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Why Sierra the Supercomputer Had to Die For seven years, she ran high-security nuclear simulations for the US government. Now, this famous supercomputer is being put to death.

An interesting read if you're on the research or user land side and aren't in the floor tiles keeping the supercomputing infrastructure running. #HPC #Top500 www.wired.com/story/why-si...

Supply-chain risk of agentic AI - infecting infrastructures via skill worms Skills extend AI assistants with new features. But when execution gets delegated to an agent with ambient authority (shell, network, filesystem access), you're looking at infrastructural risk. Not jus...

Has someone vibe coded a skills security auditor for agentic AI yet? blog.lukaszolejnik.com/supply-chain...

New York Is the Latest State to Consider a Data Center Pause Red and blue states alike have introduced legislation in recent weeks that would halt data center development, citing concerns from climate to high energy prices.

I dunno, maybe the AI data centers in space thing is slowly looking less far fetched of a possibility. www.wired.com/story/new-yo...

Your Job Isn't Disappearing. It's Shrinking Around You in Real Time AI isn't taking your job. It's making your expertise worthless while you watch. The three things everyone tries that fail, and the one strategy that actually works.

If recent advances in AI are giving you anxiety, remember the playbook. "The meta-skill is this: learning to spot what becomes possible when a constraint disappears, then building your value around that new possibility." newsletter.jantegze.com/p/your-job-i...

Bosnia's forgotten war is still with us Thirty years on, have the Bosnia war's lessons—for Europe; for diplomacy, humanitarian intervention, and more—been heeded?

... Holbrooke [is] an example of how sometimes a strong, even overbearing, individual is needed to knock heads of autocratic bullies. ... strong-arm negotiations under pressure of military punishment proved ... “that American diplomacy is not an oxymoron.” www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-seri...

Giving University Exams in the Age of Chatbots Giving University Exams in the Age of Chatbots par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.

Thoughtful take on how to embrace AI for student assessment in higher education, a lot of good ideas here. ploum.net/2026-01-19-e...

The chip made for the AI inference era – the Google TPU I am publishing a comprehensive deep dive, not just a technical overview, but also strategic and financial coverage of the Google TPU.

If Google is serious about driving TPU adoption they need to help make JAX more ubiquitous in college courses the way CUDA is now. www.uncoveralpha.com/p/the-chip-m...

If this is true you'll never look at the show the same way again... blog.osm-ai.net/investigatio...

The strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must.

If you wanted to know why uv is so much faster than pip for Python package and dependency management (hint: it's not solely because it's written in Rust). nesbitt.io/2025/12/26/h...

An Abominable Creature Mapping Every Dollar of America's $5 Trillion Healthcare System

The first step to solving a problem is understanding it. This excellent article breaks down the state of US health care and accounts for the flow of money among all parties. healthisotherpeople.substack.com/p/an-abomina...

If you have an iOS device it's always good to do a security and privacy settings audit once in a while. I find this guide from the EFF to be approachable for a broad audience. #InfoSec ssd.eff.org/module/how-t...

A thoughtful article on the future of work in the age of AI. urlahmed.com/2025/11/05/w...

Think you’re too old for medical school? Think again Not everyone enters medical school right after college. Here, students over the age of 30 share the benefits and challenges of being older than their peers.

So you're sayin' there's a chance? #MedSky www.aamc.org/news/think-y...

An Illustrated Guide to OAuth OAuth was first introduced in 2007.

Web UIs like Coldfront and OnDemand are now a standard for HPC sites. I struggled to figure out OAuth2 for them at first but found this primer very helpful to get started.
www.ducktyped.org/p/an-illustr...

Since many desktop apps are Electron apps of the original websites, is it more efficient to just launch your desktop apps as tabs instead? Anyone have any data to suggest one work set up versus the other?

Journals and publishers crack down on research from open health data sets PLOS, Frontiers, and others announce policies trying to stem the tide of suspect research

"I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of [master's theses] suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced." #MPH #EpiSky
www.science.org/content/arti...

I love a good visualization, cool map of data center locations and planned sites around the country. Interesting to note the growth of Reno, NV as a future data center hub. research-hub.nrel.gov/en/publicati...

What brain surgery taught me about the fragile gift of consciousness After the trauma of brain surgery, Big Think writer Eric Markowitz discovered a kind of consciousness that lives in presence.

A really beautifully written and moving piece. #Medicine #Surgery bigthink.com/business/bra...

The inability to see our own hypocrisy is the true universal human trait.

A Primer on US Healthcare Value Chain, History, Incentives (why is everything so expensive?), and AI's Case for Market Expansion

Where there is pain, there is opportunity. www.generativevalue.com/p/a-primer-o...

Electricity prices are climbing more than twice as fast as inflation Electricity prices are rising more than twice as fast as overall inflation. That's especially costly during the dog days of summer when air conditioners are working hardest. In addition to hot weath...

It would seem we’re all paying for AI subscriptions one way or another. www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...

Thanks to the power of LLMs and AI, my git commit messages are more descriptive than "update".

Algorithms for making interesting organic simulations Article explaining simulation algorithms that produce complex organic behaviours, starting with the classic physarum algorithm from Jeff Jones.

These algorithms would be an interesting basis for a set of homeworks and labs for a parallel programming course. bleuje.com/physarum-exp...

Interesting read. The @wired.com article cites a "new report" but I could not find this original work referenced, can someone provide a link?

NAYA - Modular Keyboard The most revolutionary modular keyboard for digital creators.

Anyone try out this keyboard? My gut is that I want it, a wireless version of the Ergodox, but the price gives me pause. naya.tech

Speedrun Sometimes the best thing to do in school is to get out as soon as you can.

I'm jealous I didn't figure it out myself. www.educationprogress.org/p/speedrun

The calm life method — 5 habits of super calm people The one mental shift that makes life 10x easier (most people fear it)

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” — Lao Tzu

postanly.substack.com/p/the-calm-l...

Opinion | A Surprising Route to the Best Life Possible

"We sometimes think humans operate by a hedonic or utilitarian logic. We seek out pleasure and avoid pain. ... And I think we do operate by that kind of logic a lot of the time — just not when it comes to the most important things in our lives." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/o...