In my 15+ years of web development, there are very few things I can say are unequivocally a good idea. It almost always does depend.

Storing timestamps instead of booleans, however, is one of those things I can go out on a limb and say <mark>it doesn't…

One thing I love about living in Germany is the bread. Unlike American Wonder Bread, German bread is baked fresh and comes in a variety of flavors besides "white". In fact, "wheat bread" doesn't exist here, because most of the breads you can buy are a kind…

Everything is generated entirely with code.

Along with a wealth of silent films.

Researchers embarked on a multidisciplinary project to determine how cavitation bubbles within micro- or nano-structures could mitigate surface erosion and enhance the efficiency in microfluidic mixing ...

Hays police set Jan. 2 court date for terminal cancer patient caught with vape device and edible THC paste.

Airline executives and labor leaders point to inadequate technology systems as one reason why a brutal winter storm turned into a debacle. One main culprit: SkySolver, a crew scheduling tool, which was overwhelmed by the task.

This is a 16mm film noscriptd "Critical Program Reading"
I applied some color correction as this is very faded. Mostly this worked well but there are some magenta backgrounds that are... intense!

Little information is known about this film. Credits are very…

Pwning the source prompts of Notion AI, 7 techniques for Reverse Prompt Engineering... and why everyone is *wrong* about prompt injection

I was recently rewarded a total of $107,500 by Google for responsibly disclosing security issues in the Google Home smart speaker that allowed an attacker within wireless proximity to install a "backdoor" account on the device, enabling them to send commands…

The never-ending FTX saga sees a new twist every day, and the latest transfer of funds to scoop out whatever is left in those crypto wallets is worrying for the community.

Waze beta paints dangerous and unfamiliar roads red.

Smithsonian paleoanthropologists reveal the year’s most riveting findings about our close relatives and ancestors

Hello Acorn fans! We recently released a new video, linked below. The rest of this post is an article version of the video for those that want to quickly scroll through the screenshots or prefer to read. If you’re new here, make sure to check out our announcement…

Unless you’re an anthropologist, it’s likely that everything you know about American prehistory is wrong. Science journalist Mann’s survey of the current knowledge is a bracing corrective.

Studies will soon show whether electroceuticals outperform pharmaceuticals

Note: I link to a bunch of paywalled studies in this essay. Please do not use sci-hub to access them for free and do not use this trick (a) to easily redirect papers to sci-hub.

For the clearest example of deliberate data manipulation, see how Walker edits…

Digital platforms are struggling, meanwhile a 136-year-old book retailer is growing again. But why?