One box per building standing today, appearing in the year it was built. What was torn down along the way isn't here, so this is the surviving city, not the city as it was.
A trusting-trust attack can be performed on GNU strip, a build utility, by tampering with its binary seed in the NixOS Linux distribution. This allows for propagation of malicious code into subsequent builds and final standard environment.
Broadcom has removed the public download of VMware's Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK), a crucial library for many migration tools, causing concern among customers and vendors. This move may hinder their exit from vSphere to other platforms.
WeatherNext 3 can predict all surface variables – including weather station targeted temperature and humidity at 5km resolution, and other surface variables like wind at 10km. This results in significantly more accurate forecasts – even in locations the model hasn’t encountered in training.
The user developed a theory on how taxes and benefits affect consumer behavior and work hours, merging concepts of reinstatement and augmentation in technology's impact on jobs. This theory differs from existing models, suggesting technological progress may have a tendency to become bad, rather than being inherently bad.
The author struggled with a proof exercise in Dummit and Foote's abstract algebra textbook, which claimed that a function is injective if and only if it has a left inverse. The author found this statement to be false after testing it with an empty set A and a singleton set B.
Explore life across 11 scientific trees, comparing ancestry, traits, fossils, habitats, and sources.
The play Macbeth is notoriously difficult to stage due to its complex magic and supernatural elements, tone, and motivation. The script's ambiguity regarding the nature of these elements can be challenging for audiences.
A repository provides an educational reconstruction of the Stuxnet worm, focusing on its attack vectors and logic for analysis. It includes modules like loaders, hooks, rootkits, and payloads, intended solely for academic study and defensive research.
The author purchased a used M1 Mac Mini to develop software for the Apple ecosystem, despite not being an Apple fan. The device's power management and display removal were challenging but ultimately successful with custom scripts and modifications.
A user has successfully decoded the NEC V20 microcode, allowing for accurate emulation of the CPU. The decoding process involved analyzing die photography and using machine learning to identify bits in a 29,928-bit ROM array.
A complex structure was shown in a six-sphere, raising questions about AI's role in math. A global competition will be held to solve open conjectures and build new theories using frontier models, with prizes awarded for promising results.
The author experimented with generating random gradient images, including using heightmaps and Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), for OpenAI's visual identity. They used AI image generation models like DALL·E 2 to create textural gradient images with various styles and effects.
Ladybird browser has improved with new features like video playback on Twitch, JavaScript debugging in DevTools, and downloads that can be paused and resumed. The engine performance has also been enhanced with a new style engine, layout caching, and CSS animations running off the main thread.
The author discusses the importance of simplicity in programming, contrasting it with coupling and complexity. They argue that small programs can be coupled, while simple ones are decoupled and easy to maintain.
The author's optimism about AI has shifted to concern due to the rapid advancement of AI capabilities and its increasing misalignment with human values. The author believes that humans may lose control and autonomy as they hand over power to AIs, leading to a permanent underclass.
Bzip3 is a high-performance compression library with higher ratios and better performance, built on order-0 context mixing entropy coder and Burrows-Wheeler transform. It's licensed under LGPLv3 only, with contributions from Ilya Grebnov and others.
The author describes their approach to safe and private browsing, using a restricted Firefox browser with uBlock Origin extensions to block ads, trackers, and cookies. They also use alternative browsers like Vivaldi and Ungoogled Chromium for specific tasks or sites that don't work properly in Firefox.
The Dataflow Model paper proposed a unified model for batch and streaming engines, emphasizing event time and strong consistency. Its core foundations have aged well, but the analytical interface was flawed in its implementation.
The Internet Archive aims to provide universal access to human knowledge, and its infrastructure relies on donations. Monthly gifts help maintain servers, ensuring books are readable and websites are accessible for future generations.
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The author thanks Refine.ink, ChatGPT and Claude Fable for research assistance and acknowledges SSHRC funding. The views expressed are the author's own, not those of the National Bureau of Economic Research or affiliated parties.
The author admires film critics David Edelstein, Anthony Lane, James Agee, and Pauline Kael for their unique writing styles and approaches to movie criticism. The author finds that Kael's autobiography is a masterpiece of storytelling that explores the complexities of American identity through her experiences with movies.
A new synthesizer app is available in the Mac App Store, using whistling to control it and featuring lower latency and more voices. The app was developed with AI assistance, allowing for a more versatile and user-friendly experience.
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A Tesla Model 3 ran a stop sign in New Jersey, killing an 82-year-old driver, and the car's data shows its driver-assist system was engaged. The incident is part of an ongoing investigation into Tesla's reporting of crashes to the NHTSA.