Does Gas Town 'steal' usage from users' LLM credits to improve itself?
https://github.com/gastownhall/gastown/issues/3649
https://github.com/gastownhall/gastown/issues/3649
GitHub
Does Gas Town 'steal' usage from users' LLM credits & paid services to improve itself? · Issue #3649 · gastownhall/gastown
gastown-release.formula.toml and beads-release.formula.toml causes local Gas Town installation to review open Issues on github.com/steveyegge/gastown/actions, burning through usage on subscribed LL...
The buns in McDonald's Japan's burger photos are all slightly askew
https://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/en/menu/burger/
https://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/en/menu/burger/
マクドナルド公式
Burgers | マクドナルド公式
Check out McDonald's new, limited and regular burger menus for breakfast, regular and dinner time. Order and pay in advance on your smartphone without waiting at the cashier and just pick up at store nearby.
The Rise of the Em-Dash in Hacker News Comments
https://boazsobrado.com/blog/2026/04/15/the-rise-of-the-em-dash-in-hacker-news-comments/
https://boazsobrado.com/blog/2026/04/15/the-rise-of-the-em-dash-in-hacker-news-comments/
Boaz Sobrado's Website
The Rise of the Em-Dash in Hacker News Comments
Tracking em-dash usage across 460,000 Hacker News comments reveals a striking post-AI inflection point.
The Universal Constraint Engine: Neuromorphic Computing Without Neural Networks
https://zenodo.org/records/19600206
https://zenodo.org/records/19600206
Zenodo
The Universal Constraint Engine: Emergent Neuromorphic Architectures from Declarative Constraint Rules
We introduce the Universal Constraint Engine (UCE), a system for generating emergent multi-state architectures from declarative constraint rules over conserved quantities. Unlike conventional neural network architectures that rely on learned weights, gradient…
RedSun: System user access on Win 11/10 and Server with the April 2026 Update
https://github.com/Nightmare-Eclipse/RedSun
https://github.com/Nightmare-Eclipse/RedSun
A Look into NaviDial, Japan's Legacy Phone Service
https://www.tokyodev.com/articles/a-look-into-navidial-japan-s-legacy-phone-service
https://www.tokyodev.com/articles/a-look-into-navidial-japan-s-legacy-phone-service
Tokyodev
A Look Into NaviDial, Japan’s Legacy Phone Service
Here’s the story behind Japan’s most controversial phone service, and what you can personally do to avoid being overcharged.
Airbnb discloses a billion-series Prometheus metrics pipeline
https://medium.com/airbnb-engineering/building-a-high-volume-metrics-pipeline-with-opentelemetry-and-vmagent-c714d6910b45
https://medium.com/airbnb-engineering/building-a-high-volume-metrics-pipeline-with-opentelemetry-and-vmagent-c714d6910b45
Medium
Building a high-volume metrics pipeline with OpenTelemetry and vmagent
A production-tested approach for moving a large-scale metrics pipeline from StatsD to OpenTelemetry and Prometheus.
RamAIn (YC W26) Is Hiring
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ramain/jobs/bwtwd9W-founding-gtm-operations-lead
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ramain/jobs/bwtwd9W-founding-gtm-operations-lead
Y Combinator
Founding GTM & Operations Lead at RamAIn | Y Combinator
RamAIn builds the world's fastest computer-use agents for enterprise work. We're a YC W26 company on a mission to
eliminate repetitive, manual workflows by training AI agents that operate legacy systems, desktop apps, and web portals
the same way humans do…
eliminate repetitive, manual workflows by training AI agents that operate legacy systems, desktop apps, and web portals
the same way humans do…
Ancient DNA reveals pervasive directional selection across West Eurasia [pdf]
https://reich.hms.harvard.edu/sites/reich.hms.harvard.edu/files/inline-files/2026_Akbari_Nature_selection_0.pdf
https://reich.hms.harvard.edu/sites/reich.hms.harvard.edu/files/inline-files/2026_Akbari_Nature_selection_0.pdf
The noise we make is hurting animals. Can we learn to shut up?
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/16/1135179/anthropogenic-noise-hurting-animals/
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/16/1135179/anthropogenic-noise-hurting-animals/
MIT Technology Review
The noise we make is hurting animals. Can we learn to shut up?
The good news is it’s a problem we can solve if we want to.
Apple accelerates eco progress with highest-ever recycled materials
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/04/apple-accelerates-progress-with-highest-ever-recycled-material-in-its-products/
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/04/apple-accelerates-progress-with-highest-ever-recycled-material-in-its-products/
Apple Newsroom
Apple accelerates progress with highest-ever recycled material in its products
Apple today announced that a record 30 percent of material across all of its products shipped in 2025 came from recycled content.