How to Complain (2024): Practical Advice for Clear, Constructive Criticism
TL;DR A brief guide recommends ways to make complaints clearer and more persuasive: avoid absolute blanket statements, replace contested names…
Best Japanese Learning Tools 2025: Winners and Top Apps Roundup
TL;DR A December 2025 blog post compiled a playful 'award show' highlighting standout Japanese-learning tools across platforms and categories. Top…
Sauron hires Sonos product exec as CEO to lead high-end home security push
TL;DR Sauron, a startup building a tech-heavy home security system for wealthy customers, has named Maxime “Max” Bouvat-Merlin, formerly of…
China drafts rules barring AI clones that impersonate relatives for elders
TL;DR China’s Cyberspace Administration published draft rules for ‘humanized’ AI companions that would bar systems from simulating specific relatives for…
No, it’s not a battleship: Trump plan more like a large missile cruiser
TL;DR The administration has promoted a new large surface warship as a “battleship,” but the design and armament described don’t…
Private equity is ending private ownership: housing first, now PCs
TL;DR The source headline asserts private equity is eroding private ownership, moving from housing into personal computers. The underlying Reddit…
How to Complain: A Practical Guide to Making Criticism Constructive
TL;DR The author offers guidance on writing complaints that persuade rather than alienate. Key tips: avoid absolute claims, prefer descriptive…
Rich Hickey: Thanks AI — A blunt critique of generative AI’s effects
TL;DR Rich Hickey posted an open, sarcastic response after receiving an apparently AI‑generated praise message, using it to mount a…
fcvvdp: a compact, high-performance C implementation of the CVVDP metric
TL;DR Halide Compression released fcvvdp, a C implementation of the University of Cambridge CVVDP perceptual metric. Benchmarks on a Core…
Best Japanese Learning Tools 2025: Winners Across Apps, Anki, and Readers
TL;DR An online year‑end roundup by Autumn Skerritt names winners across categories for Japanese study tools in 2025, from browser…