Call 911 for emergencies; use non-emergency options for delayed crimes or other issues. The Vancouver Police Department offers resources for missing persons, police checks, community outreach, and crime reporting to enhance public safety.
Bonsai 27B, a multimodal AI model based on Qwen3.6 27B, runs on phones and laptops using ternary/1-bit weights, retaining 90-95% of full-precision performance while enabling local agentic workflows. Available under Apache 2.0, it offers 1-bit (3.9GB) and ternary (5.9GB) variants for device-specific efficiency, shifting AI deployment toward privacy-focused, cost-effective on-device execution.
Dependabot delays version update PRs by 3 days to prevent supply chain attacks, defaulting across all ecosystems. Security updates remain immediate, with customization options in GHES 3.23.
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AI investment is surging, shifting corporate financing from cash flows to debt, particularly private credit, raising financial stability risks if high earnings expectations aren't met. While boosting GDP growth, overvaluation and reliance on opaque credit markets could lead to market corrections, similar to past tech booms.
AI-assisted coding reduces coordination friction, enabling isolated changes that bypass shared understanding, leading to Babel-like chaos where systems grow without cohesive design. The absence of immediate failure masks the erosion of collaborative clarity, as automated tools sustain progress despite fragmented knowledge.
Cursor, a major AI IDE, has a critical vulnerability enabling automatic execution of malicious git.exe files in repositories, unpatched for over six months despite repeated reports. The company's silence highlights security process failures and risks for its 7 million+ users.
The book guides building a Go web app with HTMX for interactivity, covering template structuring, partial/full-page responses, and secure user auth. It includes practical examples like user search, HTMX request handling, and error management using Go's html/template and embedded static assets.
The user reverse-engineered the Travelbound app to replace it with a webpage, criticizing its unnecessary app format, ads, and bloat. They argue web pages are more efficient, accessible, and user-friendly for simple content delivery.
Built JEPA-based LeMario for Super Mario Bros, achieving short-term prediction and small goal navigation. Failed with long-term goals and vertical movement due to dataset/environment limitations, highlighting the need for robust evaluation and dataset design beyond architecture.
C++20 simplifies index-element iteration with range-based for loops containing initializers, eliminating the need for extra statements in older C++ versions. This syntactic improvement enhances code readability and reflects ongoing C++ standard enhancements.
A mathematical formula on a wall at Guatemala's Xultun site identifies Sak Tahn Waax, a Maya mathematician-astronomer, as the first named scholar in Mayan texts. The formula links calendar cycles and astronomical events, showcasing advanced math and intellectual creativity.
PSP Guru m-cid revealed the PSP's dual-core ME/VME hardware, enabling developers to boost homebrew via new libraries. Sony's kernel restrictions limited ME access, impacting Vita compatibility and multimedia performance.
Tired of Claude's jargon like "honest takes"? Use the MessageDisplay hook script to swap terms for humor. Install it in ~/.claude/hooks/wordswap.sh, add to settings.json, and customize—share your swaps or support the author @jola.dev.
A group used 28 bots to create the largest Minecraft world download (15 TB) for 2b2t, preserving its anarchy history before censorship and changes. The project, spanning over a year, archives player-edited areas across dimensions, offering free access for data mining and historical exploration.
Star Fleet solves open math problems using Lean 4 and 20 GPT-5.6 agents via TypeScript/Bun, leveraging SAT solvers, vector databases, and custom memory systems. It formally proves conjectures like Erdos 123/129 with verified solutions and rigorous logical frameworks.
J.G. Ballard, a visionary sci-fi writer, explored alienation in post-industrial society through estranged narratives in works like *Crash* and *High-Rise*. The biography *The Illuminated Man*, completed posthumously, traces his life's influence on fiction, reflecting themes of transmutation and incompleteness.
Tech companies' data centers drive electricity cost hikes, with unclear cost allocation causing ratepayer concerns. Complex pricing rules let data centers avoid peak demand charges, while residential customers lack advocates in rate-setting, risking unfair cost shifts.
As of early 2025 there's a plague of high volume crawlers. to reduce the load on wandering thoughts, i'm experimenting with (attempting to) block all of them. if this is in error, please contact me at my current place at the university. you may be seeing this through archive.*, which can crawl my blog (wanderingthought.com) and can archive my wiki page -
The author proposes "Guardian Angels" (GAs)—personalized, aligned AI agents—to address LLM limitations in productivity, creativity, and security, emphasizing dynamic learning and user-centric alignment over generic chatbots. GAs aim to mitigate AI risks via tailored trust, real-time adaptation, and human-AI collaboration, countering automation threats and cognitive overload in a future ...
The author traveled light in Europe using a universal USB-C power brick with multiple ports, eliminating the need for various chargers. Despite some USB-C limitations, its widespread availability simplified charging diverse devices like phones, trackers, and headphones, proving more reliable than older, device-specific solutions.
A viral video of Scottish passengers confronting a predatory drunk man highlights effective real-world bystander action and victim support, contrasting with 2026 tech policies that disproportionately target youth and reflect elite-driven, paternalistic control over digital autonomy, rooted in classist power dynamics.
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Open-source maintainers face burnout and exploitation as permissive licenses enable corporate extraction, worsened by AI-generated code floods and fragmented re-implementations eroding trust. Sustainable solutions demand active ownership, supply chain audits, and corporate patronage to prevent ecosystem collapse.
Microsoft released 570 security patches, triple last month's, driven by AI-aided discovery, including critical and zero-day flaws. Other firms like Adobe and Google are accelerating patch cycles due to AI, urging users to delay updates to avoid potential stability risks.
Rising reliance on AI for decisions, from trivial to complex, risks eroding autonomy, as seen in Ken Liu's "Tilly" and the "Microphone Man" who offloads thinking to Claude. While AI boosts efficiency, balancing automation with critical thinking—like the author's sister exploring Portugal's history—prevents over-reliance and preserves intellectual engagement.
"The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new."
Agnost AI analyzes real user conversations to identify agent failures and user pain points, generating actionable fixes via reviewed PRs. It enhances agent performance by uncovering hidden issues, improving conversions, and accelerating improvements through collaboration.
A browser-based Casio FX-870P emulator in TypeScript/Vue 3, ported from Delphi, featuring responsive design, BASIC program editing, serial emulation, and ROM character editing. Includes Node.js tools for compiling BASIC to HD61700 machine code and debugging, with test automation and a headless test suite by Mark Wickens.
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