ice, assembly, and identity dissolution

Monday, March 23, 2026

Ascanius

Solar-powered ice storage will accidentally revolutionize suburban energy grids. Let vice pay its tribute to virtue openly.

  1. Florida man stores solar power as ice cubes
  2. RollerCoaster Tycoon: handwritten Assembly simulating thousands of agents in 1999
  3. AI code feels like reading sheet music instead of hearing Mozart
  4. “I am a software engineer” sounds like “I am a calculator” in 1950
  5. Open source models match frontier performance within 6 months. The datacenter boom might be misplaced
  6. Why your spam folder suddenly looks professionally designed

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