• A Google developer has vibe-coded an entire new browser - albeit one that doesn't browse the web. (XDA Developers)
  
  Instead it interprets every URL as an AI prompt and vibe codes a web page on the spot.
  
  It's a slop machine.
  
  

• If you happen to have half a terabyte of Crucial DRAM that you bought before prices went into the ionosphere and the brand ceased to be, at least you have the comfort that Micron will abide by their lifetime warranties. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Lol. Lmao, even.
  
  There's a reason why I bought more than I need.
  
  
  
• Asimov was right. (The Register)
  
  In his famous Robot stories he explored a variety of ways his Three Laws of Robotics - what we today call "alignment" - would go wrong, from malicious compliance to compliant malice to just plain human stupidity.
  
  All of which we are seeing play out today, though the latter has never been in short supply.
  
  
  
• Make yourself invisible to surveillance cameras with this one simple trick. (Tech Crunch)
  
  In short: Camouflage.
  
  In not quite so short: Wear clothing so ugly that you are painful to look at.
  
  
  
• Lenovo has a new small tablet and it's garbage.] (Tech Crunch)
  
  Since I picked up a couple of the outgoing model of Legion Tabs - one in black, one in white - at half price, I don't need to care for a while about the scarcity or expense of good small Android tablets.
  
  
  

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Musical Interlude

Posted by: Frank at Monday, August 10 2026 10:17 PM (9Oo74)

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