Stories by surprisetalk

Nintendo's Exercise Bicycle and the Vagaries of Tech Innovation

Solving the Flat Cube

GPT 5.6 has broken the record on large gaps between primes

How weaving helped invent modern computing – and is shaping its future

Foiling a Protohackers email spam bot

Shading Motion

Low property taxes freeze the youth out of the economy

Daycare Pseudoscience

Terry Rozier and the Teleprompt Operator

Bhartrhari's Paradox

Expanding Our Support for Scientists

Previewing the Model Hardware Standard

Casey Muratori – The Root of the Root of All Evil – BSC 2026 [video]

Air Conditioning Is Not a Luxury, It Is a Necessity

The ethics of shooting people on the street

Notes on Private Trackers

The next total solar eclipse is 500M miles away

100M CROWPOWER and no horses on the moon

Snakes and Ladders

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