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Have we reached a space-junk tipping point?

https://spectrum.ieee.org/kessler-syndrome-space-debris
5•pseudolus•1h ago

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SilverElfin•1h ago
We are definitely about to thanks to the new space race. The SpaceX satellites are built to passively burn up in a few years. There are other countries launching constellations really high up - and they won’t fall out of orbit for a millennium potentially, which is really scary.
bigyabai•47m ago
> The SpaceX satellites

The Starlink satellites* ftfy

SpaceX handles a variety of payloads, not just LEO ones that burn up at the end of their lifespan. Famously the NRO satellites launched by SpaceX have an apogee that gives the Molniya orbit a run for it's money.

Companies Should Prioritize Culture over Obsession with AI Tools

https://newsletter.eng-leadership.com/p/companies-should-stop-obsessing-over
1•birdculture•1m ago•0 comments

Dynamic Denial of Crawlers

https://overengineer.dev/blog/2025/07/11/dynamic-denial-of-crawlers/
1•mooreds•5m ago•0 comments

Verify Identities During Self-Service Registration

https://fusionauth.io/blog/identity-verification-before-registration
1•mooreds•7m ago•0 comments

Does Your Backyard Need a Stegosaurus?

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/nyregion/new-jersey-dinosaur-sale.html
1•mooreds•8m ago•0 comments

The Fatima Sun Miracle: More Than You Wanted to Know

https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-fatima-sun-miracle-much-more
1•paulpauper•18m ago•0 comments

Network State, or a Network of States?

https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/network-state-or-a-network-of-states
1•paulpauper•18m ago•0 comments

Alcohol in Early America

https://everything-everywhere.com/alcohol-in-early-america/
2•surprisetalk•25m ago•0 comments

Computers that want things: The search for Artificial General Intelligence

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n18/james-meek/computers-that-want-things
1•mitchbob•26m ago•1 comments

Foldit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foldit
3•johnnyApplePRNG•31m ago•0 comments

China's Gen Z

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n18/yun-sheng/short-cuts
4•mitchbob•31m ago•1 comments

Substack is a social media app

https://post.substack.com/p/substack-is-a-social-media-app
5•dotcoma•37m ago•0 comments

AMD's EPYC 9355P: Inside a 32 Core Zen 5 Server Chip

https://chipsandcheese.com/p/amds-epyc-9355p-inside-a-32-core
1•brian_herman•37m ago•0 comments

Inkscape

https://inkscape.org/
1•nothrowaways•41m ago•0 comments

Bypassing TLS Certificate Validation with Ld_preload

https://f0rw4rd.github.io/posts/tls-noverify-bypass-all-the-things/
2•holysoles•46m ago•0 comments

An Open-Source Framework for Building Stable and Reliable LLM-Powered Systems

https://chatbot-testing-framework.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
2•alexostrovskyy•46m ago•1 comments

Gist of Go: Atomics

https://antonz.org/go-concurrency/atomics/
2•ibobev•49m ago•0 comments

Neuro+ GBrain

https://gemini.google.com/share/502383dc49b9
2•FDX2018•53m ago•0 comments

More Speculations on Arenas in C++

https://nullprogram.com/blog/2025/09/30/
3•ibobev•54m ago•0 comments

Apple develops new chip to replace Bluetooth

https://www.svconline.com/proav-today/apple-develops-new-chip-to-replace-bluetooth
7•avonmach•56m ago•0 comments

Yahoo nears deal to sell AOL to Bending Spoons for $1.4B

https://www.reuters.com/world/yahoo-nears-deal-sell-aol-italys-bending-spoons-14-billion-sources-...
2•dbelson•57m ago•1 comments

Merriam-Webster: Our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25

https://bsky.app/profile/merriam-webster.com/post/3m25bdagve22f
1•anotherevan•1h ago•0 comments

Sora 2 AI Video Generator – Cinematic 60-Second AI Videos

https://sora2ai.co
3•jacksteven•1h ago•0 comments

Measuring product success with the Joy Score

https://www.withbloom.ai/two-pagers/the-joy-score
3•itsfseven•1h ago•0 comments

Fast, Cheap, Good: Choose Three

https://cory.news/posts/2025-09-30-disposable/
4•gpi•1h ago•0 comments

Elon Musk becomes first person worth $500B

https://nypost.com/2025/10/01/business/elon-musk-becomes-first-person-worth-500-billion-forbes/
4•SilverElfin•1h ago•4 comments

Creating floppy disk images in Linux

https://www.4rknova.com//blog/2021/03/24/creating-floppy-disk-images
3•ibobev•1h ago•0 comments

Patients Are Diagnosing Themselves with Home Tests, Devices and Chatbots

https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/patient-self-medical-treatment-tools-85b43eaa
4•brandonb•1h ago•0 comments

The Dawn of AI, the Dusk of Programming

https://www.nicolamanzini.com/the-dawn-of-ai-the-dusk-of-programming/
2•k1rd•1h ago•0 comments

Apple Stops Work on Lighter Vision Pro to Fast-Track AI Smart Glasses

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/01/apple-ai-smart-glasses-focus/
6•mgh2•1h ago•1 comments

A 2025 manual to the DEC PDP-1

https://obsolescence.dev/pdp1-manual.html
3•ozymandiax•1h ago•0 comments