2.7 million people have visited Stack Overflow to learn how to exit a text editor. The most feared tool in computing is also the most elegant. A 50-year-old proof that designing for constraints produces tools that outlast the constraints themselves.

TheJargonFile - The Jargon File - a modern version

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In 1964, Douglas McIlroy wrote a memo about coupling programmes like garden hose. Nine years later, Ken Thompson implemented it overnight. One character: the pipe. The most elegant composition model in computing, fifty-three years unchanged.

The largest review of medicinal cannabis to date found it doesn’t effectively treat anxiety, depression, or PTSD—despite millions using it for those reasons. Researchers warn it could even make mental health worse, raising risks like psychosis and addiction while delaying proven treatments. Some limited benefits were seen for conditions like insomnia and autism, but the evidence is weak. The findings are fueling calls for stricter oversight as cannabis use continues to rise.

open-slopware - Free/Open Source Software tainted by LLM developers/developed by genAI boosters, along with alternatives. Fork of the repo by @gen-ai-transparency after its deletion.

I thought I was having a spiritual awakening. I was having a psychiatric emergency. I was at a tech conference in Sweden when it started. I hadn't slept in days. I was one of the most prolific...