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Today's topics:

GPT-5.6 preview and safety - OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 preview spotlights stronger agent-style work and a tightened safety stack, plus large-scale red-teaming and cyber misuse monitoring.

Fintech engineering for correctness - A new Fintech Engineering Handbook argues for auditable, resilient money systems using principles like “no invented data” and “no lost data,” with ledgers, reconciliation, and reversals.

Vector search performance upgrades - Manticore Search reports a meaningful speed boost for KNN vector search by tightening inner-loop execution and better using modern CPU capabilities—important for production latency and throughput.

Keeping old PCs with Linux - A guide makes the case for installing lightweight Linux on Windows 11-ineligible PCs to cut e-waste, with practical advice on realistic hardware limits and performance wins like SSD upgrades.

Legacy broadcasting and long-wave - The BBC is ending long-wave broadcasts, retiring a uniquely far-reaching, resilient platform and signaling a broader shift away from universal-access legacy infrastructure.

Why kinetic energy is quadratic - A Physics Stack Exchange classic explains why kinetic energy scales with v², tying the formula to work, stopping distance, and frame invariance—not memorization.

WordStar and writing workflows - Sci-fi author Robert J. Sawyer defends WordStar as a superior writing tool, arguing its keyboard-first design preserves creative flow and still influences modern editors.

OpenTTD 16.0 beta changes - OpenTTD’s 16.0 beta invites testing of gameplay and multiplayer tweaks, showing how long-running open-source games evolve through community feedback and iteration.

-New Fintech Engineering Handbook outlines patterns for building auditable, reliable money systems
-OpenAI Previews GPT-5.6 Sol With New Reasoning Modes and Expanded Cyber Safeguards
-Guide Explains How Lightweight Linux Can Extend the Life of Windows 11-Left-Behind PCs
-BBC Ends Long-Wave Radio Broadcasts, Signalling Faster Shift Away From Legacy Broadcasting
-Robert J. Sawyer Explains Why He Still Writes Novels in WordStar
-Why Kinetic Energy Scales as v²: Stopping Distance, Work, and Galilean Invariance
-Manticore Search Speeds Up HNSW KNN With Two-Pass Travers