Trans-Taiga Road (2004) https://www.jamesbayroad.com/ttr/index.html
A Higgs-Bugson in the Linux Kernel https://blog.janestreet.com/a-higgs-bugson-in-the-linux-kernel/
Jane Street Blog
A Higgs-bugson in the Linux Kernel
We recently ran across a strange higgs-bugson that manifested itself in a critical system that stores and distributes the firm’s trading activity data, calle...
Next month, saved passwords will no longer be in Microsoft’s Authenticator app https://www.cnet.com/tech/microsoft-will-delete-your-passwords-in-one-month-do-this-asap/
CNET
Microsoft Will Delete Your Passwords in One Month: Do This ASAP
Microsoft Authenticator will start using more secure passkeys in August.
Astronomers discover 3I/ATLAS – Third interstellar object to visit Solar System https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-07-03/3i-atlas-a11pl3z-interstellar-object-in-our-solar-system/105489180
www.abc.net.au
New interstellar 'comet' discovered speeding through our Solar System
Astronomers have discovered a new object that originated outside of our Solar System — only the third to be found.
Nano-engineered thermoelectrics enable scalable, compressor-free cooling https://www.jhuapl.edu/news/news-releases/250521-apl-thermoelectrics-enable-compressor-free-cooling
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Nano-engineered Thermoelectrics Enable Scalable, Compressor-Free Cooling | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Researchers at Johns Hopkins APL, in collaboration with Samsung Research, have unveiled a breakthrough in solid-state cooling technology, doubling the efficiency of today’s commercial systems. Driven by the Lab’s patented nano-engineered thin-film thermoelectric…
Fei-Fei Li: Spatial intelligence is the next frontier in AI [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PioN-CpOP0
YouTube
Fei-Fei Li: Spatial Intelligence is the Next Frontier in AI
A fireside with Dr. Fei-Fei Li on June 16, 2025 at AI Startup School in San Francisco.
Dr. Fei-Fei Li is often called the godmother of AI—and for good reason. Before the world had AI as we know it, she was helping build the foundation.
In this fireside…
Dr. Fei-Fei Li is often called the godmother of AI—and for good reason. Before the world had AI as we know it, she was helping build the foundation.
In this fireside…
Gmailtail – Command-line tool to monitor Gmail messages and output them as JSON https://github.com/c4pt0r/gmailtail
GitHub
GitHub - c4pt0r/gmailtail: tail -f your gmail
tail -f your gmail. Contribute to c4pt0r/gmailtail development by creating an account on GitHub.
I scanned all of GitHub's "oops commits" for leaked secrets https://trufflesecurity.com/blog/guest-post-how-i-scanned-all-of-github-s-oops-commits-for-leaked-secrets
Trufflesecurity
Guest Post: How I Scanned all of GitHub’s “Oops Commits” for Leaked Secrets ◆ Truffle Security Co.
GitHub Archive logs every public commit, even the ones developers try to delete. Force pushes often cover up mistakes like leaked credentials by rewriting Git history. GitHub keeps these dangling commits, from what we can tell, forever. In the archive, they…
Conversations with a hit man https://magazine.atavist.com/confessions-of-a-hit-man-larry-thompson-jim-leslie-george-dartois-louisiana-shreveport-cold-case/
The Atavist Magazine
Conversations with a Hit Man
A former FBI agent traveled to Louisiana to ask a hired killer about a murder that haunted him. Then Larry Thompson started talking about a different case altogether.
ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE sightings, goes viral https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/iceblock-an-app-for-anonymously-reporting-ice-sightings-goes-viral-overnight-after-bondi-criticism/
TechCrunch
ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE sightings, goes viral overnight after Bondi criticism | TechCrunch
The citizen app for anonymously reporting ICE agents and raids went viral after criticism from the U.S. attorney general.
The uncertain future of coding careers and why I'm still hopeful https://jonmagic.com/posts/the-uncertain-future-of-coding-careers-and-why-im-still-hopeful/
jonmagic.com
The Uncertain Future of Coding Careers and Why I'm Still Hopeful
My thoughts on the future of coding careers in the age of AI, and why I believe that human creativity and ingenuity will always be in demand.
The story of Max, a real programmer https://incoherency.co.uk/blog/stories/the-story-of-max.html
incoherency.co.uk
James Stanley - The Story of Max, a Real Programmer
Alice's Adventures in a Differentiable Wonderland https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.17625
arXiv.org
Alice's Adventures in a Differentiable Wonderland -- Volume I,...
Neural networks surround us, in the form of large language models, speech transcription systems, molecular discovery algorithms, robotics, and much more. Stripped of anything else, neural networks...
Locality of Behaviour (2020) https://htmx.org/essays/locality-of-behaviour/
htmx.org
</> htmx ~ Locality of Behaviour (LoB)
Carson Gross explores the Locality of Behaviour (LoB) principle, which emphasizes making the behavior of code units obvious on inspection to enhance maintainability. He discusses the tradeoffs between LoB and other software design principles like DRY and…