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In Search Of AI PsychosisFolie a deux ex machina 2025-08-26T04:37:49-0700 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 25,000 words Rated 2025-08-26T16:53:27-0700 - sethherr
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Google's Liquid Cooling at Hot Chips 2025Datacenter-Scale Heat Management 2025-08-24T11:47:51-0700 Chips and Cheese Chester Lam 1,000 words Rated 2025-08-25T21:01:57-0700 - sethherr
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What are OKLCH colors?Article about the OKLCH color model. jakub.kr 1,000 words Rated 2025-08-25T07:31:52-0700 - sethherr
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What makes Claude Code so damn good (and how to recreate that magic in your agent)!?An open source Chrome extension that adds AI data agents to your Metabase. Get reliable answers to all your business questions with our AI-powered data analyst. 2025-08-21T00:00:00-0700 MinusX vivek 3,000 words Rated 2025-08-23T13:36:45-0700 - sethherr
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Why you can’t grow cool-climate plants in hot climatesSince moving to Deep South Texas 4 years ago I've come to realize that many plants I used to love growing in the cool mild maritime climate of the SF bay area are impossible to grow where I live. This is not just because of the high daytime heat. It's not as simple as that. Specifically, it is the h Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't 1,000 words Rated 2025-08-23T07:41:35-0700 - sethherr
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What happened to Egghead Software - The Silicon UndergroundRated 2025-08-23T06:39:25-0700 - sethherr
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Executive Excess 2025Executive Excess 2025 - CEO pay and stock buybacks have soared at the 100 largest low-wage corporations. 2025-08-21T04:00:00-0700 Institute for Policy Studies averyr 2,000 words Rated 2025-08-21T22:44:25-0700 - sethherr
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Gouach wants you to insert and pluck the cells from its Infinite e-bike batteryTiny French firm wants to keep a few bad cells from spoiling a lot of e-bikes. 2025-05-22T13:12:13-0700 Ars Technica Kevin Purdy 1,000 words Rated 2025-08-21T14:44:17-0700 - sethherr
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Is Rotten Tomatoes Still Reliable? A Statistical AnalysisCan Hollywood's stamp of artistic excellence still be trusted? 2025-08-20T06:16:00-0700 Stat Significant Daniel Parris 2,000 words Rated 2025-08-20T20:10:12-0700 - sethherr
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Once Again, Oil States Thwart Agreement on PlasticsYale E360 2,000 words Rated 2025-08-16T08:36:43-0700 - sethherr
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The future of large files in Git is Git - Tyler Ciprianitylercipriani.com Tyler Cipriani 1,000 words Rated 2025-08-15T19:07:58-0700 - sethherr
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How I accidentally became PureGym's unofficial Apple Wallet developerTired of fumbling with the PureGym app for 47 seconds every morning, I reverse-engineered their API to build an Apple Wallet pass that gets me in with a quick wrist scan. Along the way, I discovered their bizarre security theatre: QR codes that expire every minute while my ancient 8-digit PIN lives forever. 2025-08-14T00:00:00-0700 Drobinin Limited Vadim Drobinin 2,000 words Rated 2025-08-15T19:01:08-0700 - sethherr
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Opinion | Abolish the Senate. End the Electoral College. Pack the Court.Why the left can’t win without a new Constitution. #Congress #Donald Trump #Elections 2025-08-14T02:02:17-0700 The New York Times Ross Douthat, Sophia Alvarez Boyd, Raina Raskin ($) 20,000 words Rated 2025-08-14T19:51:54-0700 - sethherr
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What Happened When I Tried to Replace Myself with ChatGPT in My English ClassroomMy students call it “Chat,” a cute nickname they all seem to have agreed on at some point. They use it to make study guides, interpret essay prompts, and register for classes, turning it loose on t… 2025-07-28T04:59:18-0700 Literary Hub 6,000 words Rated 2025-08-07T21:49:48-0700 - sethherr
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What’s wrong with the JSON gem API?As I mentioned at the start of my Optimizing Ruby’s JSON series of posts, performance isn’t why I candidated to be the new gem’s maintainer. 2025-08-02T02:03:51-0700 byroot’s blog 3,000 words Rated 2025-08-05T16:30:08-0700 - sethherr
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I spent 6 years building a ridiculous wooden pixel displayThe world's most impractical 1000-pixel display and anyone in the world can draw on it Ben Holmen 2,000 words Rated 2025-08-04T19:16:30-0700 - sethherr
