Social Media Apps Engineered Like Narcotics: The Dopamine Addiction Crisis
https://www.lookatmyprofile.org/blog/social-media-apps-engineered-like-narcotics-the-dopamine-add-1755157203663
https://www.lookatmyprofile.org/blog/social-media-apps-engineered-like-narcotics-the-dopamine-add-1755157203663
LookAtMyProfile
Social Media Apps Engineered Like Narcotics: The Dopamine Addiction Crisis
If you’ve ever refreshed your feed more times than you can count, stayed up scrolling until your eyes burned, or felt empty after a post that didn’t get the eng
Org-social is a decentralized social network that runs on an Org Mode
https://github.com/tanrax/org-social
https://github.com/tanrax/org-social
GitHub
GitHub - tanrax/org-social: Org-social is a decentralized social network that runs on an Org Mode file over HTTP.
Org-social is a decentralized social network that runs on an Org Mode file over HTTP. - tanrax/org-social
Mbodi AI (YC X25) Is Hiring a Founding Research Engineer (Robotics)
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/mbodi-ai/jobs/ftTsxcl-founding-research-engineer
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/mbodi-ai/jobs/ftTsxcl-founding-research-engineer
Y Combinator
Founding Research Engineer at Mbodi AI
### **Description:**
Join Mbodi AI (YC X25), an AI robotics startup founded by two former Googlers committed to pushing the boundaries of intelligent robots. Mbodi is an embodied AI platform that makes robots learn like humans, with natural language. So…
Join Mbodi AI (YC X25), an AI robotics startup founded by two former Googlers committed to pushing the boundaries of intelligent robots. Mbodi is an embodied AI platform that makes robots learn like humans, with natural language. So…
Wholesale prices rose 0.9% in July, more than expected
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/14/ppi-inflation-report-july-2025-.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/14/ppi-inflation-report-july-2025-.html
CNBC
Wholesale prices rose 0.9% in July, much more than expected
The producer price index was expected to show a 0.2% increase for July, according to the Dow Jones consensus estimate.
US Wholesale Inflation Rises by Most in 3 Years
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-14/us-producer-prices-rise-by-most-in-three-years-on-services
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-14/us-producer-prices-rise-by-most-in-three-years-on-services
Bloomberg.com
US Producer Prices Rise by Most in Three Years on Services
US wholesale inflation accelerated in July by the most in three years, suggesting companies are passing along higher import costs related to tariffs.
"None of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Much of FL's Book Ban Bill
https://bookriot.com/penguin-random-house-florida-lawsuit/
https://bookriot.com/penguin-random-house-florida-lawsuit/
BOOK RIOT
“None Of These Books Are Obscene”: Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida’s Book Ban Bill
In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.
Launch HN: Cyberdesk (YC S25) – Automate Windows legacy desktop apps
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44901528
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44901528
JetBrains working on higher-abstraction programming language
https://www.infoworld.com/article/4029053/jetbrains-working-on-higher-abstraction-programming-language.html
https://www.infoworld.com/article/4029053/jetbrains-working-on-higher-abstraction-programming-language.html
InfoWorld
JetBrains working on higher-abstraction programming language
The as-yet-unnamed language in development would produce cross-platform applications and make AI code generation more controllable, transparent, and useful.
Axle (YC S22) Is Hiring Product Engineers
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/axle/jobs/8wAy0QH-product-engineer
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/axle/jobs/8wAy0QH-product-engineer
Y Combinator
Product Engineer at Axle
We are looking for talented engineers to join our team as early members.
As a Product Engineer, you’ll help build the platform that makes this possible. From structuring and cleaning complex data to using LLMs for automated data extraction, you’ll have…
As a Product Engineer, you’ll help build the platform that makes this possible. From structuring and cleaning complex data to using LLMs for automated data extraction, you’ll have…
Steve Wozniak: 'I am the happiest person ever' and 'I never sold out'
https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=23765914&cid=65583466
https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=23765914&cid=65583466
yro.slashdot.org
It's Steve Wozniak's 75th Birthday. Whatever Happened to His YouTube Lawsuit? - Slashdot
I gave all my Apple wealth away because wealth and power are not what I live for. I have a lot of fun and happiness. I funded a lot of important museums and arts groups in San Jose, the city of my birth, and they named a street after me for being good. I…
Sam Altman is in damage-control mode after latest ChatGPT release
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/14/business/chatgpt-rollout-problems
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/14/business/chatgpt-rollout-problems
CNN
The latest ChatGPT is supposed to be ‘PhD level’ smart. It can’t even label a map
Sam Altman, the artificial intelligence hype master, is in damage-control mode.
Your Mac Game Is Probably Rendering Blurry
https://www.colincornaby.me/2025/08/your-mac-game-is-probably-rendering-blurry/
https://www.colincornaby.me/2025/08/your-mac-game-is-probably-rendering-blurry/
Random Thoughts
Your Mac Game Is Probably Rendering Blurry
ProblemSolutionAffected GamesWhat Apple could do Problem I’ve submitted the issue described in this post to Apple as FB13375033. This issue has been open since September of 2023. If you game …
The AI Was Fed Sloppy Code. It Turned into Something Evil
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-ai-was-fed-sloppy-code-it-turned-into-something-evil-20250813/
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-ai-was-fed-sloppy-code-it-turned-into-something-evil-20250813/
Quanta Magazine
The AI Was Fed Sloppy Code. It Turned Into Something Evil.
The new science of “emergent misalignment” explores how PG-13 training data — insecure code, superstitious numbers or even extreme-sports advice — can open the door to AI’s dark side.
Nobody's Buying Homes, Nobody's Switching Jobs, America's Mobility Is Stalling
https://www.wsj.com/economy/american-job-housing-economic-dynamism-d56ef8fc
https://www.wsj.com/economy/american-job-housing-economic-dynamism-d56ef8fc
The Wall Street Journal
Nobody’s Buying Homes, Nobody’s Switching Jobs—and America’s Mobility Is Stalling
America’s mobility is stalling, and it has economic consequences for everyone. Growing families can’t upgrade, empty-nesters can’t downsize, and when people can’t move for a job offer, they often earn less.