affects the sound it makes.