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Abandoning Scientific Linux Was a Mistake

CERN's move to Debian for accelerator control systems is a reminder that Scientific Linux was worth more than the small team required to maintain it.

The Conversation

Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities

Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.

Philadelphia Magazine

AI Bots Stole My Music

One West Philly musician’s surreal, unsettling journey into the world of fake artists, bot listeners, and the streaming industry that’s failing creators.

Rolling Stone

Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America's Ruling Class, Finally Dies

Henry Kissinger has died at age 100, his consulting firm said in a statement on Wednesday.

Puritans Wouldn’t Eat Pussy, So They Invented the Western

How a sex problem became a propaganda machine, and how that machine built the most durable myth in American culture.

404 Media

Scientists Uncover Lost ‘Golden Age’ of Languages That Ended 1,000 Years Ago

Scientists have predicted that human linguistic diversity flourished between 3,000 and 1,000 years ago, before declining with the rise of multinational states and colonial expansion.

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The Dunning-Kruger Effect Is Probably Not Real

I want the Dunning-Kruger effect to be real. First described in a seminal 1999 paper by David Dunning and Justin Kruger, this effect has been the darling of journalists who want to explain why dumb people don’t know they’re dumb. There’s even video of a fantastic pastiche of Turandot’s famous aria, Nessun dorma, explaining the Dunning-Kruger effect. “They don’t know,” the opera singer belts out at the climax, “that they don’t know.” I was planning on writing a very short article about the Dunnin

The world's worst dealmaker screws up the Iran negotiations

Forget the "Art of the Deal” myth.

Adobe Has Run Out of Allies

Shifting priorities and a move to appeal to B2B has left Adobe alone. Now as enemies gather at its gates, it has run out of allies.

Vale.Rocks

China’s Parallel Web Behind the Wall

So much for the

The Nerd Reich

Peter Thiel Flees to Argentina As Trump Falters

Antichrist enthusiast flies south

Anthropic’s Project Glasswing—restricting Claude Mythos to security researchers—sounds necessary to me

Anthropic didn’t release their latest model, Claude Mythos (system card PDF), today. They have instead made it available to a very restricted set of preview partners under their newly announced …

Meta won’t let morality get in the way of a product launch

What a great time to add facial recognition to everything!

The Impossible Things We Have to Believe - Bert Hubert's writings

“Alice laughed. ‘There’s no use trying,’ she said. ‘One can’t believe impossible things.’ I daresay you haven’t had much practice,’ said the Queen. ‘When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” – Through the looking-glass, Lewis Carrol by John Tenniel To stay sane, we have to accept that our climate is going completely hayw

The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn

The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn

LLMs can't program

I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.

You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.