Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Being the serious one in a cast full of clowns ain’t always fun. But Regé-Jean Page leaned into this stoic element of his character for the upcoming Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Appearing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Page described his Paladin as “lawful good bordering on lawful boring, but he does […]

Thousands of cities around the world could power themselves entirely with solar panels floating atop water reservoirs, according to new research. It’s a relatively easy way to generate renewable energy locally while also conserving water. Solar arrays suspended over water, or floatovoltaics, work similarly to those spread out over land. The panels sit on a […]

The Indonesian used car market is on a course for growth fueled by a number of trends: the increasing digitization in used car sales; a larger variety of finance options; and the COVID-19 pandemic, which pushed the idea of private car ownership.  Broom, an Indonesia-based auto-financing startup that wants to help used car dealers work more […]

What you need to know Google expands the Pixel Superfans program to the United Kingdom. Access to the program is now live for those living in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Members will have exclusive access to events and early experience with new products and features, among other perks. Google launched a program in […]

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority In retrospect, I should have learned my lesson the first time. For the past year, I have been adding some smart home devices to my apartment and seeing their performance drop with each passing minute. I blamed the devices — especially my Google Nest speakers — instead of the […]

Systems-oriented developers already have programming languages like C, C++, Rust, and Go, notes InfoWorld. But now, “we also have Zig, a newer language that seeks to absorb what’s best about these languages and offer comparable performance with a better, more reliable developer experience.” Zig is a very active project. It was started by Andrew Kelley […]

The past month’s news has again been dominated by AI–specifically large language models–specifically ChatGPT and Microsoft’s AI-driven search engine, Bing/Sydney. While there are well-known ways to make ChatGPT misbehave, it’s puzzling that Sydney was initially abusive and insulting to users who questioned its correctness, even when Sydney was clearly wrong. (It has now been restrained.) […]

Threat actors with a connection to the Chinese government are infecting a widely used security appliance from SonicWall with malware that remains active even after the device receives firmware updates, researchers said. SonicWall’s Secure Mobile Access 100 is a secure remote access appliance that helps organizations securely deploy remote workforces. Customers use it to grant […]

Apple today unveiled Apple Music Classical on the App Store. Here are 15 things you need to know about the new app: ‌Apple Music‌ Classical is based on Primephonic, a classical music streaming service that Apple acquired in 2021. The new app leverages Primephonic’s playlists and audio content, search capabilities, metadata, and more. ‌Apple Music‌ […]

If it’s time to upgrade your home theater setup, you’re in luck. There are a lot of nice Sonos deals out there that will help you cut some nickels and dimes off your purchase. Right now at Crutchfield, the Sonos Beam 3.1 Home Theater Bundle is $45 off, bringing the total to $883. It’s still […]