The article introduces "Spreadsheets-are-all-you-need," which demonstrates GPT2's forward pass in Excel, foundational to modern LLMs like ChatGPT. It offers a step-by-step guide, highlighting the tokenization phase and addressing BPE's limitations.

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The article discusses the decline in quality of contemporary sofas compared to those made 15 years ago, highlighting the shift in manufacturing and materials used. It also notes the changing landscape of the furniture industry, with a move towards online sales and direct-to-consumer models, which often result in poorly made products.

Onerep.com, a data privacy firm claiming to remove personal information from search sites, is found to have ties to Belarus and Cyprus, with its founder implicated in numerous such services. Despite its disavowal, evidence suggests Onerep's founder is also behind Nuwber.com, a similar people-search site.

Oregon joins six other states in passing a robust "right to repair" law, mandating manufacturers provide repair resources and challenging restrictive "parts pairing." Despite Apple's opposition, the bill is celebrated by activists and expected to face industry lawsuits.

Figma addressed its database scaling challenges by transitioning from a single Postgres database to a distributed architecture with vertical partitioning, and then to horizontal sharding. The latter provided nearly infinite scalability and allowed for growth without major application changes.

Dragon's flight to the ISS involves progressive burns for proximity before docking. Post-docking, the vestibule is pressurized, leading to hatch opening and crew entry.

The article discusses a lawsuit filed by a plaintiff challenging GM, OnStar, and LexisNexis for sharing his driving data without consent, impacting his ability to obtain insurance. It highlights the broader issue of data privacy and the deceptive practices of car companies and data brokers.

The FCC has updated the minimum broadband speed standard to 100Mbps download/20Mbps upload, aiming to better address underserved areas. Despite support, dissenters argue the exclusion of services like Starlink from these benchmarks is unfair.

The J. Paul Getty Museum expanded their Open Content program, offering nearly 88,000 images for free under CC0, allowing public use without permission. The digital archive is searchable by various criteria, reflecting the Getty's diverse collection spanning civilizations and history.

Richard Liebowitz was disbarred in New York for his shady copyright trolling practices and misleading the court, including lying about a settlement demand and his grandfather's death. Despite widespread unlicensed photo claims, entities like his often settle out of court, exploiting legal costs.

The author details their journey in reverse engineering and replaying car key fob signals using RTL-SDR and Flipper Zero, demonstrating the complexity of car theft via replay attacks. They explain RF concepts and hardware used in their project, highlighting the security of rolling codes in remote controls.

Skyvern uses LLMs and computer vision to automate web-based tasks without brittle scripts, adjusting to new websites and layout changes. It offers a cloud service for scalable automation, including anti-bot and CAPTCHA solving features.

The author revisited the open source ML ecosystem, focusing on foundation models, and found 845 software repositories after filtering by popularity. They provide insights on the AI stack layers and the divergence of China's AI ecosystem from the Western one.

The Go runtime/trace package aids in understanding Go programs by tracing goroutine activity, with recent improvements reducing overhead and enabling new features like flight recording. Issues with trace analysis have been addressed, enhancing performance and accessibility in recent Go releases.

Jaroslav Hašek's "The Good Soldier Švejk" is a satirical Czech novel, widely translated and mocking bureaucracy and war through the protagonist's absurd military misadventures. Hašek's unfinished work, continued posthumously, influenced various adaptations and remains culturally significant.

The article explains that clocks often use "IIII" for the numeral 4 instead of the typical Roman "IV," possibly due to historical preferences for balance or superstition. This notation has persisted from medieval times to present clock designs.

The article provides resources on Linux, covering its workings, file system standards, and kernel understanding. It includes links to authoritative texts and online references.

The Oregon Outback is now the world's largest Dark Sky Sanctuary at 2.5 million acres, with plans to expand to 11.4 million acres. The sanctuary is celebrated for preserving night skies and boosting regenerative tourism.

Sergey Slotin's book 'Algorithms for Modern Hardware' targets a wide audience, aiming to teach practical performance optimization beyond theoretical complexity. It's a work in progress with contributions welcomed, and the author seeks to influence how computer science is taught in colleges.

