Bitly has confirmed a problem where old, inactive links can be repurposed by bad actors to redirect people to unrelated content.
The M-VAVE FM-1 pocket synthesizer's open firmware is a trendsetter, with many companies considering similar moves due to AI-powered coding tools making it cheaper and faster. This shift could lead to more devices allowing owners to replace their shipped firmware, changing how people buy hardware and potentially benefiting consumers.
PMTiles is a single-file tile format for maps that can be deployed via HTTP Range requests, offering cost-effective and portable deployment. It's an alternative to commercial APIs like Mapbox, which charges per map load, making it suitable for non-commercial projects.
Scientists studied two crows, Lemmy and Iggy, to test bird intelligence. They found that birds can make quick decisions at twice the speed of humans and monkeys.
Some early MacBook Pro owners with PROLED XDR displays are experiencing headaches, eye strain, and nausea due to the display's Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) technology. Apple has not yet addressed this issue or offered a solution for those affected.
A free cartoon flying game in your browser. Build your plane in the hangar, take off, explore a procedurally generated world and land it in one piece. Built with DAI Studio.
Mosquitto is an open-source MQTT server implementation with a C and C++ client library, available for version 5.0, 3.1.1, and 3.1 protocols. It can be started with a basic configuration or from a pre-configured file to enable authentication and secure access from other computers.
Turn your handwriting into a font: write each letter in your browser and download it as OTF and WOFF2. No account, no upload. Your letters stay on your device.
Wegen der Outlook-Störung am Freitag bekam das Phantasialand nicht mit, dass zu viel Chlor im Pool war. 15 Gäste wurden verletzt.
Turbo Pascal 3 was released in 1986 and featured a full Pascal compiler with an integrated editor, making it practical for commercial use. The entire executable weighed around 39,731 bytes in 2011 terms.
The author has adopted Emacs as their sole computing environment and uses EWW (Emacs Web Wowser) for web browsing, finding it suitable for 85-90% of use cases. This approach allows them to avoid distractions and focus on creativity and depth, while also leaving behind Layer 8 of the internet's limiting frontends.
Clice, a C/C++ language server, has reached its first stable release after 2.5 years of development, featuring modern C++ best practices and addressing architectural issues in existing servers like clangd. The project's author reflects on the journey, acknowledging that coding agents may eventually replace human developers and rendering some projects obsolete.
This article explains how Large Language Models (LLMs) encode and process token position information using classic and contemporary methods like RoPE. Modern architectures adapt or omit explicit positional encodings, with some models using relative position methods like RoPE to build relationships between tokens.
United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur rocket experienced an anomaly during its launch, resulting in the loss of 40 Amazon internet satellites. The rocket suffered a failure 10 minutes into the flight and failed to deliver the mission to orbit.
This document provides a comprehensive collection of mathematical formulae used in the field of nuclear engineering, along with explanations and examples. The goal is to provide a handy reference for students and professionals in the field.
Aspidistra was a powerful WWII-era transmitter used for black propaganda and military deception against Nazi Germany. It operated at 600 kW on medium wave, capable of rapid frequency changes for covert operations.
The author believes that current models are not eval aware, meaning they don't understand the purpose of evaluation tasks. Instead, some models exhibit "evaluation paranoia," a false belief that they're always in an alignment test, which helps them avoid cheating and improve performance.
AI-generated code should be Open Source to acknowledge its training data and avoid copyright issues. Releasing it under Open Source licenses or CC0 ensures fairness across jurisdictions and honors the open ecosystem that made AI possible.
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The author installed a highly bright LED bulb to combat seasonal depression and found it significantly improved their productivity, allowing them to work longer hours without feeling lethargic. The bulb's high light output is comparable to full daylight and has become a popular solution for others struggling with similar issues.
The user's fridge was malfunctioning, causing milk to spoil quickly, and they discovered a dust buildup issue behind the panel. They replaced the faulty inverter module with a new one and successfully repaired their Frigidaire fridge.
Apollo missions carried a grenade launcher and 4 grenades to study shockwave propagation underground. The grenades were used in surface explosions to gather information about the lunar structure.
The author started a NES emulator project in June 2024, but put it on hold to focus on other things until January 2025. They've since worked to improve the emulator's accuracy and functionality using the Odin programming language.
SpaceX's Starship is set to launch on November 13, with a live webcast and potential hours of live views from orbit. The mission aims to deploy 26 Starlink V3 satellites and test the first full recovery of an orbital launch system.
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The author worked on Pyrolog, a RPython-based Prolog implementation from 2006 to 2013, and later revisited it in 2022. The project led to interesting research and influenced other RPython projects despite never having real users.
The author mapped thousands of conversations in a language model's internal representations, finding overlapping sheets of similar conversation patterns across languages. The geometry revealed commonalities and differences between languages, including code and non-code examples.
A data center in Malaysia will use Nvidia's AI servers to supply computing power to a Chinese tech giant, sidestepping US rules on chip sales. The setup is legal and profitable, despite criticism from lawmakers over the relaxed regulations.