OpenPrinter

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Openprinter is a compact, fully repairable printer with refillable ink and versatile paper options. It's open source, adaptable, and eco-friendly with low costs and easy maintenance.

Al Vigier: Canada's AI strategy shouldn't include secret Palantir bills

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The Canadian government's "AI for All" strategy aims to increase AI adoption to 60% by 2034, but it currently buys AI from foreign vendors like Palantir. The strategy lacks transparency and accountability in its procurement process.

GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra will be in Codex

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@haider1 Ultra will be in codex.

Has_not_been_viewed_much

The Art Institute of Chicago's API includes a boolean field 'has_not_been_viewed_much' for artworks viewed less than 200 times since January 1, 2010. The artworks are likely lesser-known or less popular pieces in the museum's collection.

Organic Maps

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Organic Maps is a free, ad-free, offline GPS app for various activities, powered by OpenStreetMap data. It's developed by the open-source community with support from grants and donations.

Show HN: Homegames. An open-source game platform I've been making for 8 years

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Manage game assets right from the studio. Upload your own files or draw/record something in the studio. Publish games if you want to share them with the world. Or you can just keep them to yourself. Everything is GPLv3 from the platform code to the games to this website. You can read the code and fork it if you want to.

Completing a computer science degree on Coursera

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The user completed a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science on Coursera after 3 years and 9 months of part-time study while working full-time, and they found the experience challenging but rewarding despite some frustrations with the platform and grading process. The user appreciated the flexibility and affordability of the program, as well as the opportunity to learn from and connect with ...

Connections in Math: the two kinds of random

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The user discusses the concept of compressibility and how it relates to statistical randomness and algorithmic structure, using the example of the first million digits of pi versus a random sequence of digits to illustrate the difference between statistical and structural compressibility. The user also explores the concept of Kolmogorov complexity and how it relates to the compressibility of ...

The Private Capture of Public Genius

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The 1956 patent decree allowed AT&T to license its patents royalty-free, leading to a surge in innovation and the creation of Silicon Valley, but also raised concerns about the concentration of economic power. Today, the use of large language models (LLMs) trained on the internet raises similar concerns about the exploitation of public goods and the potential for market dilution, with the ...

New AI tutor achieves 0.71-1.30 SD effect size in Dartmouth course [pdf]

Phosphor, a digital learning platform, increased final exam performance by 0.71-1.30 SD in Introductory Statistics at Dartmouth College. Full engagement with Phosphor showed a substantial cumulative benefit, with students who passed all three Module Reviews scoring 7.1 points higher on the final exam.

It's not about physical vs. digital games, it's about ownership

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PlayStation's decision to stop producing disks for new games is about killing ownership and limiting consumer rights. This move will make it harder for people to trade, sell, and preserve games.

The future of Flipper Zero development

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The Flipper Zero team has decided to allocate resources to maintain the firmware and support community contributions. They will review community requests through GitHub Discussions, with voting for feature requests and stricter contribution rules.

Does Code Cleanliness Affect Coding Agents?

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Researchers evaluated coding agents on clean and messy codebases to isolate the effect of code cleanliness. Clean codebases did not affect pass rates but reduced agents' computational cost and navigational efficiency by 7-8% and 34% respectively.

Composite Video on the NES: Why's it so wobbly?

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The author discusses the NES's composite video signal, which has a wobbly picture due to its design. The NES's colorburst frequency is a half-integer multiple of its line rate, causing artifacts in the image.

Starring the Computer

• commodore 64 • 23 (1998) • airwolf - season 2, episode 3, "moffett's ghost' (1984) • alien: romulus (2024) as the world turns – episode 19890928 (1989). ashes to ashens (2008) • altamont now (2009) • being erica (season 1, episode 1) • dr. robot — season 4, episode 3 '403 for

Mr. Baby Paint and accidentally discovering a new cellular automata

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The user created a drawing app called Mr. Baby Paint for toddlers to encourage creative play and designed it with a co-op approach for parents and toddlers to work together. The app features a simple interface, rewarding actions, and a flood fill based cellular automata that creates organic patterns when used in a specific way.

A Forlorn Hope of Fortran Modernisation

For decades, people in IT had taken delight in drafting Fortran’s obituary. Yet, this old language lives on. But in recent years, the Fortran user community has begun sounding alarms: Fortran shops are having difficulty finding young programmers to replace those who are leaving the workforce, because the young are not willing to devote their careers to this archaic language. At present, no ...

Delta flight hit by firework while landing at Midway Airport on Fourth of July

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Delta Flight 1076 made contact with a firework while landing at Chicago's Midway Airport on July 4. The plane landed safely without an emergency landing, despite the incident.

Dungeon Proof Crawler: learn how to write proofs with RPG

A browser roguelike where every monster is an Algae proof. Recover Miriam's ring before sunrise.

DNSGlobe – Rust TUI to watch DNS propagate around the world

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Dnsglobe is a Rust TUI that checks DNS propagation globally, querying 34 resolvers in parallel and showing results on a world map. It can be installed via Homebrew or crates.io and used to track DNS propagation for a domain.

Cursed circuits #5: capacitance multiplier

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The article discusses an op-amp circuit called the capacitance multiplier, which can increase a capacitor's apparent value by using two resistors and an op-amp. This circuit can be useful for signal filtering or timekeeping applications.

Zuckerberg says AI agent development going slower than expected

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The AI Compass Quiz

15 questions. Two axes. Which of 30 AI archetypes are you?

Dependencies should be fetched directly from VCS

The author compares Ruby's dependency management to Go's, finding Go's system more secure due to its direct VCS fetching and lack of a "publish a package" step.

Introduction to Compilers and Language Design (2021)

This is a free online textbook on compiler construction by Prof. Douglas Thain, suitable for undergraduate students with C programming experience. The book offers a one semester introduction to building a simple compiler for a C-like language.

The Writers Who Wrote the Most in History

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As regular readers of my blog know well, I enjoy navel-gazing and writing about writing. I consider myself a specimen of curiosity just as I do any other topic I write about. Being someone who has decided to write so frequently and publicly, I've gone over the throughlines and various thesis topics I've discovered I gravitate towards, I've gone over my workflow from idea to ...

Show HN: Osint tool that finds exposed files on domains

Search observed domains for exposed paths and misconfigurations. Substring search over the domain, case-insensitive, at least 3 characters. E.g. staging., .org, test-.

CoCom regulations and GPS receivers for balloons and cubesats

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GPS receivers can be used at high altitudes and speeds without restrictions, but manufacturers must follow export control regulations. The current rule is that GPS receivers capable of providing navigation information at speeds greater than 600 m/s require a special license.

Run Windows 2000 on a DEC Alpha with a new es40 fork

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A new fork of the es40 alpha emulator, AXPBox, has been released with improved features. It allows running Windows 2000 on the DEC Alpha with massive speedups due to a JIT compiler.

Lean Software Scaling Laws

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Researchers aim to empirically measure the scaling of coding LLM perplexity over codebase size to estimate the predictability of programming languages and their scaling laws. This study will help identify which languages, like Lean, are more predictable at large scales and may eventually work better with LLMs, potentially leading to improved global cybersecurity.