The Voyager 1 team successfully received a full memory dump from the spacecraft's FDS after months of gibberish data, indicating partial function. Engineers are now analyzing the memory to resolve the ongoing communication issue.

Vancouver's skyline will soon include Sen̓áḵw, an 11-tower, 6,000-apartment development on Squamish Nation land, making it Canada's densest neighborhood. Despite some public opposition, this project signifies Indigenous sovereignty and economic progress, with a design that incorporates community values and history.

The author expresses frustration over the complexity and dysfunction of modern web development, reminiscing about simpler times when web pages were more reliable. They acknowledge their negativity but highlight it stems from a desire for a more user-friendly web.

The article traces the evolution of HTTP, from its basic draft in the early 1990s to HTTP/3, highlighting key developments like persistent connections in HTTP/1.1 and multiplexing in HTTP/2. It also discusses HTTP/3's use of QUIC over UDP to improve performance on unstable networks, despite potential drawbacks.

Two friends won JumboHack at Tufts University with a project that summarizes students' dining habits, exploiting Atrium's outdated software and guest access loopholes. Their clever promotion led to widespread student engagement and they took home several prizes.

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The article discusses the benefits of asynchronous work in remote settings, highlighting autonomy, mental health, and global inclusivity. GitLab champions async communication, emphasizing documentation and thoughtfulness to enhance efficiency and collaboration.

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The artist creates a custom path-based alphabet for their generative artwork to avoid using web fonts and to maintain personal creation integrity. They refine the paths using Chaikin's algorithm and add natural variation with a 'shapify' algorithm and Perlin noise.

The author reflects on how blogging not only advanced their career in unexpected ways but also significantly improved their critical thinking and understanding of technical topics. They advocate for writing as a tool for learning and personal development, beyond personal branding.

The article introduces hyprcursor, a new cursor format for Linux aiming to replace XCursor, explaining the limitations of raster images and advantages of vector-based SVGs. It also discusses the shift from client-side to compositor-side cursor rendering for consistency.

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The article discusses the author's experiment with a 77M T5 model to improve text-to-image prompts, yielding better alignment with user intent than larger models. Various methods were tested, with the final model available on HuggingFace for enhanced image generation.

Passkeys, seen as a password replacement, are phishing and server breach resistant, with potential for device synchronization. Their practical implementation and security, as with Bitwarden's open-source model, differ from hardware keys, raising considerations for user threat models.

Pi Day celebrates the mathematical constant π on March 14 and was founded in 1988 by Larry Shaw; it includes activities like pie eating and pi recitations. UNESCO recognized it as the International Day of Mathematics in 2019, with alternative celebrations on dates like July 22 and June 28.

Apple acquired DarwinAI to enhance its AI capabilities, focusing on efficient AI systems for manufacturing and on-device operations. The company aims to compete in the AI market with new features in iOS 18 and macOS 15.

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Beeper has launched a completely rewritten Android app, promising a fast, clean, and integrated user experience. The new app emphasizes encrypted messaging and is currently in beta, with plans to introduce paid subscriptions soon.

The article provides a user guide for SondeHub Tracker, detailing its changelog, setup instructions, and how to submit recovery notifications, with a call for support via Patreon or Paypal. It also mentions the tracker's open-source nature and encourages community contributions.

The Sapporo High Court declared Japan's same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional, a first for a high court. The Tokyo District Court also recognized the ban's "state of unconstitutionality" but did not declare it outright unconstitutional.

DBOS Cloud introduces a serverless platform with fault-tolerance and scalability, simplifying cloud application development. It offers enhanced TypeScript execution and observability, backed by MIT and Stanford research.

Evo is a biological foundation model for DNA, RNA, and proteins, capable of predictive tasks and generative design at a large scale. It is trained on genomic sequences and aims to generate genomes, with applications in disease targeting and biofuel production.

Zerodha, India's largest stock broker, celebrates a decade with a 30-member tech team that built an unconventional tech stack and is sharing their journey via a new tech blog. The team, with no finance background, scaled a complex financial system organically without external funding, highlighting their developer-centric philosophy and growth.

The article introduces an open-source book titled "Romeo and Julia, where Romeo is Basic Statistics," which focuses on the Julia programming language for statistics. The book is licensed under Creative Commons and is written for Julia enthusiasts without warranties.

