An employee expresses frustration over working on pipeline automation for a deprecated tool, seeing it as pointless since the tool is no longer in use. Their efforts seem wasted as they make adjustments for a tool that should be obsolete.

FFmpeg 7.0 "Dijkstra" introduces a native VVC decoder, IAMF support, and a multi-threaded CLI, but removes deprecated APIs and requires a C11 compiler. The update includes new codecs, filters, and optimizations, with almost 2000 new commits.

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Matthew David Keirans pleaded guilty to charges related to living under another man's identity since 1988, which led to the real man's wrongful imprisonment. Keirans used the identity for employment and financial transactions, while the victim faced legal and mental health repercussions.

The author feels flattered yet alarmed when asked for advice, as they only have expertise in their writing topics, and shares insights on the universal experience of feeling stuck, likening it to being in a bog with no clear way out. They discuss the psychological traps that keep people stuck, such as fear of action and settling for mediocrity, and the importance of recognizing and naming ...

The author created a UEFI-compatible graphical IRC client using Rust, leveraging their own GUI toolkit and TrueType renderer, and developed a network backend for QEMU. They encountered challenges with UEFI's TCP protocol and callback system in Rust.

James Henry Clark overcame a challenging childhood and rebellious youth to become a pioneering computer scientist, inventing the GPU with his team at Stanford and founding Silicon Graphics Inc. SGI's powerful workstations, like the IRIS series, became industry benchmarks, leading to Clark's eventual step back from daily management.

OpenBSD 7.5 introduces kernel improvements, enhanced ACPI support, and new userland features like malloc backtraces, while removing ioctl whitelist for bio(4). It also offers improved hardware support, security enhancements like pinsyscalls(2), and networking updates including IPv6 tables for concurrent UDP access.

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The Guardian exposed the identity of Israel’s Unit 8200 commander, Yossi Sariel, through a digital trail linked to his book on AI in warfare. Sariel's tenure has been controversial, with criticism over intelligence failures and his push for AI-powered military technology.

Kyoo is introduced as an innovative, open-source media browser offering advanced features and easy setup for streaming movies, TV shows, and anime. It emphasizes simplicity, automatic media handling, and transcoding without the need for manual file management.

Fortran, one of the oldest programming languages, first appeared in 1957 and is still used for scientific computing. The blog discusses compiling Fortran for WebAssembly, highlighting the challenges and recent advancements in tools like LLVM Flang.

C++ Insights reveals hidden compiler actions and transforms C++ code to show special member functions and casts. It aims to make compiler processes visible and understandable, supporting ongoing C++ standards.

Google Books has been found to index low-quality, AI-generated books that could potentially affect the Google Ngram viewer, a tool used by researchers to track language usage over time. While some of these books discuss AI-related topics and appear to be human-authored, the majority seem to be AI-generated, covering various subjects and often outdated or inaccurate, raising concerns about the ...

Apple has updated its App Store guidelines to comply with the European Commission's anti-steering mandate, allowing music streaming apps like Spotify to provide links to alternative music purchasing options in the European Economic Area. In addition, Apple has also expanded its permitted software under guideline 4.7 to include games from retro game console emulator apps, a change that applies globally.

Cloudflare's acquisition of PartyKit integrates stateful serverless functions for real-time, collaborative applications, redefining serverless computing. This allows developers to create scalable, interactive experiences previously limited to large companies.

Money is exchanged for goods, services, or future money in financial markets, where retail and wholesale players operate. Financial exchanges involve raising capital through equity and debt, with leverage affecting investor returns.

Tech giants like Google and Amazon wield excessive power, influencing society and economy with concerns over privacy and monopolies. There's a debate on regulating Big Tech, amidst their lobbying to shape global digital trade rules to their advantage.

The article discusses the risks of AI's ability to simplify access to knowledge, which may lead to a 'knowledge collapse' that affects innovation and cultural richness. It presents a model showing how AI reliance can distort public beliefs and suggests further research to mitigate these issues.

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In a groundbreaking clinical trial at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, all rectal cancer patients treated with the immunotherapy drug dostarlimab saw their tumors disappear. The trial suggests a potential shift in cancer treatment, eliminating the need for chemotherapy or surgery.

Ayoung An, a violin maker, trained in Cremona, Italy, runs a workshop where she crafts instruments that must dry for years. An's journey from a curious child in South Korea to an award-winning artisan is highlighted.

Vanderbilt University's cost of attendance nears $100,000, an anomaly with only 35% paying full price. College Board reports average costs significantly lower, with many students receiving grant aid.

PostgreSQL's READ COMMITTED isolation can miss rows in certain operations due to EvalPlanQual rechecks, leading to potential application-level retries. CockroachDB avoids this with a new technique that ensures no missed rows and removes the need for such retries.

