The author enjoys reading Lord of the Rings at a slow pace, finding more meaning and engagement in the story. Slowing down consumption speeds, like reading and eating, can increase rewards and appreciation.
MiniMax M2.1 是一个强大的开源模型，能够在多语言场景下表现稳定，提升了真实世界复杂任务中的表现。
User is creating a JavaScript-based Linux distribution with a C transpilation step, aiming to demonstrate Linux kernel-user software interface fundamentals. The goal is to create a standalone ELF file that doesn't depend on the system's libc.
Gaming Couch is the ultimate social couch co-op party game platform. No consoles, no downloads, just pure fun!
Tessellation art involves creating interlocking figures that fill a page, inspired by M. C. Escher's work. This site showcases various artworks and tutorials on creating and understanding tessellations.
The author partially retracts an apology for Python's tail calling results, citing improved performance on MacOs AArch64 and Windows x86-64. Tail calling interpreter beats computed goto interpreter by 5-15% on pyperformance, with a 14-78% speedup on MSVC Windows x86-64.
Various topics are discussed including AI, cybernetics, fascism, digital rights, and more. The posts cover a range of subjects from technology and science to politics and social issues.
The New Yorker's full archive is now available online with over 100,000 articles from 4,000 issues. The expanded archive includes classic pieces by notable writers and allows for easier searching and discovery.
Displaylink's wsdisplay driver caused some kernel assumptions to no longer stand. the driver is now able to return 0 if it did the work, or nonzero (preferrably eagain) after a jump scroll failure, we need to retry the operation with the same number of lines as the failed operation, so that the copy/erase parts of the scrolling operation are consistent with each other. this work eventually
The profiling.sampling module, named Tachyon, provides statistical profiling of Python programs through periodic stack sampling. It can run scripts directly or attach to any running Python process without requiring code changes or restarts.
This repository provides the official implementation of TurboDiffusion, a video generation acceleration framework that can speed up end-to-end diffusion generation by $100 \sim 200\times$ on a single RTX 5090, while maintaining video quality. TurboDiffusion primarily uses SageAttention, SLA (Sparse-Linear Attention) for attention acceleration, and rCM for timestep distillation. Note: the ...
The user's proprietary Freestyle Libre Plus CGM device from Abbott caused a bug that falsely reported low glucose levels, potentially harming patients, especially those with advanced diabetes. The user advocates for open-source medical devices to prevent such harm and is working on a FOSS alternative, Juggluco, to improve safety and security.
CUDA Tile is an MLIR-based intermediate representation for CUDA kernel optimization, providing a comprehensive ecosystem for tiled computations on NVIDIA GPUs. It simplifies high-performance CUDA kernel development through abstractions and GPU-specific optimizations.
Simon & Schuster launched Pocket Books in 1939, selling 17 million copies within two years, tapping into a previously untapped market of readers. The success of paperbacks led to an increase in hardcover titles and opportunities for writers, rather than the elimination of serious literature.
User plans to start VR development in 2026 with Samsung Galaxy XR, learn spatial computing, and complete a computer graphics course. Goals also include building a side gig project, leveraging AI, and expanding their social circle in NYC.
User bought a MacBook Air M2 for $750 with 16 GB RAM and 256 GB SSD. They installed Asahi Linux and Fedora minimal with Sway window manager, customizing the interface to utilize the notch screen real estate.
The Program podcast saw a decrease in downloads in 2025, but still managed to reach 1 million downloads, with Patreon being the powerhouse bringing in 74% of the revenue. The show's creator is hopeful about its future despite the challenges, with a gross income of $2,300 CAD monthly and plans to continue working on new stories and episodes.
The user has a custom git alias that archives old branches by converting them to tags and adds shell completion for tab completion. The alias uses a bash function wrapper with a git switch hint to leverage the official git completion script.
It’s been about a year since we launched the private preview of the Postgres CDC connector in ClickHouse Cloud as part of ClickPipes, built on the integration of PeerDB, which we acquired in 2024. Since then, it has gone through several iterations, progressed through public beta, and reached GA in May. I want to reflect on that journey, the learnings and experiences from integrating a product ...
The author bought the domain VidaliaOnions.com at auction for $2,200 and developed it into a niche business selling farm-to-door Vidalia Onions. He partnered with a Vidalia farmer and their business grew from 50 to over 600 orders in the first season.
The user created "can spinners" from recycled aluminum soda cans, which spin on sharpened wire tips due to heat from a lamp. They share a step-by-step guide on making these spinners, including cutting, bending, and balancing the aluminum pieces.
Google is rolling out a new option to let users change their Gmail address to a new one with the same "@gmail.com" ending. Users will be able to reuse their old email address and it will remain active for 12 months after the change.
The Simple healthcare app aimed to replace traditional paper registers and landline phones with an app that suggests patients at risk based on medical history and other cues, while protecting patient privacy through phone number masking. To achieve offline functionality, the app used DTMF tones to send patient numbers to the server through a toll-free number, allowing nurses to connect with ...
A critical vulnerability was found in LangChain, a widely used AI framework, where attacker-controlled data can be deserialized and trigger arbitrary object instantiation, potentially leading to remote code execution. The vulnerability was caused by a missing escape in the serialization path, specifically in the dumps() and dumpd() functions, which has been patched in versions 1.2.5 and 0.3.81.
A UK couple, Rob and Dianne, took in a homeless man named Ronnie, who was autistic, in 1975 and formed a lifelong companionship that lasted 45 years until his death in 2020. They helped Ronnie get a job, find clothes, and become a valued member of their family, despite facing challenges like his gambling addiction.
The author rates toys based on playtime and cleanup ratio, favoring those with many uses and easy cleanup. High-scoring toys have interchangeable parts with strong magnetic connections.
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Clearspace is building a technology to protect human attention by controlling network traffic with AI. They're hiring a networking engineer to develop a VPN and proxy system that applies human-language rules to real traffic in real time.
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University found restoring brain's energy balance with NAD+ can reverse Alzheimer's disease in mice models. This breakthrough suggests a new approach to treating AD, offering hope for recovery and a paradigm shift in how researchers and clinicians think about treating the disease.
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Translucency sorting in Minecraft is challenging due to the need to order quads by depth for correct rendering. This work presents a solution using topological visibility graph sorting and partition tree sorting, improving visual correctness and performance.