Using Claude Code: The unreasonable effectiveness of HTML https://twitter.com/trq212/status/2052809885763747935
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Thariq (@trq212) on X
Using Claude Code: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of HTML
EU Parliamentary Research Service calls VPNs "a loophole that needs closing" https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/
CyberInsider
EU calls VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push
The European Parliamentary Research Service has warned that VPNs are increasingly being used to bypass online age-verification systems.
Internet Archive Switzerland https://blog.archive.org/2026/05/06/internet-archive-switzerland-expanding-a-global-mission-to-preserve-knowledge/
LLMs corrupt your documents when you delegate https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15597
arXiv.org
LLMs Corrupt Your Documents When You Delegate
Large Language Models (LLMs) are poised to disrupt knowledge work, with the emergence of delegated work as a new interaction paradigm (e.g., vibe coding). Delegation requires trust - the...
I’ve banned query strings https://chrismorgan.info/no-query-strings
chrismorgan.info
I’ve banned query strings — Chris Morgan
Show HN: Building a web server in assembly to give my life (a lack of) meaning https://github.com/imtomt/ymawky
GitHub
GitHub - imtomt/ymawky: MacOS Web Server written entirely in ARM64 assembly
MacOS Web Server written entirely in ARM64 assembly - imtomt/ymawky
Casio S100X Japanese Lacquer Edition (JP Page Only) https://www.casio.com/jp/basic-calculators/premium/en-s100x-jc1-u/
The One Dollar Counterfeiter https://www.amusingplanet.com/2026/05/emerich-juettner-one-dollar.html
Amusing Planet
Emerich Juettner: The One Dollar Counterfeiter
In fiction as well as in real life, counterfeiters have always been portrayed as master forgers and artists who reproduced banknotes with astonishing precision. They were often shown as vast criminal enterprises and gangsters who destabilized economies with…
We see something that works, and then we understand it https://lemire.me/blog/2025/12/04/we-see-something-that-works-and-then-we-understand-it/
Daniel Lemire's blog
We see something that works, and then we understand it
“We see something that works, and then we understand it.” (Thomas Dullien) It is a deeper insight than it seems. Young people spend years in school learning the reverse: understanding happens before progress. That is the linear theory of innovation. So Isaac…
Idempotency is easy until the second request is different https://blog.dochia.dev/blog/idempotency/
blog.dochia.dev
Idempotency Is Easy Until the Second Request Is Different | Dochia CLI Blog
Idempotency is not just an HTTP header or a key lookup. This article covers the failure cases that bite real APIs: different requests with the same key, concurrent retries, partial success, downstream uncertainty, response replay, expiry, and duplicate message…
I returned to AWS and was reminded why I left http://fourlightyears.blogspot.com/2026/05/i-returned-to-aws-and-was-reminded-hard.html
Blogspot
I returned to AWS - and was reminded HARD why I left.
I was one of the very first advocates for AWS back when it was brand new - SQS, S3, EC2 SimpleDB - it was a lot smaller back then. In fact I...
What's a mathematician to do? (2010) https://mathoverflow.net/questions/43690/whats-a-mathematician-to-do
MathOverflow
What's a mathematician to do?
I have to apologize because this is not the normal sort of question for this site, but there have been times in the past where MO was remarkably helpful and kind to undergrads with similar types of
Louis Rossmann offers to pay legal fees for a threatened OrcaSlicer developer https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/louis-rossmann-tells-3d-printer-maker-bambu-lab-to-go-bleep-yourself-over-its-lawsuit-against-enthusiast-right-to-repair-advocate-offers-to-pay-the-legal-fees-for-a-threatened-orcaslicer-developer
Tom's Hardware
Louis Rossmann tells 3D printer maker Bambu Lab to ‘Go (Bleep) yourself’ over its threatened lawsuit against enthusiast — Right…
Bambu Labs controversy heats up.
Think Linear Algebra (2023) https://allendowney.github.io/ThinkLinearAlgebra/index.html
The river otter's remarkable comeback https://www.rewildingmag.com/the-river-otters-remarkable-comeback/
Rewilding Magazine
The River Otter's Remarkable Comeback
In North America’s Great Lakes region, river otters are coming back from the brink thanks to decades of effort on both sides of the border.
Chrome's AI features may be hogging 4GB of your computer storage https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features
The Verge
Chrome’s AI features may be hogging 4GB of your computer storage
You can take steps to delete it though.
Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116550899908879585
GrapheneOS Mastodon
GrapheneOS (@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social)
Apple and Google are gradually expanding their use of hardware-based attestation. They're convincing a growing number of services to adopt it. Google's Play Integrity API and Apple's App Attest API are very similar. Apple brought it to the web via Privacy…