The article contrasts the lengthy French lunch breaks, emphasizing the importance of teaching kids to savor food and socialize, with the author's experience of their daughter's rushed 10-minute eating time in Vancouver. It advocates for rethinking school lunch periods to enhance eating habits and social skills.

Biotechnology advancements are enabling the use of microorganisms like fungi to produce healthy, eco-friendly food alternatives. Genetic engineering, particularly CRISPR-Cas9, is being used to enhance fungi to create new tastes and textures in food.

Gnet, built in Go, is a high-performance, memory-efficient server framework with event-driven architecture, aiming for Redis and Haproxy-level packet handling. It offers simple APIs, supports multiple protocols, and includes a rich library set for easy development of diverse networking applications.

Pornhub and related sites block Texas users due to a legal battle over an age-verification law. The law, upheld by an appeals court but criticized for privacy risks, requires age checks and has led to site access being disabled.

The article introduces hnsw-rust, a Rust-based implementation of the HNSW algorithm, enhancing ANN search in high-dimensional spaces. It details HNSW's layered graph structure for efficient global and local search, influenced by social network dynamics and probabilistic node connections.

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NIH researchers found that ADHD symptoms correlate with unusual brain interactions, particularly between the frontal cortex and deep brain structures. Analysis of over 10,000 images from youths with ADHD supports this link, offering insights for potential treatments.

Meticulate offers automated business research tools for finance professionals, providing fast and cost-effective competitive analysis and market mapping. The platform leverages LLMs for tasks traditionally done manually, improving efficiency and reducing errors.

Susan Rogers transitioned from an audio technician for Prince to an academic focusing on music cognition. Her work in both the music industry and neuroscience has been influential and interconnected.

Physicists have mapped the proton's interior, revealing intense pressures and force vortices, suggesting it's smaller than previously thought. This research opens new directions in understanding matter's fundamental structure, using photons to infer gravitational interactions.

The article discusses using the Human Mortality Database to estimate future mortality based on current data, noting limitations due to data availability and potential changes in future conditions. It also highlights that personal factors can influence individual life expectancy beyond cohort-based estimates.

Kviklet's proxy server experiment allows engineers to use tools like Datagrip for database access while retaining Kviklet features like audit logs, without sharing production passwords. It parses Postgres protocol messages to log complete SQL statements, enhancing security and oversight.

The article critiques the relevancy of the 'Lean Startup' method in 2024, noting skepticism among tech entrepreneurs and questioning whether the method's approach to Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) still applies in a changed tech landscape. The author argues that MVPs are misunderstood, advocating for their strategic use while acknowledging the increased complexity and risk in today's tech industry.

The article discusses the introduction of a new Emacs Lisp macro, cond*, by Richard Stallman to simplify pattern-matching, which is seen as a simpler alternative to the existing pcase macro. Despite some opposition and debate over its necessity, Emacs maintainers decided to include cond* for stylistic diversity, without replacing pcase.

Netflix adopted Generational ZGC in JDK 21 for its streaming services, citing concurrent garbage collection benefits and improved latencies without increased CPU usage. They also experienced operational simplicity with ZGC, as it required no explicit tuning and reduced memory pauses, enhancing overall efficiency.

Researchers at Georgia Tech observed cicadas in Peru, challenging two paradigms by showing these insects jet urine to efficiently excrete nutrients. Their findings offer new insights into fluid dynamics across various species, with implications for bio-inspired engineering and monitoring.

Chainguard has become a Docker Verified Publisher, offering secure and minimal images on Docker Hub. This partnership aims to enhance software supply chain security and reliability for developers.

Playwright allows automatic test generation as users interact with a browser, creating resilient locators for elements. It integrates with VS Code for direct test generation and supports advanced features like emulation and authenticated state preservation.

Sweden's loophole allows data brokers to bypass GDPR with a "media license," compromising privacy rights. noyb challenges this practice, highlighting risks like personal data misuse and public safety threats.

South by Southwest (SXSW) faces backlash for its ties to weapons suppliers and has made dubious legal claims against Austin for Palestine Coalition's protest imagery. The EFF defends the Coalition, citing First Amendment rights and the invalidity of SXSW's trademark and copyright complaints.