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The Manmade Clouds That Could Help Save the Great Barrier ReefInside a bold — and controversial — effort to cool the water around this beloved ecosystem. #Environment #Geoengineering 2025-07-25T02:01:32-0700 The New York Times Ferris Jabr ($) 5,000 words Rated 2025-07-29T20:06:02-0700 - sethherr
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Tour de France confronts a new threat: Are cyclists using tiny motors? - The Washington PostRated 2025-07-29T05:53:20-0700 - sethherr
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Revisiting MoneyballThe book was published in 2003, and the movie was released in 2011. It feels silly to rehash, except the whole thing fascinates fans two decades later. Why? On the one hand, it is loved because it… 2025-07-24T01:24:34-0700 djpardis.medium.com Pardis Noorzad 3,000 words Rated 2025-07-24T20:54:02-0700 - sethherr
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Scarcity, Inventory, and Inequity: A Deep Dive into Airline Fare BucketsAirline pricing may seem mystifying, but behind every airfare is a complex system of fare buckets and inventory controls. Airlines don't just sell seats - they manage a dynamic inventory of fares, divided into booking classes (fare buckets) with different prices and rules. For the technically curious, understanding how fare buckets work reveals the "source code" of airline revenue management. This report delves into the hierarchy of booking classes, how airlines update seat... 2025-07-21T12:31:07-0700 JetBack 5,000 words Rated 2025-07-24T17:43:47-0700 - sethherr
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Surprising Science: How Electric Cars Quietly Transform Urban Air"It’s not just the tailpipe y’all," joked one Electrek commenter, alluding to the black discolorations on alloy wheels visible proof of a less infamous city pollutant: brake dust. For decades, exhaust emissions have been the focus of city-air cleaning initiatives, but a new wave of research indicates that the real story goes far beyond the… 2025-07-22T03:58:36-0700 Modern Engineering Marvels 1,000 words Rated 2025-07-23T20:28:50-0700 - sethherr
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So You Think You've Awoken ChatGPT — LessWrongWritten in an attempt to fulfill @Raemon's request. … 2025-07-10T18:01:26-0700 lesswrong.com JustisMills 10,000 words Rated 2025-07-23T20:24:59-0700 - sethherr
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Laurence Tratt: Comparing the Glove80 and Maltron keyboardstratt.net 3,000 words Rated 2025-07-22T19:25:49-0700 - sethherr
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How Jane Jacobs got Americans stuckYoni Appelbaum on the real villians behind our housing and mobility problems 2025-07-09T09:30:24-0700 Riskgaming by Lux Capital Danny Crichton 5,000 words Rated 2025-07-21T17:13:51-0700 - sethherr
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He Claims He’s the ‘Sports Betting King.’ What Are the Odds?Mazi VS has become a major influencer by flaunting his expensive lifestyle and his big-winning wagers. Other gamblers say he can’t be what he seems. #College Basketball #Fraud #Gambling #Social Media 2025-07-13T02:00:59-0700 The New York Times Devin Gordon ($) 5,000 words Rated 2025-07-20T22:49:32-0700 - sethherr
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New colors without shooting lasers into your eyesCan optical illusions take you outside the human color gamut? 2025-07-16T17:00:00-0700 DYNOMIGHT dynomight 2,000 words Rated 2025-07-20T15:25:27-0700 - sethherr
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Local LLMs versus offline WikipediaHow do the sizes of local LLMs compare to the size of offline Wikipedia downloads? 2025-07-18T17:00:00-0700 evanhahn.com 500 words Rated 2025-07-19T18:40:50-0700 - sethherr
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My 9-week unprocessed food self-experimentWhat I really want to know is: What benefit would I get from making my diet better? 2025-07-10T09:03:03-0700 Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 2,000 words Rated 2025-07-19T12:14:34-0700 - sethherr
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The beauty entrepreneur who made the Jheri curl a sensationThe hairstyle originally involved an expensive trip to a salon. Then Comer Cottrell introduced the Curly Kit during the 1980s recession. 2025-07-11T07:51:42-0700 The Hustle Kelli María Korducki 2,000 words Rated 2025-07-16T12:10:55-0700 - sethherr
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Reflections on OpenAIcalv.info 4,000 words Rated 2025-07-15T20:03:17-0700 - sethherr
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no days offA celebration of consistency, discipline, and the pursuit of movement #Running no days off 1,000 words Rated 2025-07-14T08:04:27-0700 - sethherr
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Inside SON: Schmidt’s Original Dynamo Hubs from GermanyJosh Meissner recently rode down to visit the engineers at Schmidt Maschinenbau in Tübingen, Germany, who created the legendary SON dynamo hub... #Travel 2022-11-15T04:22:05-0800 BIKEPACKING.com Josh Meissner 3,000 words Rated 2025-07-13T07:32:03-0700 - sethherr
