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421. The Military Is Being Forced to Plan for an Unthinkable Betrayal
Attacking an ally would be a perversion of everything the armed forces have been trained to do.
422. A Year of 3D Printing
If you'd asked me a few years back if I thought I'd buy a 3D printer, I would have said no. My experience of 3D printers back when I was in college was that they were very slow, expensive, frequently failed mid-print, and needed constant calibration...
423. The File System API is so underrated
The File System API is so underrated, why isn’t anyone building stuff with it? There’s a whole bunch of small utility apps, the kind of freeware you’d normally download and install just to use once or twice, that could just live in your browser instead. Claude and I threw together a couple examples this afternoon: a bulk file renamer and a swipe-to-delete photo curator (the usual Tinder like photo organizer). You can find both on smoltools, my collection of quick utilities I build for myself and throw online.
424. Crypto grifters are recruiting open-source AI developers
425. The Harvesting of Lettuce
Reflections from my recent trip to Yuma, Arizona
426. Why did Jeffrey Epstein cultivate famous scientists?
The Epstein files revive questions of whether the disgraced financier sought to merely cultivate famous scientists, or to shape science itself
427. America's $3T Nuclear Bet (HALEU) [video]
📈 See your favorite reactor's fuel cycle cost https://fuelcyclecost.com👋 If you’re building an early-stage nuclear (or nuclear-adjacent) startup, I’d love ...
428. ChatGPT is getting ads. Sam Altman once called them a 'last resort.'
The move to integrate ads into ChatGPT comes as OpenAI looks to increase its revenue amid $1.4 trillion in spending commitments and a possible IPO.
429. Ask HN: How to bullet proof yourself from AI?
430. I Learned Everything I Know About Programming
431. Leading through uncertainty in the age of AI
CEOs are reinventing their companies with technology and seeking growth opportunities in new sectors, even as they see elevated threats ahead.