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GB Pixel Art Jam 2026 - SpaceDeck Trio

I participated in my first pixel art jam! It was a Game Boy themed one. It was a lot of fun to work with such a limited palette. The theme was Three, and I went with three player ships from SpaceDe...

Sega Genesis Controllers on the Philips CD-i

The Philips CD-i was not popular upon its launch in 1991, and is barely acknowledged today. In the opinion of [MattKC], it had a particularly poor selection of controllers, too, …read more

The Trump Administration Struggled With The Bar Exam And Its Inbox

At least Biglaw had some good news. The post The Trump Administration Struggled With The Bar Exam And Its Inbox appeared first on Above the Law.

"The Three Words That Explain American Government: 'Right to Sue,'" by Stanford Law Prof. Diego Zambrano

I read and much enjoyed—and highly recommend—my Stanford colleague Diego Zambrano's book, How Americans Enforce the Law. He was kind… The post "The Three Words That Explain American Government: 'Ri...

Ironically, They’re Being Very Liberal With Their History, Part 2

Read Ironically, They’re Being Very Liberal With Their History, Part 2 Customer: "That plantation tour was completely inappropriate!" Me: "What do you mean? You asked me to book you on a historical...

Daily News Stuff 21 October 2026

4 Edition Top Story Indian certificate authority eMudhra - one of the companies authorised to issue the SSL certificates the entire internet depends on - has been thoroughly compromised. (The Regis...

You Can Reserve This Small-Factor, De-Googled Phone for $30

The Brax Wink is a 4-inch phone that runs BraxOS and has a keyboard that clips onto the back.

Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia

After decades of delighting fans in Asia, Pokémon store heads to a new continent. It’s impossible to overstate how much of a pop cultural institution Pokémon is in Japan. Between the anime, video g...

BazelCon 2026 recap

We are right in the middle of fall, and that means BazelCon 2026 just took place. This time around it was hosted in Amsterdam and spanned three days: one day of tutorials and an overlapping Buildba...

As Rome Expanded, Villagers in Portugal May Have Been Fixing Dye With Crushed Rock and Vinegar: A Pit Full of Flowers May Be the Leftovers of a 2,000-Year-Old Workshop

Almost nothing survives of what people wore in the Iron Age. Linen, wool and dyes are all organic matter, and in most soils they simply rot away. Archaeologists therefore tend to reconstruct the hi...

Mistral AI launches Voxtral 3, a new family of speech models for versatile voice agents

Mistral AI has released Voxtral 3, a family of speech models bundled with a voice agent SDK rather than a single flagship model. According to the company's announcement, the release comprises three...

AI Data Annotation Sector Sees Misaligned Progress

Shijie Wang & Sunny Cheung

Constans and Monothelitism

So Constans II survived the attempt by Valentinus to become emperor in 644, and ruled for another 22 years, accomplishing a few "firsts" for an eastern Roman (Byzantine) Emperor. He was the first B...

Forget living to 150: What actually helps you age well

Taking a look at some “longevity” trends

Snes Games Part 2: Emulated Bugaloo

The world is still sad and annoying, let's talk about classic video games instead! Previously: SNES Games I finished ~30 years ago!, 30 NES/Famicom Games I finished as a kid, my list of completed c...

Thoth Court Cards vs RWS: Why the Names Don't Line Up

Thoth has Knights, Queens, Princes and Princesses rather than the familiar RWS court titles. Learn what a comparison chart can tell you—and what it cannot.

Lückenwelle

In den letzten Tagen gab es einige größere Sicherheitsvorfälle in der Welt.

Switching from Dokloy to Komodo

Holy shit, I didn’t know what I was missing out on. The other day I was setting up a new home-server for a friend, they’re technical, but I don’t think they will tinker too much with the media stac...

Refactoring English: Month 22

New here? Hi, I’m Michael. I’m a software developer and founder of small, indie tech businesses. I’m currently working on a book called Refactoring English: Effective Writing for Software Developer...

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