The article discusses the current efforts to streamline the machine learning ecosystem in Clojure, focusing on making tools more accessible and consolidating libraries. It also highlights the community's move away from GPL-licensed libraries towards solutions like Tribuo and the development of a unified data science toolkit.

The blog's traffic increased by 33.7% in unique visitors and 30.3% in page views after the author ceased social media distribution, but a viral Google link spiked March visits. Despite low expectations from social media, the author questions its impact and considers focusing on direct traffic and decentralized platforms.

All of the data in this page is derived from these tests, so is true by some definition of true. Notable is this test - given an arbitrary SQL statement, it determines via runtime inspection which locks are taken.

Planet Tracker's report expresses skepticism about deep sea mining as a low carbon alternative due to wide variance in climate impact studies. It emphasizes the potential harm to ocean carbon stocks and the need for a mining moratorium to support terrestrial mining decarbonization.

Frank Warren, who felt something was missing in his life, launched PostSecret, a project collecting anonymous secrets on postcards. By 2024, he had received over a million secrets, curating them into a form of public art on his ad-free website.

Proton criticizes the new Outlook for Windows as a data-harvesting tool, sharing user information with numerous third parties. They highlight the app's confusing user agreements and privacy policies, which may lead to unauthorized data sharing and targeted advertising.

Christian Weisgerber explains that the xz backdoor only affects Linux x86-64 platforms and is designed to abort on others. The backdoor is hidden in build stages and commits, exploiting test files and macros to inject malicious code into liblzma.

The article discusses a bug in GNU Emacs 30.0.50 related to the poetic output of the 'describe-key' command when used with a lambda function. A patch is proposed and discussed to include the lambda type in the 'describe-key' output, with subsequent modifications to address the issue.

Astronomers conducting a significant survey of the universe's history have suggested a potential flaw in the understanding of dark energy, the force accelerating the cosmos's expansion, which was previously assumed to be constant. The new data implies that dark energy might be changeable, possibly growing stronger or weaker over time, which could alter the predicted fate of the universe, ...

Congress is clashing over a bill to restrict data brokers and protect Americans' data, with privacy amendments being a key sticking point. Law enforcement opposes these changes, fearing they would hinder their work.

The tech giant is cutting 600 jobs from its abandoned self-driving car project, reports say.

The article contrasts the rich scientific heritage of the Islamic Golden Age with the contemporary Muslim world's limited engagement in science, suggesting political motives often underlie praise for past achievements. It also highlights the stark disparity between the historical contributions to science from the Muslim world and its current minimal output.

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The article discusses the productivity paradox, where IT investments don't always lead to expected productivity gains, supported by evidence from the 1960s to early 1990s. It explores the evolution of IT investment, from initial high expectations to strategic use and management information systems, with productivity paradox explanations emerging over time.

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The article discusses the period between 1983 and 1991 when Star Wars faded from mainstream media, leading to a "Dark Period" due to George Lucas's reluctance to continue the franchise. However, a revival began with the launch of the Star Wars Roleplaying Game and a series of novels, like Timothy Zahn's "Heir to the Empire," which reinvigorated the fan base and expanded the universe.

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Prostate cancer diagnoses are set to double by 2040 with deaths increasing by 85%, driven by aging populations and higher life expectancies. The study urges action on early detection and education to manage the inevitable surge in cases.

Roku is patenting technology to show ads on its TVs during inactivity, even when third-party devices are in use, aiming to monetize pauses in gaming or streaming. Web-based VR is now available on Apple's Vision Pro, offering cross-device content creation for immersive experiences.

The security team of RubyGems.org has conducted an internal audit in response to the recent revelation of the xz/liblzma backdoor, confirming that neither the website nor any of the published gems are vulnerable to this issue. The audit also verified that the RubyGems.org app containers, based on Alpine 3.18 stable, do not contain vulnerable versions of liblzma or xz, ensuring the security of ...

Sabine Hossenfelder shared her career struggles in academia and the flawed research funding system in a new YouTube video, ultimately leaving academia for a YouTube career. She criticized the "bullshit" in academic research and her inability to self-deceive, contrasting her honesty with others' success in the system.

The updated SDXL 1.0 model for AI-generated images exhibits visible green and violet artifacts, igniting discussions on mandatory identification of AI content. Despite similar encoder weights, the 1.0 VAE's decoder changes lower image quality, but make AI-generated images easier to detect.

Amazon's plastic packaging waste in the US increased by 9.8% in 2022, while globally they cut plastic use by 11.6%. Amidst this, pressure mounts for a treaty to tackle plastic pollution, with Amazon challenging the accuracy of these claims.

