Babylonian Lamb Stew: 4,000-Year-Old Recipes for Modern Engineers
Yale's Babylonian Collection publishes ancient recipes for lamb stew and beer-bread, offering a taste of Mesopotamian engineering.
Sep 7, 2026
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Embedding Translation Without Paired Data: A Security Wake-Up Call
New research shows embeddings from different models share a universal geometry, enabling translation without paired data—and exposing vector database vulnerabilities.
Sep 7, 2026· arXiv.org
NetBSD: The Quiet Workhorse of Network Research
NetBSD has powered groundbreaking research in networking, virtual memory, and even space exploration. From TCP/IP improvements to Internet2 speed records, this article highlights the OS's role in advancing technology.
Sep 6, 2026
M-DISC: The Write-Once Optical Media That Claims to Outlast Your Hard Drive
M-DISC is a write-once optical disc format designed for archival storage, with a claimed lifespan of hundreds of years. We break down the tech, the tradeoffs, and whether it's worth your money.
Sep 6, 2026
AI won't automate your way out of the software mess — Benedict Evans
Benedict Evans argues that AI's promise of effortless automation misunderstands how software is actually adopted in enterprises. The hard part isn't building tools—it's knowing what to build and getting people to use it.
Sep 6, 2026· Benedict Evans
balrogg: Lossless Vorbis/Opus Recompressor Shrinks Audio Files by Up to 15%
balrogg is a new lossless recompressor for Ogg Vorbis and Opus files, achieving 8-12% smaller archives than .ogg and 3-8% smaller than .opus. Written in C99 with no external dependencies, it offers effort levels, batch processing, and even Windows 95/DOS support.
Sep 5, 2026· GitHub
MikroTik's Silent Patch Decoded: From SSH Username '-2' to Full RouterOS Admin
A deep dive into RouterOS 7.23.4 reveals a silent security fix that turns a read-only SSH session into full admin via a legacy file-descriptor login transport.
Sep 5, 2026· Nick Pratley
Quad9: The Privacy-First DNS Resolver That Actually Blocks Threats
Quad9 is a free, Swiss-based DNS resolver that blocks malware and phishing using threat intel from 25+ providers, logs no IP data, and is GDPR-compliant. Here's why it matters for engineers.
Sep 4, 2026· Quad9
LG C5 webOS 25: Region Change Unlocks 5 GHz Wi-Fi
A GitHub guide shows how to bypass LG's region-based 5 GHz Wi-Fi block on the C5 OLED by changing the area option via Developer Mode—no root needed.
Sep 4, 2026· GitHub
Julia's 1M-User Journey: From MIT Lab to Agentic Physics Design
MIT's Julia language hits 1 million users, and its creators are now pushing agentic design with Dyad 3.0—an AI that compiles physics, not just code.
Sep 4, 2026· MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Artificial Beaver Dams Revive California Salmon Habitat
Hand-built beaver dams in northern California boosted juvenile coho salmon survival from 8% to 60%, showing that low-cost ecological engineering can restore lost wetlands.
Sep 4, 2026· Discover Wildlife
From Hookswitch to Grave: The Vertical Integration of the Bell System
A look at how AT&T built a vertically integrated telephone empire—from Western Electric manufacturing to the Staten Island salvage works—and what it meant for the industry.
Sep 4, 2026· Computers Are Bad