A document format is a tool for sharing knowledge and, as such, should be as simple and accessible as possible in relation to the complexity of the document content itself. This remains true even when the format is based on an XML schema that is hidden from…

Economists credit ads with two welfare‑enhancing roles:

1. Informative – trimming search costs (Stigler 1961 (pdf)).
2. Signaling – In classic models, high-quality sellers are more willing to incur large, sunk ad costs because they expect to recoup them…

The most depressing news of the week: Intel is ending their performance-optimized Clear Linux distribution

Debian packaging is notoriously hard. Far too many new contributors give up while trying, and many long-time contributors leave due to burnout from having to do too many thankless maintenance tasks. Some just skip testing their changes properly because it…

Karl Seguin's Blog - A mix of coding and creative writing

A CLI tool for analyzing Claude Code/Codex CLI usage from local JSONL files. - ryoppippi/ccusage

Close to three years ago I wrote about using Oddly Specific Objects' alternate "motherboard" to modify a classic Casio F-91W watch:  Pimping...

Download YouTube No Translation for Firefox. Keeps YouTube content in its original language (Titles, Audio Tracks, Denoscriptions...)

Brazil's Supreme Court issued search warrants and restraining orders against Bolsonaro on Friday, banning him from contacting foreign officials over allegations he courted the interference of U.S....

1/N I’m excited to share that our latest @OpenAI experimental reasoning LLM has achieved a longstanding grand challenge in AI: gold medal-level performance on the world’s most prestigious math competition—the International Math Olympiad (IMO).

Why I avoid using LLMs as a publisher and writer

Felix Baumgartner dies at 56 in paragliding crash near Italy’s Adriatic coast. Known for 2012 stratosphere jump.

gpt-5-reasoning-alpha-2025-07-13

h/t @swishfever

The method was pioneered by UK scientists to overcome devastating, often fatal inherited diseases.

Linux users who have Secure Boot enabled on their systems knowingly or unknowingly rely on a ke [...]

Ring reverses its plan to stop sharing video with law enforcement.

We are currently investigating a potential supply chain security incident involving the eslint-config-prettier npm package. This widely-used package, which helps developers maintain consistent code formatting by turning off ESLint rules that conflict with…