This is a small proof-of-concept. It relies on PGP - but you could use Keybase, GPG, or any other hard-to-use encryption program. Background Suppose you want to support an artist and give them money. That's easy. Most artists take PayPal, bank transfer…

Turn a $30 USB switch into a full-featured multi-monitor KVM switch - haimgel/display-switch

A good scientist, in other words, does not merely ignore conventional wisdom, but makes a special effort to break it. Scientists go looking for trouble. — Paul Graham, What You Can’t Sa…

The promise was a war waged by all-seeing drones and precision bombs. The documents show flawed intelligence, faulty targeting, years of civilian deaths — and scant accountability.

I've recently read an article criticizing Rust, and, while it made a bunch of good points, I didn't enjoy it --- it was an easy to argue with piece.
In general, I feel that I can't recommend an article criticizing Rust.
This is a shame --- confronting drawbacks…

Parsing, performance, and low-level programming.

The bizarre robots look like cobbled-together Tetris pieces. A new system "evolves" them to run, climb, and throw stuff better.

CNN literally selling public domain images from the Hubble Space Telescope as NFTs. Good lord. vault.cnn.com/packs/9 twitter.com/astrogrant/sta…

Perovskites toughen up displays

Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites - Move myself to inactive · ytdl-org/youtube-dl@21b7590

There is a huge and ever-widening gap between the devices we use to make the web and the devices most people use to consume it. It’s also no secret

A Pecos County well has leaked noxious salt water for almost two decades. No one is taking responsibility for getting it cleaned up.

Adverse early experiences can make young minds inflexible, while a carefree childhood has clear cognitive benefits.