Serflings is a remake of The Settlers 1
Serflings is a remake of The Settlers 1 or Serf City in some countries.The game is as close to the original game as possible but also includes some useful extensions like higher resolutions and network games. Important: To get the game to start you need one file from the original settlers 1 game because graphics […]
Moss: a Rust Linux-compatible kernel in 26,000 lines of code
moss is a Unix-like, Linux-compatible kernel written in Rust and Aarch64 assembly. It features a modern, asynchronous core, a modular architecture abstraction layer, and binary compatibility with Linux userspace applications (currently capable of running most BusyBox commands). Architecture & Memory Full support for aarch64. A well-defined HAL allowing for easy porting to other architectures (e.g., […]
Building a deep-space logistics startup
Fast Deployment Get your payload to the Moon, Mars, and other Deep Space destinations – soon. With rideshare missions launching as soon as 2028, we can get your payload to where you need it, fast.
Superman copy found in mum’s attic is most valuable comic ever at $9.12M
While cleaning out their late mother’s California attic last Christmas, three brothers made a life-changing discovery under a pile of faded newspapers: one of the first Superman comics ever made. An original copy of the June 1939 first edition on the Man of Steel’s adventures, it was in a remarkably pristine condition. Now it has […]
Moss Survives 9 Months in Space Vacuum
Mosses are already known for coping with harsh radiation, dehydration, and long freezes. Now scientists have pushed them even further by exposing their spore capsules to open space for nine months, and most of them survived. The team worked with spreading earthmoss (Physcomitrium patens), a small moss species used widely as a plant model by […]
On the Death of Tech Idealism (and Rise of the Homeless) in Northern California
Fuckers. I couldn’t get the word out of my head, because he wouldn’t stop saying it. I was sitting in the tiled courtyard of the Mediterranean-style home of an old acquaintance, a venture capitalist and serial tech entrepreneur, who lived a few blocks from Zuckerberg in Palo Alto. Next to us was a massive stone […]
Explaining, at some length, Techmeme’s 20 years of consistency
Please clap for Techmeme Techmeme turns 20 freaking years old today. This is our self-congratulatory post marking the occasion. Please share, retweet, and offer your sincerest congratulations. And thanks to so many of you for reading us all these years. Now if Techmeme is new to you, here’s a short definition: Techmeme is a news […]
Apple’s Problem with Bodies
Building for iOS sometimes feels like archaeology: brush away enough guidelines and you hit something older and stranger. A system that can classify violence with forensic precision still can’t decide if the human body is health, lifestyle, or sin. One day I tried to ship a private intimacy tracker–nothing scandalous, just a journal for wellbeing–and […]
California DMV approves map increase in Waymo driverless operations
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How the Atomic Tests Looked Like from Los Angeles
Between 1951 and 1992, the United States conducted 928 atomic tests at the Nevada Test Site about 65 miles (105 km) northwest of the city of Las Vegas. Exactly one hundred of these tests were atmospheric, whose mushroom clouds could be seen for almost 100 miles (160 km), drawing fascinated tourists to the desert city […]