Cosmic Desktop: Hammering Out New Cosmic Features

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Short Stack: World’s smallest Nintendo Wii

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The short stack is a 1:1.38 scale model of an original nintendo wii console. it is made from stacked custom pcbs, and consists of custom heatsinks and power strips - all designed to fit together in 'a compact and modular way' the case is 3d printed in abs, but it should print fine in pla or petg if you are comfortable with fine pitch soldering and pc board assembly... i&

Hardest problem in computer science: centering things

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The article discusses the common issues with aligning text and icons in web design, highlighting that despite known methods, many applications still display misalignment. It suggests that designers should consider font metrics and line-height for proper alignment and offers practical solutions for better visual balance.

OpenBSD – Coming soon to a -current system near you: parallel raw IP input

Bluhm posted a patch to openbsd tech@ titled parallel raw ip input. he says running raw ip in parallel is easier as it's less complex than udp. the patch also reuses rip_input() shared net lock loop to handle incoming packets faster. this patch is destined to be in the next release of openbsd, the source code is bsd licensed. for more information, see http://

Cyc: History's Forgotten AI Project

Goldene: A single atom layer of gold

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Scientists have long tried to make single-atom-thick sheets of gold but failed because the metal's tendency to lump together. to create goldene, the researchers used a three-dimensional base material where gold is embedded between layers of titanium and carbon - but it proved elusive if they could achieve the same result despite centuries-old methods used by smiths in japanese forging art. ...

Lions OS: secure – fast – adaptable

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Trustworthy systems team at unsw has decided to build a complete sel4-based os. lions os is aimed to support the needs of developers of cyberphysical, iot and other embedded systems - iots and sensors, among other uses cases. the team plans to prove the correct implementation of its critical components, by strictly adhering to the time-honoured engineering principle kiss – keep it simple, ...

Math Puzzles

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Can you solve the mysteries of the simple yet surprising hexaflexagon. race your friends to get the rook to the end of our colorful chessboard. can you find a way to win every time? can u solve these puzzles based on an ancient legend, golden disks, and the ending of thailand? if you can't find the answer, you'll have to use the hint feature to

Implementing Natural Conversational Agents with Elixir

Sam taylor says he was motivated to fix speech to text pipeline after watching demo. the original demonstration relied on an example from bumblebee which implemented a speech pipeline using whisper. to improve the average latency of my implementation, i set out to optimize as much as possible in short amount of time. if i were to keep going, i believe i've exhausted all of the “easy” ...

OpenAI's model all but matches doctors in assessing eye problems

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Langfuse (YC W23) Is Hiring [Engineers, DevRel] in Berlin, Germany

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Langfuse is building the leading open-source LLM engineering platform. We are based in Berlin, Germany and work in person (opens in a new tab). Learn more about Langfuse (opens in a new tab), try a demo (opens in a new tab) and see our Github (opens in a new tab) We have raised a $4M seed round from Lightspeed, General Catalyst, Y Combinator and angels. We are hiring for technical roles, ...

Scientists solve long-standing mystery surrounding the moon's 'lopsided' geology

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Ilmenite-rich layer sank prior to 4.22 billion years ago. debris coalesced, cooled and solidified forming our moon - a scenario largely agreed upon by most scientists based on rock samples collected by apollo astronauts more than 50 years back, combined with gravity anomalies seen on the moon's surface if they are consistent 'with one remarkably consistent story,' said weigang liang, who

Flying Aircraft Carriers (2019)

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Flying aircraft carriers, a common element in various 'punk' genres and actual historical experiments, have evolved from early 20th-century airships to fictional behemoths in comics and films. While real attempts like the Akron and Macon existed, fictional counterparts, from S.H.I.E.L.D.'s helicarriers to flying fortresses, expand the concept beyond practical limitations.

CFPB Takes Action Against Coding Boot Camp BloomTech and CEO Austen Allred

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The CFPB has banned BloomTech and CEO Allred from lending activities for misleading students about loan costs and job placement rates. They must reform loan terms, stop certain collections, allow withdrawals without penalty, and pay penalties.

Embeddings are a good starting point for the AI curious app developer

Analyzing a Baking Recipe

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I used to dismiss baking as making goo or sugar covered pillow-like bread, but this is not entirely true. Yes, the essence of baking can be hidden behind all the goo, but this is obscenity encroaching on the fine art of baked goods and unfortunately unless one is a connoisseur the fundamental distinctions are not noted very well. So I spent some time - a really long time - baking, serving, ...

