August 2025 Archive
4321.
I Made a Floppy Disk from Scratch [video] (youtube.com)
4322.
The Rise Of Silicon Valley's Techno-Religion (nytimes.com)
4323.
Beijing doesn't want Nvidia's H20s anywhere near sensitive government workloads (theregister.com)
4324.
Toothpaste made from hair could help repair teeth (bbc.com)
4325.
Implementing a basic equivalent of OpenBSD's pflog in Linux nftables (utcc.utoronto.ca)
4326.
"Mocha Dick," the White Whale of the Pacific (lithub.com)
4327.
Deck: Deck is a tool for creating decks using Markdown and Google Slides (github.com)
4328.
Are We Teaching Rust Effectively? (blog.kodewerx.org)
4329.
DINOV3: Self-supervised learning for vision at unprecedented scale (ai.meta.com)
4330.
New details emerge about Japan's notorious WWII germ warfare program (npr.org)
4331.
Ozempic Blindness (webmd.com)
4332.
Show HN: I built a directory of public appearances of tech people across the web (basedpeople.com)
4333.
Significant Layoffs at Oracle (datacenterdynamics.com)
4334.
SQLite-HTTP-cache: SQLite Extension to cache HTTP requests (github.com)
4335.
Ronnie Rondell, Stuntman Set on Fire for Pink Floyd Cover, Dies at 88 (nytimes.com)
4336.
If AI takes most of our jobs, money as we know it will be over. What then? (theconversation.com)
4337.
Vannevar Bush: As We May Think (1945) [pdf] (worrydream.com)
4338.
Why Collaborate with XAI? (github.com)
4339.
Code suggests Apple is working on an M4 Ultra chip for new Mac Pro (macworld.com)
4340.
AT&T Long Lines Map and Information (long-lines.com)
4341.
United Airlines Invests in Astro Mechanica (YC W24) (reuters.com)
4342.
US tech slide extends into second day as concerns over AI rally rise (ft.com)
4343.
Wired and Business Insider remove 'AI-written' freelance articles (pressgazette.co.uk)
4344.
The Four Stages of Objective-Smalltalk (blog.metaobject.com)
4345.
DeepSeek v3.1 Just Dropped (venturebeat.com)
4346.
FBI returns stolen document signed by conquistador Hernán Cortés to Mexico (theguardian.com)
4347.
Airbus Is About to Eclipse a Record That Boeing Held for Decades (bloomberg.com)
4348.
Electrical Grid Mapping (github.com)
4349.
Faircamp — A static site generator for audio producers (simonrepp.com)
4350.
Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies (projects.propublica.org)