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Month: September 2025

How World War 1 started out

How World War 1 started out

Replace each animal/kid/parent with the name of the country, and this is pretty much how WW1 started…

  1. Austria-Hungarian Archduke Ferdinand is killed by assassin
  2. Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
  3. Germany declares war on Russia, France, and invades Belgium
  4. Britain declares war on Germany, France and Britian on Austria-Hungary
  5. US enters the war
North Korea makes off with $1.5 billion in cryptocurrency

North Korea makes off with $1.5 billion in cryptocurrency

When North Korea isn’t infiltrating Fortune 500 companies using fake identities, they are making off with the biggest Bitcoin heist in history.

In February 2025, North Korean hackers successfully infiltrated Bybit and walked away with $1.5 billion in cryptocurrencies – the largest theft in history. The group has become notorious – stealing $1.3 billion in 2024 and $660.5 million in 2023.

The Chainalysis report says the theft utilized social engineering attacks and sophisticated laundering methods. North Korea’s has increasingly turned to hackers to fund military and other operations

It was fine until the end…yikes!

It was fine until the end…yikes!

As someone that lives in downtown Portland, I can attest this is not far off what I hear all day – except that last bit about the domestic violence. The comments in the video laughing about how common domestic violence in EU flats is…disturbing.

Modern Shakespeare

Modern Shakespeare

Jerry Wayne gives some astounding literary reflections on things like a failed hotel toilet, mosquitos, and his summer electric bill.

He definitely sounds more literate and educated than half the people I know here in Portland.

Yelling FIREBALL! for real

Yelling FIREBALL! for real

Want to capture the magic of LARPing? The $3 indie game Mage Arena is shooting up the Steam charts. Make a lobby of up to eight players, divide into Wizards and Warlocks, and start yelling “FireBall!”, “Freeze!”, and “Magic Missile!”

The game is voice controlled. You speak your spells – and reviewers say it works really well – which is a nice change of pace from many voice controlled games that often have a…less than perfect voice recognition hit rate.

The mechanics are comical. Fireballs hit like localized nukes or obliterate the caster if they’re land too close. A direct freeze spell hit turns your friend into a hilarious block of ice while you ready a magic missile barrage.

Microsoft Basic for 6502 is free

Microsoft Basic for 6502 is free

Microsoft has released the version 1.1 source code of “Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Microprocessor” on GitHub, which means you can freely view the assembly code and download it if you want. [PCWorld]

What’s wild is that the entire source for BASIC is a single 6955 line long 6502 assembly file. Also bonus points for back-dating the checkin so it says it was checked in 48 years ago – long before github was even a glimmer in SVN’s eye.

Tesla about to use Unreal engine?

Tesla about to use Unreal engine?

Tesla’s in-car visualizations for features like Autopilot and Full Self-Driving might be getting an upgrade with a switch to Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. As reported by Not a Tesla App, Tesla hacker greentheonly says they found evidence of the change in Tesla’s 2025.20 firmware for Tesla Model S and Model X cars.

It wouldn’t be surprising as the use of standardized tooling is almost always cheaper than making your own. Article here.