The Justice Department initiates a criminal probe into Boeing after a panel on a 737 Max 9 blew out mid-flight; no serious injuries occurred. The investigation may relate to a previous settlement over fatal crashes.

The article critiques Amazon S3's labeling as a filesystem, arguing it lacks essential filesystem features like partial overwrites, which limits its use cases. It contrasts S3's simplicity with traditional UNIX file APIs and discusses the trade-offs between deep and shallow modules in software design.

The article introduces DBeaver, a versatile database tool for various users that supports all databases with a JDBC driver and other non-JDBC databases in commercial versions. It highlights its features, plugin architecture, and availability for download, with a call for contributors and promotion of its commercial versions and web-based product, CloudBeaver.

Monte-Carlo Graph Search (MCGS) adapts MCTS to directed graphs, addressing the inefficiency of re-searching transposed states in trees. The article suggests a cleaner, intuitive formulation for MCGS, derived from online policy learning, which naturally extends to graphs and simplifies implementation.

The article details the DevTeam's efforts to unlock the iPhone in 2007 by reverse-engineering the baseband and creating tools like anySIM, despite Apple's firmware updates. It highlights the technical challenges and the ongoing "cat and mouse" game between hackers and Apple.

The author explores the essence of writing the best essay, concluding that it should reveal surprising insights on significant topics, akin to making scientific discoveries. The process involves starting with a compelling question, committing to a response, and refining through rigorous reevaluation.

Tenstorrent, led by Jim Keller, launches Grayskull, a RISC-V based alternative to GPUs with DevKits for AI development. Their new hardware aims for ease of programming, scalability, and improved AI performance, with a partnership to create a 2nm AI Accelerator in Japan.

The article discusses the inefficiency of solely focusing on database performance metrics, using the analogy of a faster plane that only marginally reduces travel time. It argues for a user-centric approach to database performance, considering ease of use and integration with workflows over traditional benchmarking.

The article discusses the challenges faced by a public defender dealing with clients who lie, highlighting the necessity of thorough investigation and the futility of deceit in legal defense. It also illustrates the complexity of client-attorney dynamics through anecdotes of clients attempting to manipulate the system.

LlamaGym simplifies fine-tuning LLM agents with reinforcement learning in Gym environments, handling context, batches, and rewards. It provides an Agent class for easy iteration and experimentation across various environments.

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Timelock encryption secures messages until a predetermined future time, functioning as a "digital time capsule" via a Cloudflare and League of Entropy interface. Eighteen organizations operate 22 nodes, requiring a 12-node consensus to decrypt, ensuring robustness and no single failure point.

The eBPF documentary highlights its evolution as a kernel technology akin to JavaScript in the browser, and the collective effort behind its integration into Linux. It features interviews with pioneers, reflecting on the strategic journey and ongoing developments.

Activision QA workers have unionized with CWA, forming the largest game worker union in the U.S. They aim to bargain with Microsoft for better pay and benefits, leveraging a neutrality agreement that aids unionization.

The Yi model family showcases versatile capabilities in language and multimodal tasks, built on scalable infrastructure and high-quality data. These models excel in benchmarks and human preference rates, with ongoing scaling promising even stronger performance.

Homemade stock enhances cooking by providing a balanced and intense flavor base, versatile for various dishes. The author advocates for easy-to-make vegetable stock, which can transform simple ingredients into remarkable meals.

The tool teaches popular chess openings and variations using Spaced Repetition, focusing on difficult lines. It simulates responses based on Master players' moves, aiming to enhance the user's game.

PaperMC, a high-performance Minecraft server, fixes gameplay inconsistencies and can be managed with donations via Open Collective. It supports Java 17, and its setup involves downloading a jar file and running specific Gradle commands.

The article discusses using PostgreSQL for military geoanalytics, including methods for geospatial data processing like finding nearest objects and distance calculations. It also covers data importation, indexing for query optimization, and the use of the H3 tool for data aggregation.

The article discusses the integration of a configurable OIDC client in a self-hosted setup, enhancing previous auth provider features. It requires specific OIDC details in .env and enabling in VITE_ALLOWED_AUTH_PROVIDERS, with customization of the login button available.

