Pigshell: Unix the Web(pigshell.com)
63 points by pbohun | 18 comments
Pigshell 0.6.4 is a browser-based Unix-style shell that represents web resources and cloud data as files you can process with command pipelines.
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I struggle to believe that AI R&D is ingenious(lesswrong.com)
136 points by porridgeraisin | 155 comments
A LessWrong shortform comment by Arjun Panickssery arguing AI agents show poor research judgment in autonomous R&D side projects like a Scrabble engine and philosophy research.
Lean Grimoire(terrytao.wordpress.com)
51 points by smilelamp | 8 comments
Terence Tao blog post announcing Lean Grimoire, a coding-agent-rebuilt version of his QED logic crafting game with Lean proof display and a fantasy mode.
Variable-width Bézier curves (2025)(luthert.web.illinois.edu)
26 points by leduyquang753 | 7 comments
A blog post by Luther Tychonievich explaining how to draw variable-width (pressure-sensitive) Bézier curves with current 2D graphics APIs for board-work tablet apps.
Awesome repositories are no longer awesome(erikgahner.github.io)
239 points by erikgahner | 116 comments
A blog post arguing that GitHub 'awesome' curated lists have become less useful due to outdated content and floods of AI-generated pull requests promoting vibe-coded sites.
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How Do Fungi Keep the Planet Healthy?(quantamagazine.org)
57 points by marojejian | 9 comments
Quanta Magazine 'The Joy of Why' episode in which biologist Toby Kiers explains how fungal networks trade nutrients with plants and store carbon underground.
Biology might not be quantum, but its math is quantumlike(quantamagazine.org)
112 points by pseudolus | 49 comments
Quanta Magazine article arguing that while biology may not rely on quantum effects, the mathematics describing biological systems resembles quantum math.
Is the emergence of life an expected phase transition in the evolving universe?(arxiv.org)
416 points by harscoat | 347 comments
arXiv paper by Stuart Kauffman and Andrea Roli arguing that the emergence of life is an expected phase transition, using autocatalytic sets and the theory of the adjacent possible.
What is a manifold?(quantamagazine.org)
335 points by isaacfrond | 117 comments
Quanta Magazine explainer on manifolds, the mathematical spaces conceived by Bernhard Riemann that underpin modern geometry and physics.
'Obelisks': New class of life has been found in human digestive system(sciencealert.com)
393 points by unkeen | 120 comments
ScienceAlert article reporting the discovery of 'obelisks', a new class of viroid-like RNA elements found in bacteria of the human digestive system.
How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn't(science.org)
281 points by pavel_lishin | 95 comments
Science news article reporting a new analysis arguing Rosalind Franklin recognized the helical structure in her Photograph 51, refuting James Watson's claim.