The author's curiosity about the inner workings of the Raspberry Pi 5 led to a detailed examination of its chips, resulting in high-resolution die shots shared online. They collaborated with experts to delve into the chip's features and structures, revealing intricate details of the BCM2712 and RP1 chips.

Two Polish female engineers discuss the difficulty of finding progressive men, reflecting a broader trend where young women lean liberal and men conservative. Data shows a growing political opinion gap between young men and women in rich countries.

The artist created a pop-art print of Cherry Mash candy using three colors and half-toning, printed on an inkjet in a nontraditional multi-pass method. They experimented with lighting and color separation, achieving mixed results and considering future process improvements.

Wire provides tools for creating effects in Resolume Arena & Avenue, with Arena offering advanced projection features. Avenue is designed for live performance, giving immediate access to media and effects.

Nicolas Bourbaki is a pseudonym for a group of mainly French mathematicians from ENS who, since 1934, have written a series of influential textbooks on modern pure mathematics. Their work, especially the Éléments de mathématique, introduced rigorous presentation and the concept of mathematical structures.

A UK judge ruled Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, rejecting his claims and highlighting his history of document forgery. The Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) lawsuit sought to stop Wright's assertions, with the trial revealing extensive lies and forgeries.

The author expresses frustration over Boeing's leadership prioritizing stock prices over plane safety and quality, leading to fatal design flaws and outsourcing issues. They propose linking executive compensation to safety metrics and overhauling the supply chain to prioritize quality and in-house production.

The article discusses a collection of over 800 movies featuring mathematics, with short descriptions, IMDB links, and video clips, aiming to present mathematical concepts in an entertaining way. It caters not just to mathematicians but to a general audience, highlighting the universal appeal of math in films.

The article emphasizes the company's focus on profitability and financial responsibility over industry norms of burning cash, advocating for a self-sustaining business model that allows for independence and flexibility. It highlights the benefits of being debt-free and profitable, such as decision-making freedom and stability for customers, contrasting this approach with companies reliant on ...

Frigade offers React UI components and APIs for user activation and feature adoption, boasting personalization and extensibility. It enhances UX with targeted onboarding, analytics, and a dashboard for updates without redeployment.

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Cancer rates among adults under 50 are rising globally, with early-onset cases predicted to increase by 30% between 2019 and 2030. Despite better screenings and treatments, the exact causes remain unclear, suggesting a combination of factors including obesity, genetics, and possibly prenatal exposures.

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Inicio developed Eywa, an algorithm to identify prime solar power plant locations using vast geographical data, and utilizes MapServer to visualize and share this data effectively. MapServer, an open-source, fast, and flexible mapping server supported by a large community, allows efficient data management and integration with GIS tools.

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NASA's Voyager 1 has been emitting a radio signal without usable data since November 2023, due to a possible fault in its flight data subsystem. Engineers received a new signal containing a full memory readout, which they hope to decode and use to address the issue.

The article criticizes the pressure to monetize hobbies due to capitalism, highlighting the expectation to create content for exposure and opportunities. It advocates for the simplicity of personal websites, emphasizing reachability over content.

Epic Games has accused Apple of flouting a court injunction by imposing a 27% fee on certain out-of-app purchases and introducing new restrictive policies. They argue that these actions undermine the intended relief of the injunction and maintain Apple's control over app sales.

The FCC denied SpaceX's proposal to deploy satellites in very low earth orbits, citing safety and operational concerns. SpaceX aims to reduce latency for its internet service, but must comply with regulations to avoid impacting NASA missions and the ISS.

Harvard ManageMentor® offers online leadership courses like Performance Appraisal to enhance careers. Participants earn shareable badges and access over 40 courses.

The article discusses the ease of faking password dialogs on macOS, comparing it to a myth from Ovid's Metamorphoses, suggesting the need for more secure authentication methods like biometrics. It concludes that while macOS password dialogs can be improved, biometrics offer a secure and convenient alternative.

Adobe's AI tool Firefly mirrors Google's Gemini in producing racially and ethnically inaccurate images, highlighting industry-wide tech challenges. Despite efforts to avoid stereotypes, these tools sometimes distort historical accuracy, sparking controversy and debate about AI's cultural influence.

