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PlayStation 2 Recompilation Project Is Absolutely Incredible

We can’t send mail farther than 500 miles (2002)

See also <a href="https://ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail-faq.html" rel="nofollow">https://ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail-faq.html</a>

Europe’s next-generation weather satellite sends back first images

Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds

Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds

Please don't say mean things about the AI I just invested a billion dollars in

Claude Code daily benchmarks for degradation tracking

Claude Code daily benchmarks for degradation tracking

Vitamin D and Omega-3 have a larger effect on depression than antidepressants

ICE and Palantir: US agents using health data to hunt illegal immigrants

Doing the thing is doing the thing

430k-year-old well-preserved wooden tools are the oldest ever found

<a href="https://archive.ph/mHlUT" rel="nofollow">https://archive.ph/mHlUT</a><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/oldest-wooden-tools-marathousa-1-6e07cfc79f6d8ba648138f805531b933" rel="nofollow">https://apnews.com/article/oldest-wooden-tools-marathousa-1-...</a><p><a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2026/01/430000-year-old-wooden-tools-marathousa/" rel="nofollow">https://archaeologymag.com/2026/01/430000-year-old-wooden-to...</a>

Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app

Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app

Amazon cuts 16k jobs

Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux

Windows 11's Patch Tuesday nightmare gets worse

Lennart Poettering, Christian Brauner founded a new company

Lennart Poettering, Christian Brauner founded a new company

U.S. government has lost more than 10k STEM PhDs since Trump took office