ProtonMail criticizes Microsoft's new Outlook for Windows app for sharing user data with numerous third parties for advertising, highlighting a broader issue with data privacy and the trend towards open-source solutions. Users express frustration with invasive data practices and a preference for privacy-focused alternatives like ProtonMail, while discussing the ethical implications for Big Tech.

The article criticizes C++20's implementation of coroutines as not adhering to the zero-overhead principle, citing high costs due to memory allocation. It also explains coroutines' usefulness for concurrency and state management, but highlights issues with their composition and control over inlining.

Jordan Mechner used Hitler's watercolor paintings, traded for visas, as a motif in his graphic memoir, "Replay," which honors his family's history and his own legacy as a revolutionary game designer. His work, including "Prince of Persia," influenced modern cinematic games, and he's now focused on preserving this history.

Plex, a media service with over 25 million users, combats piracy by blocking servers and removing a GitHub repository that could enable copyright infringement. Despite the "Plex Reshare" not hosting pirated content, Plex took action to prevent potential abuse.

The article discusses Priscus of Panium's journey to the Huns and his personal narrative of his diplomatic mission to Attila's court in 448 C.E., which is known only through excerpts in other works. It also details his experiences and observations during the travel and interactions with the Huns.

The article presents an 18-video series that guides the creation of an optimization application for the Rebrickable community, a platform that identifies multiple LEGO sets that can be built from a user's part inventory. The series covers the entire development process, from initial planning, data analysis, and optimization modeling to implementing a user-friendly interface, transitioning ...

The article discusses Facebook users receiving notifications for violating cybersecurity standards after sharing links from the Kansas Reflector. Editor-in-Chief Sherman Smith consults a media lawyer as the incident raises concerns over Facebook's control over content dissemination.

The article explores the complexity of determining the "fastest" language, considering various metrics like syllable speed and information density. Linguists find that despite differences, languages tend to convey information at a similar rate.

The article discusses the criticism of Go's error handling, with many finding it verbose compared to languages like Python or JavaScript, while others miss features like Rust's Result type. The author defends Go's approach, arguing it makes potential issues clear and is suitable for most programs.

The author, a decade-long git user, finds its complexity and unexpected command behavior frustrating, feeling it's overkill for typical workflows. They explore alternatives like SVN and Sapling, seeking simplicity, server-side work, and better integration with modern development practices.

The study finds that older couples with similar drinking habits tend to live longer, especially when both drink moderately, compared to couples with differing drinking patterns or heavy drinking behaviors. Wives' survival rates particularly benefit from matched drinking levels with their spouses.

The Shenzhen government launched an action plan to bolster HarmonyOS development, aiming for significant local contributions to national app and developer totals by 2024. They also reported substantial current participation in the open-source ecosystem, with numerous partners and commercial devices.

The author is resistant to installing Microsoft Authenticator on their personal device, citing privacy concerns, and prefers using standard TOTP methods that don't require intrusive apps. They argue that if an employer requires specific apps or device management, they should provide the necessary equipment.

A novel chipless biosensor system combines an implanted magnetic sensor with a wearable device to monitor health markers, transmitting data to a smartphone. The implant is simple and batteryless, while the wearable reader is cost-effective and relays magnetic signals efficiently.

The article critiques the practical application of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), highlighting that while it offers benefits, it also comes with maintenance challenges, risks, and a need for constant updates to avoid obsolescence. It suggests that IaC isn't a one-size-fits-all solution and flexibility in approach is necessary, as rigid adherence can lead to inefficiencies and issues in ...

Schleswig-Holstein confirms plans to switch thousands of systems from Windows to Linux, following a successful pilot of LibreOffice. The move aims for digital sovereignty, cost savings, and IT security, despite mixed global precedents for such transitions.

A global survey reveals 41% of executives anticipate fewer employees due to AI, with re-skilling and redeployment as key strategies. Despite job loss concerns, AI is also seen as a potential job growth driver in certain sectors.

The article emphasizes the longevity of files over apps, advocating for data ownership and universally readable formats. It draws parallels between ancient artifacts and digital files, stressing the importance of creating durable, accessible digital content.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition "Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance" explores the tradition of multisided portraiture, revealing that many Renaissance portraits had covered or dual-faced formats. The show reunites rare examples and highlights the interactive and complex thematic nature of these artworks.

Christian Weisgerber explains that the xz backdoor only affects Linux x86-64 platforms and is designed to abort on others. The backdoor is hidden in build stages and commits, exploiting test files and macros to inject malicious code into liblzma.

