In 1937, a 21-year-old MIT student sat in a quiet library, mapping abstract philosophical logic onto electrical circuits to pass the time. By the time he finished his thesis, the young man had mathematically proven that mechanical telephone switches could perform complex calculations. Instead of just routing phone calls, they were destined to become thinking machines. He had just discovered the mathematical trigger for digital computing. But when he published his work, the leading engineers of the industrial world paid little attention, viewing his mathematics as a mere academic parlor trick. His name was Claude Shannon. It would take years for the industrial establishment to fully realize he was right and adopt the binary logic that now powers every computer, smartphone, and network on Earth. His breakthrough against traditional engineering is the ultimate lesson in what happens when rigid practices clash with unexpected philosophical reality. In the early 20th century, engineers believed they understood circuit design. They knew that as telephone networks grew, they needed more physical wires and relays. But traditional engineering offered no universal science; it was a manual process of brute-force trial and error. The systems would grow into a chaotic, tangled mess of blueprints and copper lines. The entire industrial establishment agreed: every circuit, no matter how complex, had to be wired by manual experimentation. It was a tedious, costly formula. But in that library, Shannon realized the establishment had left a massive variable out of their equations: 19th-century symbolic philosophy. Shannon recalculated the engineering, factoring in what happens when you treat an electrical switch using the laws of Boolean algebra. What he found shattered the industrial consensus. He proved that an electrical switch has only two possible states: it is either closed and letting power through, or open and blocking the current. This was mathematically identical to True (1) and False (0). The circuit could evaluate logical statements. There was no limit to what it could compute. It could automate human thought, transforming physical electricity into digital logic. When Shannon presented this concept, mainstream electrical engineers were skeptical. They couldn't accept that an abstract philosophical concept could solve real-world hardware bottlenecks. Shannon was initially ignored. The establishment stuck to their traditional wiring methods. Instead of fighting a rigid, closed system, Shannon quietly expanded his work into Information Theory, proving that all data could be compressed into a universal currency called the "bit." Decades later, when the global tech revolution exploded, the world realized the 21-year-old student had been right all along. The philosophical blueprint Shannon left behind is a vital truth for navigating complex problems and institutional pushback: Comforting traditions will always be more popular than disruptive innovations. Trust the system's underlying logic anyway. Most of us approach our careers and projects seeking the validation of current experts or established guidelines. When we propose a radical new idea or try to change a broken system, and the authorities tell us we are wrong, our instinct is to assume our logic is flawed. We abandon our data to fit the consensus. But Shannon’s legacy proves that traditional industry consensus is not the same thing as truth. Gatekeepers are human; they protect their own methods, their own training, and their own comfort. What is a bottleneck, a project, or a direction you’ve abandoned just because an expert or a boss told you it wouldn't work? What happens if you stop looking for their permission and trust the structural logic of your own work?

Apple *finally* added 'power on after power restore' in all cases (before it was just after hard shutdown), so it's easier to deploy Macs in headless / remote-first / homelab deployments. Here's my video covering this feature, and the bug I found testing it: youtube.com/watch?v=9prKU2Vu…

I've seen a few people trying to defend @BambulabGlobal's bullying of an open source developer over completely legal AGPL code use... Now @conservancy is raising funds to stop companies like Bambu Labs from abusing the AGPL and open source devs: sfconservancy.org/news/2026/…

This is mind ATP Synthase The energy pump that powers every cell in every lifeform on Earth, slowed down by over 1,000x. Without ATP Synthase, life cannot exist. This little nano-machine is made up of a minimum of 8 distinct proteins, all designed perfectly to fit together and operate in a coordinated system that takes in ADP and turns it into ATP, which the cell uses to power metabolic processes. It's designed to only allow certain molecules in & out. Any mistakes, and it could flood the cell with toxic waste in a matter of seconds, killing everything. Each protein building block must fit perfectly together, much like all the pieces inside your phone. Without all the proteins fit & working together from the start, ATP Synthase cannot function, and Life cannot exist. But making things even more complex, ATP Synthase doesn't operate alone. It's located inside the cell membrane, where it actively works with other molecules to ensure the ATP it creates gets to the right place. It's a whole integrated network of energy movement within each cell, without which, Life could not exist. All these pieces must exist together, from the beginning, for Life to be possible. Which means it can't arise piece by piece through evolution - because the very process of evolution requires the whole system. Life requires this system in order to produce the energy it needs to replicate & evolve - but replication & evolution is supposed to have created it. You can't have one without the other. There are no simpler versions - it's literally all or nothing. This is clear evidence of an intelligently designed system. What more evidence do you need?

