[Editor's Note: I recently asked Steve Wozniak via email about why the original Apple II did not support lowercase letters. I could have guessed the [...]

A very fast 64-bit PRNG with a 2^128 period, proven injectivity, passing BigCrush & PractRand (32TB). - danielcota/LoopMix128

Exploring a peculiar bit-twiddling hack at the intersection of 1980s geek sensibilities.

Painting weddings for a few years now, I have spent a fair bit of time observing strangers move through a room.

The European Commission said Ireland is allegedly “failing” to comply with laws around race-based violence and hate.

List of active and historical dotless domains!

Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University doctoral student, was ordered released by a federal judge in Vermont in the latest setback for the Trump administration's effort to deport noncitizen activists it accuses of antisemitism.

Could a simple thermostat possess consciousness? Philosopher David Chalmers believes it’s possible. He compares connectionist networks to mundane thermostats, finding uncanny similarities in how they process information. This suggests thermostats could model…

: Just 1 in 4 bets paying off so far

Raising awareness about the 2038 bug in all its manifestations and trying to fix things while there’s still time.

## **About Roame**

Our mission is to make travel perfect. Roame is a flight search engine using credit card points and miles. More than $69 billion worth of points issued every year. We empower over 1 million travelers to maximize the value of their points…

Real-time deduplication and temporal joins for streaming data - glassflow/clickhouse-etl

Multiple vendors were hacked in a coordinated supply chain attack, Sansec found 21 applications with the same backdoor. Curiously, the malware was injected 6...

Venture capital is screwed. A bubble in AI is their last hope, and they’re betting everything on Sam Altman. It’s heartwarming. Today, we have the Pitchbook-NVCA Venture Monitor for Q1 2025. This i…

Companies with shortages of skilled workers look to shop class to recruit future hires; “like I’m an athlete getting all this attention from all these pro teams.”

The Rhode Island project to create local jobs, launch compost hubs, and reduce emissions was years in the making.