4.25.26 | Google invests in Anthropic, overthinking hampers projects, MacBook Neo and iPad comparison

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:15) - Google plans to invest up to $40B in Anthropic
• (01:33) - Sabotaging projects by overthinking, scope creep, and structural diffing
• (02:57) - MacBook Neo and how the iPad should be
• (04:30) - Firefox Has Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine
• (05:38) - My audio interface has SSH enabled by default
• (06:58) - There Will Be a Scientific Theory of Deep Learning
• (08:24) - The Classic American Diner
• (09:34) - Paraloid B-72
• (10:46) - New 10 GbE USB adapters are cooler, smaller, cheaper
• (12:30) - Outro

Sabotaging projects by overthinking, scope creep, and structural diffing
https://kevinlynagh.com/newsletter/2026_04_overthinking/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47890799

MacBook Neo and how the iPad should be
https://craigmod.com/essays/ipad_neo/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47872306

Firefox Has Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine
https://itsfoss.com/news/firefox-ships-brave-adblock-engine/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47897891

My audio interface has SSH enabled by default
https://hhh.hn/rodecaster-duo-fw/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47894747

There Will Be a Scientific Theory of Deep Learning
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.21691
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47893779

The Classic American Diner
https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2026/04/the-classic-american-diner/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47894435

Paraloid B-72
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraloid_B-72
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47858939

New 10 GbE USB adapters are cooler, smaller, cheaper
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/new-10-gbe-usb-adapters-cooler-smaller-cheaper/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47899053