I returned to AWS and was reminded why I left https://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...
Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116550899908879585
GrapheneOS Mastodon
GrapheneOS (@[email protected])
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…
Local AI needs to be the norm https://unix.foo/posts/local-ai-needs-to-be-norm/
unix.foo
Local AI Needs to be the Norm · unix.foo
Local AI models should be the default.
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Rendering the Sky, Sunsets, and Planets https://blog.maximeheckel.com/posts/on-rendering-the-sky-sunsets-and-planets/
The Blog of Maxime Heckel
On Rendering the Sky, Sunsets, and Planets - The Blog of Maxime Heckel
This article explores how to render realistic skies and atmospheres in real time in the browser with shaders, from simple sky domes, to entire planets using shaders, raymarching, Rayleigh and Mie scattering, and ozone absorption.
Show HN: Needle: We Distilled Gemini Tool Calling into a 26M Model https://github.com/cactus-compute/needle
GitHub
GitHub - cactus-compute/needle: 26m function call model that runs on incredibly small devices
26m function call model that runs on incredibly small devices - cactus-compute/needle
Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025) https://fredchan.org/blog/locality-domains-guide/
Frederick's Perch
Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain
In the US, you can get a domain name like `somename.city.state.us` for free. If your town has its own domain, you can get nameservers from Amazon Lightsail, send the *Interim .US Domain Template* to the delegated manager for your locality, then point DNS…
The Emacsification of Software https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2026/05/12/emacsification/
sockpuppet.org
The Emacsification of Software
Removing the modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 hybrid https://arkadiyt.com/2026/05/13/removing-the-modem-and-gps-from-my-rav4/
Arkadiyt
Removing the Modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 Hybrid
Modern cars are computers on wheels that send home nonstop telemetry about you. In this post I remove my 2024 RAV4 Hybrid's modem and GPS to prevent that :)
Radicle: Sovereign {code forge} built on Git https://radicle.dev/
radicle.dev
Radicle: the sovereign forge
Sovereign code infrastructure.
ASCII by Jason Scott https://ascii.textfiles.com/
ASCII by Jason Scott
Jason Scott's Weblog
Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better https://www.gutenberg.org/
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is a library of free eBooks.
U.S. DOJ demands Apple and Google unmask over 100k users of car-tinkering app https://macdailynews.com/2026/05/15/u-s-doj-demands-apple-and-google-unmask-over-100000-users-of-popular-car-tinkering-app-in-emissions-crackdown/
MacDailyNews
U.S. DOJ demands Apple and Google unmask over 100,000 users of popular car-tinkering app in emissions crackdown
The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking personal data on potentially hundreds of thousands of drivers who downloaded EZ Lynk’s Auto Agent…
Show HN: Watch a neural net learn to play Snake https://ppo.gradexp.xyz/
Gradient Explorer
tinyppo-snake
Bun Rust rewrite: "codebase fails basic miri checks, allows for UB in safe rust" https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/30719
GitHub
all of rust codebase: This codebase fails even the most basic miri checks, allows for UB in safe rust · Issue #30719 · oven-sh/bun
error: Undefined Behavior: constructing invalid value of type &[u8]: encountered a dangling reference (0x20933[noalloc] has no provenance) --> src/main.rs:97:18 | 97 | unsafe { core::slice::...
Image-blaster: Creates 3D environments, SFX, and meshes from a single image https://github.com/neilsonnn/image-blaster
GitHub
GitHub - neilsonnn/image-blaster: An image-to-world skillset for Claude.
An image-to-world skillset for Claude. Contribute to neilsonnn/image-blaster development by creating an account on GitHub.
Waymo updates 3,800 robotaxis after they 'drive into standing water' https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/waymo-recalls-3800-robotaxis-after-able-drive-into-standing-water.html
CNBC
Waymo recalls 3,800 robotaxis after glitch allowed some vehicles to 'drive into standing water'
Waymo issued a voluntary recall of about 3,800 of its robotaxis to fix software issues that could allow them to drive into flooded roadways.
ABC News has taken all FiveThirtyEight articles offline https://twitter.com/baseballot/status/2055309076209492208
X (formerly Twitter)
Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) on X
ABC News has now taken all FiveThirtyEight articles completely offline. They now redirect to abcnews dot com/politics. A needless erasure of thousands of pages of knowledge.