1D Conway's Life glider found, 3.7B cells long https://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?&p=222136#p222136
How elites could shape mass preferences as AI reduces persuasion costs https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.04047
arXiv.org
Polarization by Design: How Elites Could Shape Mass Preferences as...
In democracies, major policy decisions typically require some form of majority or consensus, so elites must secure mass support to govern. Historically, elites could shape support only through...
Fighting the age-gated internet https://www.wired.com/story/age-verification-is-sweeping-the-us-activists-are-fighting-back/
WIRED
The Age-Gated Internet Is Sweeping the US. Activists Are Fighting Back
Half of the country now requires age verification to watch porn or access “harmful” content. Digital rights advocates are pushing back against legislation they say will make the internet less safe.
Transparent leadership beats servant leadership https://entropicthoughts.com/transparent-leadership-beats-servant-leadership
Entropicthoughts
Transparent Leadership Beats Servant Leadership
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Netflix’s AV1 Journey: From Android to TVs and Beyond https://netflixtechblog.com/av1-now-powering-30-of-netflix-streaming-02f592242d80
Medium
AV1 — Now Powering 30% of Netflix Streaming
Liwei Guo, Zhi Li, Sheldon Radford, Jeff Watts
Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-to-acquire-warner-bros
Netflix
Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. Following the Separation of Discovery Global for a Total Enterprise Value of $82.7 Billion (Equity…
[center] Transaction Unites Warner Bros.’ Iconic Franchises and Storied Libraries with Netflix’s Leading Entertainment Service, Creating an Extraordinary Offering for Consumers
Cloudflare outage on December 5, 2025 https://blog.cloudflare.com/5-december-2025-outage/
The Cloudflare Blog
Cloudflare outage on December 5, 2025
Cloudflare experienced a significant traffic outage on December 5, 2025, starting approximately at 8:47 UTC. The incident lasted approximately 25 minutes before resolution. We are sorry for the impact that it caused to our customers and the Internet. The…
Tiny Core Linux: a 23 MB Linux distro with graphical desktop http://www.tinycorelinux.net/
tinycorelinux.net
Tiny Core Linux, Micro Core Linux, 12MB Linux GUI Desktop, Live, Frugal, Extendable
Welcome - Tiny Core Linux
HTML as an Accessible Format for Papers (2023) https://info.arxiv.org/about/accessible_HTML.html
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GrapheneOS is the only Android OS providing full security patches https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/115647408229616018
GrapheneOS Mastodon
GrapheneOS (@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social)
GrapheneOS is the only Android-based OS providing the full security preview patches. Samsung ships a small subset of their flagship devices. Pixel stock OS gets a portion of it early but we aren't sure exactly how much since they don't follow their guidelines…
Z-Image: Powerful and highly efficient image generation model with 6B parameters https://github.com/Tongyi-MAI/Z-Image
GitHub
GitHub - Tongyi-MAI/Z-Image
Contribute to Tongyi-MAI/Z-Image development by creating an account on GitHub.
Perl's decline was cultural https://www.beatworm.co.uk/blog/computers/perls-decline-was-cultural-not-technical
Screenshots from developers: 2002 vs. 2015 (2015) https://anders.unix.se/2015/12/10/screenshots-from-developers--2002-vs.-2015/
anders.unix.se
Screenshots from developers: 2002 vs. 2015
Same people, 13 years later.
Google Titans architecture, helping AI have long-term memory https://research.google/blog/titans-miras-helping-ai-have-long-term-memory/
Google Research
Titans + MIRAS: Helping AI have long-term memory
We introduce the Titans architecture and the MIRAS framework, which allow AI models to work much faster and handle massive contexts by updating their core memory while it's actively running.
GitHub Actions has a package manager, and it might be the worst https://nesbitt.io/2025/12/06/github-actions-package-manager.html
Andrew Nesbitt
GitHub Actions Has a Package Manager, and It Might Be the Worst
GitHub Actions has a package manager that ignores decades of supply chain security best practices: no lockfile, no integrity verification, no transitive pinning
Microsoft increases Office 365 and Microsoft 365 license prices https://office365itpros.com/2025/12/08/microsoft-365-pricing-increase/
Office 365 for IT Pros
Microsoft 365 Pricing Increase in July 2026
Customers will see their bills increase from July 1, 2026 when Microsoft 365 pricing increases go into effect, adding up to $3/month for licenses.
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