The series "Passport Photos" challenges official rules by taking unconventional photos of people in passport poses. It tests various actions while taking official document photos, defying the usual straight-faced requirement.
The Canadian government has ordered TikTok to close its offices due to national security concerns, but users can still access the app. The decision was made after a national security review found that TikTok's activities in Canada posed a risk to national security.
Scott Smith, a dedicated Battlezone player, left a negative review after 9,000 hours of playtime, citing numerous bugs and design changes in the remaster that ruined the game's multiplayer experience. He still plays the game to help modders and others with problems, showing a deep connection to the community he's mourning the loss of.
The user discussed their system specifications and used DuckDB to analyze a large dataset of US building footprints generated by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, converting the data from Geodatabase to Parquet format. They also explored the dataset's metadata, including building types, locations, and imagery sources, and provided a pivot table showing the relationships between imagery source ...
Private Cloud Compute provides secure cloud processing for Apple Intelligence tasks with strict data protection and transparency. It enforces stateless computation, non-targetability, and verifiable guarantees to ensure user data privacy and security.
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Max, Kieran, and Aahel from Midship created a tool to extract data from unstructured documents like PDFs and images. Midship uses OCR and language models to provide clean, structured data and has two user types: non-technical users and developers.
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SuperSplat is an advanced browser-based editor for manipulating and optimizing 3D Gaussian Splats. It is open source and engine agnostic.
Developers can use AI to make large code changes with Aide, a tool that proposes fixes and iterates on linter errors. Aide aims to make AI-edits seamless and maintainable.
I've got a binary file with a custom made binary format, and a spec for that binary format. How do I go into the binary quickly and see the data I want ? This is a problem I ran into while writing some software that operates on this data. Before, my approach would have probably been to write some Python code to parse the format, following the spec carefully and see where it diverges. ...
Physicists at the University of Innsbruck have captured images of quantum-scale vortices in a supersolid, a paradoxical phase of matter that's simultaneously solid and fluid. The discovery could help explain properties in extreme systems, including pulsars and high-temperature superconductors.
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The gig economy has changed the music industry, making it harder for musicians to make a sustainable living. A new book, "Band People," explores the lives of working musicians, highlighting the challenges and realities of a career in music.
The user's team switched to a monorepo setup after experiencing both setups and found minor positive changes, including reduced grunt work and increased sense of connectedness among team members. The move was easy and didn't impact development velocity, with the team appreciating the benefits of a shared digital space and increased awareness of each other's work.
Fei-Fei Li's massive ImageNet dataset, created in 2009, played a crucial role in the resurgence of neural networks, which were previously considered a backwater in AI research. The dataset, combined with Nvidia's CUDA platform and Geoffrey Hinton's backpropagation algorithm, enabled the development of deep learning models like AlexNet, which achieved unprecedented performance in image ...
The user built a project using a HackRF device and JavaScript to receive and transmit data, and successfully recreated a tool to hack a car in the browser. The project involves using the WebUSB API to connect the HackRF device, setting settings like gain and frequency, and using the Canvas API to visualize the data, with the goal of running a rolljam/replay attack on a car.
The user implemented a cart-pole system using Model Predictive Control (MPC) and WebAssembly (WASM) to create a web-based simulation. The MPC system uses a predictive model to reason about control actions and can be interacted with through a web app.
You're a caregiver for a loved one and need to prioritize your own health to provide the best care. Taking care of yourself through self-care, support, and respite care can help you manage stress and maintain your well-being.
Microsoft mistakenly labeled Windows Server 2025 as a security update, causing unexpected upgrades to 7% of customers. Heimdal discovered the error in the Windows Update API, where KB5044284 was incorrectly associated with Windows Server 2025.
We optimized Recall.ai's IPC to reduce CPU usage by up to 50% and AWS bill by over $1M/year. We replaced WebSockets with a custom ring buffer for efficient data transfer.
Install Pulumi following the official guide and verify installation. Run commands to create a DigitalOcean cluster and verify its creation.
98.css is a CSS library that styles HTML to resemble Windows 98 interfaces. It's compatible with frontend frameworks and prioritizes accessibility.
Former President Trump secured a second term with 270 electoral votes, flipping Georgia and shattering the "blue wall." He won a convincing victory despite a criminal trial, assassination attempts, and a change in the Democratic ticket.
term-lisp is a language for term list processing with first-class pattern matching, inspired by functional programming languages. It supports lazy evaluation and does not support variables, instead using rules to replace terms.
Llama 3.2 Vision is now available to run in Ollama, in both 11B and 90B sizes. To add an image to the prompt, drag and drop it into the terminal, or add a path to the image to the prompt on Linux. Note: Llama 3.2 Vision 11B requires least 8GB of VRAM, and the 90B model requires at least 64 GB of VRAM.
A tool called BOLT optimizes kernel performance by rearranging the binary to improve code locality, and it has been used by companies like Meta and Google to achieve significant performance gains. BOLT can be used with GCC or Clang and supports various architectures, and it has been integrated into the LLVM project, making it a valuable tool for optimizing kernel performance.
Nintendo Switch successor will be backward compatible with Switch and have Switch Online. Further details on the successor, including its release date, will be announced later.
The author, a non-expert, disputed a claim from the All-In podcast that 85% of Q3 GDP growth came from government spending, finding it to be a misreading of data from the Department of Commerce's website. The actual figure was 30.1%, consistent with post-Great Recession era trends.