A study estimates leaded gasoline exposure before its 1996 U.S. ban reduced national IQ by 824 million points, affecting half the population, especially those born in the '60s and '70s. The toxin's legacy persists, with significant health risks and cognitive impacts, disproportionately affecting Black children.

The article details the implementation of various Linux kernel security measures inspired by the Kernel Self Protection Project, restricting kernel pointers, logs, eBPF, and more to specific capabilities to prevent exploitation. It also describes the disabling of certain modules, hardening of system services, and privacy enhancements to reduce the attack surface and increase user control.

The article tells the story of Gustav Daphne, a scammer who built a multimillion-dollar empire on fraud, including exploiting Europe's carbon-emissions trading system, leading to his notoriety as the "prince of carbon." Despite a lavish lifestyle and criminal success, Daphne faces legal challenges and seeks a quieter life while still indulging in new ventures like crypto investing.

The article discusses how to build complex networks of processes with interconnected pipes, using pipexec to overcome shell limitations. It also covers advanced redirection techniques and system-level support for process management.

The article discusses Isaac Asimov's story "Profession," highlighting the protagonist George Platen's dissatisfaction with the educational and occupational system that predestines individuals' roles in society. George's conflict with his roommate Omani reflects his struggle against a system that ignores personal aspirations.

The article provides a personal guide to contracting in the UK, highlighting higher pay and tax benefits despite a lack of employee benefits, and emphasizes the importance of understanding the tech stack, IR35 tax laws, and the ease of finding new contracts. It also advises on setting up a limited company and dealing with contracts and recruiters.

The article discusses the maebiki ooga saw's advantages, such as portability and efficient cutting, and its historical significance with its use of tamahagane steel. The author shares personal experiences with the saw, highlighting its power and presence.

The article examines the limitations of state-of-the-art Vision-Language Models (VLMs) in visual deductive reasoning, using tasks like Raven's Progressive Matrices. Despite advances in language tasks, VLMs fall short in visual reasoning, struggling with complex abstract patterns.

The article reviews "The Idea Factory," detailing Bell Labs' role from the 1920s-1980s in pioneering technology like the transistor and Unix. It highlights the Labs' culture of cross-disciplinary interaction and leadership's focus on fostering innovation by encouraging basic research and problem-solving.

E-bikes are becoming increasingly popular in Amish communities for practical transportation, replacing traditional horse-drawn buggies. Amish adoption of e-bikes is aided by local solar power and varies by church district, reflecting a significant cultural shift.

Salvagio de Aste's flamboyant attire in 1595 Genoa breached sumptuary laws, enforced by magistrates to moderate extravagance. Giulia Galastro's research reveals men frequently flouted these laws, challenging assumptions about gendered compliance.

The pilots of Batik Air Airbus A320 fell asleep during a scheduled flight from Jakarta to Kendari, resulting in a 28-minute loss of contact. They awoke to find the aircraft off-course but managed to land safely in Jakarta.

In "By Heart," authors discuss their favorite literature passages, with Lucas Mann highlighting J.R. Ackerley's "My Dog Tulip" for showing how detailed honesty can make any subject, like a pet's life, significant. Mann's work reflects on personal loss and the imperfect nature of memory, inspired by Ackerley's dedication to the mundane.

The author expresses a desire to enhance the practicality of a cursed hack they find cool, even while feeling unwell. They provide a snippet of code that creates an HTML index file and a web root directory for a bundle.

Here you can find everything there is to know about the first version of Windows. Use the menu bar above to have a look around. Theme based on Bootstrap 3.3Copyright (c) 2018-2021 David Simunič. All rights reserved.Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

The article discusses the Betrusted project, which aims to create a verifiable security hardware supply chain, and introduces IRIS, a technique for non-destructive silicon inspection to ensure chip authenticity. The author has automated the IRIS process, enhancing hardware verification and potentially reducing reliance on expensive FPGAs for secure applications.

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Shawn Murphy developed an Arduino-controlled solar charging system for his Ford Lightning EV, estimating a break-even on costs in 4-5 years. His setup includes pivoting solar panels for increased efficiency and an interface for monitoring power metrics.

