Are LLMs the final blow in the war against Wirth's law?

Catherine (Whitequark)’s recent observations on poorly-engineered firmware reminded me of a few mistakes I’ve seen in vendors’ CPUs; some unimportant and others surprisingly bad. Since I’ve never seen these widely discussed, here’s some discussion and links…

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The kernel's swap subsystem is a complex and often unloved beast. It is also a critical compon [...]

You can captivate someone not by what you say, but by how you listen.

BMW filed a patent for a proprietary screw that looks like the BMW logo. They say it looks cool, we’re worried it’s going to stifle repairs.

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"🐈 nanobot: The Ultra-Lightweight Clawdbot". Contribute to HKUDS/nanobot development by creating an account on GitHub.

You’ll have to wait a little longer for Valve’s new hardware.

A simple SimCity clone in Emacs Lisp. Contribute to vkazanov/elcity development by creating an account on GitHub.

A statement on the CIA's website gives no reason for the decision, simply stating that the Factbook has been "sunset" while encouraging readers to "stay curious about the world and find ways to explore it".

The same capabilities that make OpenClaw a groundbreaking tool also make it an urgent security risk. This blog contains confirmed examples of agent skills being used as malware vectors, and advice on how to protect yourself if you're experimenting with them.

A reproduction of Oliver Byrne's celebrated work from 1847 plus interactive diagrams, cross references, and posters designed by Nicholas Rougeux

OpenAI Frontier is an enterprise platform for building, deploying, and managing AI agents with shared context, onboarding, permissions, and governance.

I have recently been working on tuning circuits, which typically consist of an inductor and a capacitor (i.e. an LC circuit). For those not familiar with inductors, they are passive components that store energy in a magnetic field. They oppose changes in…

Or, getting a 100x speedup with one dumb line of code.

Reimagining organisational structure for the digital age.