Amazon is pocketing more than 50% of sellers' revenue - up from 40% five years ago. Sellers are paying more because Amazon has increased fulfillment fees and made spending on advertising unavoidable.

Since 2018, Babel has been doing a funding experiment: can full time work on Babel be sustained? We've learned the answer might be no.

I wanted to convert some .webp images to .png on my Mac. I asked ChatGPT:

Using D’s metaprogramming features to write a beautiful binary search

ATLANTA (Feb. 18, 2023) — After a series of short hospital stays, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention. He has the full support…

Google and Microsoft think chatbots that can converse like humans are the future of web search. But the human workers who make sure they don't screw up are treated as disposable.

Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.

Chatbots like Bing are software — not sentient.

In this video, Mike machines a 0.6 mm watch screw on a watchmaker's lathe.

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Over the years, I learned to stay clear of most gear advice on the internet. Between paid-for reviews, gatekeeping, and outright snobbery, there’s little one can learn by asking a random photographer or a woodworker for a list of their favorite toys.

Maker of voice changing software says it has removed GPLv3 code "to alleviate any doubt"

One of the things that frustrates me with having a local music library is the tedium of tagging. While there are tools (like beets or MusicBrainz Picard) to make it easier, I feel there are fundamental issues with the design… Continue reading →

Reverse engineering, code disassemblies and a healthy dose of retrocomputing nostalgia

Innovative thinking has done away with problems that long dogged the electric devices — and both scientists and environmentalists are excited about the possibilities

The country is one of the poorest in Western Europe, and while local wages have stayed relatively stagnant in recent years, housing costs have skyrocketed.

This 120 gigapixel panoramic image is the highest resolution image ever captured of New York City, using EarthCam's GigapixelCam technology.

It has now come to light that Apple has fired hundreds of contractor workers who are basically hired by third-party agencies but work with Apple employees on projects.