Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time
Grants meet the culture war The document makes clear what sorts of things might be considered administration priorities and national interest—and they’re largely a war on woke. For example, the Trump administration canceled PEPFAR, a program meant to limit the spread of HIV in Africa; it’s a step that is estimated to lead to hundreds […]
Show HN: Helios – what plug-in solar could generate for any address in Britain
Tariff . Solar-weighted import rate . Annual savings . Lifetime savings (20 years, net of capex) . Savings come from the power you use yourself: most plug-in kits can’t claim the Smart Export Guarantee (it needs an MCS install), so exported energy is assumed to earn nothing. Self-consumption defaults to 60% (spec §3.7). Time-of-use tariffs […]
Pandoc Templates
pandoc-journal-templates sachsmc (Michael Sachs) Journal templates for several major journals (incl. JASA, TAS, JBES, JCGS, SBP, Technometrics, Biometrical Journal, Biometrics, Biometrika, Biostatistics, AOAS, AOP, AAP, AOS, SSY, Journal of Statistical Software, Statistics in Medicine, and The R Journal).
The Kaiser and a ”Mediocre Man” Theory of History
Wilhelm wished to be “the stag at every hunt, the bride at every wedding, and the corpse at every funeral.” Thomas Carlyle famously claimed that “The history of the world is but the biography of great men.” In his view, history only really “progressed” when a “great man” through his actions ushered in a new […]
Zig: Build System Reworked
This page contains a curated list of recent changes to main branch Zig. This page contains entries for the year 2026. Other years are available in the Devlog archive page. May 26, 2026 Author: Andrew Kelley Big branch just landed: separate the maker process from the configurer process This devlog entry is essentially a preview […]
Perry Compiles TypeScript directly to executables using SWC and LLVM
v0.5.306 — generational GC + lazy JSON tape default, faster than Node and Bun on most benchmarks Perry compiles TypeScript to native GUI and CLI apps on macOS, iPadOS, iOS, Android, Linux, Windows, watchOS, tvOS, WebAssembly, and the Web. No runtime. No Electron. Just native binaries. $ perry compile main.ts Compiling main.ts… ✓ Compiled executable: […]
Naphtha Shortages Having a Growing Impact in Japan
The leading Japanese snack-food manufacturer Calbee has made headlines through its announced switch to black-and-white packaging for some of its products due to naphtha shortages, which are having a growing impact on a wide range of industries. A Clear Impact (© Calbee) The Iran war is leading to increased shortages of naphtha, a petroleum-derived raw […]
MCP Is Dead
💡 Reference: MCP is dead. Long live the CLI After reading the above article, we ran the experiments on our actual stack. This document covers the original argument, additional research, and our measurements. 📌 Update: Since these measurements were taken, Claude Code has rolled out Tool Search with Deferred Loading, which loads MCP tool schemas […]
EV Stupidity Checklist
May 29, 2026 at 2:55 PM by John Siracusa Automobiles have been around for well over a century. During that time, we’ve gotten pretty good at designing and building their basic components and controls: seats, doors, pedals, steering wheels, mirrors, etc. But when today’s automakers decide to make an electric vehicle (EV), they seemingly forget […]
The California State Assembly Has Passed the ’Protect Our Games Act’
©California State Legislature The ’Stop Killing Games’ movement, which advocates for the right to continue playing games even after service termination, has achieved a significant legislative milestone in the U.S. The California State Assembly has passed the ’Protect Our Games Act,’ a bill centered on protecting user rights after a game’s service ends. According to […]