Google fired an engineer who protested an Israel tech talk, citing policy violation. The incident follows concerns over a cloud contract with Israel and internal company disputes.

The article criticizes the extractive nature of AI, social media, and tech innovations, highlighting their tendency to funnel wealth to the already rich and exploit users. It calls for simpler, transparent businesses that prioritize customer value over growth and scale.

Stuart Buck and a colleague suggest improving academic search engines to account for study reliability, noting that current engines prioritize citation counts, perpetuating the influence of unreplicable studies. They propose a new engine that assesses rigor and is open source, to complement existing tools.

Kellogg's CEO suggested cereal as an affordable dinner option amid food inflation, sparking a boycott over price hikes. The boycott campaign, #letthemeatcereal, is gaining traction, potentially affecting other companies.

The Justice Department is probing the Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max incident, with a grand jury examining evidence and multiple interviews conducted. Amidst FAA quality control concerns, Boeing faces scrutiny over a prior agreement linked to past crashes and safety issues.

The author is comparing their own database to SQLite and finds that Apple's bundled SQLite on macOS is not ACID compliant by default, using F_BARRIERFSYNC instead of F_FULLFSYNC. They suggest building SQLite from source for true ACID compliance and express a wish for Apple to publish their SQLite updates.

Chen's interview for a software engineering role at Amazon revealed technical shortcomings, but his enthusiasm, drive for improvement, and understanding of the company impressed the interviewers. Despite technical gaps, his soft skills and potential for growth earned him a job offer and subsequent success at Amazon.

The Pentagon's AARO found no evidence of US government or private entities possessing alien technology or beings, debunking popular conspiracy theories. Despite public fascination and a whistleblower's claims, all investigated sightings and reverse-engineering allegations were deemed inaccurate.

OpenDDL is a versatile, human-readable data language designed for various applications, from simple files to complex program exchanges. Originated for Open Game Engine Exchange, its C++ reference parser code is on GitHub.

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The author discusses their experience with server-side rendering (SSR) for JustFax, highlighting issues with template maintenance and runtime errors. They transitioned from SSR to static site generation (SSG) for better performance and maintainability.

The article discusses the FDA's 510(k) clearance process for medical devices, which allows devices to be fast-tracked without clinical trials if deemed equivalent to existing devices, raising safety concerns. The author investigates the ancestry of such devices, scraping FDA summaries and creating a database and website to visualize the data.

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The article discusses the impact of context-switching on productivity and shares strategies from Eugene Shulga, VP of Technology, to minimize its effects. Tips include prioritizing tasks, avoiding multitasking, and structuring the day to accommodate deep focus and meetings.

Virtual Memory Management allows processes to request more memory than physically available, using swap to manage excess. Overcommitting memory and swapping can lead to performance issues, but proper swap size and settings can mitigate risks.

suyu is a familiar C++ based Switch emulator with a focus on compatibility. Completely free and open-source, forever. The future of suyu is shaped by you. New features are always being added, and our community continually shapes the direction of the project.

This page performs a live, annotated https: request for its own source. It’s inspired by The Illustrated TLS 1.3 Connection and Julia Evans’ toy TLS 1.3. It’s built on subtls, a pure-JS TLS 1.3 implementation that depends only on SubtleCrypto. Raw TCP traffic is carried via a serverless WebSocket proxy.

President Biden is willing to sign a bill to ban TikTok if passed by Congress, amidst bipartisan security concerns over data sharing with China. The bill, supported by technical input from the White House, requires ByteDance to divest TikTok or face a US ban.

The article criticizes the practice of assigning homework, highlighting its lack of benefits and the stress it causes children, urging a reevaluation of its necessity. It suggests that homework does not enhance learning and advocates for reducing or eliminating it.

Strauss, once a significant figure in U.S. atomic policy, faced a historic Senate rejection for a Cabinet position, influenced by politics and his feud with Oppenheimer. Robert Downey Jr. portrayed him in "Oppenheimer," winning an Oscar despite the film's deviations from reality.

Iceland has a Personal Names Register for approved names, but new names can be proposed to a committee that ensures they align with Icelandic customs and language. Recent changes have relaxed rules, including allowing names' grammatical gender not to match the person's sex.