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Upgrading an M4 Pro Mac mini's storage for half the price | Jeff Geerlingjeffgeerling.com 1,000 words Rated 2025-07-12T08:03:19-0700 - sethherr
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Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer ProductivityWe conduct a randomized controlled trial to understand how early-2025 AI tools affect the productivity of experienced open-source developers working on their own repositories. Surprisingly, we find that when developers use AI tools, they take 19% longer than without—AI makes them slower. 2025-07-10T05:00:00-0700 metr.org METR 2,000 words Rated 2025-07-11T21:30:43-0700 - sethherr
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DCHP-3Rated 2025-07-09T23:02:04-0700 - sethherr
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‘Dilbert’ cartoon creator once questioned the number of Jews killed in the HolocaustDilbert cartoon creator Scott Adams once questioned the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust in a now-deleted blog post. 2023-03-03T13:20:22-0800 The Forward 1,000 words Rated 2025-07-08T18:45:53-0700 - sethherr
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Adding a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it existsRated 2025-07-07T14:34:47-0700 - sethherr
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College English majors can't readThey have one job and they can't do it 2025-05-20T06:15:40-0700 Kitten 3,000 words Rated 2025-07-04T16:03:18-0700 - sethherr
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Your Review: SchoolFinalist #2 in the Review Contest 2025-07-04T06:01:37-0700 astralcodexten.com Astral Codex Ten 8,000 words Rated 2025-07-04T15:49:39-0700 - sethherr
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hydrogen jukeboxes: on the crammed poetics of "creative writing" LLMshydrogen jukeboxes: on the crammed poetics of “creative writing” LLMsThis is a follow-up to my earlier brief rant about the new, unreleased OpenAI model that’s supposed “good at creative writing.” It... 2025-03-14T17:18:08-0700 nostalgebraist.tumblr.com nostalgebraist 200 words Rated 2025-07-03T20:58:47-0700 - sethherr
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Tools: Code Is All You NeedThe solution to agentic flows was code all along. 2025-07-03T00:00:00-0700 Armin Ronacher 2,000 words Rated 2025-07-03T16:56:26-0700 - sethherr
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COROS Confirms Substantial Watch Security Vulnerablity: Says Fixes Are ComingA German IT security firm has published a list of 8 different security bugs found in all COROS watches that give essentially full access to not only the user's watch, but also their COROS account. This includes everything from 2025-06-30T03:20:40-0700 DC Rainmaker 5,000 words Rated 2025-07-03T13:40:27-0700 - sethherr
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Cloudflare Introduces Blocking of A.I. Scrapers By DefaultRated 2025-07-02T07:22:17-0700 - sethherr
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Toxic US Landfills: Overheating Trash Sites Pose Health RisksRated 2025-07-01T20:56:50-0700 - sethherr
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The cheapest cars aren't cheap anymoremedia.hubspot.com 1,000 words Rated 2025-06-30T07:55:51-0700 - sethherr
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Your Review: Alpha School... 2025-06-27T04:49:52-0700 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 60,000 words Rated 2025-06-29T20:55:47-0700 - sethherr
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Defense Department will stop providing crucial satellite weather datatext.npr.org 2,000 words Rated 2025-06-29T20:19:29-0700 - sethherr
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Sudden loss of key US satellite data could send hurricane forecasting back ‘decades’Scientists left scrambling amid hurricane season after irreplaceable program is slotted to be shuttered 2025-06-28T07:27:10-0700 The Guardian Eric Holthaus 2,000 words Rated 2025-06-29T20:00:33-0700 - sethherr
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Woman in custody after car hits bicyclist on closed OpenStreetsPGH course in North Point BreezePolice took a woman into custody after witnesses said a car drove through a barricade and onto streets that had been closed for OpenStreetsPGH, striking at least one person on a bicycle. 2025-06-29T05:51:30-0700 WESA Rachel McDevitt, Julia Maruca 1,000 words Rated 2025-06-29T16:13:35-0700 - sethherr
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The Claude Bliss Attractor... 2025-06-12T18:33:35-0700 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 25,000 words Rated 2025-06-29T07:18:53-0700 - sethherr
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