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22 links from the last 24 hours ยท 17 October 2026

Solar surpasses nuclear power globally for first time - pv magazine Global

Solar and wind are increasingly outpacing nuclear power globally, with solar generation surpassing nuclear for the first time in 2025, according to WNISR 2026. The report highlights nuclear’s slow growth, lengthy construction timelines and limited small modula…

Do looped transformers write reasoning they don't use?

TL;DR: Huginn uses its reasoning. More loops didn’t change that. How I got this idea What is a looped transformer Experiment Results Where each model stops needing the trace A probe that looked like a result and was not What this does and does not show How I g…

Does RAM Speed Matter for Mini PC Gaming?

Why RAM bandwidth can double Mini PC gaming FPS, how dual-channel and DDR5 speed compare, and the simple model behind MiniPCs.zip gaming rankings.

How the Claude Code team does code review / claude.dev Blog

How do you review code at the volume agents produce it? On the Claude Code team, once we had high coverage and deep reviews, we started optimizing for the minimum amount of human review time that doesn't raise reverts or incidents.

What it took

Eleven years at Elastic, read back from the most soulless data I own: what the calendar shows, and what it took.

Becoming a stranger in my own field

There is a difference between making scientific work more accessible and changing what institutions recognize as valuable scientific work.

Making We Tell Stories

Behind the scenes of Penguin’s SXSW-winning digital storytelling experiment, and why so much of the early web has vanished.

Thoughts on Man's Purpose in Life

Speech by Adm. Hyman Rickover outlining his views on the importance of having purpose and perseverance.

Tool: LaTeX renderer

LaTeX renderer turns LaTeX source into a rendered view, either a single display equation typeset by MathJax or a full document or prose fragment typeset by faster-latex, with a live …