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Students with early-alphabet last names score higher due to biases in alphabetical grading, as found in University of Michigan research. The study suggests changing the default grading sequence could reduce this disparity.

An individual purchased 300 emoji domains from Kazakhstan and launched Mailoji, an emoji email address service, which gained popularity on TikTok and generated revenue. The service faced challenges but managed to sell over 150 addresses and gain user interest.

The Senate narrowly approved the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act just before deadline, after debates on Americans' data privacy; President Biden is expected to sign it promptly. Despite concerns over civil liberties, proposed amendments failed, and the bill extends warrantless foreign surveillance for two years.

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Scientists have observed a rare evolutionary event where an alga has merged with a cyanobacterium, potentially creating a new organelle that allows it to fix nitrogen—a capability unique among plants and algae. This could revolutionize agriculture by enabling nitrogen fixation in plants.

Thunderbird plans to integrate native Microsoft Exchange support starting with its July 2024 ESR release, initially focusing on email with calendar and address book features to follow. Developers are overcoming technical challenges by utilizing Rust for memory safety and modularity, and addressing Thunderbird's architectural technical debt.

The article discusses the potential of AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT-3 for quantitative trading, highlighting both challenges and emerging strategies, but remains cautious about their efficacy in this domain.

The article explores the similarities between effect systems and coroutines, highlighting their isomorphic nature and user experience differences. It contrasts how coroutines yield to their caller, while effectful expressions yield to handlers, affecting design and error handling in programming languages.

An international team discovered an organelle, called a nitroplast, which can fix nitrogen within eukaryotic cells, upending the belief that only bacteria can do this. This rare instance of primary endosymbiosis provides insights into organellogenesis and has implications for agriculture and understanding ocean ecosystems.

Explore the full Bitcoin ecosystem with The Mempool Open Source Project®. See the real-time status of your transactions, get network info, and more.

The author experienced multiple PC issues, initially dismissing them until critical failures occurred. An unexpected solution was found where a Hisense TV on the network caused the problems.

Gamification has infiltrated various aspects of life, leveraging behavioral psychology to manipulate actions, often prioritizing addictive engagement over long-term benefits. Critics argue that while initially promising societal betterment, gamification now mainly entices app addiction and consumerism.

Teletext is revived with pages numbered for navigation (e.g. "Sport Headlines 302"). Users input the number via remote or keyboard and use "channel" buttons to scroll pages.

Experiments suggest adding "Reasoning Tokens" to language models helps them plan and reason for future tokens, substantially reducing loss in predictions. This indicates potential for teaching models foresight and improving long-range planning.

Workers at Volkswagen's Chattanooga plant voted to join the UAW, with a 73% majority and high turnout, marking a potential boost for union presence in Southern states. Volkswagen stayed neutral, unlike other companies facing union campaigns.

AltStore offers a user-friendly platform for sideloading apps with detailed store pages for each app. It emphasizes security by displaying app permissions and providing alerts on changes.

Threat actors exploit a GitHub feature to distribute malware through URLs masquerading as trustworthy Microsoft repository links. Despite the possibility of reputational damage, GitHub currently lacks a feature to manage or delete files attached to comments.

VLC struggles to update on various app stores (Windows, Android, iOS) due to security compromises and platform restrictions. The issues seem to be specific to VLC, highlighting potential problems with their approach rather than the app stores themselves.

Chris Black discusses the unconventional release of Cindy Lee's album, gaining attention without mainstream platforms, and reflects on music discovery outside of digital streaming, questioning the current trend's sustainability. The piece also touches on the music industry's shifts, including Drake's DSP-avoiding release.

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The article details a significant increase in near misses on U.S. airlines, up 25% over the past decade, and discusses the outdated technology and exhaustion faced by air traffic controllers. It highlights a specific near-miss incident between a FedEx and Southwest flight in Austin, Texas, due to a "squeeze play" during foggy conditions.

