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Japanese game devs face font dilemma as license increases from $380 to $20k
Japanese devs face font licensing dilemma as leading provider increases annual plan price from $380 to $20,000+
Japanese game makers are struggling to locate affordable commercial fonts after one of the country's leading font licen…
www.gamesindustry.biz
December 3, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Japanese game devs face font dilemma as license increases from $380 to $20k
DOOM could have had PC Speaker Music
DOOM could have had PC Speaker Music!
I'm guessing everyone here has played DOOM before, or at least seen someone else play the game. It would also not be of any news for most here, that DOOM has sp
lenowo.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:44 AM
DOOM could have had PC Speaker Music
Kohler Can Access Pictures from "End-to-End Encrypted" Toilet Camera
Kohler Can Access Data and Pictures from Toilet Camera It Describes as “End-to-End Encrypted” - /var/log/simon
Claimed end-to-end privacy doesn’t fully conceal your rear-end data
varlogsimon.leaflet.pub
December 3, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Kohler Can Access Pictures from "End-to-End Encrypted" Toilet Camera
AI generated font using Nano Banana
Worlds first Ai generated font, using nano banana. | Notion
2025
constanttime.notion.site
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
AI generated font using Nano Banana
We're committing $6.25B to give 25M children a financial head start
We're committing $6.25B to give 25M children a financial head start
www.onedell.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
We're committing $6.25B to give 25M children a financial head start
Ecosia: The greenest AI is here
Is there a green AI alternative?
We’re building the world’s greenest AI. Find out how we’re harnessing new technology while continuing our mission of putting people and the planet first.
blog.ecosia.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Ecosia: The greenest AI is here
Cursed circuits: charge pump voltage halver
Cursed circuits: charge pump voltage halver
lcamtuf.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Cursed circuits: charge pump voltage halver
Free static site generator for small restaurants and cafes
Home | Pasta Boy's Lil Cafe
Home made pasta like your ma' used to make it
lite.localcafe.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Free static site generator for small restaurants and cafes
School cell phone bans and student achievement
School Cell Phone Bans and Student Achievement
www.nber.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
School cell phone bans and student achievement
Paged Out
Paged Out!
Deeply technical zine. And it's free.
pagedout.institute
December 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Paged Out
Claude 4.5 Opus' Soul Document
Claude 4.5 Opus’ Soul Document
Richard Weiss managed to get Claude 4.5 Opus to spit out this 14,000 token document which Claude called the "Soul overview". Richard says: While extracting Claude 4.5 Opus' system message …
simonwillison.net
December 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Claude 4.5 Opus' Soul Document
Progress on TypeScript 7 – December 2025
Progress on TypeScript 7 - December 2025 - TypeScript
Earlier this year, the TypeScript team announced that we’ve been porting the compiler and language service to native code to take advantage of better raw performance, memory usage, and parallelism. This effort (codenamed “Project Corsa”, and soon “TypeScript 7.0”) has been a significant undertaking,
devblogs.microsoft.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Progress on TypeScript 7 – December 2025
Fallout 2's Chris Avellone describes his game design philosophy
“Players are selfish”: Fallout 2’s Chris Avellone describes his game design philosophy
Avellone recaps his journey from learning on a TRS-80 to today.
arstechnica.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Fallout 2's Chris Avellone describes his game design philosophy
IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending on AI data centers will pay off
IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending trillions on AI data centers will pay off at today's infrastructure costs
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna walked through some napkin math on Big Tech's AI data center spending — and raised some doubts on if it'll prove profitable.
www.businessinsider.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending on AI data centers will pay off
OpenAI declares 'code red' as Google catches up in AI race
OpenAI declares ‘code red’ as Google catches up in AI race
Google’s own ‘code red’ response to ChatGPT has started paying off.
www.theverge.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
OpenAI declares 'code red' as Google catches up in AI race
Show HN: Marmot – Single-binary data catalog (no Kafka, no Elasticsearch)
GitHub - marmotdata/marmot: Marmot helps teams discover, understand, and leverage their data with powerful search and lineage visualisation tools. It's designed to make data accessible for everyone.
Marmot helps teams discover, understand, and leverage their data with powerful search and lineage visualisation tools. It's designed to make data accessible for everyone. - marmotdata/marmot
github.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Show HN: Marmot – Single-binary data catalog (no Kafka, no Elasticsearch)
Nixtml: Static website and blog generator written in Nix
GitHub - arnarg/nixtml: Static website and blog generator written in nix
Static website and blog generator written in nix. Contribute to arnarg/nixtml development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Nixtml: Static website and blog generator written in Nix
Peter Thiel's Apocalyptic Worldview Is a Dangerous Fantasy
Peter Thiel’s Apocalyptic Worldview Is a Dangerous Fantasy
Peter Thiel recently generated headlines with his rambling diatribes about the Antichrist. Thiel’s lurid, apocalyptic view of world politics may be ludicrous or even deranged, but his wealth and power mean that we can’t afford to ignore it.
jacobin.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Peter Thiel's Apocalyptic Worldview Is a Dangerous Fantasy
Zig's new plan for asynchronous programs
Zig's new plan for asynchronous programs
The designers of the Zig programming language have been working to find a suitable design for [...]
lwn.net
December 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Zig's new plan for asynchronous programs
Python Data Science Handbook
Python Data Science Handbook
jakevdp.github.io
December 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Python Data Science Handbook
Mistral 3 family of models released
Introducing Mistral 3 | Mistral AI
A family of frontier open-source multimodal models
mistral.ai
December 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Mistral 3 family of models released
A series of vignettes from my childhood and early career
A Series of Vignettes From My Childhood and Early Career
www.jasonscheirer.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
A series of vignettes from my childhood and early career
Addressing the adding situation
Addressing the adding situation
xania.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Addressing the adding situation