Andrej Karpathy 9 min read· Nov 11, 2017 -- I sometimes see people refer to neural networks as just “another tool in your machine learning toolbox”. They have some pros and cons, they work here or there, and sometimes you can use them to win Kaggle competitions. Unfortunately, this interpretation…

Steve Jobs is founder of Apple. This essay is an excerpt from a speech he gave at the Palo Alto High School graduation in June 1996. Be aware of the world’s magical, mystical, and artistic sides. The most important things in life are not the goal-oriented, materialistic things that everyone and…

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Hay festival president Stephen Fry is backing the organisation’s new campaign to collect recommendations for the most pleasurable books to entice new readers, in a bid to combat falling literacy rates in the UK. The Pleasure List campaign, run in partnership with the government’s National Year of…

Modern culture is focused exclusively on questions that can be answered quickly. In academia, that’s what you can get funding for. Fast questions can be answered within a few weeks. You can then publish a paper. You can start collecting citations. You can present your answer at conferences. This is…

Horrific child abuse. (Archive Photos / Stringer) In 1913, journalist Helen Todd talked to hundreds of 14- to 16-year-olds working in American factories. Most of their fathers were dead or had crippling health issues thanks to decades of work in unsafe factories, and their mothers were supporting an…

So somebody tweeted about the Seagate Mach.2 , a harddisk with two independent heads “combs”, and I commented in german : “It’s two drives in one chassis, even shown as two drives. And it still is rotating rust, so slow with seeks. Linear IO will be fine.” That quickly devolved in a discussion of…

You have 1 article left to read this month before you need to register a free LeadDev.com account. Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Tech giants are pushing for the return-to-the-office (RTO) as companies want employees back at their desks. Tech giants are summoning their employees back to the…

You have 1 article left to read this month before you need to register a free LeadDev.com account. Estimated reading time: 8 minutes The automation paradox has created a world where the better our tools get, the more helpless we feel when they stop working. Everyone has lived through the automation…

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here's how it works. In the first half of 2026, we are going to see new APS-C cameras announced. One of them will be the EOS R7 Mark II. It's possible that we will see them before the end of February for the CP+ show…

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This article has been percolating in my mind for a while now, and as I got further into the various designs and Canon’s mentality, it became more of a synopsis of Canon’s methodology to date. The…

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here's how it works. Rumors and talk about Canon's coming ‘Retro' style camera that will likely pay hommage to the Canon AE-1 to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2026 have been relatively quiet over the last few…

To be a true person is to be entirely oneself in every circumstance, with all the courage and vulnerability this requires. And yet because a person is a confederacy of parts often at odds and sometimes at war with each other, being true is not a pledge to be a paragon of cohesion, predictable and…

Simple and widely known encryption technique The action of a Caesar cipher is to replace each plaintext letter with a different one a fixed number of places down the alphabet. The cipher illustrated here uses a left shift of 3, so that (for example) each occurrence of E in the plaintext becomes B in…

Worth the wait? Jonathan Blow has spent the past decade designing 1,400 puzzles for you Preview: Order of the Sinking Star started small but became a “combinatoric explosion.” Kyle Orland – Dec 11, 2025 8:50 pm | 92 One down, hundreds more to go Credit: Thekla, Inc. One down, hundreds more to go…

William Gibson is the most influential science fiction writer of his generation. In 1984 he published his groundbreaking debut novel, Neuromancer, to critical and public acclaim, and almost single-handedly defined cyberspace. He is a virtual recluse now rarely giving interviews. Yet five years ago…

Virtual Futures ’95, held at Warwick University, assembled some of the greatest philosophers, futurologists and seers from across the globe, to discuss the implications of new and future communications technologies on society, politics and self-mutilation! For all of the intellectual fluff…

NEW YORK (AP) — They snooze in parking garages, on side streets before the afternoon school run, in nap pods rented by the hour or stretched out in bed while working from home. People who make a habit of sleeping on the job comprise a secret society of sorts within the U.S. labor force. Inspired by…