The article explores the potential for language models to interrupt or interject in conversations like auto-completion, questioning its desirability and feasibility. It suggests real-time input reading and quality filtering as prerequisites for such a feature, which remains largely unattempted.

As Apple begins to allow other app stores on iPhones one entrepreneur criticises its behaviour.

The article introduces Git as a content tracking system, explaining key concepts like repository, index, and working tree. It covers the workflow from making changes in the working tree to committing them to the repository.

Signal introduces usernames as an optional feature to enhance privacy and security, especially for users in areas where phone numbers are linked to personal data. This design choice avoids moderation issues while maintaining user safety and app integrity.

The article describes the immersive and complex gameplay of "Sixty Four," a game that engages the player in building and optimizing a system of machines. It also touches on the game's potential to distract players from real-life obligations.

An RCMP report predicts worsening global crises affecting Canada, with climate change and recession adding to challenges. The report urges law enforcement to prepare for disruptive changes and technological threats.

The author uses the h-index to determine the impact of HackerNews users' publications and has implemented a tool on their site to compute it, despite facing challenges with the speed of the web version compared to the Python script.

The study investigates the link between cannabis use and subjective cognitive decline (SCD), finding non-medical use significantly reduces SCD odds. Frequency and method of use showed no significant association with SCD.

The author expresses a preference for plain text as the default for copy/paste operations, critiquing the complications of pasting with formatting. They categorize reactions to this opinion, ranging from agreement to dismissal or misunderstanding.

U.S. job growth remains strong, but California lags with higher unemployment and job creation below national levels. The state faces challenges from weather impacts on agriculture, tech industry cutbacks, and strikes in the entertainment sector.

JScript, a Java-based EcmaScript 5 engine, is designed for easy integration with existing codebases, not for high performance, being significantly slower than V8. It functions as a library to run JavaScript, not a standalone program, and includes basic standard libraries.

News of the launch of a single currency for East Africa spread fast - but it turned out not to be true.

Roku's updated terms enforce arbitration over lawsuits and discourage class-action participation through a tedious process. Users must agree to these terms to continue using Roku services, with few options to challenge or opt-out.

Cory Doctrow introduced "enshittification" to describe service quality decline when users are exploited as products. The term applies to hardware, like wheelchairs from Alber requiring costly app features, prompting calls for company accountability and user accessibility without forced hacks.

The author discusses the abundance of information on the internet, coining "TMI" (Too Much Information), and the challenges of managing what to consume. They highlight tools for saving information for later but question the actual value and retention of consumed information.

The Financial Times, led by CEO John Ridding since 2006, has focused on subscriptions and digital revenue, surpassing print revenue, and has rebranded to adapt to changing times. With over 1.4 million subscribers and a goal of 3 million by 2028, the FT emphasizes engagement and innovation while benefiting from private ownership by Nikkei, Inc.

Testing is pivotal in PRIMA's development, automated via GitHub Actions for thorough and extensive analysis. Continuous Integration and GitHub-hosted runners facilitate testing in a clean environment without extra concerns.

Canada's job market sees 41,000 new jobs, yet unemployment rises to 5.8% due to a growing workforce; experts warn of an impending "employer's market" with cooling wages and less job seeker leverage. Despite modest gains, the Bank of Canada holds rates steady, anticipating future wage growth decline and inflationary pressure reduction.

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Roku introduced a mandatory update to its dispute resolution terms, disallowing court lawsuits and requiring arbitration, with no option to decline. Users can opt out by mailing detailed personal information to Roku's counsel within 30 days.

Vice News underwent significant layoffs and ceased publishing on its website, affecting workers from Vice-owned Refinery29 as well. The company's leadership, including CEO Bruce Dixon, failed to reassure remaining employees, despite Vice's previous high valuation and strong editorial influence.

Joe Biden's State of the Union address included only mild comments on housing, avoiding polarization, while the YIMBY movement seeks bipartisan support to address the housing affordability crisis without getting mired in political divisiveness. The movement, rooted in diverse political ideologies, faces challenges in maintaining unity amidst a polarized climate.