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A bit of general advice about using ChatGPT et al, never let it rush you. You do the thinking, it does the stuff you ask it to do. If you're not careful it'll quickly start giving you orders.

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What Happens if Iran Shuts Down the Strait of Hormuz?

The Strait of Hormuz is one of the most sensitive pressure points in the global economy. Conflict in Iran could put it at risk indefinitely.

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opmlProjectEditor format

Some time in 2013 I started editing all my JavaScript projects in the Frontier outliner, and in doing so I designed a format that could contain a whole project. And it worked, I continued building it, and to this day edit all my projects in this format. It does a lot of work...

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Strange juxtaposition with the war in Iran happening at the same time as the controversy around Anthropic, OpenAI, and the Pentagon. OpenAI has a post with the details of their agreement, which also includes red lines on mass surveillance and autonomous weapons:

We think our agreement has more guardrails than any previous agreement for classified AI deployments, including Anthropic’s.

I’m confused about how Anthropic’s proposed contract differs from the contract that OpenAI has shared. If the Pentagon offered the same agreement to Anthropic, would they accept it? Lots of questions.

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Archive for Scripting News in February 2026, in OPML, as always.

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Step aside, phone: week 3

Three-quarters of the way through this “challenge”, and the findings are mostly the same. Phone usage is very easy to keep in check if you decide to put your mind to it. The past seven days have been very similar to the previous seven, and that’s good, since this type of pho...

WIRED
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Recteq Flagship 1600 Review: An Upgraded Smoker

The Recteq Flagship 1600 pellet smoker asks a little more of you, but rewards you with deeply smoked flavor.

WIRED
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Video Doorbell Advice and Settings for Opting Out of the Surveillance State

Video doorbells are handy, but they’re a threat to privacy. I spoke to experts about why you might ditch your doorbell, and how to safeguard your video.

WIRED
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Best Laser Printers I've Tried (2026): Brother, HP, and More

Looking for fast printing at a relatively affordable cost? You probably want a laser printer.

WIRED
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Make the Most of Chrome's Toolbar by Customizing It to Your Liking

There are plenty of ways to customize Chrome to make it easier to navigate the web, manage your tasks, and make your workflow more efficient.

WIRED
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The Piracy Problem Streaming Platforms Can’t Solve

In parts of the Middle East and North Africa, a patchwork of sanctions, payment failures, and licensing gaps pushes people into piracy networks.

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The U.S. and Israel Strike Iran

The United States and Israel on Saturday launched an attack against Iran, killing the nation’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and, according to Iranian state media, several people in the country’s leadership structure. The New York Times journalists Mark Mazzetti an...

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Redis patterns for coding

http://antirez.com/news/161

Here LLM and coding agents can find:

1. Exhaustive documentation about Redis commands and data types.
2. Patterns commonly used.
3. Configuration hints.
4. Algorithms that can be mounted using Redis commands.

https://redis.antirez.com/

Some humans claim this documentation is actually useful for actual people, as well :) I'm posting this to make sure search engines will index it. Comments

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Scripting News: Saturday, February 28, 2026

Saturday, February 28, 2026 Podcast: Why men hate the Dems. I tell my perspective of MeToo, and how that imho created enough anti-Dem energy to push Trump over the top. Polls won't tell you how the Dems got the rep of being the party run by women to cancel men, but I'm sure...

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Why Apple’s move to video could endanger podcasting's greatest power

TL;DR: Apple is adding support for video podcasts to their podcast app Podcasts are built on an open standard, which is why they aren’t controlled by a bad algorithm and don’t have ads that spy on you Apple’s new system for video podcasts breaks with the old podcast standar...

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How we migrated to TypeIDs without breaking clients

Making every ID in our API self-describing, one endpoint at a time

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World of Coca‑Cola. 🥤

A vintage Coca-Cola vending machine features classic branding and a mechanical coin slot.

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X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israel’s Attack on Iran

WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.

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Scientists Reveal the Surprising Sex Lives of Neanderthals and Early Humans

Scientists Reveal the Surprising Sex Lives of Neanderthals and Early Humans

A new genetic analysis reveals that human females and Neanderthal males interbred far more than the reverse, for reasons that remain mysterious.

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Aviator Coffee. ☕️

A laptop and an iced coffee sit on a wooden table in a well-lit cafe with a modern interior.