MCP: An (Accidentally) Universal Plugin System https://worksonmymachine.substack.com/p/mcp-an-accidentally-universal-plugin
Substack
MCP: An (Accidentally) Universal Plugin System
Or: The Day My Toaster Started Taking Phone Calls
BusyBeaver(6) Is Quite Large https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=8972
Shtetl-Optimized
BusyBeaver(6) is really quite large
For overdetermined reasons, I’ve lately found the world an increasingly terrifying and depressing place. It’s gotten harder and harder to concentrate on research, or even popular scienc…
Donkey Kong Country 2 and Open Bus https://jsgroth.dev/blog/posts/dkc2-open-bus/
jsgroth.dev
Donkey Kong Country 2 and Open Bus | jsgroth's blog
Donkey Kong Country 2 has a pretty well-known bug in the old SNES emulator ZSNES where some stages have spinning barrels that don’t work properly. One of the earliest pictured here, in the first stage of Krem Quay (third world):
After you jump into the barrel…
After you jump into the barrel…
I write type-safe generic data structures in C https://danielchasehooper.com/posts/typechecked-generic-c-data-structures/
Danielchasehooper
I Write Type Safe Generic Data Structures in C
I write type safe generic data structures in C using a technique that I haven’t seen elsewhere1. It uses unions to associate type information with a generic data structure, but we’ll get to that. My approach works for any type of data structure: maps, arrays…
OpenFLOW – Quickly make beautiful infrastructure diagrams local to your machine https://github.com/stan-smith/OpenFLOW
GitHub
GitHub - stan-smith/OpenFLOW: Make beautiful isometric infrastructure diagrams
Make beautiful isometric infrastructure diagrams. Contribute to stan-smith/OpenFLOW development by creating an account on GitHub.
Show HN: Spegel, a Terminal Browser That Uses LLMs to Rewrite Webpages https://simedw.com/2025/06/23/introducing-spegel/
SimEdw's Blog
Spegel - A Terminal Browser That Uses LLMs to Rewrite Webpages
Spegel is a proof-of-concept terminal web browser that feeds HTML through an LLM before serving it as markdown in the terminal.
The Fed says this is a cube of $1M. They're off by half a million https://calvin.sh/blog/fed-lie/
calvin.sh
The Fed says this is a cube of $1 million. They're off by half a million. - Calvin Liang
Trust me, I counted.
Don’t use “click here” as link text (2001) https://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/noClickHere
www.w3.org
Don't say "click here"; not everyone will be clicking - Quality Web Tips
W3C QA - tip to make your links more appealing
Exploiting the IKKO Activebuds “AI powered” earbuds (2024) https://blog.mgdproductions.com/ikko-activebuds/
MGD Blog
Exploiting the IKKO Activebuds "AI powered" earbuds, running DOOM, stealing their OpenAI API key and customer data.
So my journey with these earbuds started after I saw them on this Mrwhosetheboss video about pointless tech. This device seems to be also popular on TikTok. My suspicions were confirmed, this runs android. So of course i went ahead and bought them.
245 euros…
245 euros…
Gene therapy restored hearing in deaf patients https://news.ki.se/gene-therapy-restored-hearing-in-deaf-patients
news.ki.se
Gene therapy restored hearing in deaf patients
Gene therapy can improve hearing in children and adults with congenital deafness or severe hearing impairment, a new study involving researchers at Karolinska Institutet reports. Hearing improved in all ten patients, and the treatment was well-tolerated.…
Show HN: CSS generator for a high-def glass effect https://glass3d.dev/
glass3d.dev
Glass3D generator
A modern 3d glassmorphism generator
Couchers is officially out of beta https://couchers.org/blog/2025/07/01/releasing-couchers-v1
couchers.org
We are out of Beta and in v1: we're releasing a new strategy around safe & active community instead of bashing our competitors, a fancy redesigned landing page, and a bunch of new features to make core couch surfing functionality better!
Sony's Mark Cerny Has Worked on "Big Chunks of RDNA 5" with AMD https://overclock3d.net/news/gpu-displays/sonys-mark-cerny-has-worked-on-big-chunks-of-rdna-5-with-amd/
OC3D
Sony’s Mark Cerny has worked on “Big Chunks of RDNA 5” with AMD
AMD's RDNA 5 architecture will feature PlayStation tech.
ASCIIMoon: The moon's phase live in ASCII art https://asciimoon.com/
Asciimoon
Moon Phase Tracker | Rendered in ASCII Art
ASCII Moon - view & cycle through The Moon's phases - rendered in ASCII art.
Websites hosting major US climate reports taken down https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-national-assessment-nasa-white-house-057cec699caef90832d8b10f21a6ffe8
AP News
Websites hosting major US climate reports taken down
Websites displaying legally mandated U.S. national climate assessments seem to have disappeared. The reports tell state and local governments and everyday people what to expect in a warming world and how to prepare for it.
The Evolution of Caching Libraries in Go https://maypok86.github.io/otter/blog/cache-evolution/
maypok86.github.io
The Evolution of Caching Libraries in Go - Otter