SQL database engines use prepared statements to execute input SQL text, represented either as bytecode or a tree-of-objects with different trade-offs. SQLite uses bytecode for efficiency and transparency, whereas MySQL/PostgreSQL use tree-of-objects, allowing for dynamic optimization.

The DEA moves to reclassify marijuana to a less dangerous category, acknowledging its medical uses and reducing its abuse potential. The shift, pending review, could ease regulations and reflects changing views on drug policy.

The author desires a language that blends the simplicity of Go with Rust's expressiveness but without its complexity. Borgo, a new language transpiling to Go, offers full compatibility with Go's libraries and enhanced type safety features.

Pyinfra enables efficient infrastructure automation with Python, scaling from single servers to thousands and supports tasks like command execution and configuration management. It combines inventory, operations, and Python coding to facilitate versatile deployments.

Extension.js facilitates cross-browser extension development with support for TypeScript and React, allowing developers to start projects using Chrome Extension Samples. It also offers compatibility with multiple browsers like Edge, and enables existing extensions to integrate with its build system.

As of March, the EU's Digital Markets Act enforced new rules on Apple, allowing alternate app stores and sideloading on iPhones; now, the iPad will also follow suit. Despite their differences, both iOS and iPadOS will need to comply with these EU regulations within six months.

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The article discusses the limitations of Unix shell for modern data formats and introduces ffs, a tool that mounts semi-structured data as a filesystem for easier manipulation. It specifies installation requirements and usage commands, noting tools like jq and gron for JSON handling.

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Tesla dismisses senior executives and the Supercharging team amidst broader industry layoffs, stirring speculations of strategic shifts and employee morale concerns. Notably, pivotal contributors to Tesla's charging infrastructure and policy development are among those released.

TypeSpec is a new API definition language offering a platform for rapid development and encouraging code reuse across various teams. It supports multiple protocols, enhances API quality, and provides superior development experience with its concise syntax and robust tooling.

The author, having extensive global investment experience, contrasts Europe's tech ecosystem with others, debunking myths about European risk aversion, and highlights the need to reduce legal and bureaucratic friction to enable growth. They propose standardizing business practices across Europe as a practical step to foster entrepreneurship and competition.

Neural networks operate in various applications like language processing and robotics. This primer offers an easy-to-grasp introduction to differentiable programming, with a focus on core design techniques and bridging the gap between theory and practical code.

Gradient's model extends LLama-3 8B to over 1040K context, training with less than 0.01% of its original data. Using 256k context requires 64GB RAM, while 1M+ context needs hundreds of GBs.

CodeBrew is launched as a Java IDE for iPads & iPhones, offering on-the-go coding with Java 17 JDK and features like intelligent code completions. It simplifies game development and provides example projects for users of varying expertise.

Arti is a project to implement the Tor anonymity protocols in the Rust programming language. Currently, Arti provides a working Tor client. There is initial support for connecting to onion services, but more work is needed for equivalent security to the C tor implementation. Until Arti is more mature, we recommend it for experimental use only.

The paper introduces Level of Gaussians (LoG) to efficiently render large-scale 3D scenes in real-time, adapting detail levels to viewer distance. LoG improves upon 3DGS by using a tree structure for scalable, high-quality rendering.

Passkey authentication offers a phishing-resistant and user-friendly authentication method, but implementing it comes with challenges. The article outlines 15 common misconceptions related to passkey implementation, covering topics such as API calls, user management, and cross-device compatibility. The author emphasizes the need for "passkey intelligence" to ensure a seamless login experience ...

Shania Arms, a 23-year-old with cystic fibrosis, shares her ICU life on TikTok, depicting her dependence on an ECMO machine as she awaits a lung transplant. The article explores ECMO's life-saving yet ethically complex role in modern medicine, highlighting its historical evolution and current challenges.

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The author expresses frustration with autoconf and attempts to build their tool on BSD, facing issues with a protobuf library version and system-specific quirks, leading them to contemplate ditching protobuf and implementing hacks to resolve the problems.

