I found this letter in a folder of old correspondence from my days when I was editing at the Whole Earth Catalog. It is from the science fiction master Robert Heinlein. Heinlein engineered his own nerdy solution to a problem … Continue reading →

The F-35 has been cleared for full-rate production, although there are lingering issues with preparations for its critical Block 4 upgrade.

Super Micro Computer has gone from an obscure server maker to a $60 billion company set to join the S&P 500 Monday.

Before I explain what I did to hurt poor Logan, I must explain our apartment’s media setup. You will see why shortly.

So about five hundred million years ago, give or take, there was this little creature called Plectronoceras.  It was about 2 cm long — just under an inch — and it had a conical shell wi…

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You can use features of tmux to implement a Turing-complete instruction set, allowing you to compile code that runs in tmux by moving windows. I feel like I really have to emphasise this: I’m not running a command-line program in tmux, or using tmux to launch…

Grok open release. Contribute to xai-org/grok-1 development by creating an account on GitHub.

Industrial CT uncovers how Stanley's viral Quencher tumbler's vacuum chamber is manufactured using lead solder.

Minify CSS files through refactoring. Contribute to matthewhague/sat-css-tool development by creating an account on GitHub.

I had to create scans of a small flex PCB to capture more details than a flat scanner could give me. Of course, this task turned out harder than I imagined. I already had a good camera, but I was lacking a good macro lens. Buying one turned out to be hard…

In the struggle to combat pollution and fight climate change, a growing number of scientists are beginning to look to one of nature’s oldest biotechnologies: fungi

It won't help with heat-driven bleaching, but other human damage can be fixed.

Fueled by private equity and a subnoscription-based business model, the auto wash industry is flooding the US with new outlets. Some towns and cities have had enough.

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