One explanation for the rise in obesity in industrialized countries is that people burn fewer calories than people in countries where obesity is rare. A major study finds that's not the case.

On July 20, 2025, the Seven Sisters celestial event will be visible across the United States and Canada.

SQLite WAL has checksums, but on corruption it drops all the data and does not raise error

Today I'm discussing a trivially simple technique that I've rarely seen used in production codebases.

In programming, we often need to deal with simple values that can be represented by simple, generic types built into our programming language or provided…

Memory safety is all the rage these days. But what does the term even mean? That turns out to be harder to nail down than you may think. Typically, people use this term to refer to language...

I want to present you with two narratives about AI. Both of them are about using this technology to automate computer programming, but they point ... Read more

As a teenager, I discovered incomprehensible code in a book called BASIC Computer Games. Lines 900 through 970 filled with cryptic numbers - it was the secret of how HEXAPAWN’s AI learned. 50 years ago, an AI that could improve itself was created with just…

Yes, generative AI is transformational. Will it eliminate most entry-level jobs? That depends. Will we continue to demand excessive returns on capital? If so, then we're in trouble.

In Dubai.

A Python tool to parse PDF statements from Poste Italiane (Postepay, BancoPosta) and extract data as structured JSON. - genbs/poste-italiane-parser

The smallest (actually usable) window manager. Contribute to lslvr/1wm development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Vanishing home field advantage for English football

Today 404Media released a truly stunning report that almost beggars belief.

Several major phone networks in the UK appear to be down following a major outage.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Chief Executive Officer Lisa Su said that the chips her company gets from supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. cost more when they’re produced in TSMC’s Arizona facilities.

With help from Chris Smeder, Jon Hillis, Phil Levin, Devon Zuegel, Damon Hemmerdinger, Coby Lefkowitz, Jan Sramek, Austin Tunnell, and Dave Gordon, I made this wishlist of changes that could make it …

18-year-old Ewin Tang has proven that classical computers can solve the “recommendation problem” nearly as fast as quantum computers. The result eliminates one of the best examples of quantum speedup.

GPT-5 is expected to arrive in early August