To have a moral stance on AI is to be an outcast, and it sucks
https://musings.martyn.berlin/to-have-a-moral-stance-on-ai-is-to-be-an-outcast-and-it-sucks
https://musings.martyn.berlin/to-have-a-moral-stance-on-ai-is-to-be-an-outcast-and-it-sucks
Martyn's random musings
To have a moral stance on AI is to be an outcast, and it sucks. — Martyn's random musings
I know the technology, I understand what it's doing and I know the impact, so I am vehemently anti-AI. I do not believe any positive out...
Werner Herzog in conversation with Paul Cronin (2014)
https://fsgworkinprogress.com/2014/09/26/insignificant-bullets-evil-poachers-and-l-a-culture/
https://fsgworkinprogress.com/2014/09/26/insignificant-bullets-evil-poachers-and-l-a-culture/
Work in Progress
Insignificant Bullets, Evil Poachers, and L.A. Culture | Work in Progress
Downdetector and Speedtest sold to Accenture for $1.2B
https://www.theverge.com/tech/889234/downdetector-ookla-speedtest-sold-accenture
https://www.theverge.com/tech/889234/downdetector-ookla-speedtest-sold-accenture
The Verge
Downdetector and Speedtest sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion
Downdetector and Speedtest will soon be under new ownership.
Microcode inside the Intel 8087 floating-point chip: register exchange
https://www.righto.com/2026/05/microcode-inside-intel-8087-floating.html
https://www.righto.com/2026/05/microcode-inside-intel-8087-floating.html
Righto
Microcode inside the Intel 8087 floating-point chip: register exchange
In 1980, Intel introduced the 8087 floating-point chip, a co-processor that made floating-point operations up to 100 times faster. This chip...
Hormuz crisis side effect: a sharp rise in container shipping rates
https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1157327/Hormuz-crisis-side-effect-a-sharp-rise-in-container-shipping-rates
https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1157327/Hormuz-crisis-side-effect-a-sharp-rise-in-container-shipping-rates
Lloyd's List
Hormuz crisis side effect: a sharp rise in container shipping rates
Spot container freight rates continue their ascent as ocean carriers pass along much higher fuel costs resulting from the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz. If the strait doesn’t reopen soon, the impact on container market could intensify
Ernst & Young published cybersecurity report full of hallucinations
https://gptzero.me/investigations/ey
https://gptzero.me/investigations/ey
gptzero.me
Investigation: Hallucinations in Ernst & Young Report on Loyalty Fraud | GPTZero
An investigation into fabricated citations and broken references in EY's "Points of Attack" cybersecurity report on loyalty system fraud.
Jef Raskin, the Visionary Behind the Mac (2013)
https://lowendmac.com/2013/jef-raskin-the-visionary-behind-the-mac/
https://lowendmac.com/2013/jef-raskin-the-visionary-behind-the-mac/
Low End Mac
Jef Raskin, the Visionary Behind the Mac
Jef Raskin founded the Macintosh project at Apple, which led to the development of the Apple Mac and the popularisation of the graphical user-interface. He was Apple employee #31 and left the Macintosh team in mid-1981 after Steve Jobs took over the project.…
Parallel Reconstruction of Lawful TLS Wiretapping
https://remyhax.xyz/posts/reproducing-lawful-tls-wiretapping/
https://remyhax.xyz/posts/reproducing-lawful-tls-wiretapping/
REMY HAX
Parallel Reconstruction of Lawful TLS Wiretapping
Transport Layer Security (TLS) is the protocol involved in getting the lock icon to appear in your browser next to the URL. Under the hood it uses a bunch of really cool numbers for encryption. Some numbers are considered private and need securing; some are…
Domain Expertise Has Always Been the Real Moat
https://www.brethorsting.com/blog/2026/05/domain-expertise-has-always-been-the-real-moat/
https://www.brethorsting.com/blog/2026/05/domain-expertise-has-always-been-the-real-moat/
Brethorsting
Domain Expertise Has Always Been the Real Moat | Aaron Brethorst
Personal website for Aaron Brethorst - Seattleite, technology leader, photographer, transit enthusiast, erstwhile non-runner.
Kore: Binary File Format Optimized for Modern Data Systems (Open Source)
https://github.com/arunkatherashala/Kore
https://github.com/arunkatherashala/Kore
GitHub
GitHub - arunkatherashala/Kore
Contribute to arunkatherashala/Kore development by creating an account on GitHub.
Custom Errors Are Non-Negotiable in My Rust Applications
https://tristonarmstrong.com/blog/custom-errors-are-non-negotiable-in-my-rust-applications
https://tristonarmstrong.com/blog/custom-errors-are-non-negotiable-in-my-rust-applications
Triston Armstrong
Custom Errors Are Non-Negotiable in My Rust Applications | Triston Armstrong
Centralizing error management using a custom Error enum and map_error resolves the complexity of disparate error types, establishing a single, type-safe contract across the entire application boundary.
I am against GenAI and everything it stands for
https://lpcvoid.com/blog/0018_why_i_am_against_genai/index.html
https://lpcvoid.com/blog/0018_why_i_am_against_genai/index.html
Microsoft degrades functionality of perpetually-licensed offline products
https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Microsoft_Office_2019_and_2021_for_Mac_view-only_conversion_(2026)
https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Microsoft_Office_2019_and_2021_for_Mac_view-only_conversion_(2026)
Consumer Rights Wiki
Microsoft Office 2019 and 2021 for Mac view-only conversion (2026)
Microsoft Office 2019 and 2021 for Mac view-only conversion (2026) is a scheduled remote degradation of perpetually-licensed Microsoft Office software for macOS...
Anyone can build a platform now. Almost nobody can get people to find it
https://claudefolio.com/blog/anyone-can-build-a-platform-now-almost-nobody-can-get-people-to-find-it
https://claudefolio.com/blog/anyone-can-build-a-platform-now-almost-nobody-can-get-people-to-find-it
Claudefolio
Anyone can build a platform now. Almost nobody can get people to find it.
I want to start this post with an admission that's a little uncomfortable, which is that the platform I built specifically to help other people solve their distribution problem is itself struggling with exactly the same distribution problem I built it to…
Building a LangGraph pipeline for production data engineering
https://labyrinthanalyticsconsulting.com/blog/building-first-langgraph-pipeline
https://labyrinthanalyticsconsulting.com/blog/building-first-langgraph-pipeline
Labyrinthanalyticsconsulting
Building Your First LangGraph Pipeline: A Decision-Maker's Guide
LangGraph is gaining real adoption for agentic AI workflows. But for most teams evaluating it, the question is not how to build a pipeline -- it is whether LangGraph is the right architecture for their problem, and what it actually takes to run in production.
Ahoy, DECmate II the little PDP-8 that could
http://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/05/ahoy-decmate-ii-little-pdp-8-that-could.html
http://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/05/ahoy-decmate-ii-little-pdp-8-that-could.html
Blogspot
Ahoy, DECmate II! the little PDP-8 that could
In 1982, as we mentioned at length with our history of the DEC Professional , Digital Equipment Corporation attempted to keep their PDP-11 m...