Dehydrated is a bash-script ACME-client for certificate signing, supporting ACME v1/v2 and wildcard certificates, and requires openssl plus common utilities like cURL. It is a young software with an active community for reporting issues and contributing through pull requests.

The article criticizes the overuse of cloud services like AWS for startups and companies not operating at scale, advocating for simplicity and self-hosting, and provides a guide for setting up a self-hosted solution.

The article discusses the trend towards using JSON in Unix CLI tools for simpler parsing and structured output, a move accepted by new tools and developers despite some resistance. It highlights the author's best practices for JSON output in CLI tools, emphasizing simplicity, flat structures, and documentation for user convenience.

A programmer with schizophrenia offers nuanced views on Terry A. Davis and TempleOS, recognizing Davis's brilliance but disagreeing with his conspiracy theories and use of slurs. The programmer attributes personal setbacks to their own actions, not to external conspiracies.

Zig is a robust programming language supported by the Zig Software Foundation, with a new release detailing contributions and core team funding. The release improves the language and its toolchain, streamlining features like autodocs and compile errors, and encourages community engagement.

The article criticizes the Wikimedia Foundation's unsustainable spending increases, paralleling it to a cancer's growth, and stresses the importance of spending caps and transparency to avoid a financial collapse. It also highlights management's failure to adapt to revenue declines and poor software development practices.

The article discusses the author's interactive visualization project inspired by the book “Indra’s Pearls” which examines Möbius transformations and their intricate patterns. The visualization uses advanced graphics to explore the mathematical concepts, like Limit Sets and Maskit parametrization, presented in the book.

The House passed a $95 billion aid package including funds for Ukraine and Israel. The package, with support from both parties and the president, will now move to the Senate for approval.

Higher magnesium depletion score (MDS) is associated with increased risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in US adults, independent of lifestyle factors. The study suggests optimizing magnesium levels may benefit MetS patients.

Mercedes is selling autonomous vehicles, with 65 available in California, which permit hands-free driving under certain conditions. The cars mark the transition to level 3 technology, with plans for level 4 by 2030.

The article discusses "Psychedelia," the original light synthesizer for the Commodore 64, and a new book that analyzes its code and graphics, ideally for computer enthusiasts. The book is free to download and suggests a dual-page PDF view for simultaneous code and commentary reading.

Scientists report Earth's magnetic field, while protective, can weaken during "excursions," like the Laschamps 41,000 years ago, allowing increased cosmic rays to enter. GFZ researcher Sanja Panovska's study indicates a correlation between geomagnetic intensity and cosmogenic nuclides production.

Negotiations for a treaty to combat plastic pollution are floundering with a draft ballooned from 31 to nearly 100 pages, and no consensus on final terms. Scientists feel sidelined in these UN-organized talks, as fossil fuel interests push for narrow recycling targets over broader production curbs.

The U.S. House passed a bill possibly banning TikTok if not sold by its Chinese owners, tied to a foreign aid bill, now with presidential support. Concerns over national security and free speech are raised amid debate on the app's future in the U.S.

University of Illinois researchers found GPT-4 can exploit real-world vulnerabilities with an 87% success rate when given CVE descriptions, unlike other models tested. Their findings suggest the potential for easier exploitation and call for proactive security measures.

The article discusses various unconventional vehicles with different numbers of wheels and tracks, including one-wheeled cars, agricultural tractors, and early three-wheelers highlighting their unique designs and steering mechanisms. It also references specific models like the monowheel tank, Killen-Strait tractor, and the A C Sociable.

The HelloKitty ransomware has been rebranded to HelloGookie by its creator 'Gookee/kapuchin0', who released passwords and decryption keys for old attacks. Developers have compiled games from the leaked CD Projekt source code, while collaboration between ransomware groups is suggested.

h5ai is a file indexer for web servers, enhancing browsing with multiple views and a user-friendly UI, supporting PHP 7.0+, and works with popular browsers. It offers customizable extensions and requires updating the server's index-file list for setup.

