The article details how to use the 'canvas-confetti' library for website animation, specifying it as a client component, and highlighting various configurable options and best practices for respecting users' motion preferences. It also includes instructions for customizing confetti properties, respecting reduced motion settings, and using promises for asynchronous control.

The article conveys that the purpose of reading books is to expand one's thinking, not just to finish them, and that the true impact of reading may be intangible and unquantifiable, as reflected by an Emerson quote. It highlights the lasting influence of education, even when specific details are forgotten.

TSMC introduces the A16 1.6nm-class process with a unique backside power delivery network for superior performance and efficiency; set for mass production in H2 2026, it may contest Intel's 14A node.

At some point, our phone habits changed. It used to be that if the phone rang, you answered it. With the advent of caller ID, you’d only pick up if it was someone you recognized. And now, with spoofing and robocalls, it can seem like a gamble to pick up the phone, period. In 2023, robocall blocking service Youmail estimates there were more than 55 billion robocalls in the United States. How ...

The article introduces tiny-gpu, a minimal GPU implementation designed to educate on GPU hardware concepts. It includes less than 15 Verilog files, provides architecture documentation, and demonstrates simple kernels for learning purposes.

Location: Remote or Berlin, Germany; Timezone: Flexible ## About Us Cogram is building a productivity platform that automates work by integrating AI language models deeply with team communications. Our software supports customers ranging from small research labs, architects, or non-profits, to global consulting firms and Fortune 500s with over 10,000 staff. We’re backed by Y Combinator and ...

Attributes are static strings, while properties can have different types; frameworks vary in how they set these and may alter DOM state. Some properties reflect corresponding attributes, but there are exceptions, like the value property, which reflects defaultValue instead.

Pieter P's guide introduces beginners to the ESP8266 Wi-Fi board, covering setup, programming, and creating web servers. It's an in-depth tutorial inclusive of networking concepts for enthusiasts.

NASA engineers have partly fixed Voyager 1's computer, regaining data communication after months of troubleshooting. They pinpointed a faulty memory chip and recoded the Flight Data Subsystem to resume normal operations.

The author enjoys working on various Python projects and writing about them but is dissatisfied with Substack's evolution into a more social media-like platform, prompting a move to Ghost, an open source-based platform. Ghost offers stability and alignment with the author's goals without the pressures and divisiveness that Substack has come to represent.

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The article presents an advancement in knowledge graph embeddings by introducing quaternion representations for entities and rotations in four-dimensional space for relations, capturing complex inter-dependencies and providing more degrees of freedom. This method outperforms existing benchmarks in knowledge graph completion tasks.

The author reflects on their experience training generative models at OpenAI, conveying that these models are adept at approximating datasets and eventually all converge to similar outputs, emphasizing that data, not model intricacies, dictate behavior.

Over time, Oracle has been adding more contextual information into each allocated heap memory chunk, to make it easier to see what for your heap memory is used. This instrumentation is used for private (PGA,UGA,etc) heaps too, but this article focuses only on shared pool heaps. The above technique is used for some other allocation types too, like KKSSP^NNN allocations that are used for ...

The EPA's new rule demands coal and natural gas power plants to limit emissions or close, aiming to cut carbon pollution significantly and boost public health, but faces potential legal challenges. Environmentalists praise the move, while opponents criticize the potential impact on grid reliability and energy sectors.

Air Force selects Anduril and General Atomics to build drone prototypes for the next phase of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, eliminating Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman. The program aims to deploy up to 1,000 drones, with production decisions expected by FY26.

The Department of Transportation introduces new rules mandating cash refunds for cancellations and significant delays, the biggest expansion of passenger rights. Refunds are required for additional services not provided and lost luggage, enhancing consumer protection.

Recent technological advances have enabled Progress Quest to be playable in browsers without downloads or installations. The challenging porting process involved hardware emulation and multiple system transitions for optimal performance.

40th Anniversary Discussion Watch our chat with David Clark and other former BMB Compuscience employees about the history of the game.

While yarn and pnpm have emerged as new package managers, the npm registry has hardly evolved, not matching JavaScript's progress. JSR is introduced to revolutionize distribution for JavaScript/TypeScript, focusing on ease of use and integration, while improving security and encouraging best practices.

The Tribler research group at Delft University of Technology has introduced a proof of concept for AI-powered, decentralized search for peer-to-peer content, aiming to empower users over corporations. Despite its potential, the technology is in early stages and doesn't yet offer major advantages over existing tools.

The author critiques an argument used by AI optimists which equates past unfounded fears (like overpopulation) with AI safety concerns, noting its flawed logic. They discuss the importance of humility in prediction and the perils of relying on a sole historical precedent.

Padgett Powell reflects on his novel "Edisto," which has its 40th anniversary, discussing its themes involving a young boy's encounter with racial dynamics and coming-of-age amidst a dysfunctional family backdrop. Powell expounds on his writing approach, influences, and views on Southern literature and its evolution.

“Gadgets aren’t fun anymore,” sighed my wife, watching me tap away on my Palm Zire 72 as she sat on the couch with her MacBook Air, an iPhone, and an Apple Watch. And it’s true: The smartphone has all but eliminated entire classes of gadgets, from point-and-shoot cameras to MP3 players, GPS maps, and even flashlights. But arguably no style of gadget has been so thoroughly superseded as the ...

A Forbes article describes DRAMs as interchangeable, highlighting market volatility and the need for hedging through forwards and futures. Attempts to establish a DRAM futures market have failed due to challenges like the unit-of-sale problem, liquidity, and regulatory hurdles.

In 1995, McArthur Wheeler used lemon juice, mistakenly believing it would make him invisible to cameras, to rob a bank undisguised; he was quickly caught. The article discusses human and animal intelligence, particularly the extraordinary cognition of octopuses, highlighting their evolution and problem-solving skills.

The article describes the author's own stitching algorithm for creating composite chip images using IRIS, addressing challenges that standard methods fail to resolve due to chip-specific patterns. The process involves manual adjustments, computational techniques for precise alignment, and tailored error correction to achieve a comprehensive, accurate single image.

A Klimt painting is to be auctioned with a starting bid of 30 million euros amid unknown details about its subject and history. Im Kinsky, a Vienna auction house, will host the sale, which is surrounded by debates and a lack of clarity regarding the artwork's provenance.

The article reflects on the imperfections and potential improvements of GHC's safe coercion system, including higher-order roles, and discusses the challenges of implementing zero-cost coercions in a simple type system. It also explores ideas for future work to enhance coercion expressiveness.