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The concept of instances in social media is a category error, as it's a Mastodon-brained concept that doesn't apply to atproto, which separates hosting and apps. Decentralization in atproto is achieved by swapping hosting or making new apps, unlike Mastodon where decentralization is measured by the number of instances.
Hyundai is buying SoftBank's remaining 9.65% stake in Boston Dynamics for $325 million, gaining full control of the humanoid robotics company. This move will allow Hyundai to deploy Boston Dynamics' robots in its own factories, starting with the electric Atlas robot at its Georgia plant by 2028.
A Colombian scientist developed an ultrasonic espresso method using high-frequency sound waves to extract coffee flavor without hot water, saving up to 75% of energy. The method produces espresso-strength coffee in under three minutes, with taste results similar to traditional espresso.
How many of the 171,476 English words do you actually know? Take our scientifically stratified 100-question challenge to find out.
Oracle engineer Lois Foltan confirmed that JEP 401: Value Classes and Objects will be integrated into the main OpenJDK repository and target JDK 28. The feature allows programmers to declare value classes and objects that can be optimized for performance, enabling density and locality in memory, and is currently in preview mode.
Most plugin closures are uneventful. A developer stops responding, wp.org pulls the plugin, the listing goes dark, and that is the end of it. My WP Beacon scanner flags these all day long. I glance at them and move on. One of them recently was different. The wp.org Plugin Review Team had not just closed a plugin called wp-advanced-math-captcha. They had reached into it and deleted a single 7 ...
William Heronemus, a UMass professor, led a team that built the first wind turbine, dubbed the "Wind Furnace," in 1976 to prove wind energy's potential. His work sparked the wind industry, inspiring a generation of engineers and leading to the development of modern wind farms.
Senators Cruz and Wyden introduced the JAWBONE Act to protect First Amendment rights from government coercion of private companies to censor speech. The bill creates a federal cause of action and transparency system for government communications with intermediaries about user expression.
Google Workspace is warning Firefox users to switch to Chrome, affecting Business Plus accounts. This may impact Firefox access, prompting teams to ensure software compatibility across browsers.
DuckDB is a fast in-process analytical SQL database that has gained widespread adoption due to its ease of use and performance. It can read data from various file formats like Parquet, CSV, and JSON, and execute queries directly on these files without the need for a server or cluster.
Starfront Observatories in Rockwood, Texas, offers ultra-dark skies for astrophotographers to control their telescopes remotely. Owner Bray Falls hosts 550 telescopes, allowing users to access them from anywhere for as little as 99 dollars a month.
The Open Courts Act of 2026 aims to eliminate PACER fees and modernize federal court filing systems, improving public access and cybersecurity. The bill is supported by EFF and other organizations, seeking to make court records easier to find and understand.
Tom Di Mino claims to have deciphered Linear A, a Bronze-age Minoan writing system, by linking it to an extinct Semitic language. His breakthrough could be a major discovery in linguistics, potentially shedding light on the use of logograms in Linear A and resolving problems with Linear B translations.
Amazon MGM dropped Luca Guadagnino's Sam Altman biopic Artificial due to unknown reasons. The film, starring Andrew Garfield, will now be released by a different studio after positive screen tests.
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To become a successful researcher, you need to combine reading and building skills, and be willing to put in the time and effort required. A good researcher stays open-minded, refuses to let ego cloud their judgement, and is willing to learn from failure.
The plan is to drive a huge motorized banana car around the world, meeting people and selling merchandise to fund the trip. A partner is needed for filming, editing, and uploading videos, with a 50/50 split on resulting income.
The Ahmes papyrus contains a table of Egyptian fraction representations of fractions of the form 2/n for odd integers n. The Egyptians used a table of these representations to calculate other fractions by doubling and adding 1.
Researchers at MIT developed Fractal, a new kernel that gives a cleaner view of processor behavior, and has already found previously unknown behavior in Apple's M1. Fractal treats hardware as the object of study, allowing researchers to run experiments with minimal background noise and gain a deeper understanding of processor behavior.
ClickHouse is an open-source analytical database that was released in 2016 and has become the most popular open-source database with over 2000 contributors. It was created by a single developer who started with a custom data structure for incremental aggregation and eventually built a full-fledged database system from scratch.
One of the more powerful features of the CUDA Profiling Tools Interface (CUPTI) is support for Program Counter (PC) sampling. This lets developers of CUDA programs see where their code is spending time down to the instruction level. Building upon our support for kernel timing information, we've added the ability for our low-overhead continuous profiler to send PC sample data to our ...
A researcher left Google DeepMind after nearly 9 years to join Anthropic, thanking the team for their support and learning experience. They expressed gratitude for the opportunity to lead the AlphaFold team and look forward to future discoveries at Google DeepMind.
Gribouille 0.3.0 adds guide control for hiding axis ticks and legends, and introduces a theme parameter for styling composition chrome. It also includes fixes for legend layout, stacking area charts, and other features.
The author noticed a significant increase in people wearing AirPods during a trip to the US, feeling isolated and disconnected from others. Regular human contact is essential for our well-being, but earbuds can hinder this by creating a "Do Not Disturb" sign and reducing opportunities for casual interactions.
April 1 marks the first day of the new year. the u.s. president's eu summit is set for june 1 - thursday, july 1 at london bridge, where he'll be speaking about the world cup and the euro 2012 qualifying games, including the gold medal match between britain and greece, which takes place in switzerland, will be
Pagecast is a local-first publishing tool for agent-generated reports and small static web projects. It allows previewing and publishing to Cloudflare Pages URLs from the terminal or coding agent.
Researchers model the impact of general-purpose technologies (GPTs) like AI on productivity, finding a "Productivity J-Curve" where early years show underestimation and later years show overestimation. They estimate that intangible investments, such as R&D and software, contribute significantly to productivity growth.
The Enterprise-Managed Authorization extension is now stable, allowing organizations to centrally manage authorization for MCP servers and end-users to access all connected servers through a single login. This extension addresses a major pain point in enterprise environments by providing a zero-touch setup and centralized policy control.