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2026-10-13
Articles published on 2026-10-13.
Withings Implements Subscription Paywall for Apple Health Syncing
Withings has introduced a policy where new accounts created after October 13, 2026, must pay for a Withings+ subscription to automatically sync data with Apple Health and Google Health Connect.
Understanding Haskell's Kind System and Higher-Kinded Types
Haskell's Kind system provides a way to classify type-level constructs, enabling 'higher-kinded types' (HKTs) that allow developers to abstract over type constructors like 'Maybe' or 'Either' rather than just concrete values.
Treachery in the Rodin Museum 3D scan verdict
France's highest administrative court reversed an 8-year freedom-of-information victory for open-access 3D scans of Rodin sculptures, ruling the point-cloud documents are part of the museum's inalienable collection — not public administrative documents — despite the same court's earlier acknowledgment that they were usable, and despite France's own FOI commission having sided with disclosure.
The Case for Native Operating System Support of Markdown Files
Writer Joshua Morris argues that Markdown, a ubiquitous and human-readable plain text format, should be treated as a first-class document type by modern operating systems—similar to PDFs or photographs—to ensure cross-platform interoperability and digital ownership.
The Aesthetic of Software Rendering in Retro Gaming
While modern gaming relies on hardware acceleration, some enthusiasts prefer the 'gritty' look of software rendering—where the CPU calculates every pixel—because it preserves the sharp, pixel-perfect textures and distinct color banding of original 1990s titles.
Study Finds Dogs Share Human 'Bouba/Kiki' Association of Sound and Shape
A new study suggests that domestic dogs may share a universal cognitive mapping of sounds to shapes, specifically associating rounded sounds with rounded shapes and sharp sounds with spiky ones.
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Liquid AI Releases LFM2.5-24B-A2B for High-Speed On-Device Agents
Liquid AI has launched LFM2.5-24B-A2B, a 24-billion-parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model designed for fast, private agentic workflows. By utilizing only 2 billion active parameters per token, the model achieves high-speed inference on consumer hardware while maintaining competitive performance in tool-use and instruction-following benchmarks.
Critique of Verbosity in Rationalist Blogging
Alex Wennerberg argues that many blog posts within the rationalist community prioritize extreme verbosity over wisdom and core assumption testing, often substituting a high volume of text for genuine thoroughness.
Astral Integrates uv and ty for Unified Python Toolchain
Astral has introduced an experimental integration between its package manager, uv, and its type checker, ty. The update enables first-class support for PEP 723 scripts and a unified 'uv check' command to streamline environment management and type checking.