Sunday, June 28
Daily News Stuff 28 June 2026
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- You might not be interested in Langford's basilisk, but Langford's basilisk is interested in you. (Nerds.xyz)
Langford's basilisk is a science fiction concept where images can be crafted specifically to rewire the brain.
This doesn't work well on humans - and a good thing too, because in the original story it was instantly fatal. But guess what can also see and in some sense understand images and has no separation of instructions and data?
Tech News
- Scientists have deciphered a 2000 year old lump of charcoal. (Smithsonian)
The charcoal was originally a scroll from Herculaneum, destroyed along with the rest of the city in the eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79. And much of it was destroyed again in 19th and 20th century attempts to decipher the carbonised chunk.
If you think I'm exaggerating the scroll's condition, the article has pictures.
- Speaking of carbonised scrolls, why were two scientific papers by Max Planck retracted? (Science)
Because computers are dumb.
- A tiny coffee table the size of a scorpion is forcing scientists to rethink carpentry. (Scitech Daily)
Because headline writers are also dumb.
- With DDR3 and even DDR2 RAM prices on the increase, how about DDR1? Is that still safe? (Tom's Hardware)
Maybe. And you can run Windows 11 on it if you can find the rest of the parts in working order. IoT Edition, anyway, which doesn't have the pointless restrictions of the desktop version.
- Analysts expect memory prices to double by the end of the year and increase by another 40% next year, before easing slightly in 2028 maybe. (WCCFTech)
Yay.
- Reservations for Valve's Steam Machine are being resold on eBay for $2700. (WCCFTech)
That's for an entry level computer that is already wildly overpriced at $1349 thanks to the DRAM Apocalypse. Not clear if that includes the cost of the Gabe Cube or if it's just the reservation.
- The PlayStation 6 is expected to cost at least $1000. (Notebook Check)
Sony is not planning to delay its release because things are only going to get worse.
- Speaking of getting worse, Sony will be removing 551 films from the libraries of PlayStation Network customers in the UK and Europe. (Notebook Check)
And no, they won't be getting refunds.
- Casio has reintroduced three models of its classic digital watches in the US, priced at $55. (Notebook Check)
Wait. That's actually not terrible. What's going on here?
Not At All Tech News
Caught up with the latest episodes of Ascendance of a Bookworm, waiting to see if the season ended with a cliffhanger or if it just ended.
Turns out it's a two-cour season. So, neither.
Speaking of which, Crunchyroll currently has a bug where it's showing series with a new season coming up as having two complete seasons already. I was wondering how I missed the entire second season of Clevatess, and it turns out I didn't. That starts July 8.
It also currently shows Tanya the Misunderstood as having six seasons and thirty total episodes, but if you click on it you find one season, one movie, and one special episode. Season two of Tanya also starts on July 8.
Turns out it's a two-cour season. So, neither.
Speaking of which, Crunchyroll currently has a bug where it's showing series with a new season coming up as having two complete seasons already. I was wondering how I missed the entire second season of Clevatess, and it turns out I didn't. That starts July 8.
It also currently shows Tanya the Misunderstood as having six seasons and thirty total episodes, but if you click on it you find one season, one movie, and one special episode. Season two of Tanya also starts on July 8.
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Well, this seems like a ripoff:
"Gingras was especially incensed that Springer Nature deviated from the normal practice of merely slapping the word RETRACTED across the digital version of the paper while still allowing scholars to read the text. Instead, the publisher posted a blank white page with the cryptic phrase, "This article has been withdrawn due to article violation." Springer Nature is nevertheless still selling the empty PDF for $39.95."
"Gingras was especially incensed that Springer Nature deviated from the normal practice of merely slapping the word RETRACTED across the digital version of the paper while still allowing scholars to read the text. Instead, the publisher posted a blank white page with the cryptic phrase, "This article has been withdrawn due to article violation." Springer Nature is nevertheless still selling the empty PDF for $39.95."
Posted by: Rick C at Monday, June 29 2026 01:24 AM (1zWbY)
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"Because headline writers are also dumb."
Well, you know, Americans will use ANY unit of measure to avoid metric. I kind of like coffee table distance.
Well, you know, Americans will use ANY unit of measure to avoid metric. I kind of like coffee table distance.
Posted by: Rick C at Monday, June 29 2026 01:25 AM (1zWbY)
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