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Ed Bogan and his brother, new owners of Pizza King since 2020, oversee 66 restaurants primarily in Indiana, with one in Illinois. They emphasize the importance of delivering a uniform customer experience across all locations despite the geographic spread. The chain, founded in 1956, has a long-standing reputation that depends on each restaurant meeting customer expectations for food and service.
A blog post examines Bend 2, a programming language designed for an AI-assisted workflow where humans write 'laws' and AI writes implementations plus formal proofs that a compiler checks. Using Bend's own homepage demo as an example, the author notes that stating a simple game rule takes 58 lines of code, while the AI-generated proof of that rule balloons to 442 lines. The piece argues this ratio illustrates a broader vibe-coding pitfall rather than being unique to Bend.
Bend is a newly introduced programming language that compiles to native code, runs on multiple CPU cores or GPUs without manual threading, and includes a built-in proof checker similar to Lean and Rocq. Developers can write rules in a LAWS.bend file, and Bend will refuse to accept any AI-generated code change that violates those rules, checking each change in about a second. Its creators demonstrate this by showing an AI agent attempt to break a game's win condition, which Bend blocks until the AI produces a compliant fix.
Federal contractors are moving forward with border wall and road construction across private ranchland in West Texas, threatening thousands of years' worth of Native American artifacts and rock art. While public pressure halted a planned steel bollard wall inside Big Bend National Park, DHS and Customs and Border Protection still intend to build barriers and roads through mountains and canyons on private land nearby. Ranchers like Jeff Fort, whose property hosts ongoing excavations led by archaeologist Bryon Schroeder, worry the construction will split their land and destroy sites that haven't even been fully studied yet.
YouTuber JerryRigEverything's durability test found the Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold cracked along both antenna lines near its hinge, and the outer display detached completely without tools. This marks the fourth straight year a Google foldable has failed at the same structural point, despite Google's claim that this model's build is three times stronger than before.