Eric Wastl created Advent of Code, an annual programming puzzle event with varying difficulty levels. It's free to use, but not to copy, and users can participate with any programming language and skill level.
Windows allows drive letters outside of A-Z, but they don't appear in File Explorer and can't be navigated to due to explorer.exe's special logic. The kernel32.dll API SetVolumeMountPointW has a quirk where it truncates non-ASCII drive letters, creating a symbolic link to a different drive letter.
The Thinking Game takes you on a fascinating journey into the heart of DeepMind, one of the world's leading AI labs, as it strives to unravel the mysteries of artificial general intelligence (AGI).
CachyOS is a Linux distribution built on Arch Linux with optimized performance using the BORE Scheduler and advanced instruction sets. It offers various desktop environments and installers, including GUI and CLI options, for a customized experience.
Rodrigo Arias Mallo wants to migrate Dillo project from GitHub to a self-hosted server with multiple mirrors to avoid single point of failure and solve usability issues. He chose cgit as the git frontend and created a simple bug tracker software called buggy to store data in plain text.
llvm-mos is an open-source fork of the LLVM C/C++ compiler, that provides first-class support to the MOS Technology 65xx series of microprocessors and relatives. llvm-mos enables modern software development for many classic platforms. You can play with the compiler right now on Godbolt! Here's a Commodore 64 project that shows the C compiler in action. Try the "Click here to ...
RetailReady is hiring an Associate Product Manager to drive day-to-day product execution and grow into a full PM role. The ideal candidate is a strong communicator with technical learning skills and experience in QA or supply chain.
The author reflects on HP's decline after reading Atlas Shrugged, attributing it to a crisis of confidence and a shift from "let's win" to "let's not lose" thinking. This mindset change led to a series of poor decisions, including the Compaq merger and reduced R&D investment.
Norway's $2 trillion wealth fund will vote for a human rights proposal and against CEO Satya Nadella's re-appointment and pay package. The fund owns a 1.35% stake worth $50 billion in the company, its second-largest equity holding.
Zigbook plagiarized code and WASM blobs from Zigtools, violating the MIT license. Zigtools corrected the license violations but Zigbook deleted the description and refused to fix the issue.
Applicant faced uncertainty and self-doubt during graduate school applications due to low GPA and GMAT score. A supportive person's words helped applicant persevere and eventually secure admission.
A tool to snap pixels to a perfect grid. Designed to fix messy and inconsistent pixel art generated by AI. Pixel Snapper is a Sprite Fusion project. Sprite Fusion is a free, web-based tilemap editor for game developers supporting a wide range of engines including Unity, Godot, Defold, and GB Studio.
The user discovered Bidirectional Type Checking, a conceptually simple type checking setup that demystified the whole thing for them, and created a fully functional type checker for a small language. The type checker uses an abstract syntax tree and interweaves inference and checking calls to make type checking straightforward and easy to extend with more features.
Reinforcement learning (RL) has a lower information density per sample compared to supervised learning, especially early in training, due to the low pass rate of correct answers. However, RL can be more efficient when the pass rate is high, and techniques like self-play, curriculum learning, and proxy objectives can help increase the pass rate and improve learning efficiency in RL.
The Haribo 20,000 mAh power bank and its earbuds had poor manufacturing controls, increasing the risk of battery failure and fires. CT scans revealed defects such as misaligned layers, torn electrodes, and insufficient anode overhang, compromising safety and reliability.
Animal intelligence is a single point in the vast space of intelligences, shaped by natural selection and survival in a physical world. LLMs, on the other hand, are shaped by commercial evolution and optimization for problem-solving and user engagement.
Flash and Configure your Device → Flash your device with the latest version of Meshtastic and configure it to your liking. Connect to your Device → Connect to your device via any of our clients to start sending and receiving messages! Connect and control your Meshtastic devices through various platforms. Choose the client that best fits your needs and device ecosystem.
Landlock is a Linux API that allows applications to declare allowed resources and restrict access to everything else. It provides a simple, developer-friendly way to add defense-in-depth to applications with transient restrictions.
The QUERY method is a new HTTP request method that allows for safe and idempotent queries to be made to a server. It is similar to POST but can be automatically repeated or restarted without concern for partial state changes.
A space-based datacenter is a terrible idea due to power, cooling, and radiation tolerance issues, making it disproportionately costly and offering mediocre performance compared to Earth-based datacenters. The user, a former NASA engineer and Google scientist, highlights the significant challenges of powering, cooling, and protecting electronics in space, making a space-based datacenter ...
Modern cars collect data on driving habits and personal information through onboard cameras, sensors, and connected services. To minimize data collection, drivers can check their car's data privacy practices, revoke consent, and adjust settings to limit data sharing.
A few tricks and techniques can be useful when evaluating integrals. one such trick is to parameterise the integral so that it simplifies some parts of it, says stefan krueger jr. another useful integral is: you can differentiate either (a)) or '(b) if you want to rewrite the logarithm as an integral, he adds. for further
Most Americans now think a four-year college degree is not worth the cost due to rising tuition prices and debt. A new NBC News poll shows 63% of voters agree a degree is not worth the cost, a 20-point decline over the last 12 years.
The user's Power Macintosh 8500 came with an Apple Extended Keyboard II, which is considered one of the best mechanical keyboards ever made. The user decided to transform it to USB using an ADB to USB adapter, but chose to make one themselves using an STM32 board called the 'Blue Pill'.
The Besenval Palace in Solothurn opened a museum dedicated to the Little Prince, featuring Jean-Marc Probst's collection of over 10,000 items. The museum showcases the Little Prince's universal message through interactive content for all ages.
ChatGPT may introduce ads in its Android app, initially limited to search experience, with highly personalized content. This could impact user experience, especially if ads are not disabled.