Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out
OpenAI is now internally testing ‘ads’ inside ChatGPT that could redefine the web economy. Up until now, the ChatGPT experience has been completely free. While there are premium plans and models, you don’t see GPT sell you products or show ads. As spotted by Tibor on X, ChatGPT Android app 1.2025.329 beta includes new references to an […]
High air pollution could diminish exercise benefits by half – study
We all know exercise is good for us. It lowers the risk of heart disease, cancer, and early death, and keeps the body and mind in shape. But when the air you breathe is polluted, a new study suggests that exercise might not provide the same benefits it normally would. An international team, including researchers […]
Garfield’s Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem
Garfield in 1881 Garfield’s proof of the Pythagorean theorem is an original proof of the Pythagorean theorem discovered by James A. Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881), the 20th president of the United States. The proof appeared in print in the New-England Journal of Education (Vol. 3, No.14, April 1, 1876).[1][2] At the […]
The Great Downzoning
In 1890, most continental European cities allowed between five and ten storeys to be built anywhere. In the British Empire and the United States, the authorities generally imposed no height limits at all. Detailed fire safety rules had existed for centuries, but development control systems were otherwise highly permissive. Over the following half century, these […]
System 7 natively boots on the Mac mini G4
(And Mac OS 8!) Hey, guys! Surely y’all know and have enjoyed Mac OS 9.2.2 booting and beautifully-running on all four Mac mini G4 models for close to 8 years now. (Wow!) Well, that was one massive revolution… … But most of us did not think we would live to see the day New World […]
Every mathematician has only a few tricks (2020)
From a physicist point of view I want to mention this trick and its generalization for operators: “Two commuting matrices are simultaneously diagonalizable” (for physicists all matrices are diagonalizable). Of course the idea is that if you know the eigenvectors of one matrix/operator then diagonalizing the other one is much easier. Here are some applications. […]
The Fatal Trap UBI Boosters Keep Falling Into
To win the argument for universal basic income, advocates must confront the myth that less work means less worth. By: Karl Widerquist The general idea behind universal basic income (UBI) is almost as old as America itself. You can trace it back to 1797, when Thomas Paine argued for guaranteed payments in his political treatise […]
Confessions of a Software Developer: No More Self-Censorship
I haven’t published since April because I’ve been afraid. I also avoided social media, news aggregators, and discussion forums for months. I’m done letting fear stop me. What was I afraid of? In this post I detail every single thing I’ve avoided admitting on this blog. Knowledge Gap Confessions First, why am I admitting these […]
A first look at Django’s new background tasks
Django 6.0 introduces a built-in background tasks framework in django.tasks. But don’t expect to phase out Celery, Huey or other preferred solutions just yet. The release notes are quite clear on this: Django handles task creation and queuing, but does not provide a worker mechanism to run tasks. Execution must be managed by external infrastructure, […]
Airbus A320 – intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical for flight
Toulouse, France, 28 November 2025 – Analysis of a recent event involving an A320 Family aircraft has revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls. Airbus has consequently identified a significant number of A320 Family aircraft currently in-service which may be impacted. Airbus has worked proactively with the […]