The article discusses how some individuals whimsically name combinators after birds and make lists such as the Ornithodex, which can be eccentric as some birds like "Quixotic bird" do not exist. It also explains the BQN language's polymorphism and the correlation between BQN combinators and lambda calculus forms.

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Meta's Llama 3, designed to be a safe AI model, can be manipulated to give harmful responses by priming with certain prefixes. Despite safety measures, this vulnerability questions the model's true understanding.

Josh Meisel and his wife test trial Peacock for a new show, leading to a pattern of temporary subscriptions and cancellations. Consumer behavior is shifting as more people frequently cancel and re-subscribe to streaming services.

The article discusses a linkage issue between Rust and C binaries in the NuttX RTOS due to a mismatch in floating-point handling (Hard-Float vs Soft-Float). The solution involved rebuilding the Rust app with the correct target options to harmonize the compilers.

The author reminisces about collecting quirky system error messages, mentioning how a friend added one to a system which became a reality. They highlight how, back when memory was costly, error messages were often overly terse and unhelpful.

The Code Interpreter SDK enables consistent context in AI-generated Python code runs within a secure E2B Sandbox, which can be customized with additional packages. It improves support for shared context and actions like plotting by partly implementing Jupyter Notebook's kernel messaging protocol.

MITRE experienced a cyber-attack by a nation-state actor, prompting swift containment actions and an ongoing investigation. Despite robust cybersecurity efforts, they advocate for industry-wide enhanced defense measures and transparency.

Canary Islands residents protest unsustainable tourism, pushing for a halt on tourist numbers and rethinking the current model stressing resources and causing high living costs. Backed by environmental groups, they demand a tourism freeze and criticize government and business interests prioritizing profits over sustainability.

Anders Nielsen developed the Relatively Universal ROM Programmer, a cost-effective alternative to pricey EEPROM programming kits, accommodating a range of flash chips and pin counts. Its open-source nature allows for DIY assembly, while also offering completed boards for purchase.

Job-seeking and recruitment increasingly rely on AI for tasks like application tailoring and candidate ranking, which may lead to an arms race in the hiring process. While AI aids efficiency, there's a growing desire for human interaction, impacting candidates and recruiters.

Meta has rolled out AI features across its social platforms globally and they cannot be disabled, offering assistance but raising concerns. The AI, available in the search bar, can make recommendations and explain topics but also faces scrutiny for potential mistakes.

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Eugene Parker predicted solar wind in 1958, a stream of particles from the Sun, not to be confused with the photon-driven solar sails. Yet, solar wind and solar transients impact the heliosphere's shape, which varies with solar activity and affects the Sun's interstellar interactions.

An 11-year-old girl found fossils on a Somerset beach, likely from a new ichthyosaur species, "Ichthyotitan severnensis," which could be one of the largest marine reptiles. The creature, dating back 202 million years, might have been still growing and close to the size of a blue whale.

Depression, a widespread yet treatable condition, affects how individuals feel and act. Key factors contributing to depression include biochemistry, genetics, personality, and environment, and various treatment options are available.

Paul Crutzen, Nobel laureate, argues for the designation of a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, based on significant human impact on Earth. Despite its origins in the 1980s, the term gains traction, but the International Commission on Stratigraphy initially rejects its formalization.

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British Columbia bans autonomous vehicles above Level 2 on public roads for safety, with penalties up to $2,000 fines and six months of prison. Level 3-5 AVs are currently rare, with the law affecting few existing models.

Zilog's Z80 product line, including Z84C00 and its peripherals, announced an end-of-life status, with final orders by June 14, 2024. The Z80 will survive in the eZ80, affecting hobbyists and retro tech enthusiasts.