The Affordable Connectivity Program, crucial for low-income households' internet access, risks depletion by month's end. The program's fate hinges on urgent Congressional action to sustain its subsidies and the broader need for updated funding mechanisms.

A prompt engineering competition showcased various techniques to guide LLMs, with a focus on specificity and building upon existing work. Winning strategies included role-play, financial incentives, and direct instructions to avoid errors.

The article discusses the confusion over whether a higher number on a freezer's dial indicates a colder temperature. It highlights varied opinions and the lack of clear design, with some thinking higher numbers mean colder, while others follow the arrow's direction.

The article discusses a critical government report on Microsoft's security failures and its impact on cloud competition, while Cohere launches a new enterprise-focused AI model, Command R+.

Roku is exploring a patent for inserting ads on Roku TVs via HDMI when third-party devices are paused. The system aims to serve relevant ads without disrupting viewing or gaming experiences.

The article introduces Qwen1.5-32B and its chat variant as efficient alternatives to larger models, boasting competitive performance with a reduced memory footprint and faster speeds. It highlights the 32B model's strong performance in tasks and languages, despite being slightly behind the 72B model.

Nonfarm payrolls exceeded expectations with a 303,000 increase and unemployment dipped to 3.8%, while wage growth aligned with forecasts. Health care and government sectors led job gains, with part-time employment rising notably.

The crumbling communist-built apartment blocks of Central and Eastern Europe are in a race to adapt for the climate change era.

The article discusses how different types of childhood adversities, such as neglect and abuse, create unique traumatic responses in children, which can be identified as "traumatic signatures." Understanding these signatures can help tailor recovery and resilience strategies specific to each child's experiences.

Americans spent over $100bn on lotteries in 2023, with the poorest spending a higher income share despite low odds of winning. Powerball's $1bn jackpot went unclaimed, reflecting the high lottery engagement.

The article explores bourbon whiskey, an American spirit made primarily from corn and aged in charred oak barrels, detailing its unique production process, legal definitions, and historical background. It also clarifies misconceptions about bourbon's origins and explains the terms "Straight Bourbon" and "Sour Mash."

The jury found Terraform Labs and Do Kwon guilty of fraud, after Terra's collapse caused a $40 billion loss. Kwon is detained in Montenegro, evading criminal cases in the US and South Korea.

The article by Mia Sato points out the inability of Meta's AI-powered image generator to accurately depict racially diverse images, specifically involving Asian and Caucasian individuals. The author highlights the AI's frequent default to stereotypes and its tendency to homogenize Asian appearances, suggesting that the tool's limitations reflect broader societal biases.

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In 2015, Germany transformed the small village of Sumte into a refugee sanctuary for 800 people, challenging its limited infrastructure. The decision sparked concerns among the locals, who felt disconnected from the distant political hierarchy managing their affairs.

Facebook was caught spying on Snapchat users through app privileges and shared user messages with Netflix, demonstrating Meta's ongoing disregard for user privacy and data security. Despite public outcry and legal challenges, Big Tech's practices continue, with Facebook's history of privacy violations dating back to its inception.

The article discusses two approaches for implementing WiFi in schools: a standalone setup for each school with a login page, and a citywide network allowing logins at any school. It seeks technical requirements, equipment suggestions, cost estimates, and potential service providers.

The article wishes for PostgreSQL to incorporate features like versioned schemas for easier rollbacks and process enforcement, and a more intuitive schema migration system that aligns with developers' desired states. It also suggests PostgreSQL could benefit from git-like branching for databases, soft-delete patterns, a generic label system, and tighter integration with version control systems.

The article discusses a cyber-security threat where malicious code was found in open-source software essential to the internet's infrastructure, highlighting the reliance on volunteer maintainers. Despite the potential disaster, the issue was detected by a vigilant engineer, underscoring the precariousness of internet security and the critical role of open-source software scrutiny.

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The author, a decade-long git user, finds its complexity and unexpected command behavior frustrating, feeling it's overkill for typical workflows. They explore alternatives like SVN and Sapling, seeking simplicity, server-side work, and better integration with modern development practices.

The article discusses the declining quality of software despite advancements, attributing it to the complexity of modern software and the challenges in maintaining functionality, reliability, usability, and security. It also critiques the software industry's culture, the distraction of developers, and the influence of thought leaders who haven't necessarily contributed tangible solutions.

Seattle Public Schools is phasing out specialized schools to address racial disparities, with plans to replace them with a model that individualizes instruction within regular classrooms. Critics argue this approach may neglect the needs of advanced students and widen the educational gap.

Windscribe's April Fools' joke about ending jokes sparked outrage and refund requests from those not in on the prank. Despite backlash, the company stands by its humorous culture and effective VPN services.