A general theory of communication is developed that extends previous work by considering the effect of noise and the statistical structure of the original message. The entropy of a source measures the rate of generating information and determines the channel capacity required for efficient coding. The redundancy of a language is related to the existence of crossword puzzles.

The primary blood type in Scandinavia is A with 40-45%, majority RhD positive; O follows at 40%, then B at 10% and AB at 5%. Only O type red blood cells are universally accepted for transfusions.

Pydantic Logfire, a new observability platform, offers intuitive monitoring and easy integration for Python applications, extending OpenTelemetry's capabilities. It simplifies data collection and application insight across languages without needing a dedicated team.

Shithub hosts git repositories on the git9 system and is maintained by a community that favors command-line tools, featuring a basic web interface due to their browser aversion. The site showcases desired projects including ports and tools for system manipulation.

OpenTofu 1.7.0 introduces end-to-end state encryption and dynamic provider-defined functions, alongside significant community growth and continued commitment to being a community-driven project.

Early computing lacked portability; programs were architecture-specific and OS-less, requiring rewriting for different hardware. Unix's rewrite in C by Ritchie paved the way for portable software via high-level languages and OS abstraction.

Richard Hipp discusses SQLite's use of a bytecode VM, similar to those in languages like JavaScript, and its unexpected applications like the eBPF in the Linux kernel and data transformation in RAR files. The article also explains DWARF expressions used by debuggers.

The article details command-line emulators for Nintendo consoles (GB, GBA, NES, SNES) describing their execution commands, key mappings, and options like audio, screen scaling, and save states. Known bugs and the history of their appearances in 9front are also mentioned.

Razer must pay $1.1 million in refunds and a $100,000 penalty for misleading claims about their Zephyr mask being N95-grade without proper certification. The FTC also prohibits them from making such unsubstantiated health claims in the future.

Asynchronous programming in .NET has evolved with async/await, becoming mainstream and necessary, especially in web services. Best practices recommend fully embracing async to avoid issues like thread-pool starvation and deadlocks, providing guidelines for patterns and proper usage.

A Googler removed support for RISC-V from the Android Kernel, despite ongoing efforts to implement it. While this suggests a delay in RISC-V Android devices, Google affirms continued support for the architecture.

The article discusses an unvetted encryption work for SQLite, suggesting purchasing the certified SQLite Encryption Extension instead. It details Adiantum's encryption method and its limitations, including its inability to protect from data forgery.

Vitamin D synthesis is triggered by sunlight, converting 7-dehydrocholesterol in the skin to vitamin D3, which influences many biological pathways and may reduce chronic disease risks. Season, pollution, and age affect synthesis, and a strategy combining food fortification, sensible sun exposure, and supplements is suggested to combat deficiency.

The article posits that the old web isn't just dying; it has been dead for years due to various digital evolutions. To keep what's left alive, it encourages creating content or supporting favored pages through social media and other forms of engagement.

A Finnish hacker received over 6 years in prison for attacking a therapy clinic, leaking records, and extorting victims. Notorious for cybercrimes, he'll serve half the term due to juvenile policy.

The article instructs users to register or sign in with developer credentials if running a script. It also advises ensuring a unique User-Agent or reverting to default if issues arise, with an option to file a ticket for assistance.

Systemd lead developer Lennart Poettering has posted on Mastodon about their upcoming v256 release of Systemd, which is expected to include a sudo replacem...

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao was sentenced to 4 months in prison for enabling money laundering at his crypto exchange. The sentence was significantly less than the 3 years that federal prosecutors had been seeking. Zhao pleaded guilty to failing to implement an effective anti-money laundering program and allowing Binance to process transactions involving proceeds of unlawful activity. The ...

The article suggests that in chat, one should directly ask their question without waiting for greetings. This improves response time and productivity by facilitating immediate engagement with the query.