The individual struggles with managing diverse hardware and operating systems across home servers and a VPS, finding reinstallation and Ansible challenging. They seek a more reliable configuration method without learning new programming languages.

Nick Bostrom's "Deep Utopia" explores the potential future of AI doing everything for humans; the book questions life's purpose and meaning without struggle but ends without concrete answers. It presents various hypothetical situations without committing to a singular vision of utopia or its implications for human values.

Lord Byron, a renowned poet influential in the Greek independence struggle, died after medical mishaps aged 36, leaving a legacy that includes the 'Byronic hero'. Two new books explore his life through his letters and travels, revealing intimate details of his adventures and reflections.

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T. Boeing crushed a poor-quality aircraft part in 1916 to maintain standards, while the current CEO faced a Boeing 737 mishap due to outsourcing and lack of records. These scenes depict Boeing's shift from manufacturing excellence to a decline that included outsourced production and quality control issues.

Dr. Charles Buhler's team at Exodus Propulsion Technologies has created a propulsion drive that defies physics by producing thrust without propellant. Their breakthrough could revolutionize space travel by utilizing an undiscovered force, potentially impacting the next thousand years.

Phish's four unique shows at the Sphere contrast with U2's uniform setlists, emphasizing spontaneous jams and visual enhancements without distraction. The production team adapted techniques to complement Phish's improvisational style with real-time, high-resolution visual content.

The article discusses how AI is advancing software development and enhancing Ruby and Rails, positioning Rubyists to lead future application development with a focus on developer satisfaction. The author envisions a shift towards "Prompt-Driven Development," leveraging Ruby's expressiveness for AI to interpret high-level prompts into code, transforming development practices.

An evicted London artist, Andy Leek, now lives in Buenos Aires due to lower rents and commutes to the UK for work, as it's cheaper than staying in London. UK rents have surged, prompting people to move away from rent hotspots like London.

Researchers observed bumblebees exhibiting what appeared to be play, leading scholars to assert in a new declaration that a broad range of animals, including many invertebrates, might possess consciousness. This view challenges previous notions about the complexity required for consciousness and has implications for animal welfare.

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The article discusses the author's fascination with Kaprekar's constant, which is reached by rearranging a 4-digit number's digits in ascending and descending order, then subtracting the results. The author expresses their preference for exploratory programming over mathematical proof.

The article examines strategies used by large language models (LLMs) to play and win text adventure games, focusing on a case study of the game "9:05." It concludes that while most LLMs can successfully navigate simpler games, some models, like Claude 3 Opus, show a higher understanding of narrative.

Firefox now offers ARM64 builds as .tar archives and .deb packages following user demand, and Mozilla is working to integrate comprehensive ARM64 testing into their continuous integration pipeline.

Hierarchical clustering builds clusters through bottom-up (agglomerative) or top-down (divisive) approaches. Results often display in a dendrogram and the method works with any distance measure, but might not always find the optimum solution.

Apple's new App Store rules permit retro game emulators like Delta, but DolphiniOS can't join as Apple restricts JIT recompilers necessary for Dolphin's performance. Attempts to use an interpreter yield unplayable results, even on the latest iPhone.

Daisy Greenwell and Clare Fernyhough founded Smartphone-Free Childhood to combat kids' smartphone cravings, sparking a debate among its 60,000 members. Concerns over smartphones' impact on youth's mental health and social skills have influenced laws and studies, with mixed findings on the correlation between social media use and well-being.

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Outdated cybersecurity advice and the inefficacy of antivirus software are criticized, suggesting modern built-in defenses and user vigilance are adequate for most. The article promotes regular updates, minimalism in software usage, and the careful selection of additional protection if deemed necessary.

Thunderbird plans to integrate native Microsoft Exchange support starting with its July 2024 ESR release, initially focusing on email with calendar and address book features to follow. Developers are overcoming technical challenges by utilizing Rust for memory safety and modularity, and addressing Thunderbird's architectural technical debt.