Analysts caution that companies face challenges with Microsoft's planned discontinuation of classic Outlook for Windows by 2029, due to missing key functionalities in its new version. The transition away from COM add-ins towards web add-ins is suggested, amidst integration of newer technologies like Teams.

The "drinking bird" toy has inspired scientists to create a clean-energy generator using water evaporation, potentially powering watches and phones. This new engine converts the bird's motion into electricity and could offer a significant renewable energy source.

Researchers reveal an attack exploiting a side channel in AI assistants, deciphering encrypted responses with high accuracy. The method, excluding Google Gemini, poses risks for private user interactions.

Edward Arnold Chapman, an English criminal, became a British double agent named Agent Zigzag after offering his services to Nazi Germany during World War II. Despite his criminal past and multiple aliases, he managed to deceive German intelligence with fake sabotage and was awarded the Iron Cross.

The Los Angeles Dodgers renewed Andrew Toles' contract, ensuring he keeps his health insurance despite not playing since 2018 due to mental health issues. This act of kindness is notable in the competitive sports industry.

The article discusses the site's reliance on ads for support and introduces an ad-free premium option. It also details EFI updates in Linux 6.9, enhancing confidential computing and compliance with Microsoft's Secure Boot requirements.

Hyperscript is a simplified programming language inspired by HyperCard, designed to make browser scripting more English-like and concise. It's seen as a potential alternative to JavaScript, offering easier syntax for common front-end development tasks.

What happens if we make URLs immutable? A somewhat unusual idea that can substantially improve and simplify deployments.

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The author criticizes the overvaluation of positivity and tone policing in corporate environments, using their own experience of addressing cost-saving measures and the ensuing pushback as an example. They argue that such positivity is often a facade used by those in power to manipulate and that honest negativity can be a signal of integrity.

Mechanoid is an open-source framework for developing secure, extendable WebAssembly apps on embedded systems, featuring a CLI tool for creation and testing. It supports multiple languages, utilizes Go and TinyGo, and includes a host application and guest modules for microcontroller execution.

The article discusses a CC-BY-SA 4.0 remix of the Stack Exchange data dump, which is a minimal SQLite format database, compressed with brotli. It lists the file sizes of various Stack Exchange community databases.

LWN subscribers gain immediate access to content and extra features, while QUIC, a UDP-based protocol and foundation of HTTP/3, undergoes extensions to address shortcomings and enhance features like encryption and connection migration. Despite its benefits over TCP, QUIC's development and standardization are slow.

Nintendo's lawsuit against Yuzu emulator developers has left the emulation community cautious, with some abandoning their projects. Despite fears, some remain hopeful, adapting their software to avoid legal issues with Nintendo.

William Mark Schwartz created Dr. Enuf to address his employees' fatigue, later transitioning his chemical company to software development with Robert Schwartz in 1977. The company, known for its UNIX clone COHERENT, faced tough competition and closed in 1995, with its source code released under BSD license in 2015.

The search giant is rolling out restrictions on its AI, Gemini, to limit answers for election-related queries globally, amid concerns about misinformation. The move follows India's advisory for tech firms to get approval before launching new AI models.

A UK judge ruled Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto, dismissing his claims and citing Wright's use of forged documents as evidence. This decision affects other cases involving Wright, including potential perjury charges.

The London high court ruled that Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto, rejecting his claim to be the creator of bitcoin. The verdict came swiftly after a contentious trial, with Wright's evidence deemed overwhelmingly false.

The article critiques the simple "calories in, calories out" obesity theory, highlighting historical data showing higher past caloric intake without obesity, and discusses a study linking cereal-free diets to reduced dental caries, suggesting metabolic rates may have influenced historical obesity rates.

They suggest declining most invitations and attending only essential events, being memorable if attendance is unavoidable. They advocate for spending time meaningfully, being polite yet firm in refusals, and preferring engaging activities over obligatory socializing.

Bastion forts, developed in response to early modern gunpowder weaponry, featured polygonal designs with bastions to eliminate blind spots and were constructed using earth and brick for better resistance. Their evolution, marked by complex outer works and lower, thicker walls, represented a significant shift in military architecture from medieval fortifications.