South Park and the greatest TV contract clause
https://www.readtrung.com/p/south-park-and-the-greatest-tv-contract
https://www.readtrung.com/p/south-park-and-the-greatest-tv-contract
Readtrung
South Park and The Greatest TV Contract Clause Ever
Matt Stone and Trey Parker became billionaires by making 27 seasons of the funniest shows ever (and signing a first TV deal with an improbable clause).
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Lessons learned from implementing SIMD-accelerated algorithms in pure Rust
https://kerkour.com/rust-simd?hn=1
https://kerkour.com/rust-simd?hn=1
UK government states that 'safety' act is about influence over public discourse
https://bsky.app/profile/tupped.bsky.social/post/3lwgcmswmy222
https://bsky.app/profile/tupped.bsky.social/post/3lwgcmswmy222
Bluesky Social
Simon McGarr (@tupped.bsky.social)
The U.K. Online Safety Act was (avowedly, as revealed in a recent High Court case) “not primarily aimed at protecting children” but at regulating “services that have a significant influence over public discourse.”
Some users report their Firefox browser is scoffing CPU power
https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/13/firefox_ai_scoffing_power/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/13/firefox_ai_scoffing_power/
The Register
Some users report their Firefox browser is scoffing CPU power
: You guessed it: looks like it's a so-called AI
Are you willing to pay $100k a year per developer on AI?
https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/are_you_willing_to_pay/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/are_you_willing_to_pay/
The Register
Are you willing to pay $100k a year per developer on AI?
: Or, more? Eventually, AI companies will stop selling their services as a loss leader, and then the AI "cost-savings" will disappear like dew on a hot summer morning
Tesorio (YC S15) Is Hiring a Senior GenAI Engineer (100% Remote)
https://www.tesorio.com/careers#job-openings
https://www.tesorio.com/careers#job-openings
Tesorio
Careers & Current Openings
We’re on a mission to change the way the world does cash flow. Take a look at our job listings and compensation packages on our careers page today!
Submerged Roman bathhouse in Baiae may be part of Cicero's villa
https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/submerged-roman-bathhouse-in-baiae/
https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/submerged-roman-bathhouse-in-baiae/
Archaeology News Online Magazine
Submerged Roman bathhouse in Baiae may be Cicero’s lost thermal baths
Archaeologists uncover a submerged Roman bathhouse in Baiae, possibly linked to Cicero’s villa, with intact mosaics and wall paintings.
Is Germany on the Brink of Banning Ad Blockers?
https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2025/08/14/is-germany-on-the-brink-of-banning-ad-blockers-user-freedom-privacy-and-security-is-at-risk/
https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2025/08/14/is-germany-on-the-brink-of-banning-ad-blockers-user-freedom-privacy-and-security-is-at-risk/
Open Policy & Advocacy
Is Germany on the Brink of Banning Ad Blockers? User Freedom, Privacy, and Security Is At Risk.
Across the internet, users rely on browsers and extensions to shape how they experience the web: to protect their privacy, improve accessibility, block harmful or intrusive content, and take control ...
White House loyalty rating for companies
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/15/white-house-rating-big-beautiful-bill
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/15/white-house-rating-big-beautiful-bill
Axios
Scoop: White House hands down loyalty ratings for hundreds of companies
The unusual scorecard fits this administration's habit of micromanaging companies and administering loyalty tests.
SC's proposed nuclear reboot: 'We're going to finish these reactors'
https://scdailygazette.com/2025/08/14/sen-graham-on-scs-proposed-nuclear-reboot-were-going-to-finish-these-reactors/
https://scdailygazette.com/2025/08/14/sen-graham-on-scs-proposed-nuclear-reboot-were-going-to-finish-these-reactors/
SC Daily Gazette
Sen. Graham on SC's proposed nuclear reboot: 'We're going to finish these reactors' • SC Daily Gazette
SC's Sen. Lindsey Graham is doubling down on support for a potential reboot of a failed nuclear power plant expansion in the state.
I let LLMs write an Elixir NIF in C; it mostly worked
https://overbring.com/blog/2025-08-13-writing-an-elixir-nif-with-genai/
https://overbring.com/blog/2025-08-13-writing-an-elixir-nif-with-genai/
Overbring
I let LLMs write an Elixir NIF in C; it mostly worked
OVERBRING Labs • Isaak Tsalicoglou • Dipl. Masch.-Ing. ETH Zürich × IMD MBA • B2B GM • Industrial Equipment & SaaS • Product and Technocommercial Excellence • Business Pragmatist • Multi-book author
People do not believe that adding supply reduces housing prices
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.20241428
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.20241428
www.aeaweb.org
The Folk Economics of Housing
(Summer 2025) - Why is housing supply so severely restricted in US cities and suburbs? Urban economists offer two primary hypotheses: homeowner self-interest and political fragmentation. Homeowners, who outnumber and have organizational advantages over renters…
XAI Was About to Land a Major Government Contract. Then Grok Praised Hitler
https://www.wired.com/story/xai-grok-government-contract-hitler/
https://www.wired.com/story/xai-grok-government-contract-hitler/
WIRED
xAI Was About to Land a Major Government Contract. Then Grok Praised Hitler
Internal emails obtained by WIRED show a hasty process to onboard OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI providers to the federal government. xAI was on the list—until MechaHilter happened.
AI crawlers now solves the Anubis challenges crawling Codeberg
https://social.anoxinon.de/@Codeberg/115033790447125787
https://social.anoxinon.de/@Codeberg/115033790447125787
social.anoxinon.de - Mastodon
Codeberg (@Codeberg@social.anoxinon.de)
It seems like the AI crawlers learned how to solve the Anubis challenges. Anubis is a tool hosted on our infrastructure that requires browsers to do some heavy computation before accessing Codeberg again. It really saved us tons of nerves over the past months…
It Looks Like a School Bathroom Smoke Detector. It Could Be an Audio Bug
https://www.wired.com/story/school-bathroom-vape-detector-audio-bug/
https://www.wired.com/story/school-bathroom-vape-detector-audio-bug/
WIRED
It Looks Like a School Bathroom Smoke Detector. A Teen Hacker Showed It Could Be an Audio Bug
A pair of hackers found that a vape detector often found in high school bathrooms contained microphones—and security weaknesses that could allow someone to turn it into a secret listening device.