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151. How GNU Guile is 10x better (2021)
152. I don't want streaming music, I just want to stream my music (2023)
I don't want your streaming music service, I just want the music I've collected and care about available to stream.
153. Two Kinds of Vibe Coding
154. The pitfalls of partitioning Postgres yourself
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155. Classical statues were not painted horribly
Many claim that modern viewers dislike painted reconstructions of Greek and Roman statues because our taste differs from theirs.
156. The Scottish Highlands, the Appalachians, Atlas are the same mountain range
The Central Pangean Mountains were a great mountain chain in the middle part of the supercontinent Pangaea that stretches across the continent from northeast to southwest during the Carboniferous, Permian Triassic periods.
157. Brown/MIT shooting suspect found dead, officials say
Police are looking into whether a shooting that killed an MIT professor could be linked to the mass shooting incident at Brown University, according to law enforcement officials.
158. How to Write a 21st Century Proof (2011) [pdf]
159. T5Gemma 2: The next generation of encoder-decoder models
T5Gemma 2 is the next evolution of our encoder-decoder family based on Gemma 3.
160. The scariest boot loader code
161. New 'cloaking device' shields electronics from disruptive magnetic fields
162. Secureblue: A security-focused desktop and server Linux operating system
A security-focused desktop and server linux operating system.
163. Rust's Block Pattern
Here’s a little idiom that I haven’t really seen discussed anywhere, that I think makes Rust code much cleaner and more robust.
164. Gh-actions-lockfile: generate and verify lockfiles for GitHub Actions
Generate and verify lockfiles for GitHub Actions dependencies. Pin all actions to exact commit SHAs with integrity hashes.
165. Google and Apple warn employees on visas to avoid international travel
Law firms representing Google and Apple have reportedly warned that employees who need a visa stamp to re-enter the United States should avoid leaving the country due to longer-than-usual visa processing times.
166. FunctionGemma 270M Model
FunctionGemma is a specialized version of our Gemma 3 270M model fine-tuned for function calling.
167. GitHub postponing the announced billing change for self-hosted GitHub Actions
168. Valve Is Running Apple's Playbook in Reverse
How a video game company built an empire by inverting the playbook
169. Gemini 3 Flash: frontier intelligence built for speed
Gemini 3 Flash offers frontier intelligence built for speed at a fraction of the cost.
170. Learn Egyptian Hieroglyphs
171. Getting bitten by Intel's poor naming scenes
Don't you love misleading documentation?
172. Mountain home near Aspen, built for monks, sold to Palantir CEO for $120M
The $120 million sale of the 3,700-acre St. Benedict’s Monastery in Old Snowmass was one of the largest residential sales in state history
173. How to hack Discord, Vercel and more with one easy trick
174. AWS CEO says replacing junior devs with AI is 'one of the dumbest ideas'
AWS CEO Matt Garman pushes back on AI replacing junior developers and explains how AI should be used in the workplace.
175. The Deviancy Signal: Having "Nothing to Hide" Is a Threat to Us All
Nicholas Thompson explores how complacency in this digital age strengthens systems of control, turning routine openness into the standard by which all are judged.
176. Coursera to combine with Udemy
Highly Complementary Capabilities Will Create a Leading Technology Platform, Redefining Skills Discovery, Development, and Mastery for Learners and Organizations at Scale Unites Udemy’s Dynamic AI-Powered Skills Development Marketplace with World-Class University and Industry Brands Under the Coursera Ecosystem, Expanding Value, Impact, and Choice Globally Strengthens Combined Company’s Financial Profile with Pro Forma Annual Revenue of More Than $1.5 Billion and Anticipated Annual Run-Rate Cost Synergies of $115 Million Within 24 Months Coursera and Udemy to Host Joint Conference Call Today, December 17, 2025, at 5:00 a.m. PT / 8:00 a.m. ET Coursera, Inc. (NYSE: COUR) and Udemy, Inc. (NASDAQ: UDMY) today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Coursera will combine with Udemy in an all-stock transaction. Based on the closing prices of Coursera and Udemy common stock on December 16, 2025, the implied equity value of the combined company is
177. Track Surveillance (Flock Cameras) Tech in Local Government Meetings
Track ALPR (Automated License Plate Readers), Flock Safety cameras, facial recognition, and surveillance technology discussions in local government meetings across the US. Get alerts when your city discusses surveillance tech.
178. Homeless people used as mobile Wi-Fi hotspots (2012)
Which product at this year’s South by Southwest technology conference received more attention than perhaps any other? Homeless people as wireless transmitters.
179. How did IRC ping timeouts end up in a lawsuit?
180. NIST tried to pull pin on NTP servers after blackout caused atomic clock drift