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Crunchy Bridge for Analytics enhances PostgreSQL with easy querying of data lakes, offering fast analytics, and import/export capabilities without detailed file column specifications. It leverages foreign tables for seamless integration, simplifying data interactions and boosting performance.

The article compares the Raspberry Pi 5 with Intel Processor N100 mini PCs, analyzing specifications, performance, and pricing. It concludes the suitability of each depends on user needs, with the Raspberry Pi 5 being ideal for space-sensitive projects while Intel N100 mini PCs offer better general performance.

Tesla's CEO, Elon Musk, fired executives overseeing the Supercharger network and new vehicle development amid declining sales and profit margins. The company faces challenges with its aging EV lineup, while Musk promises robotaxis and enforces a rigorous cost-cutting regime.

EU authorities are investigating 20 airlines for "greenwashing," making misleading environmental claims. The probe, supported by EU and national watchdogs, focuses on ensuring airline CO2 offsetting claims are scientifically accurate without naming involved airlines yet.

Neal Stephenson's "Polostan" is the first in a new series, tracing Dawn Rae Bjornberg's journey from her childhood in Leningrad to becoming a KGB spy. The epic spans early 20th century's upheavals and is an engaging historical tale.

The article criticizes the pursuit of perfection in software development, advocating for simplicity, early launches, and iterative improvements. It refers to Richard Gabriel's preference for the pragmatic "worse is better" philosophy over theoretical perfectionism.

Ghalib and Nathan from Polytomic introduce Polytomic Connect, an API that synchronizes customer data between various systems and handles authentication and scaling. The product supports a multitude of platforms and offers both automatic syncing and custom query options.

The author discusses the challenges of using different git providers for software development, emphasizing GitHub's network effect despite ideological conflicts with using such a platform. They also contemplate the complexities of navigating a morally grey world, suggesting active participation in politics over withdrawal or purity-seeking behaviors.

A 2016 cyberattack by unsophisticated hackers using a botnet of IoT devices spotlighted weak security practices. The UK enacted a law banning default passwords to bolster IoT security, setting fines for non-compliance and establishing support guidelines.

The article discusses the concept of crash-only software, which is designed to crash safely and recover quickly, often resulting in more robust systems compared to those with regular shutdown/restart procedures. It also addresses misconceptions about crash-only design, emphasizing its need for disciplined implementation rather than lazy coding.

NASA plans for SpaceX Starships to attempt orbital refueling, vital for lunar missions. SpaceX and Blue Origin are advancing in-space refueling, essential for sustainable deep-space exploration.

Demand for faster chips with higher current densities increases the risk of electromigration, threatening the reliability of advanced multi-chiplet packages. Advanced packaging increases temperature and stress, exacerbating electromigration, which necessitates improved thermal management and innovative material use.

Kedify has launched a beta SaaS-based service for Kubernetes event-driven autoscaling, building on KEDA's CNCF-acclaimed open-source core. It enables simplified, provider-independent autoscaling and enhanced management features across multiple clusters without complex configurations.

Julius Kivimäki threatened thousands of patients he would publish details of their therapy sessions.

Systemd introduces "run0," a sudo-like command, in version 256, aiming to address long-standing sudo issues. It operates under user UID without inheriting context, providing an isolated exec environment and signaling elevated privileges with a reddish terminal tint.

Codapi enables embedding of interactive code examples into documentation and provides an API and JavaScript widget for executing code in managed sandboxes. It allows for easy integration of code execution into web pages.

Cows at a Texas farm infected with H5N1 bird flu passed the virus to cats through raw milk, marking the first known cattle-to-cat transmission; H5N1 is also spreading in mammals. The virus's spread in different hosts, including dairy herds, raises concerns about its increasing mammalian adaptation and the need for monitoring.

The hottest iPhone app in America may owe its popularity to government crackdowns on Apple. That app, Delta, lets you play old-school video games like “Super Mario Bros.” on an iPhone. Apple had banned apps like it for years but un-banned them this month without much explanation. Delta’s creators say growing anti-monopoly pressures were responsible for Apple’s flip-flop.

