Blog of Raph Levien.

Spain is forecast to topple Japan from the top spot in the longest life expectancy league table by 2040, while the US continues to slip down the rankings.

In this coldly pixelated age, old-fashioned writing implements make a small but meaningful comeback.

A malware attack causes causes major delivery disruption of the Los Angeles Times and other papers.

Concern has been raised over increased male reproductive disorders in the Western world, and the disruption of male endocrinology has been suggested to play a central role. Several studies have shown that mild analgesics exposure during fetal life is associated…

A few years ago I read some short financial advice by Scott Adams, the author and creator of the Dilbert cartoon. It’s great advice–it’s perfect for 95% of Americans’ financ…

Elon Musk is a polarizing figure. His ideas frequently come about in casual conversations. People are often amused and impressed by his achievements. I must admit, a few years back I thought he is literally

I have just learned that Jean Bourgain passed away last week in Belgium, aged 64, after a prolonged battle with cancer.  He and Eli Stein were the two mathematicians who most influenced my early ca…

Classic battles: PC vs Mac, Emacs vs Vi, Tastes Great vs Less Filling, and certainly one that we debate around the Hackaday watercooler: command line or IDE? There’s something to be said for …

How the Hamster Dance, a blockbuster 90s meme, became the ultimate Y2K one-hit-wonder and launched a decades-long struggle over ownership and intellectual property rights.

Four years ago on new years eve, I set out to build for myself a robust habit of habit engineering. Looking back, doing this has been very transformative for me. A thread 👇

Some of the approved projects include KeePass, 7-zip, VLC Media Player, Drupal, and FileZilla.

Bake, A build system for building, testing and running C & C++ projects - SanderMertens/bake

Not standing out is by design.

Drivers are usually written in C for historical reasons, this can be bad if you want your driver to be safe and secure. We show that it i...

An open letter from an Android developer to the Android Community and specially to Purnima Kochikar, director of Google Play, Apps & Games…