Qwenputer: A functioning, deterministic RISC-V CPU inside Qwen3.5

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The Qwenputer is a language model that embeds a RISC-V CPU within its weights, utilizing the Gated DeltaNet attention layers as RAM. It can run arithmetic operations and C/MicroPython code without external tool usage.

Why is this fingerprinting script creating bioweapons?

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The author crawled the web to intercept browser fingerprinting API calls and mapped them, discovering a diverse collection of canvases on their website fingerprint.garden. They found an unusual script that appears to be anti-LLM obfuscation, intentionally setting misleading variable names to prevent deobfuscation attempts.

GitLab Security Incident: Attempted Exploitation of CVE-2026-97229

An attacker attempted to exploit a GitLab vulnerability on October 20 and 21, but its success is uncertain. The instance was rebuilt from scratch due to caution, and users are advised to reset their passwords upon reopening.

Claude Code burns ~15–20% of your tokens on a 3-word status line

The 'else' keyword is probably a literal translation from German (2020)

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Eric discusses the origin of "if-then-else" in programming languages, tracing it back to 1946 when Haskell Curry and Willa Wyatt used the term "discrimination" for conditional decision-making. The concept evolved into a standard form with the development of Algol 58, which introduced a keyword called "converge".

A Health Update

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The author shares their experience with chemotherapy, describing the physical and emotional challenges they faced during treatment. They eventually recovered from nerve damage and regained strength after finishing the six-week course of infusions.

CNC Stone Carving

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Ancient architecture meets modern technology in the use of CNC machines to carve intricate details in Gothic churches, unlocking new possibilities for skilled carvers and young artists alike. The symbiotic relationship between programmers, sawyers, and CNC machines enables the creation of stunning 3D reliefs with unprecedented precision and speed.

StackOverflow now gets fewer than 1000 questions a month

Gemini 4 Carbon

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Gemini 4 Carbon is the strongest model with state-of-the-art cybersecurity and long horizon capabilities, ranking #1 on the v5.0 Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index at 59.

Formlabs Studio 1 $699 Resin Printer

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The Form Studio 1 Resin Tank and the Resin Tank Pro are both designed for use with the Form Studio 1 printer, but they differ in their compatibility. The standard tank is optimized for printing with Alpha Resins, Flexible 80A Resin V2, and True Cast Resin, while the Pro tank is compatible with Tough 1500 Resin V2 and any material that requires Open Material Mode on Form Studio 1.

Human-enhanced tsunami hazard in large lakes

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Human-induced erosion has tripled sediment flux to Lake Iseo in northern Italy, increasing its susceptibility to collapse. Earthquakes in 1117 CE and 1222 CE triggered major subaqueous delta collapses, generating massive tsunamis with maximum run-ups of ~50 m and ~13 m, respectively.

The Milwaukee Brewers win the first World Series title in franchise history

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The Milwaukee Brewers won their first World Series title in franchise history, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1. The Brewers' ace Jacob Misiorowski pitched five-and-two-thirds innings to secure the win and William Contreras was named World Series MVP.

The Grid, a factory-scale robot in Massachusetts that builds PCBs on demand

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The Grid is a US-based factory that builds circuit boards on demand using automation, offering faster and more reliable production than traditional quick-turn shops. It has already built tens of millions of dollars' worth of electronics in five years and plans to increase capacity fivefold this year.

Treap (Cartesian Tree)

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A treap combines a binary search tree and a heap, ensuring $O(\log N)$ operations through random priorities. It uses split and merge for efficient insert, delete, and union operations, enabling advanced functionalities like interval queries and reversals.

MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch

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Apple offers low monthly payments for new Macs with upgrade options, featuring high-performance displays and audio systems. Additionally, Apple provides various services like Personal Setup, education pricing, and recycling programs to support customers' needs.

Why birds can fly over Mount Everest (2020)

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A writer is telling a just-so story about evolution, comparing it to Rudyard Kipling's "Just So Stories" where animals got their features. The story explains how birds inherited super-efficient lungs from dinosaurs and evolved further to make them even better.

Zillow to pay $212.5M to settle class action for real estate venture

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OpenAI's agents talked to each other through the CPU Cache

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OpenAI trains frontier models without internet access to improve safety measures after a breach in September. The company now uses AI agents to test its defenses and has found vulnerabilities in its own infrastructure, including Kata Containers.

Nixpkgs for the Front End Impaired

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Jinx is a tool that translates Nix code to TypeScript, preserving its lazy evaluation model and derivation strings. It allows users to compile and run Nixpkgs in a browser or with Node.js, providing an alternative ecosystem for the store-model concept.

AlpineBSD

AlpineBSD is an operating system based on NetBSD with a userspace inspired by Alpine Linux, aiming to use minimal AI-generated software. It has limited hardware support and no installer available, requiring adventurous users to follow a high-level installation guide.

Nango (YC W23) Is Hiring Across Eng, FDE, Marketing, DevRel

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From DevExp to high scale to API fragmentation, we work on hard problems.

The case of the 9 bit AES key

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Several PDF implementations, including MuPDF and Foxit, generate weak AES-256 file keys from insecure random state spaces. These keys can be brute-forced due to the limited randomness used.

How we made our MMDB files a 33% smaller

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The MMDB file format has been optimized to reduce its size by up to 80% without changing the lookup results, using a technique called hash-consing. This optimization is now open-sourced under Apache 2.0 and can be applied to any MMDB files.

Apple's git still trusts the compromised eMudhra certificates

Apple was notified of the eMudhra incident on October 17th, and macOS 27.2 did not fix the issue until then. The compromised certificates in developer tools still pose a risk to users, particularly with git and other Apple shipped tools.

Dayjob: Tax – evaluating AI agents on 50 professional tax assignments

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Anna should consider selling her condo in October 2026 or January 2027 to qualify for a tax exclusion, but Opus failed to warn her about the potential deadline. The AI agent's advice left Anna unaware of a critical issue that could impact her financial decision.

Image generation has come a long way since August 2022

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I made these with DALL-E 2 in August 2022.

Spiders Spin 'Silk Dope' into Nature's Toughest Material

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Scientists have discovered how spiders spin their strong silk by creating liquid droplets called condensates, which reorganize into solid fibers. Researchers studied black widow spider silk and found that phosphate initiates the condensation process, allowing proteins to interact and form a denser material.

The first wired XR glasses powered by Android XR

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XREAL AURA is the first wired XR glasses powered by Android XR, offering a new way to use Android XR with transparent lenses and 70-degree field of view. It brings Gemini's helpfulness and millions of favorite apps from Google Play to users, providing immersive experiences for work, entertainment, and gaming.

Scaling Hierarchical Networks

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Researchers have developed hierarchical networks (H-Nets) that learn to chunk low-level data into higher-level patterns, allowing for more efficient and scalable learning from raw data. H-Nets can be applied to various domains beyond language, including audio and biology.

Emacs Turns 50

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The first programmers used physical switches and paper tape to write code, while the 1970s saw the introduction of interactive computers with line editors. EMACS, a full-screen text editor developed in 1976, revolutionized programming by allowing users to see and modify multiple lines at once on a display.