D-Bus was introduced by GNOME folks about 20 years ago. For software made only 20 years ago, as opposed to 40 like X, it's surprisingly almost equally as bad. As a service, D-Bus is incredibly handy and useful, and overall, I believe the idea should absolutely be used by more apps. However, the…

Our purpose is to explore what personal computing could be when designed from first principles. We believe the current trajectory of personal computing is leading us to a less free world, and that only a new computing movement rooted in human dignity and creativity can change its course. Radiant is…

by Jordan Fulghum, November 2025 wow, everything ’s computer Most software doesn’t need hyperscale. It needs a computer that is fast, predictable, and always on. Over the past fifteen years, developers forgot this. We buried the simple idea of “a machine that runs your code” under layers of managed…

Map Camera, one of Japan’s largest photography retailers, has released its monthly sales charts for brand-new and used camera models. The Canon EOS R6 Mark III, PetaPixel‘s Camera of the Year, delivered an outstanding debut, topping the November sales charts “far ahead” of second-place. As reported…

SPhotonix says it has moved its so-called 5D Memory Crystal technology out of the lab and closer to real-world deployment, outlining plans to pilot glass-based cold storage systems in data centers over the next two years, according to remarks made during an interview with The Register. The UK…

In an age defined by volume — notifications, engines, constant chatter — there’s something refreshing about a word dedicated to softness. “Susurrus” doesn’t shout for attention; it invites you to listen. It’s the vocabulary equivalent of a secret handshake, known by few and whispered by even fewer.…

My last PR for Nudges was +96 −312, touched 38 files, and was about 90% vibe coded. And I’m confident in it. While I was gliding through Hyrule, two different AI agents were quietly refactoring Kafka consumers, validating payload shapes, and committing changes—clean, scoped, and production-ready.…

FAANG software engineer tells how they vibe code at FAANG --- "You still always start with a technical design document. This is where a bulk of the work happens. The design doc starts off as a proposal doc. If you can get enough stakeholders to agree that your proposal has merit, you move on to…

Petrichor, coined in 1964, describes the distinct earthy scent released when rain falls on dry soil. Derived from Greek words for 'stone' and 'fluid of the gods,' it's caused by plant oils and geosmin. This aroma evokes feelings of calm, renewal, and a connection to nature's magic. Image Credit:…

January 7, 2015 Movies can teach us a lot about the world. They show us the way things are, and help us determine the way we would like things to be. Some films set out with the explicit purpose to inspire thought and enlightenment. Other movies uncover small jewels of wisdom in deep seas of…

When I moved to Japan more than five years ago from the United States, where I worked for two design-forward digital media startups, I struggled with the Japanese internet. The first challenge presented itself even before I arrived. I spoke no Japanese, knew little about living in Japan and needed…

Most people put too much effort into everything they do. Here’s a good example from Kristijan around tension in his hands when touching and holding things: Something clicked about inhibition and non-doing (in Alexander Technique), and the strongest effect has been a relaxation of my hands. Like I…

Flagging Down the Double E’s is an email newsletter exploring Bob Dylan performances throughout history. Some installments are free, some are for paid subscribers only. Sign up here: Screengrab from Experiment Ensam Eleven years ago today, a Finnish online gaming company posted a 14-minute video…

let there be light A study in contrasts: The cinematography of Wake Up Dead Man Ars chats with cinematographer Steve Yedlin about bringing Rian Johnson’s Gothic vision to life. Jennifer Ouellette – Dec 12, 2025 1:58 PM | 31 Credit: Netflix Credit: Netflix Story text Size Width * Links * Subscribers…

I'm incredibly optimistic about the state of web development in 2025. It feels like you can build anything, and it's never been this easy or this cheap. AI is the thing everyone talks about, and it's been a great unlock — letting you build things you didn't know how to do before and simply build…