How Brian Eno Created Ambient 1: Music for Airports (2019)
https://reverbmachine.com/blog/deconstructing-brian-eno-music-for-airports/
https://reverbmachine.com/blog/deconstructing-brian-eno-music-for-airports/
Reverb Machine
How Brian Eno Created "Ambient 1: Music For Airports"
In 1978, Brian Eno released Ambient 1: Music for Airports, a landmark album in ambient and electronic music. Although it wasn't the first ambient
Man unexpectedly cured of HIV after stem cell transplant
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2506595-man-unexpectedly-cured-of-hiv-after-stem-cell-transplant/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2506595-man-unexpectedly-cured-of-hiv-after-stem-cell-transplant/
New Scientist
Man unexpectedly cured of HIV after stem cell transplant
A handful of people with HIV have been cured after receiving HIV-resistant stem cells – but a man who received non-resistant stem cells is also now HIV-free
A series of vignettes from my childhood and early career
https://www.jasonscheirer.com/weblog/vignettes/
https://www.jasonscheirer.com/weblog/vignettes/
Lazier Binary Decision Diagrams for set-theoretic types
https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2025/12/02/lazier-bdds-for-set-theoretic-types/
https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2025/12/02/lazier-bdds-for-set-theoretic-types/
The Elixir programming language
Lazier Binary Decision Diagrams (BDDs) for set-theoretic types
This article explores the data structures used to represent set-theoretic types and the recent optimizations we have applied to them
Fallout 2's Chris Avellone describes his game design philosophy
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/12/fallout-2-designer-chris-avellone-recalls-his-first-forays-into-game-development/
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/12/fallout-2-designer-chris-avellone-recalls-his-first-forays-into-game-development/
Ars Technica
“Players are selfish”: Fallout 2’s Chris Avellone describes his game design philosophy
Avellone recaps his journey from learning on a TRS-80 to today.
Peter Thiel's Apocalyptic Worldview Is a Dangerous Fantasy
https://jacobin.com/2025/11/peter-thiel-palantir-apocalypse-antichrist
https://jacobin.com/2025/11/peter-thiel-palantir-apocalypse-antichrist
Jacobin
Peter Thiel’s Apocalyptic Worldview Is a Dangerous Fantasy
Peter Thiel recently generated headlines with his rambling diatribes about the Antichrist. Thiel’s lurid, apocalyptic view of world politics may be ludicrous or even deranged, but his wealth and power mean that we can’t afford to ignore it.
Apple to beat Samsung in smartphone shipments for first time in 14 years
https://sherwood.news/tech/apple-to-beat-samsung-in-smartphone-shipments-for-first-time-in-14-years/
https://sherwood.news/tech/apple-to-beat-samsung-in-smartphone-shipments-for-first-time-in-14-years/
Sherwood News
Apple to beat Samsung in smartphone shipments for first time in 14 years
Apple will ship about 243 million phones this year, compared to Samsung’s 235 million, according to CNBC....
Progress on TypeScript 7 – December 2025
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/progress-on-typescript-7-december-2025/
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/progress-on-typescript-7-december-2025/
Microsoft News
Progress on TypeScript 7 – December 2025
Earlier this year, the TypeScript team announced that we’ve been porting the compiler and language service to native code to take advantage of better raw performance, memory usage, and parallelism. This effort (codenamed “Project Corsa”, and soon “TypeScript…
Anthropic Acquires Bun
https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-acquires-bun-as-claude-code-reaches-usd1b-milestone
https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-acquires-bun-as-claude-code-reaches-usd1b-milestone
Anthropic
Anthropic acquires Bun as Claude Code reaches $1B milestone
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending on AI data centers will pay off
https://www.businessinsider.com/ibm-ceo-big-tech-ai-capex-data-center-spending-2025-12
https://www.businessinsider.com/ibm-ceo-big-tech-ai-capex-data-center-spending-2025-12
Business Insider
IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending trillions on AI data centers will pay off at today's infrastructure costs
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna walked through some napkin math on Big Tech's AI data center spending — and raised some doubts on if it'll prove profitable.
Microsoft won't let me pay a $24 bill, blocking thousands in Azure spending
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46124930
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46124930
Amazon launches Trainium3
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/02/amazon-releases-an-impressive-new-ai-chip-and-teases-a-nvidia-friendly-roadmap/
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/02/amazon-releases-an-impressive-new-ai-chip-and-teases-a-nvidia-friendly-roadmap/
TechCrunch
Amazon releases an impressive new AI chip and teases an Nvidia-friendly roadmap | TechCrunch
AWS has been building its own AI chips — and systems — for years now. It just released its third version, known as Trainium3, with some impressive specs.