Halter announced today the launch of direct-to-satellite connectivity using SpaceX's @Starlink for its smart cattle collars, a world-first that removes the need for cell towers or on-ranch infrastructure. "Using Starlink enables ranchers to manage cattle anywhere they can see the sky. Combined with a suite of new tools for reproduction, animal behavior, and precision pasture management, the release significantly expands what is possible for cattle ranch management. Beef ranchers in remote and rugged regions that were limited by connectivity can now turn to virtual fencing to run more productive and sustainable operations - at a time when they face rising fuel costs, labor shortages, and an aging workforce pressures." Halter’s internal modeling estimates direct-to-satellite capability expands coverage of the U.S beef cattle market by 2.5x. Until now, Halter’s solar-powered, GPS-enabled collars relied on Halter’s proprietary long-range radio towers. With direct-to-satellite, the collars can communicate via Starlink, eliminating ground infrastructure entirely.

Lessons i learned the hard way in cloud infra (and nothing to do with AI); never (only) trust vendor backup solutions, always have at least daily (if not hourly) backups offsite / off their platform, under your own control.

The channel was removed! Thanks YouTube. Also nice to see shorts able to be (sorta) disabled on Mobile now. Want it in browser / desktop next! x.com/teamyoutube/status/204…

BE HONEST: Muslims don't seem to like Christianity, but we are told that diversity is our strength? Would you vote to ban Muslim in the USA permanently? 1. Yes 2. No 3. Unsure

ThirdReality updated the Zigbee Smart Outlet I've been using for years with Home Assistant to measure and remote control power for my servers. The Gen3 model fixed my one big gripe: OTA firmware updates *without* toggling the switch off! Tested: youtube.com/watch?v=kcWIX7ih…

There's never been a better time to build your own router—a practice which the FCC will hopefully not *also* ban for US #homelab consumers :) youtube.com/watch?v=04oL0qVS…

Chuck Norris was a great friend and brother in Christ. It was a privilege to be his pastor during his days in Dallas, while filming ‘Walker, Texas Ranger.’ Chuck was obviously a man’s man, but he was also God’s man. In fact, I was so impressed with his strong faith that I asked him to write the forward to my book ‘A Man of God.’ I also appreciate the fact that he loved his country and was an American patriot and served our country well. He was truly an icon in so many areas, and he leaves behind a lasting legacy as a faithful believer and an indelible mark as a cultural legend.

For the past few weeks, I’ve been working on a solution based on Nvidia Spark (and other on-premises tech) to save on cloud tokens without sacrificing quality whenever possible. It’s a bit of a wild vibe-coding at this stage, but it seems like this is how every project starts these days. Such are the times… Repost please if you’re interested in this solution. Feedback is appreciated! Solution uses several approaches simultaneously to get the most out of the local device. But at the same time, you don’t have to suffer through very long waiting times or stupid responses from LLMs.

How morse code works.

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AWS outage #itwasdns

The demands from the evangelical establishment for “gracious dialogue” and “charitable interpretation” are often just a manipulative tool used to suggest you are sinning if you justifiably criticize them. Gavin Ortlund has never taken his fellow travelers like JD Greear to task for calling people who disagreed with him a “synagogue of Satan.” He never criticized Russell Moore for calling those whose opinions he disagreed with satanic or for likening them to Nazis. This is some of the worst name-calling you could lob at another Christian. And yet this is never what Ortlund means when he says we’re polarized and lacking in graciousness in our speech. To be quite frank, I find this more a tactic than a conviction. So no, I’m not persuaded by it, though I do think Christians need to watch that we don’t sin with our speech. And I certainly do try to do that.

15 excellent years with my beautiful bride, with a new baby born on average every 3 years! Happy Anniversary!

Charlie Kirk perfected the art of cordial, compassionate dialogue with his ideological adversaries. Shame on those benighted—and yes, evil—souls celebrating on social media. Their condemnation is just. But I pray instead (as Charlie would) for their repentance & redemption.

If you see a comment that fills you with anger respond with this video…. This is the only response that truly matters. Save the video and use it, let’s expand his legacy and the gospel he preached 🩷🩷 Let’s share this far and wide because the gospel saves. If we want change we need to make disciples. #CharlieKirk

It has indeed come to this