Native American tribes across the US used cultural burning to maintain diverse ecosystems and enhance plant and animal life. Despite suppression by colonial forces, tribes are reclaiming traditional fire stewardship practices to restore ecosystems and mitigate wildfire risks.

The study surveys undergraduate students and finds that men with higher psychopathy and sadism scores are more drawn to loud cars. The findings suggest a link between dark personality traits and the appeal of loud vehicle modifications.

The most accurate AI systems for code generation, like LDB, are costly as they use complex agents invoking models like GPT-4 repeatedly. Evaluations often lack cost consideration, and simpler methods may perform comparably without the high expense.

Chatbot Arena is an open-source project that aims to advance LLM development and understanding through live, open, and community-driven evaluations. The platform allows users to rate LLMs via pairwise comparisons under real-world use cases and publishes a leaderboard periodically. The evaluation process is transparent and the data is shared with the community. The platform is open source and ...

U.S. will require all new passenger vehicles to have automatic emergency braking systems, aiming to reduce traffic deaths and injuries. Critics argue the regulation delay is too long and it excludes bicycle and scooter detection.

The article details the development and evolution of Chinese Loongson processors, highlighting their progress but also noting they lag behind contemporary Intel and AMD CPUs in clock speeds and other performance metrics. It outlines Loongson's history, improvements, and persistent challenges in comparison to Western chip designs.

Saylor Class had complained of "monsters in the wall" of her room at their farmhouse in Charlotte, North Carolina.

In 2021 and 2022, revenue-based loans were popular financial products among tech companies. These loans, known as annualized recurring revenue (ARR) loans, required borrowers to turn a profit within two or three years or risk default. Lenders assumed companies would keep growing and that debt would stay cheap and plentiful. However, rising interest rates have made these loans more expensive, ...

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RAGCache, a caching system for Retrieval-Augmented Generation, addresses performance bottlenecks by caching intermediate knowledge states, improving latency and throughput. It achieves up to 4x faster first token generation and doubles throughput compared to current systems.

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The Supreme Court declined to halt a Texas law aimed at stopping minors from accessing online porn, despite First Amendment challenges by a porn industry group. The law mandates age verification for all users, raising concerns about privacy for adults accessing explicit content.

The article discusses the potential of AI in programming, with mixed feedback on its current capabilities and skepticism about its ability to replace developers, acknowledging that while it increases productivity for some, it is far from autonomous development.

Marriott admitted in court it used SHA-1 hash instead of claimed AES-128 encryption during a 2018 data breach, yet for years falsely defended its security measures. The hotel chain failed to announce this publicly, quietly updating its website without clarification.

The author has been testing a new display colorimeter and finds PCIe 5.0 underwhelming due to lack of practical application and hardware support issues. PCIe 5.0's potential is hindered by heat, cost, and limited improvements in real-world performance despite high synthetic benchmarks.

Generative AI is seen as a transformative force for customer experiences, with Amazon rapidly innovating across the AI stack's three layers: infrastructure, tools for AI applications, and game-changing applications themselves. Amazon introduces Amazon Q, an AI-powered assistant built with privacy and security, aimed at increasing productivity and facilitating business data leverage through ...

Japanese researchers have enhanced a microscope to probe electron spin states with ten-thousand times better data efficiency and improved resolution, advancing spintronics. The new iSPEM technology could significantly benefit material analysis and computing devices.

Delta Emulator for iOS, a GBA4iOS successor, allows non-jailbroken iPhones to play Gameboy and Nintendo games; it charges no fee and has high user ratings.

The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) has ended, affecting millions of Americans who received benefits to afford internet access. The program was part of the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which aimed to improve various industries. Eligible households received a $30 monthly credit on their broadband bill, with higher amounts for those on Tribal lands. The ACP has ...