Weekly Best
1651.
A Dusty Gaming PC and a 2AM Basement Spiral
(droppedasbaby.com)
1652.
A Wild Register Appears: Hunting the 30-Year-Old World of Xeen MT-32 Crash
(finalpatch.github.io)
1653.
Why do these Castro gay bars have TSA-style face scanners?
(sf.gazetteer.co)
1654.
GLM-5.2 Is the New Best Open Model
(thezvi.substack.com)
1655.
1656.
Coding Theory
(en.wikipedia.org)
1657.
EU introduces new agreement on air passenger rights after 13 years
(consilium.europa.eu)
1658.
America's AI Kill Switch Has No Rules – Lawfare
(smallwarsjournal.com)
1659.
Show HN: In-browser Python/Pandas/Git practice with animated Git simulator
(practice.lernerpython.com)
1660.
2k retired Google Pixel phones get a second life as a private cloud
(theregister.com)
1662.
The Rape Gang Inquiry Report [pdf]
(static1.squarespace.com)
1663.
Incorrectly Generated RSA Keys: How I Learned to Recover Lost Plaintexts
(academic.oup.com)
1664.
Show HN: Rundown - Niche Intelligence for YouTube Creators
(getrundown.xyz)
1665.
1666.
Kunal Shah to Lead WhatsApp Globally
(moneycontrol.com)
1667.
AI and the Great CMS Unbundling
(dri.es)
1668.
Narcissism of Small Differences
(en.wikipedia.org)
1669.
A viral doomsday scenario aims to shake Europe out of its AI complacency
(theguardian.com)
1670.
How to Sparkle in Conversation with Strangers
(newscientist.com)
1671.
1672.
Local Inference
(av.codes)
1673.
Pakistan: The solar revolution nobody planned
(janrosenow.substack.com)
1674.
1675.
1676.
LLM benchmarks are answering someone else's question
(danlevy.net)
1677.
DNA from 2k-year-old grape seeds points to origins of modern winemaking
(theguardian.com)
1678.
Sourcehut Disrupted by LLM Crawlers
(status.sr.ht)
1680.
Microbubbles in Medicine
(worksinprogress.co)