At the time, it didn't seem like there was much of a choice. It never does.

At the time, it didn't seem like there was much of a choice. It never does.

Margin Call, Great movie, lots of insights and wisdom.

https://clip.cafe/margin-call-2011/at-the-time-didn-t-seem-like-there-much-of-a-choice/

 

The "Mad Men" in 4K on HBO Max Debacle

 If you've fired up HBO Max recently, you've probably seen that one of the most influential and prestigious television series of all time was to premiere in 4K on the streaming service. The show's first four seasons were shot on film, and the final three were shot digitally on the Alexa, but the run of the series was mastered in 1080p HD. HBO Max has been touting this 4K "restoration" of the series, produced by Lionsgate TV. 

https://fxrant.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-mad-men-in-4k-on-hbo-max-debacle.html

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46133422

New research reveals the hidden organism behind Lake Erie’s toxic blooms

 Dolichospermum, a type of cyanobacteria thriving in Lake Erie’s warming waters, has been identified as the surprising culprit behind the lake’s dangerous saxitoxins—some of the most potent natural neurotoxins known. Using advanced genome sequencing, researchers uncovered that only certain strains produce the toxin, and that warmer temperatures and low ammonium levels may tip the ecological balance in their favor.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251130205503.htm

https://news.umich.edu/bacterial-villain-behind-lake-eries-potent-toxin-unveiled-by-u-m-study/

Local Hero - Houston oil executive on a business trip to Scotland to build a new refinery

 Up-and-coming Houston oil executive Mac MacIntyre (Peter Riegert) gets more than he bargained for when a seemingly simple business trip to Scotland changes his outlook on life. Sent by his colorful boss (Burt Lancaster) to the small village of Ferness, Mac is looking to quickly buy out the townspeople so his company can build a new refinery. But after a taste of country life Mac begins to question whether he is on the right side of this transaction.

Suzetrigine (Journavx) for adults with moderate to severe acute pain

Two experts in treating pain at MUSC Health are looking forward to the arrival of a new non-opioid pain medication next month. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of suzetrigine (Journavx) for adults with moderate to severe acute pain, the kind a person would feel after surgery or an injury.  

How Your Brain Creates ‘Aha’ Moments and Why They Stick

 They observed that when a participant noticed a hidden object, brain activity increased in the ventral occipitotemporal cortex (VOTC), a region responsible for recognizing visual patterns in the environment; the amygdala, which processes both positive and negative emotions; and the hippocampus, a deep-brain structure involved in handling memories. This activity was greater for experiences rated more certain and emotionally positive — in other words, more insightful ones.

The hippocampus is sometimes known as the brain’s “mismatch detector,” Becker said, because it reacts when an input doesn’t align with expectations. In this case, insight leads a once-meaningless image to gain meaning, going against the brain’s predictions.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-your-brain-creates-aha-moments-and-why-they-stick-20251105/

Dorsal Root Ganglion Block and Pulsed Radiofrequency

Using pulsed radiofrequency of dorsal root ganglion, pain signals to the brain are interrupted with an electrical pulse, meaning the patient does not feel the same pain as he or she did previously.

Health Information

Ticker: Don’t Die of Heart Disease: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45857053

NHS Health information

https://healthify.nz/medicines-a-z/s/steroids-long-term

University health research

This is lacking in India

Linux on the Fujitsu Lifebook U729

It’s a delightful laptop, and Linux runs flawlessly, and all the hardware things I’ve needed run OOTB. The only difficulty I had was in disabling Secure Boot, but I figured out how to do it, which I explain below. 

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45937989

STATE OF AI REPORT 2025

 The State of AI Report is the most widely read and trusted analysis of key developments in AI. Published annually since 2018, the open-access report aims to spark informed conversation about the state of AI and what it means for the future. Produced by AI investor Nathan Benaich and Air Street Capital.

https://www.stateof.ai/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45564042

Gleam Language Gleam.Run

The power of a type system, the expressiveness of functional programming, and the reliability of the highly concurrent, fault tolerant Erlang runtime, with a familiar and modern syntax.

 Reliable and scalable

Running on the battle-tested Erlang virtual machine that powers planet-scale systems such as WhatsApp and Ericsson, Gleam is ready for workloads of any size.

Thanks to its multi-core actor based concurrency system that can run millions of concurrent green threads, fast immutable data structures, and a concurrent garbage collector that never stops the world, your service can scale and stay lightning fast with ease.

https://gleam.run/

Fumadocs is a documentation framework

 Fumadocs (Foo-ma docs) is a documentation framework, designed to be fast, flexible, and composes seamlessly into your React framework.

Fumadocs was created because the creator Fuma wanted a more customisable experience for building docs, to be a docs framework that is not opinionated, a "framework" that you can break.

https://fumadocs.dev/showcase

https://fumadocs.dev/docs/ui/what-is-fumadocs

https://fumadocs.dev/docs/ui/comparisons

AirPods libreated from Apple's ecosystem

A cool project, when you want to use AirPods outside of Apples ecosystem. Sadly, you have to use a rooted android device with a small patch due to a bug in the Android Bluetooth implementation. 

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45941605