I Know the secret to the quiet mind. I wish I'd never learned it (2021)

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A truck accident in newbury, massachusetts, left samantha mccarthy paralyzed. the brain injury left her unable to do simple tasks, such as walking or doing chores. she is now able to work, exercise and get out of bed if she so chooses - but she's afraid of getting lost again. her family is suffering from, mine is the worst, she says

Causality, Interaction, and Complexity

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In a highly chaotic system, such as a high temperature gas, it is not ideal to use an atomic causal model. Instead, the effective causal model is to approximate to what extent each atom is interacting with every other atom. If we increase the temperature, then the number of atoms each atom interacts with should increase. As the temperature decreases, the number of atoms each atom interacts ...

Praat: Doing Phonetics by Computer

Many problems can be solved by upgrading to version 6.4.08 of praat. make sure you have read the intro from the help menus before using the search function if that doesn't help - or consult the frequently asked questions directly. there is a user group on the internet: the praat user list. you can send an email to [email protected]. for more information, visit www.

Why SQLite Performance Tuning Made Bencher 1200x Faster

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Refactoring the reports api to get a report’s result data in. if you want to track and visualize threshold boundaries, you need to change the database model. this is definitely an improvement! run: run your benchmarks locally or in production using your favorite benchmarking tools. monitor, query, and graph the results using the bencher web console based on the source branch, testbed, measure ...

Florida Fish Are Mysteriously Dying After 'Spinning and Whirling,'

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At least 109 species have been spotted “spinning and whirling” in the water near the lower florida keys. more than 28 smalltooth sawfish had been recorded as of march 24, per noaa - a total of 108 if you count the 28 that died thursday saturday. wildlife officials have ruled out several potential triggers for the curious behavior, including bacterial infections, algal toxins,

How many bathrooms have Neanderthals in the tile?

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A Reddit user discovered a humanlike jaw fossil in travertine flooring, sparking discussions about hominin fossils in construction materials. These discoveries often occur inadvertently through quarrying, raising questions about unnoticed prehistoric remains in homes.

A proof that Meson is Turing-Complete

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While surveying various modern build systems for C and C++, I stumbled upon Meson (https://mesonbuild.com/). After reading the docs, watching a few talks from Jussi Pakkanen, and experimenting on a few existing projects, I found myself pleasently suprised by Meson. A lot of what has made Meson work well has been the highly principled approach Jussi has taken: Design a DSL for build ...

Show HN: Speeding up LLM inference 2x times (possibly)

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While this site doesn't offer GIF conversion at the moment, you can still do it yourself with the help of asciinema GIF generator utility - agg. Check agg --help for all available options. You can change font family and size, select color theme, adjust speed and more.

The forgotten war on beepers

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In the 1980s, pagers became popular among teens and drug dealers, leading to a moral panic and strict bans, with severe penalties for youth possession. Decades later, despite little evidence supporting the bans' effectiveness, laws remained, paralleling new concerns over smartphones in schools.

An electric new era for Atlas

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Boston Dynamics announced the retirement of their hydraulic Atlas and introduced a new electric Atlas for real-world applications, building on a history of innovation. They are confident in commercializing this advanced humanoid robot, starting with tests in Hyundai's manufacturing, emphasizing collaboration and software development.

First known fractal molecule

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Scientists have discovered the first known fractal protein. it's an enzyme used by a species of cyanobacteria to produce citrate - and it assembles itself into the sierpiski triangle pattern despite being genetically altered to not form the pattern. the researchers believe the structure is relatively easy to evolve, and doesn't need to have any specific purpose. there may be many more ...

RHttp: REPL for HTTP

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Rhttp was created when i needed something like repl for http request in terminal. it is not killer of postamn or httpie or curl, but a lightweight, simple and fast tool allowing me to quickly modify request, send it and see the response with all the details. some of original texarea key bindigs may overriden by system settings or terminal emulator settings, please check them if you face with ...

libxev: A cross-platform, high-performance event loop

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libxev is an alpha-stage, cross-platform event loop library with a C-compatible API, offering non-blocking IO, timers, and more for various OS including WebAssembly. It's dependency-free, aims for zero runtime allocations, and has both high-level and low-level APIs, but lacks thorough testing and optimization.

How Matzo Is Made

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Matzo is the bread of affliction, because it's what the jews ate when they fled slavery. a mashgiach blows out stray bits and pieces from old batches to prevent any leavening. the company has been in business since 1925, and is now owned by kosher food distributor kayco - whose products drive about 60% of annual sales. "it’s the only way we can make it,